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TUNIS – Tunisian special forces fought a heavy gun battle  with members of the ousted president’s security force on  Sunday, a military source said, and the prime minister promised  a new government would be announced on Monday.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently launched the ‘Small Farmers’ Group Financial Facility to provide financial support for small farmers and processors at the Kuru Kuru Extension Centre.

Shaunell Warrick is yet to regain consciousness after suffering a severe beating on New Year’s Day allegedly at the hands of her “on and off companion” but relatives are hopeful that she is getting better as they

LONDON, (Reuters) – Attacks on computer systems now  have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in  combination with another disaster, the Organisation for Economic  Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report yesterday.

Dog handler Leon Thomas was on Friday charged with assault at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, which heard that he hit a fellow passenger in a minibus while jumping through a window.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Exiled former Haitian  dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returned unexpectedly  to his Caribbean homeland today for the first time since he  was forced out by a popular uprising and U.S.

(Trinidad Express) The value of the Trinidad and Tobago dollar against foreign currencies has slipped to its lowest level since it was floated in 1993.

(Barbados Nation) Friday morning, and Sawh Bar & Grocery at Eagle Hall is bustling with activity.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – China’s President Hu Jintao  called the international currency system, which is dominated by  the U.S.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Ministers Stephenson King of St Lucia and Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines have chided Opposition Leader Owen Arthur for attacks on Mara Thompson’s candidature in the January 20 St John by-election.

The dimpled star of yesteryear Shashi Kapoor is battling for life at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital at Andheri in Mumbai, according to One News India.

A jury in Connecticut, US on Friday found a 28-year-old Guyanese man guilty of murdering another Guyanese after only a few hours of deliberations, according to the online publication Republican American.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been  ruled out of the last three one-day internationals against South  Africa due to a hamstring injury, the Indian cricket board said  today.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson blazed a  magnificent 161 not out, and clubbed a six to win the game, as  Australia scored 297 for four to beat England by six wickets in  their first one-day international today.

Republic Bank opened its new $560M branch at Diamond, East Bank Demerara yesterday and was challenged by President Bharrat Jagdeo to become the conduit to help in selling Guyana’s vision abroad and bring in capital for projects that could transform Guyana.

A young pregnant woman lost her life on Friday evening after the car she was travelling in collided with a tree when it swerved to avoid hitting an animal on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

PPP executive Moses Nagamootoo says that any legal challenge in an election year with respect to whether overseas voting is permissible must be treated as “suspect,” and as a tactic designed to postpone general elections.

The five nominees vying to be the PNCR’s presidential candidate on Friday listed education, transparency in government policies and an inclusive approach to development among their solutions to bridge the country’s racial divide.

Former foreign minister of Guyana Rashleigh Jackson says this government’s formal recognition of Palestine’s sovereignty is “a welcomed development”, which he hopes will add momentum to the Israel/Palestine negotiation talks.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government on Friday tabled legislation to remove obstacles to the death penalty and to allow for the creation of three categories of murder in T&T.