Staff Editor

Adnan el-Shukrijumah, who reports say was once spotted in Guyana and whose father was born here is the new head of al-Qaeda operations, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has told the Associated Press.

One man was shot dead tonight on the Plaisance line top and two others were injured in a robbery.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two Islamist militants were  found guilty today by a federal jury of plotting to bomb  New York’s John F.

PARAMARIBO, (Reuters) – Former coup leader and  military strongman Desi Bouterse was elected president of  Suriname by the South American country’s parliament today,  lawmakers said.

Severe flooding in the Region 10 area over the past several days has now resulted in the road connecting Linden to Kwakwani being impassable.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Spain stunned the  Netherlands to win their first World Cup today in  sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra  time.

A police constable was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who then turned the weapon on himself at the Springlands Police Station just after midnight today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Uruguay beat Ghana in the  cruellest of circumstances to end African hopes at the World Cup  today and Netherlands knocked out perennial favourites  Brazil in yet another shock of a fascinating tournament.

A massive fire is raging through Mahdia’s main commercial district and latest reports say many businesses have been destroyed in the hill-top mining town in Region Eight.

Guyanese Abdel Nur this morning pleaded guilty to aiding a plot to blow up New York’s John F.

Despite the valiant efforts of the medical staff at Linden the premature baby girl who was found in a garbage heap has died.

Mae’s Under-12 student Sonia Ghir has topped this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Thirty-year-old police officer Quancy John was this morning charged with the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kelvin Fraser three weeks ago at Patentia, West Bank Demerara.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin  Christopher “Dudus” Coke was extradited to the United States today, after waiving his right to a trial in Jamaica.

Marriott International today announced that it will open its first Marriott-branded hotel in Guyana in 2013.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is now being held in a secure facility according to the police.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born American  citizen defiantly pleaded guilty today to attempting to set  off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square, saying that Islamist  extremists would continue to attack the United States.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  vowed tonight to compel BP Plc to pay damages for its  “recklessness” in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and sought to  harness public outrage over the disaster into support for his  bid to cut U.S.

73-year-old Rudolph Moonsammy was battered to the head and chopped by a drunken employee on Monday.

Dear Editor, ALL FINANCIAL MEMBERS OF THE GUYANA GOLD & DIAMOND MINERS ASSOCIATION (GGDMA) MUST ATTEND THE MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY THE 10TH OF JUNE, 2010 AT 4 PM AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH ROAD, TO VOTE & ELECT A “STRONG” PRESIDENT OF THE GGDMA.