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KANDY, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara  called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns  thoroughly before hosting test matches after the third and final  test against West Indies ended in a tame draw at the Pallakele  Stadium today.

In the wake of the closure of its plywood factory at Land of Canaan following a boiler explosion, Barama Company Limited has begun importing plywood.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Three Russian satellites crashed  into the Pacific Ocean today after a failed launch, media  reported, in a setback to a Kremlin project designed as a rival  to widely used U.S.

All of Bartica was plunged into darkness earlier this morning following a fire at the Guyana Power & Light (GPL) station in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni community.

(Barbados Nation) Two of Barbados’  most prominent heart specialists Dr Richard Ishmael and Dr Alfred Sparman are at it again.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The International Cricket   Council is eyeing June 2013 for the  inaugural test world   championship and will use current rankings to decide the four   playoff spots, CEO Haroon Lorgat told Australian radio today.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – replaced   Alastair Cook as Australia’s tormentor with a majestic double   century as England took a commanding first innings lead before   rain curtailed the third day of the second Ashes test today.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – The third and final   test between Sri Lanka and West Indies ended in a draw with no   play being possible on the fifth and final day today   because of rain.

(BBC) A United Nations report has warned that the Caribbean’s tourism industry is facing a potentially disastrous threat.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook continued to   dominate Australia’s bowlers with an unbeaten 136 to help   drive England to a first-innings lead of 72 with eight wickets   in hand after second day of the second Ashes test today.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – The persistent rain   which has dogged the third and final test continued to thwart   Sri Lanka’s attempts to bowl West Indies out in their first   innings today as the match drifted towards a tame draw.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Libyan leader caused a month-long nuclear scare in 2009 when he delayed the  return to Russia of radioactive material in an apparent fit of  diplomatic pique, leaked U.S.

The Government today approved a five percent across-the-board salary increase for all public servants and members of the disciplined services with effect from January 1, 2010.

NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – Three of the world’s  most influential newspapers have finally come to terms with the  notion that charging readers online is the only way to  survive.

A 35-year-old man who was wanted for questioning for several offences in Berbice, this morning burnt himself to death in his home on seeing the police.

Saying that the rate of armed robberies is alarming, the PNCR today called on the government to implement immediate measures to raise pay so as to attract higher calibre recruits for the Guyana Police Force.

The government procurement website www.eprocure.gov.gy is currently down after being hacked, Press and Publicity Officer at the Office of the President Kwame McCoy says.

A cable from USAID Bridgetown from December 2006 is one of the first on the Caribbean that has been released either by WikiLeaks or the media that have been given full access to the hundreds of thousands of cables leaked by the site.

Two teenagers were found hanging early this morning in an abandoned house at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara in an apparent suicide pact following refusal of permission to wed.

A new market was commissioned at Port Mourant yesterday. The Government Information Agency said that the new Port Mourant market was constructed at a cost of $102M through a joint initiative of the government, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).