Bandits snatch $90M from post office van
The police are hunting for a vehicle containing millions of dollars in pension and other public assistance funds which vanished from Regent Street in the vicinity of the Bourda Post Office this morning.
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The police are hunting for a vehicle containing millions of dollars in pension and other public assistance funds which vanished from Regent Street in the vicinity of the Bourda Post Office this morning.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) was left red-faced today when its president Mustafa Kamal resigned claiming he was snubbed at the presentation ceremony after Sunday’s World Cup final in Melbourne.
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(Reuters) – Comedian Trevor Noah, a relative newcomer to U.S. television, will replace Jon Stewart as the new host of the Emmy Award-winning, late-night parody newscast “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central said on Monday.
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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Dark sunglasses were the order of the day for Australia’s triumphant cricket team today as they paraded the World Cup trophy to hundreds of fans at a public reception after a night of heavy partying at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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From left to right are Scheherazade Khan, Oswin Coggins, Elizabeth Persaud, Ramesh Seebarran, Grace McCalman (re-elected President), Samuel Barakat, Tandy Primo, Ileana Boodhoo, William Spangler, Jamal Goodluck.
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