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SEOUL,  (Reuters) – A bristling North Korea today said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test.

(Barbados Nation) It’s anticipated that all eyes will be on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today as judges turn their attention to the high-profile Shanique Myrie case.

(Trinidad Express) The former wife of murdered US war veteran Balram “Balo” Maharaj was yesterday ordered extradited to the United States for her alleged involvement in his kidnapping in 2005.

(Trinidad Express) A racket involving a number of foreign used car dealers has been unearthed at the Licensing Office, prompting Transport Minister Devant Maharaj to call on Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs to intervene and probe it.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Transport Minister Dr. Omar Davies has ordered an investigation into the reported mistreatment of a disabled woman at the Norman Manley International Airport recently.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul fell agonisingly short of a century before Australian spinner Nathan Lyon destroyed the West Indian lower order to hand the momentum back to the visitors on the third day of the second test today.

Police say that at about 0020h today, businessman Abdool Hamid, 39 years, reported to the police that a gang of men were breaking into his business place at Meten-Meer-Zorg.

The body of a 32-year-old man was found lying a short distance away from his truck on New Road, Mosquito Hall, East Coast Demerara this morning.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Twenty or 21 women were brought back to a hotel in Colombia by U.S.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul survived a dropped catch to lead a West Indian fightback on the third day of the second test against Australia today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British court sentenced the former governor of a Nigerian oil state to 13 years in prison today after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 50 million pounds ($79 million) in one of the biggest money-laundering cases seen in Britain.

Come Saturday, a workshop sponsored by a law firm and rights groups will be convened to address the impact of Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling in the Henry Greene matter and the operation of the Sexual Offences Act on victims of sexual offences.

Opposition Leader David Granger has written Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman complaining about what he said was biased coverage of the ongoing budget debate by the Government Information Agency (GINA), Trotman revealed yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police posts in crime-ridden communities will soon be replaced by more patrols by more police officers.

(Jamaica Observer) Thousands of Jamaicans will have their personal financial information released to American authorities if local banks sign on to a new tax compliance agreement in defiance of Jamaican law.

(Jamaica Gleaner) More than a year after a Whistle-blower Act was passed by Parliament to facilitate the disclosure of information on wrongdoing in organisations, the law has still not been operationalised.

(Barbados Nation) It’s time for the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to claim the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final vehicle for appellate justice in the region, Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite suggested today.

(Barbados Nation) The sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Barbados was yesterday hailed as “a momentous occasion” in the legal history of Barbados and the Caribbean by prominent lawyer Sir Henry Forde,  QC, while other representatives of the legal fraternity praised the creation of an appellate court for the region.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – The Norwegian anti-Islamic gunman who killed 77 people said at his trial today his shooting spree and bomb attack were “sophisticated and spectacular” and that he would do the same thing again.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaican Shanique Myrie is back in Barbados. She arrived on a Caribbean Airways flight from Kingston at 5:55 p.m.