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(Jamaica Observer) Just over four months since Usain Bolt lost his first race in two years at the August 6 Stockholm meet, his popularity has not waned — well, certainly not on Facebook.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Middle-order batsman Ajinkya  Rahane was the lone uncapped cricketer in India’s 30-member  preliminary squad for next year’s World Cup, the Indian cricket  board announced today.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mike Hussey produced a sparkling   century before Australia’s pace bowlers destroyed England’s   top order to push the hosts to the brink of a series-levelling   victory on day three of third Ashes test in Perth.

Canada today announced the designation of Enerjet to operate scheduled international air services between Canada and Guyana.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation wrote the main sugar union GAWU yesterday saying that it was considering terminating the historic 1976 recognition agreement with the union.

The Caribbean Community is increasing efforts to respond to the Cholera epidemic in Haiti.

Police are investigating an armed robbery which occurred last night at Johanna South, Black Bush Polder, Berbice, during which housewife Hansrani Daly was attacked and robbed by two men armed with a firearm and a cutlass.

A Guyanese woman -described as a prominent real estate agent from the Schenectady, New York Guyanese community – and her Trinidadian husband were on Wednesday sentenced to five years in prison after they were found guilty of money laundering and bank fraud, an Albany Times Union report has stated.

(Trinidad Express) Government is moving to regulate the foreign used car industry by early next year, Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Cuban ambassador to Jamaica Yuri Gala yesterday dismissed the WikiLeaks cables in which the Communist island appeared last year to be bad-mouthing the Bruce Golding administration over its indecision in the fight against transnational drug trafficking, calling the cables “clear manipulation” and evil.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 9.25 last night where Paul Samaroo, 32 years, of Goedverwagting, ECD, was attacked and robbed by two men, during which he was shot and injured.

The tomb of a well-known Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast contractor was broken into sometime last night and relatives believe the perpetrators planned to rob the corpse of jewellery it was believed to have.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe of Allen Stanford’s alleged Ponzi scheme has broadened to include brokerage executives who poured client money into Stanford International Bank products, the UK Financial Times has reported, citing lawyers in the case and a regulatory filing.

(BBC) An Arctic wave brought record cold weather to Cuba yesterday forcing residents to bundle up using what they could find in their closets.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mercurial paceman Mitchell   Johnson found his inswinging form to help Australia skittle   England for 187 and wrest back the initiative on a topsy-turvy   second day of the third Ashes test in Perth today.

Canada-based Shoreham Resources Ltd has announced that a diamond drilling programme has started on the Mariwa River gold target at the Sardine Hill Property in Guyana An Accesswire release today said that a minimum of 3,000 metres of drilling is planned to depths of approximately 100 to 200 metres to test the “saprolite and shallow bedrock mineralized zones in the northwest sector of the property”.

(BBC) Britain is to close its military base in Belize. The decision is part of a major drive by the government in London to slash spending.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three technology company  executives and a salesman for an “expert network” firm were  arrested and charged with leaking confidential tips to hedge  funds, including secret details about Apple Inc’s iPad ahead of  its launch.

Oil exploration company, CGX Energy Inc has raised US$23 million in its latest share offering which will be used to fund its capital programme offshore Guyana and for general corporate purposes.

Government has taken umbrage at statements attributed to former finance minister and regional public servant Carl Greenidge and has voiced its displeasure to CARICOM.