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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A superb spell from medium-pacer Jonathan Carter overshadowed a brilliant innings of 94 by Rohit Sharma as India A grabbed a narrow first innings lead over West Indies A at Kensington Oval today.

Relatives of Achama Madramootoo of Maida Village, Corentyne who was raped and murdered on September 14, 2003 say their grief is “fresh” again after learning that the accused in the case walked free last Wednesday in the Appeal Court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth joined a spectacular armada of 1,000 vessels today for the most dazzling display of British pageantry seen on London’s River Thames for 350 years, watched by cheering crowds celebrating her 60th year on the throne.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – A passenger plane carrying almost 150 people crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos today, in what looked like a major disaster in Nigeria’s commercial hub.

(Jamaica Observer) Traumatised and now fearful for his life, a trembling Shane Schue said he listened as police officers shot his brother, 25-year-old Kavorn Schue, repeatedly inside his Jarrett Lane, Mountain View Avenue home, then concocted a story they would later tell their superiors and the public.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Less than 24 hours after Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna called for tougher penalties for adults who sexually abuse children, the blood-curdling story has emerged of a mother who held her teenage daughter hostage, so that she could be repeatedly raped by an adult male.

(Barbados Nation) Judicial Manager Deloitte Consulting has settled on a multimillion-dollar solution to the CLICO International Life (CIL) debacle; one that covers all 30 000 investors and policyholders in the failed insurance company.

(Trinidad Express) Days after Jason Khadoo returned to what his family described as an abusive relationship, he was stabbed in the chest at his home by a relative.

Jamaica is now requiring that travellers from Guyana have the Yellow Fever vaccination.

YALWA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church in northern Nigeria today, killing at least 12 people, witnesses said.

(Trinidad Express) Sledgehammers are being used by bandits to break through concrete walls to gain access to business places in the downtown city centre, the Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) has said.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – One man was killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto’s main downtown mall yesterday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada’s largest city.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail London’s River Thames on Sunday in a spectacular highlight of four days of nationwide celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne.

MILAN, Italy,  (Reuters) – Environmentalists today urged film diva Sophia Loren to help stop a big cruise ship named in her honour from ever entering the Venice lagoon because of potential damage to the city and the lagoon’s delicate ecosystem.

A family of 10 is now contemplating where they will rest their heads at night  after fire completely destroyed their Buck Hill, Wismar, Linden home this afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Confessed bigamist Dexter Alexander yesterday called for help for other men who may find themselves married to more than one woman at the same time.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were yesterday freed by an Arima magistrate of murdering a 24-year-old Guyanese national two years ago.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Aircraft maintenance in Jamaica has been dealt a severe blow as Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) carried out another round of redundancies, sending home 90 Jamaican employees.

(Barbados Nation) Already the region’s biggest insurance provider, Sagicor Financial Corporation now has its sights set on taking over the portfolios of not only British American Insurance Company (BAICO) but the controversial CLICO International Life as well.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life in jail today for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.