Swann’s late strikes take England close to win
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A double strike by off-spinner Graeme Swann in the penultimate over of the fourth day put England within reach of victory in the second and final test against Sri Lanka today.
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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A double strike by off-spinner Graeme Swann in the penultimate over of the fourth day put England within reach of victory in the second and final test against Sri Lanka today.
SANFORD, Fla., (Reuters) – “Shaken Baby Syndrome” was cited today in the defense of George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Florida, man who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a case that has sparked a widespread public outcry.
BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Mali’s desert Tuaregs proclaimed independence for what they call the state of Azawad today, a secession bid swiftly rejected by its African neighbours and foreign capitals from Paris to Washington.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass yesterday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.
Millions of dollars worth of groceries were early this morning destroyed in a fire at the Stabroek Market Bazaar, which is believed to have been caused by a faulty power pole.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former Red House hostage Mervyn Assam said there were rumours that insurrection leader, Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, always harboured ambitions to lead Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Leaders of the People’s Partnership (PP) Government will meet for a third time next Wednesday to try and resolve simmering issues, Congress of the People general secretary Nirad Tewarie has said.
(Barbados Nation) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay wants Raul Garcia freed immediately.
LILONGWE, (Reuters) – Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, medical and government sources said today, although few of his countrymen mourned a leader widely seen as an autocrat responsible for a stunning economic collapse.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St. Catherine Police are now questioning a 44-year-old man of a Harbour View address in Kingston, following the attack on the life of his girlfriend, Jody-ann Gray, a 28-year-old broadcaster and journalist yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) After pumping more than $23 million into Almond Village in the past 12 months, Neal & Massy’s board of directors rejected any proposal to put in millions more to upgrade and capitalize the faltering hotel group.
(Trinidad Express) Former Trinidad and Tobago cricket captain Rangy Nanan is on the road to recovery after suffering a stroke on Saturday.
(Trinidad Express) Petrotrin chairman Lindsay Gillette said yesterday the multi-billion dollar World Gas To Liquid (GTL) plant would be dismantled and sold as scrap iron.
(Trinidad Express) Groups of angry, barebacked men from Mt D’or, Champs Fleurs, yesterday squared off against heavily armed police, following the killing of 27-year-old Atiba “Happy Feet” Duncan by police.
Police say that at about 1000h yesterday Guyanese national Mohan Lall, 45 years of Hampton Court, Essequibo; along with Venezuelan nationals Hector Benjamin Marine, 38 years; Frank Lopez, 47 years; Raquel Lopez, 27 years; Marian Salazar, 33 years and Yenna Hernandez, 32 years, were in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni, when they were held up by five men who were reported to be Venezuelan nationals and who were armed with a shotgun, knives and cutlasses.
The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Leord Edwards, 43 years of Edinburgh Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice, whose body was found with suspected stab wounds at about 0930h today in a yard at Edinburgh.
Former Central Bank director Rabindra Moonan has been appointed chairman of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL), less than 24 hours after George Nicholas III quit, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported today.
Police say that at about 1930h yesterday, sales clerk Vela Wong, 34 years; driver Taij Singh, 57 years; and porter Gerald Wong, 64 years, who are all employed with a businessman at Best Village, Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD, were held up by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Netherlands slammed as “totally unacceptable” a vote by lawmakers in its former colony Suriname granting amnesty to the suspected killers of 15 opponents of President Desi Bouterse 30 years ago.
The Government has sold its 20% shares in the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph company to a Chinese company for US$30M, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced today.
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