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NITEROI, Brazil (Reuters) – Rescue workers dug out  bodies and scoured for survivors yesterday after a torrent of  mud dislodged by heavy rain ravaged a hillside slum near Rio de  Janeiro, burying dozens of residents.

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo  risks falling into anarchy if a move towards authoritarian rule  developing under President Joseph Kabila continues, a conflict  watchdog said yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – The jailing of a judge in  Venezuela threatens the independence of her colleagues and the  rule of law in the Latin American OPEC member, US-based Human  Rights Watch said yesterday.

Faced with scrutiny over the government’s decision to award it the contract for the first phase of the Amaila Falls Project, President of Synergy Holdings Inc.

A Trinidadian national was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics.

Two Haitian families with ties to Guyana arrived yesterday and have been promised continued support by Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand should they decide to resettle here.

-after bauxite row The main opposition PNCR yesterday submitted a Motion of No Confidence against Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir to the National Assembly, saying he failed to protect the rights of bauxite workers in a recent dispute between RUSAL-owned BCGI and G.B.

Plans to transfer GuySuCo’s health services under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health are moving ahead and the corporation’s De Kinderen dispensary in the West Demerara area has been identified as the first facility to be upgraded under the venture.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said that he is still awaiting the Medical Council’s amended decision on disciplinary action against Dr Mahendra Chand, who was responsible for treating the teenage boy who was tortured in police custody last year.

A young man was stabbed several times last evening not far from his home in North Ruimveldt reportedly by a miner with whom he had a misunderstanding last year.

A teacher who indecently assaulted a pupil at the school he taught at was jailed for two years following a trial at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court.

-web-based banking to be launched The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) registered after- tax profit of $991m for 2009 compared to $941m for the previous year and the bank is planning to launch its web-based banking portal by the third quarter of this year.

A post mortem (PM) examination on the remains of the Riverview seaman who was discovered floating near a Demerara River wharf on Saturday night failed to determine his cause of death due to the advance state of decomposition.

Sunita Singh, the woman who attempted to bilk a man by pretending she could get him a house lot, was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment after she entered a guilty plea.

Five persons, who were arrested by police for the robbery at the Phone Depot store on Middle Street, were yesterday arraigned on robbery charges.

A 13-year-old boy, is facing seven charges, including wounding, threatening behaviour, threatening language and indecent assault.

Guyanese across the country will soon be given the opportunity to benefit from free surgeries for a number of illnesses, as a result of the collaboration between the Davis Memorial Hospital and Kettering Medical Centre in the US.

A team of foreign birders identified nearly 360 different species of birds while exploring Guyana’s rainforests and savannahs during a recent familiarisation tour.

BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz opposition leader Roza  Otunbayeva said today she had taken over the government after violent protests forced the president of the Central Asian  country to flee the capital.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said the country has experienced a gradual decline in the incidence of tuberculosis, but he believes progress has been slow and that not enough is being done to educate people.