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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia ended England’s  record eight-match winning streak today with a four-run  victory in the second Twenty20 international which was again  decided on the final ball.

Parasurama Rabindranauth, the 28-year-old Guyanese man on trial in Connecticut, US for murdering another Guyanese man said he was in fear for his life when he fired the shot that killed Michael Sembhudyal.

(De Ware Tijd) — The government is working on making the visa policy more lenient.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – The late Pope John Paul II  was moved a major step closer to sainthood in the Roman Catholic  Church today when his successor approved a decree  attributing a miracle to him.

Businessman Bernard Yhun who runs Celina Atlantic Resort has moved to the High Court to stay in business after his lease was cancelled by the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission, which asked him to clear the Kitty Seawall site.

Guyana has formally recognized Palestine as a free, independent, and sovereign state, based on its 1967 borders, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday stuck firmly to his claim that the PPP government has sought legal opinions on how it could prolong its time in office without going through with the general elections which are

The Alliance For Change (AFC) will this month end unveil its campaign for the upcoming election and it is expected to bring the change

Orrel Amsterdam, who police say shot a Brazilian miner in an attempted robbery in Mahdia, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder.

Central Amelia’s Ward residents are appealing for relief from a brush fire in the area that is threatening their homes.

The government on Wednesday rescinded the appointment of Dr Steve Surujbally as Chairman of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA).

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has commenced its first crop for 2011 to cash-in on early revenue, but sugar workers at the Uitvlugt Estate called a strike yesterday demanding a customary one-week sickness benefit.

Four months after the killing of Sheema Mangar, her parents say that police have made no “meaningful progress” and they are anxiously awaiting the results of DNA tests on a piece of fabric found underneath a suspect’s car.

Two men accused of a robbery outside the Wild Palm Disco on Sherriff Street were yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Adjustments have been made to the route 41 and 46 minibus park in the Stabroek Market bazaar following a one-day strike on Wednesday by the bus operators over parking space.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday called for compulsory arbitration to settle its more than year-long dispute with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

The Caribbean Community said it is with a “deep sense of loss” that it acknowledges the passing of Professor Ralph Carnegie.

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Rescue workers dug  for survivors yesterday and struggled to reach areas cut off  by floods and landslides that have killed at least 482 people  in one of Brazil’s deadliest natural disasters in decades.

Two men who are accused of possession of and cultivation of cannabis at Swan, Soesdyke/Linden Highway were remanded to prison yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian President Rene  Preval has reservations about a report from a regional  organization that challenges the official results of Haiti’s  chaotic November elections, an official said yesterday.