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WHITEHAVEN, England, (Reuters) – A gunman killed at  least 12 people in a rampage through quiet towns in and around  the scenic Lake District of northwest England today in  Britain’s worst shooting spree for 14 years.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli commandos stormed a  convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships today and more than 10 of the  mostly international activists aboard were killed, provoking a  diplomatic crisis and Palestinian charges of a “massacre”.

VENICE, La./HOUSTON, (Reuters) – BP Plc said today the complex “top kill” maneuver to plug its Gulf of  Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to  the largest oil spill in U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) police have issued a new photograph of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and gun trafficking charges.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – At least 73 people died this  week as Jamaican security forces stormed a Kingston slum and  battled armed supporters of an alleged drug lord wanted for  extradition to the United States, police said today.

An accident at around 10.30 pm yesterday at Silver Hill, Linden/Soesdyke Highway claimed the life of one man and left another injured.

The assistant Chief Security Officer of the International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) was gunned down in the vicinity of its Camp Street, Georgetown location early this morning.

Just after 9 last night a man threw acid in the face of Assistant Treasurer of the Guyana Cricket Board, Preetipaul Jaigobin who was in a Strathspey, East Coast Demerara restaurant at the time.

PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s  Prime Minister-elect Kamla Persad-Bissessar promised  today to rebuild a nation fractured by allegations of fiscal  mismanagement and corruption under the defeated People’s  National Movement.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Thirty-one people, 28 of them  civilians, have been killed in three days of violence in  Jamaica triggered by government moves to extradite an alleged  drug lord to the United States, police said today.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua (Reuters) – South Africa  overcame a sizzling late innings blitz by Darren Sammy to take a  2-0 lead in the one-day international series against the West  Indies today.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Soldiers and police stormed a  Kingston slum today and traded gunfire with supporters of  an alleged Jamaican drug lord who faces extradition to the  United States.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica declared a state of  emergency in two parishes of its capital Kingston today  after shooting and firebomb attacks on police stations by  suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who faces  extradition to the United States.

MANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – An Air India Express  airliner crashed outside an airport in southern India today, killing 158 people when it burst into flames after  overshooting a table-top runway and plunging into forest below.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Air India Express  passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside an airport in  southern India today, killing at least 160 people when it  burst into flames after overshooting the runway and ploughing  into a forest.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan natural gas  exploration rig sank in the Caribbean sea early today,  less than a month after a deadly explosion in the Gulf of  Mexico sank a BP-owned oil rig and created a natural disaster.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – A Libyan Airbus crashed as it  tried to land at Tripoli airport early today, killing 103  passengers and crew aboard, but a Dutch boy survived, officials  said.

Following investigations and advice from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, grasstrack racer Dwarka Gangadeen was this afternoon charged with the murder of his wife Bridgette and he is expected to appear in court tomorrow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Gordon Brown resigned as prime  minister of Britain today and said Conservative leader  David Cameron would take over, ending 13 years of rule by the  centre-left Labour Party.