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(WICB) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Narsingh Deonarine said he has returned to the West Indies team a different man from the one who left two years.

Twelve CARIFORUM (CARICOM plus the Dominican Republic) firms will have the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to prospective investors, distributors and retailers in London during the upcoming Olympics.

In letters in today’s newspaper Help and Shelter joined others calling for the immediate removal of Police Commissioner Henry Greene from office and activist Karen de Souza pointed out that there had been no response to complaints about him to the Police Service Commission and the Police Complaints Authority.

(Reuters) – A New Jersey man who survived accidentally shooting a 4-inch ( 10-cm) n ail into his heart while trying to clear a jammed nail gun said today he feels like he won the lottery.

NEW YORK/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer caught in an undercover sting by U.S.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a Chinese teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad, the government-run Xinhua News Agency said today.

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.