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ROSEAU, Dominica,  (Reuters) – Shane Shillingford delighted his fellow Dominicans with a four wicket haul as West Indies restricted Australia to 212 for seven on the first day of the third and final test.

The Guyana Police Force today said that senior officers of the force expressed concern at a  management team meeting last Wednesday about statements that had been made by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee at a recent Community Policing Workshop but that the matter had now been resolved.

Police say that at about 0930h today, ranks conducted a  search on a fishing trawler at Morawhanna, NWD, and found an unlicensed 12 gauge single barrel shotgun.

The police say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Ignatius Sandy of Parika, EBE, whose body was found at about 0520h today on the Public Road at Zeelugt, EBE, with injuries to his head.

The suspect in the murder of Travis De Souza who was arrested by the police at Tiger Creek, Puruni River yesterday was found with cocaine in his possession.

APNU MP Desmond Trotman is to move a motion on May 7th for the National Assembly to declare that the right of citizens to assemble and demonstrate peacefully outside of Parliament should not be hindered.

(Jamaica Observer) The Mount Salem Police are now investigating a shooting incident at a party in Branch Hall at Rose Heights, St James this morning and are appealing to anyone who can aid their investigations to come forward.

(Jamaica Observer) New Jersey promoter Derrick Plunkett is angry that singer Natural Black did not show up for his Caribbean New Jersey Reggae Awards on April 14.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The rural community of Catadupa in St James is on edge, and there is a blanket of silence following the shooting deaths of two young men by a gunman on Saturday night.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE — Suriname should not expect a change in policy from the Dutch, despite the fall of the Dutch government.

(Barbados Nation) Former Cabinet minister Gline Clarke says that black contractors are suffering in this country and the major contracts from the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government are going  to “a certain class of people”.

(Trinidad Express) The Government’s parliamentary website, www.ttparliament.org, was taken offline yesterday after a computer software hacker apparently breached the security codes of the site and left a mischievous message announcing the security break.

SANFORD, Fla., (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released early on Monday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail.

The St Martin News Network today said that a Guyanese couple died by murder/suicide on the Caribbean island of St Maarten.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The International Press Institute (IPI) has announced it will be sending missions to four Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, as the next step in an ongoing effort to abolish criminal defamation laws in the region.

A police Lance Corporal is under close arrest for allegedly sodomising a boy, acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell today confirmed.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is conscious and able to speak to his wife and family after waking from a coma caused by a combination of illnesses that nearly cost him his life, his doctors said today.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Neil Diamond has married his manager Katie McNeil in front of family and close friends in Los Angeles, People magazine said today.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France’s presidential race wide open today by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round – votes that may determine a runoff between Socialist favourite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0020h today on the Grove Public Road, EBD, and which resulted in the death of motorcyclist Rodwell Mercurius, 35 years of Friendship, EBD.