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He was the youngest among the self-helpers; 16-years-old when he joined the team to clear what was deemed a mini-jungle now known the world over as Carifesta City.

Dear Editor, Mr M Maxwell lacks comprehension. See his letter in SN of 31.12.2010 (‘Democratic centralism gets the last laugh’).

Dear Editor, Please refer to the letter in SN captioned ‘Large hole in Kitty road,’ and dated December 21, 2010, which highlighted the situation with the road on McDougal Street, Kitty.

Dear Editor, The United Nations General Assembly voted on December 22 to restore the reference to sexual orientation in a resolution condemning extra-judicial, summary and arbitrary executions.

Dear Editor, Informed sources must express disappointment in the response given by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture to the letter published in your columns of December 28.

Dear Editor, I have been following events relative to the reaction of the government to words spoken by Mr Carl Greenidge at the funeral service of Mr Winston Murray.

Dear Editor, With the primary interest of preserving lives, one would wish for much more effective control and management of our exponentially growing road transportation confusion.

Dear Editor, Peter Persaud seems to be the government’s propaganda man on Amerindian affairs.

Antigua on Friday signed four bilateral agreements with China including one for the provision of laptops for each child on the island.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – The number of civilians killed in  violence in Iraq fell last year and December was the least  deadly month of 2010, official figures showed yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Dilma Rousseff became Brazil’s  first female president today and promised to build on an  unprecedented run of economic success achieved by her popular  predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Worsening security and enduring   conservative Islamic customs prevented almost five million   Afghan children from going to school in 2010, a government   official said today.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan one-day captain Shahid  Afridi and head coach Waqar Younis have been summoned as  witnesses by the International Cricket Council (ICC)  anti-corruption tribunal which will consider spot-fixing  allegations against three Pakistan players.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ten people were killed in a  stampede in a bar in a South African township during a New  Year’s Eve celebration, an official said today.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Suspected U.S. drone  aircraft strikes killed 15 Muslim militants in northwest  Pakistan today, suggesting there will no letup this year  in a campaign Washington says is hurting al Qaeda-linked groups.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo has  only days in which to leave power peacefully with immunity, the  prime minister of Ivory Coast’s presidential rival Alassane  Ouattara said today.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said today he will host a summit of world religious leaders in the  city of Assisi in October to discuss how they can promote world  peace.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian cricket will emerge   from the misery of failing to regain the Ashes and once more   reign over world cricket, bowling great Glenn McGrath said today.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, (Reuters) – A bomb killed 21 people  outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early today, and the interior ministry said a foreign-backed  suicide bomber may have been responsible.

Police this afternoon made an “unqualified” apology to actor Lyndon `Jumbie’ Jones for detaining him over the Christmas holidays and they admitted that they had held the wrong `Jumbie’ Jones had complained to the media that police invited him down to the police station on Christmas Eve and held him over the Xmas holidays as an alleged suspect in an armed robbery.