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The autopsy performed on Ganesh Dharie, the man who was fatally struck down on Monday night by an ambulance on the Meten-Meer-Zorg road, revealed that he died of multiple injuries, which included broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured skull.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base, President Hamid Karzai’s office said yesterday, after a third day of bloody protests over the incident.

Music pounded and jubilant revellers filled the streets of Georgetown and later poured into the National Park as part of the celebration of Guyana’s 42nd Republic Anniversary, which was hosted this year under the theme ‘Mashin’ with Pride, Keepin’ we Traditions Alive’.

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in bombarded cities such as Homs when they meet in Tunis today.

All four of the victims of the Hassar curry poisoning have been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital, but they voluntarily remain on a ‘soft diet’ and will not be eating their favourite spicy dishes anytime soon; while the person charged with the attack on them will be back in court today.

FORT MEADE (Reuters) – US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, accused of the largest leak of classified documents in US history, deferred a plea in a military court arraignment yesterday, marking the first step in a court-martial that could land him in prison for life.

LONDON (Reuters) – The new Sunday edition of Rupert Murdoch’s British Sun tabloid, to be launched with a huge advertising campaign and a print run of around 3 million this week, is expected to be more family-friendly and less salacious than its predecessor, The News of the World.

Bartica Regatta champion, Conan Belle is showing superb post-surgery vital signs, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Intensive Care Unit, where he is recuperating from major surgery following a horrific motorbike accident in the gold mining township.

Less than a decade after an over $100 million reconstruction, the Wismar Municipal Market still isn’t seeing much activity and its remaining stallholders are hoping for an intervention to keep them in business.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ailing socialist leader, Hugo Chavez, was authorized by parliament yesterday to fly to Cuba for as long as needed to have more cancer surgery that has shaken the country ahead of a presidential election.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Valerie Amos, who is heading to Syria on a UN humanitarian mission, is an expert in the delicate art of international diplomacy.

(Barbados Nation) Where is Leroy Parris? Court marshals were up to late last night still searching for the former CLICO executive chairman to serve him with a summons to appear in court.

(Trinidad Express) Insurance giant CLICO never failed. This according to former corporate secretary of the company Geoffrey Leid as he took the witness stand in the Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial and the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) at the Winsure Building, Richmond Street in Port of Spain yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Krishna Rampersad, nephew of murdered millionaire Mahase Rampersad, appeared in court yesterday charged with killing his uncle and his uncle’s wife, Darling.

(Jamaica Observer) A forensic audit of the US$ 400-million Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which has come under scrutiny over allegations of gross mismanagement, is to begin in April this year.

(Barbados Nation) Britain’s Prince Edward today sang the praises of Barbados as a “model small state” but advised its leaders they would need courage, creativity and common sense to overcome the economic challenges.

(Jamaica Gleaner) India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been awarded top honours in Test batting at the ESPNcricinfo Awards 2011, which celebrate the best individual performances in the past year by batsmen and bowlers in Tests and one-day internationals (ODIs).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Empowered by the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), the Financial Investigations Division (FID) has dealt a significant blow to the coffers of a number of alleged drug smugglers, freezing more than J$700 million in real estate, motor vehicles, bank accounts, furniture and expensive jewellery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Hugh Anthony Rawlins has resigned.

(Barbados Nation) The depth of the involvement of late Prime Minister David Thompson in CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (CIL) has engaged the attention of the Barbados Investors & Policyholders Alliance Inc.