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LONDON, (Reuters) – British author Iain Banks called  for a cultural and educational boycott on Israel yesterday  following its deadly raid on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to  the blockaded Gaza Strip.

The Mayor and City Council has recommenced its anti-mosquito campaign which began on Monday and will conclude on June 15.

(Barbados Nation) – A Roman Catholic priest on Wednesday lauded the late Norman Faria as a sincere man who sought justice for all.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Actress Rue  McClanahan, best known for her award-winning role as a  man-crazy Southern belle on television comedy “The Golden  Girls”, has died after suffering a massive stroke.

Golding tours Tivoli Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding has met residents of Tivoli Gardens, one week after gun battles between security forces and supporters of alleged drug lord Christopher Coke.

-questions raised over use, cost of cricket facility The contractor who built the under-utilised cricket hostel for the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) recently was once sanctioned by the Region Two administration for substandard work.

Linden police are now more convinced that 23-year-old Damion Lindore was the victim of murder and not a traffic accident and a cop has also been implicated in the matter.

Two men were remanded to prison yesterday after they were read charges relating to a gun, ammunition and cocaine found in a ‘checked-in’ suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on May 30.

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday received 10 Ford D150 trucks from the United States Southern Command (US South Com) as part of the US Force’s programme to train and equip partner nations in combatting terrorism.

The arrival of a mobile patrol thwarted an attempted break-in at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Diamond, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning but not before the bandits tied up security guards and relieved them of firearms and hand radios.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana is calling  on the Guyana government to  join with the international community in condemning Israel for its  commando raid on an international flotilla to Gaza that  led to the “killing of ten peaceful aid workers and  injury to dozens of others.”

-placed on $75,000 bail Laverne Brummell, the mother who was charged with beating her 11-year old son, was placed on $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday after she pleaded guilty to inflicting the lashes with a piece of wood.

The two men who were charged with causing the death of 11-year-old Austin Lashley Jr.

Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped yesterday morning from the Reliance Station for the second time.

The city council has employed two additional excavators as it continues to work on clearing the Meadow Bank canal to bring relief to the residents who have been experiencing flooding for nearly two weeks.

By Gaulbert Sutherland With indigenous representatives raising the issue of free, prior and informed consent at last week’s Climate and Forest Conference in Oslo, Norway, President Bharrat Jagdeo says his administration has done enough consultation on the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday granted $75,000 bail to Bronson Wiltshire, who allegedly stabbed a man with a knife in the Cuyuni River area.

–politician says will use experience to fight police harassment Chairman of Vision Guyana, Peter Ramsaroop who was accused of spying on a tenant says that when he is exonerated, he will use his experience to fight for the rights of innocent citizens who are being harassed by the police.

-warns of sanctions Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman, Juan Edghill says some statements made by Fazia’s Collections owner, Terry Anderson are untrue and he warned of sanctions if Anderson does not attend a meeting to address reports that his store refuses entry to Chinese persons.

WHITEHAVEN, England,  (Reuters) – A gunman killed at  least 12 people in a rampage through quiet towns in and around  the scenic Lake District of northwest England yesterday in  Britain’s worst shooting spree for 14 years.