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PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Sophia Martelly, wife of Haiti’s president, Michel Martelly, has been barred from running for a Senate seat in legislative elections this August, Haiti’s electoral authority announced yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people and injuring more than 200, was barreling into a curved stretch of track at 100-plus miles per hour, twice the speed limit, when the engineer slammed on the brakes, U.S.

Three bandits stormed into the Church’s Chicken on Avenue of the Republic and Robb Street last night and robbed the restaurant and customers.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover 10 U.S.

CARDALES, Argentina, (Reuters) – Argentina is famous for its Malbec red wine and beef, but it boasts two lesser-known but equally prized exports: the sperm and frozen embryos of thoroughbred polo horses.

(Reuters) – Twenty-dollar bills could soon be known as “Tubmans” if a grassroots campaign succeeds in persuading President Barack Obama to remove Andrew Jackson’s portrait from circulation on U.S.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The number of Cuban migrants looking to enter the United States ballooned in early 2015, partly driven by uncertainty over the future of special immigration consideration for Cubans after the two countries announced efforts to improve ties.

With results from 1809 polling stations out of 2299 polling stations released, the APNU+AFC alliance has received 157, 347 votes while the PPP/C received 157, 304 votes for the 2015 general elections, according to data released by the Guyana Elections Commission.

Former US president Jimmy Carter has called on the Guyana Elections Commission to release the 2015 election results.

Coalition, APNU+AFC this afternoon met with officials of the Guyana Elections Commission and said that the elections body assured them that at 9pm today 94% of the votes will be shared with the public.

The opposition alliance, APNU+AFC today said that the PPP/C’s call for a recount was contrary to the law and it called for the elections commission not to allow this attempt to delay the declaration of the results of the poll.

With the publication of polling station results yesterday, Stabroek News’s website saw a record number of pageviews that day  – 529,814, from 259,401 unique visitors.

At about 2000h. last night, the police say that Vishaul Sooklall, 24 years, of Unity Street, La Grange, WBD, was in a yard at Unity Street when he was held up by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Chairman of GECOM Dr Steve Surujbally this morning disclosed that apart from asking for recounts in three regions, the ruling PPP/C has now partially challenged results in all ten districts.

The police today said that Lloyd Grant, 18 years, of “C” Field, Turkeyen, ECD; and Orandel Noel, 18 years, of “B” Field Sophia, have been charged after they were found looting a house at “C” Field, Sophia, during the night of Monday, May 11, 2015.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – A senior Burundi army officer said today he was dismissing Pierre Nkurunziza as president because his bid for a third term violated the constitution, and soldiers surrounded the state broadcaster building in the capital.

As both of the major political campaigns announced results favouring them at Monday’s polls, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday came under growing pressure to release official results but both Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally and Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield maintained that they were bound to follow the process stipulated by law.

As the country continued to wait for the results of Monday’s polling, both the opposition alliance APNU+AFC and the incumbent PPP/C yesterday declared that they had an unassailable lead.

The Carter Center yesterday hailed Monday’s voting process and urged leaders to act responsibly as official results are awaited even as they noted that key political leaders played on fears during the electoral process.

Jamal Murphy, the alleged consignee for the cache of guns and ammunition found at the GNIC Wharf last Friday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being read two charges of illegal possession of munitions.