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YUSHU, China (Reuters) – China’s premier flew to the Tibetan plateau yesterday to oversee feverish rescue efforts after a strong earthquake, but crews held out little hope for residents trapped in freezing weather under the rubble of homes, schools and monasteries.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will increasingly use desalinated seawater to meet growing demand for drinking water in coastal towns facing the worst drought in 150 years, the country’s water minister said yesterday.

Thirty-four-year-old Mark Duncan of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, was sentenced to three years imprisonment for using money that he had earned from selling a quantity of bottled water for a man to pay off a gambling debt.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia on Wednesday warned its citizens of the dangers of visiting Venezuela after eight Colombians were detained in the neighbouring country on espionage accusations.

Information Bill proposed The government of the Bahamas says it plans to propose a bill that would improve public access to government records.

The National Trust, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Guysuco are hosting an exhibition and book launch today to mark International Day for Monuments and Sites 2010.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has halted adoptions to US families after an American woman sent her adopted son back to Moscow on a plane with a note disowning him, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

-Parks Commission Chairman Although the National Parks Commission (NPC) has been receiving increased funding, Board Chairman John Caesar yesterday said that the Georgetown zoo requires a lot more for its development.

-accuses ruling party of delayingThe Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday urged the government to act on its promise to make “a last ditch effort to conclude the outstanding local government reforms,” and to reconvene the parliamentary select committee tasked with completing the work.

Police arrested two men minutes after they stuck up Digicel’s Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara outlet yesterday.

The taxi driver who was shot on Princes Street on Tuesday is still in a critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery and a man has been held to assisting police with the investigation.

A 13-year-old has alleged that a prominent businessman has been sexually molesting her and her sisters, with the consent of their mother.

The failure to pursue a medical solution to Sangeeta Persaud’s illness was irresponsible, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday, while urging a “prompt and vigourous” medical investigation of the fatal case.

An exhibition, which seeks to capture the richness and grandeur of the culture of Velha Goa through the photographs of Benoy K.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department recently hosted a workshop aimed at boosting knowledge and techniques in food inspection for regulatory and enforcement activities for food inspectors.

Published author and accountant Lal Balkaran last Wednesday presented several books on auditing to Auditor General (ag) Deodat Sharma after a workshop on internal and external auditing.

-as rainy season nears Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Monday inspected garbage collection and other enhancement works being undertaken by Community Drainage and Irrigation (D&I) workers along the East Coast, in anticipation of the May-June rains.

Berbice Commander Steve Merai told police recruits attending a skills-boosting workshop at the University of Guyana’s (UG) Tain Campus that learning and knowledge must never be seen as problematic but as opportunities for advancement.

A man was remanded yesterday for allegedly threatening his niece. A plea of not guilty was entered for William Nurse by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he was read the charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Three days into the school term, students attending the Develdt Primary School, in the Berbice River, were yet to begin classes because of the lack of teachers.