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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – West Indies have   decided to cut short their current tour of Sri Lanka tour due   to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of  Representatives approved a controversial measure yesterday  providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came  to the United States before age 16.

Police Constable Antonio Balrup, charged with having seventeen grammes of cannabis sativa on December 3, last

At about 5.30 pm yesterday, lumber dealer Chen-Jui-Pin, 56 years, and his wife Suchen-Chen, 55 years, of Kara Kara, Linden, were proceeding along the Linden Highway in their motor vehicle when they were attacked by bandits.

Yesterday, just after midday, ranks of the Joint Services stopped and searched a boat in the Eteringbang River and two unlicensed shotguns with ten cartridges and an unlicensed .38 revolver

The police say they are probing an armed robbery on Chris Shambaran, 48 years; Aliyah Shambaran, 45 years; and Vadawattie Ramloutan, 45 years, of No.

The police say they are probing a fatal accident that occurred at about 5.10 am today on the Turkeyen Public Road, ECD which resulted in the death of pedal cyclist

The police say they are investigating the murder of chain-saw operator Clive Williams, 38 years of Pomeroon River, Essequibo

A preliminary inquiry into a fire aboard a trawler that led to the death of a crew member and left the captain missing and presumed dead has made scathing safety criticisms of Pritipaul Singh Investments Inc (PSII) and has concluded that a faulty alternator aboard the vessel sparked the blaze.

(BBC) The Nepalese army has condemned a study linking its United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti to a cholera epidemic there.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – With Australia’s Ashes   campaign on the ropes after a crushing second test loss to   England, local sports writers have resorted to trying to   cajole 41-year-old legspinner Shane Warne out of retirement to   save the cricket team in their hour of need.

Former Director of Public Prosecutions,  Denis Hanomansingh, has been sworn in as a temporary judge in Belize, according to 7 NewsBelize.com.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters  rampaged through the streets of Haiti’s capital today to  contest election results, and they torched the headquarters of  the ruling government coalition they accused of rigging the  results, witnesses said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s presidential  elections will go to a second-round run-off between former  First Lady Mirlande Manigat and government technocrat Jude  Celestin, protege of outgoing President Rene Preval, electoral  authorities said today.

Congratulations to Christopher R Harmon of the GDF who graduated from the GTI class of 2010 with a Technician Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

Contender for the PNCR presidential nomination, Dr Faith Harding is on the campaign trail in the US and has announced an event for December 18 in Washington during which she plans to discuss key issues in Guyana.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Overseas students in Britain  wanting to stay on and look for work after their courses end  will no longer be able to do so under government plans to curb  immigration laid out today.

(Jamaica Observer) A French rock band’s decision to name itself Jamaica and to title its recently released debut album No Problem has infuriated the island’s intellectual property administrator which says it is powerless to stop the French men.

(BBC) Three nationals of Caribbean states are among six people pardoned by outgoing Governor of New York, David Paterson.

Guyanese sculptor Donald Locke died at home in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday.