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AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvian wildcat miners were locked in a tense standoff with police yesterday after six people were killed during a protest against stricter environmental controls imposed by the government.

(Jamaica Observer) – The body of a male infant, suspected to be a day old, was found on a beach near the Sir Florizel Glasspole Boulevard in Kingston on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to announce today a May 6 parliamentary election which could bring down the curtain on 13 years of rule by his centre-left Labour Party.

Church ‘credibility’ hurt The most senior Catholic cleric in the Eastern Caribbean has said the archdiocese in the sub-region is taking steps to deal with any allegations of sexual abuse by priests.

XIANGNING, China (Reuters) – At least 115 miners were pulled alive from a flooded coal mine in north China after being trapped for over a week, eating bark to survive, prompting jubilant officials to hail their survival a miracle.

Evidence used in foreign courts to convict Guyanese of offences such as drug trafficking could and has been used in local courts to move against their assets under the anti-money laundering law, Attorney-General Charles Ramson has said.

-despite El Nino Despite El Nino conditions, rice production has increased by an estimated 12,000 tonnes when compared to the same period last year, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said.

The pastor at the centre of an exorcism of 14-year-old Sangeeta Persaud who subsequently died said he did nothing wrong and labelled newspaper reports surrounding the teenager’s death as “totally untrue”.

Relatives of a 20-year-old Presidential Guard, who died following an accident on the Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara Public Road yesterday morning are dissatisfied with what they said was the “laid back” treatment the man received at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) will appear before the court shortly charged with drinking while under the influence of alcohol.

Police are yet to arrest the taxi driver who struck and killed Ramona Harris on Friday night, a short distance away from her Diamond New Housing Scheme home.

A 43-year-old Kuru-Kuru, Linden/Soesdyke Highway man was chopped to death at Bamboo Landing, North West District on Good Friday.

Drying floors constructed in Region Two cannot bring immediate relief to farmers suffering as a result of the current El Nino conditions, former PPP/C MP and Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) vice-chairman Heeralall Mohan says.

Guyanese architect Alfred France, whose work ranked among the most respected in the country, died three weeks ago in Canada following a period of illness.

Attorney General Charles Ramson is calling on a local consultant, who was hired to work on a judicial project, to retract public statements which he said were “unauthorised.”

The US$10B pledged in Copenhagen to assist countries vulnerable to climate change has not yet been realised, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

A 28-year-old man is now a patient in the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was doused with hot water by his paramour.

A 19-year-old man died over the weekend reportedly as a result of drowning in a mined out pool not far from a mining concession in Arimu Top, Cuyuni where he had gone to take a bath after consuming alcohol.

Cheddie Bacchus reportedly stole a car yesterday from D’Urban Street and was intercepted a short distance away by police who shot him in the leg as he attempted to flee.

– drivers from two taxi services implicated Quick action by police ranks attached to the Tactical Services Unit on Saturday afternoon saw the apprehension of several persons believed to be involved in a robbery at the Phone Depot Store on Middle Street during which two men were assaulted and cell phones and other items stolen.