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CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Black researchers are  significantly less likely to win grant funding from the  National Institutes of Health than white applicants, according  to a study published yesterday, and the director of the U.S. 

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Gunmen killed seven people in  southern Israel yesterday in  attacks along the Egyptian  border and Israel responded with an air strike in the Gaza Strip  that killed six Palestinians, including the leaders of a group  it blamed for the violence.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad is in the middle of a dengue outbreak, Dr Rai Ragbir, the chairman of a special purpose State-board involved in the Government’s fight against dengue, has said.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Osmar Herrera is the kind of  Venezuelan that President Hugo Chavez had in mind when he  launched his flagship health program eight years ago: sick,  impoverished and in need of a break.

ZAWIYAH, Libya,  (Reuters) – Libyan rebels seized an  oil refinery in the city of Zawiyah and took control of Sabratha  further west on the main highway from Tripoli to Tunisia as NATO  aircraft struck targets in the capital.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname will receive a hospital as a gift from China.

(Trinidad Express) Blows were passed and several obscenities and threats were exchanged during a fracas among members of the Public Services Association (PSA) at their Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, headquarters yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly eight years after McDonald’s closed its stores in Trinidad due to low sales, the world’s largest chain of fast food restaurants is due to restore its famous golden arches signage and its world famous Big Mac to T&T.

President Bharrat Jagdeo today  approved a grant of $10 million to the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) to support its activities to mark the International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A father and son were brutally hacked to death at Konawak, Region Eight yesterday and a police team has been dispatched to the area to investigate.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Rising fears of another  recession hammered U.S.

  The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has agreed to accept a 5% pay raise for sugar workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2011, in light of GuySuCo’s “cash-strapped” state, which includes over $6B in debts.

APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger this morning called for an independent and impartial inquiry to probe the alleged links between senior policemen and drug lords, saying that the police cannot be depended on to investigate themselves.

(Trinidad Express) It’s official! All-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo will not represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2011 Nokia Champions League T20 tournament in India in September.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad is in the middle of a dengue outbreak, Dr Rai Ragbir, the chairman of a special purpose State-board involved in the Government’s fight against dengue, has said.

(Barbados Nation) Opposition leader Owen Arthur has taken Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler to task for his silence on the “CLICO matter”.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname will receive a hospital as a gift from China.

(Barbados Nation) About 50 people from 13 community-based organizations staged a pro-Libya demonstration yesterday and denounced Britain and the United States for their involvement in the conflict in the North African state.

AFC Presidential Candidate Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that alleged links between senior policemen and drug lords is an extremely dangerous development that warrants the resignation of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Commissioner of Police and all ranks involved.

The discovery of 72 kilogrammes of cocaine at a house at Block 20 Haslington/Enmore New Scheme, East Coast Demerara has shocked residents, who said the couple that has been arrested had been struggling to make ends meet and there was no indication of illegal activity.