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Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) accountant Ishwas Singh was yesterday charged in absentia after he failed to hand over documents to the state and police said Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani refused to issue an arrest warrant for him.

The ex-policeman who was held in a major drug bust in Suriname early last week remains in custody in the neighbouring country as police continue their investigations.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Police fired into the air to disperse a crowd ransacking buildings in a Tunis suburb yesterday, the first time a wave of violent unrest that officials  say has killed 23 civilians has hit the capital.

BRISBANE, Australia, (Reuters) – Thousands of   residents of Australia’s third-largest city evacuated homes yesterday as massive floods threatened to inundate the   financial district, sparked panic buying of food and left   authorities despairing for more than 90 people missing.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A judge yesterday ordered  Michael Jackson’s doctor to stand trial on a charge of  involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A White House panel probing  BP’s massive oil spill called for an overhaul of a regulatory  system that was “entirely unprepared” for disaster and outlined  stringent, new oversight, a plan sure to face opposition from  Republicans reluctant to expand government involvement.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – North Korea is becoming a  direct threat to the United States and could develop an  inter-continental ballistic missile within five years, U.S. 

(Trinidad Express) CLICO policyholders may have something extra to jump up for this Carnival, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – President Rene Preval yesterday launched a poignant first anniversary remembrance of  Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake, laying a wreath at the  mass grave of tens of thousands of quake dead and saying his  country would never forget the victims.

THIMPHU, Bhutan, (Reuters Life!) – Bhutan police can    raid homes of smokers in a search for contraband tobacco and   are training a special tobacco sniffer dog in a crackdown to   honour a promise to become the world’s first smoke-free nation.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh this afternoon announced that he will be presenting the National Budget for 2011 to the National Assembly on Monday January 17, the Government Information Agency reported tonight.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A judge today ordered  Michael Jackson’s doctor to stand trial on a charge of  involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death.

Mahaicony Rice Mills accountant Ishwas Singh was charged yesterday by the police for refusing access to the accounts of the company.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast is bracing  for a winter storm that is expected to dump as much as 12  inches (30 cm) of snow on New York and Boston starting tonight, disrupting commutes and travel plans.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon said that Go-Invest Head Geoffrey Da Silva will be Guyana’s new ambassador to Venezuela.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday warned that using a secret balloting process to decide on the PPP’s next presidential candidate could be dangerous as candidate hopefuls could promise persons things in order to get their votes.

Police investigators said this afternoon they were finally able to identify the man who died in last Wednesday’s explosion at the Stabroek Market area as Hilton Lazarus.

LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange  will argue he should not be extradited from Britain to Sweden  over alleged sex crimes because he could end up in the United  States facing the death penalty, his lawyers said today.

DOHA, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council  (ICC) tribunal will give its verdict on the three Pakistan  players accused of spot-fixing on Feb.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A leaked report on  Haiti’s disputed Nov. 28 elections by Organization of American  States experts recommends that a government-backed presidential  candidate be eliminated from a second-round run-off, a U.S.