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LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange  was released on bail today after spending nine days in a  London jail over alleged sex crimes in Sweden.

A US cable released by WikiLeaks today said that Cuban Leader Fidel Castro came close to dying in July, 2006 after rejecting a colostomy for diverticulitis of the colon.

(BBC) St Vincent and the Grenadines opposition leader, Arnhim Eustace, said on Wednesday his New Democratic Party (NDP) would challenge Monday’s general election.

PERTH, (Reuters) – England tightened their grip on   the Ashes in Perth yesterday, restricting Australia to a   first innings total of 268 after a feisty rearguard fightback   on day one of the third test.

Police last evening were engaged in a  stand-off outside social activist Mark Benschop’s home  as the lawmen attempted to question him over a traffic offence.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – It would be a mistake to  suspend earthquake reconstruction aid to Haiti, despite  concerns about recent election irregularities, former U.S. 

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 11.05 pm yesterday during which businessman Alexander Ramdhanny and his brother Errol Ramdhanny of Sisters Village, WBD, were attacked and robbed by three men, armed with a handgun, a cutlass and a knife.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry today remanded a man for the murder of Damien La Rose.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has come out in sharp defence of Jamaica’s reputation after a leaked United States Embassy cable painted the Government as enablers of drug traffickers.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Tuesday approved a master financing facility of up to US$42 million in long-term IDB loans to finance up to eight Marriott-hotels to be developed by Caribe Hospitality S.A.

(Barbados Nation) The troubled insurer CLICO International Life is coming under judicial management in a move Government expects will stop pensioners and other investors from being badly hurt.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket’s position as India’s   most popular sport is beyond doubt, but an Indian TV channel   is broadcasting live NBA matches in the cricket-mad country,   convinced basketball can take the number two spot.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Australia’s struggles in the   ongoing Ashes series show the team have yet to emerge from a   transition phase, and India will face similar problems when   several leading players retire, former Australia captain Bobby   Simpson said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lie detector tests and   the non-selection of “tainted” players could be brought   in by cricket as it seeks to rid the game of corruption, the   Marylebone Cricket Club said today.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International Criminal  Court prosecutor named several Kenyan government ministers and a  former police chief today as suspects behind the east  African country’s post-election violence in 2008.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry says its new banking facility at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara will open on Thursday, December 16, 2010.

Businessman Clayton Hutson was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000, after denying a charge that he stole a pair of motor clamps belonging to the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Re-migrant farmer Compton Paul, 69, was today remanded to prison on the accusation that he imported a shotgun without being the holder of a requisite licence.

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has expressed its “deepest concern” over the violence and disorder which ensued in Haiti following the announcement of the  preliminary results of the Presidential and Legislative Elections which were held on November 28, 2010.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) is today scheduled to launch its E-magine Broadband service on the lower East Bank Demerara as the company expands its coverage of what it describes as “superior and reliable” internet access.