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At about 0355h. today police say that Godfrey Marks, 43 years, of Lower Kara Kara Squatting Area, Linden, was confronted by four men as he went to check on the barking of dogs in the neighbourhood.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,– West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron has rejected claims that all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were axed from the World Cup squad because of their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India.

(Trinidad Express) On man was shot dead and another injured yesterday while transporting pan equipment from the Laventille home of ten-time Panorama champions Witco Desperadoes to the band’s new safe haven, located at Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Express) Ravindranauth Roopnarine, a fugitive wanted in the United States for financial and fraud-related crimes, is the latest criminal to be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago, according to a release from the Office of the Attorney General.

At about 2100h. last night, police say that Quincy Jones was drinking when he became involved in an argument with another man over a pack of cigarettes in a shop at Honey Camp, Issano, Mazaruni River, during which he was stabbed to his chest.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead an estimated million-plus French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.`

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – Chris Gayle was again sensational as West Indies incredibly pulled off the highest ever run chase in the history of Twenty20 Internationals, to beat South Africa by four wickets with four balls to spare, and clinch a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series here today.

ROME, (Reuters) – Anita Ekberg, the striking blonde Swedish actress whose sashay through Rome’s Trevi fountain in “La Dolce Vita” made her an icon of cinema, died today at 83 at a clinic near the Italian capital, her lawyer said.

(Barbados Nation) Ninety Nigerian students are to be quarantined after one of them tested positive for scabies, a contagious skin infection.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua –The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in Antigua today, January 10, 2015.

As had been suggested, CMC today reported that experienced West Indian campaigners Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have not been named in the 15-man squad announced for the World Cup today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police sergeant Dane Sorzano who appeared in the Siparia Magistrates Court yesterday on rape charges was placed in the holding cell with other prisoners after the magistrate expressed concern that he was being shown favourable treatment.

Travellers on LIAT, a regional air-carrier, will be flying cheaper thanks to a reduction in fuel surcharge on tickets.

(Trinidad Express) The final moments of 19-year-old Shabana Mohammed were spent gasping for air, face down on the ground, after she had been violently strangled.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Explosive opener Chris Gayle announced his return to international cricket after nearly five months with a stunning half-century, but West Indies made a meal of their target before stumbling past South Africa by four wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series here today.

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds performing the duties of President, today greeting Takashi Uto, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.

A fallen pole today on one of two 69 Kv transmission lines stretching from Golden Grove to Sophia resulted in a total shutdown in Demerara and Eastern Berbice at 07:35 hrs this morning, GPL said today.

(AAP) PAKISTAN’S legendary cricket star and politician, Imran Khan, has tied the knot, ending weeks of speculation about whether one of the country’s most famous bachelors was getting married for a second time.

(Reuters) – Rod Taylor, the Australian-born actor who helped actress Tippi Hedren battle swarms of vicious birds in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film “The Birds”, has died at the age of 84, his daughter announced on a fan website.

DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France, (Reuters) – Two brothers suspected of attacking the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout today while their hostage was freed, a police official said.