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LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William is to  marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year,  Buckingham Palace said today, ending months of media  speculation about the couple’s plans to wed.

Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali yesterday met with squatters of Container City, Front Road East and West Ruimveldt, Laing Avenue and Sideline Dam, Georgetown at St.

Michael Brassington, the Guyanese former president of a luxury charter company whose plane ran a Teterboro Airport runway in 2005 put profits ahead of safety in a scheme to overload jets with cheap fuel, a jury ruled yesterday, according to www.jersey.com.

(Trinidad Express) The country’s top telecommunications companies have both distanced themselves from any involvement in the illegal wiretapping of their customers’ phones.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuter s) – Opener Chris Gayle  tormented Sri Lanka with a career best 333 as West Indies took  control of the first test before declaring on 580-9 today.

The New York Times is reporting that in a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled today that illegal immigrants can be eligible for the same reduced tuition at public colleges and universities as legal residents of the state.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Facebook trotted out an  all-in-one messaging tool today that pools users’ email,  instant and text messages, taking on Google Inc’s and Yahoo  Inc’s popular email platforms.

Police this afternoon said that an arrest warrant for Mark Benschop was  issued by the court on November 03, 2010, after he failed to attend the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 7 that day.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Protesters in Haiti who  blamed United Nations peacekeepers for the epidemic of cholera  there rioted in two cities today, hurling rocks and setting  fire to a police station, police and eyewitnesses said.

A twenty-six-year-old mechanic was stabbed to death last night at his Den Amstel, West Bank Demarara home allegedly by  his brother following an argument over one thousand dollars, Divisional Commander Balram Persaud said this morning.

A fire claimed the life of a Guyanese national at Penal Rock Road, Barrackpore yesterday, according to the Trinidad Express.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has assured Washington that his government will make legislative changes to prevent a repeat of the bloody melodrama surrounding the extradition of Jamaican Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, alleged by the United States to be a major criminal kingpin.

GALLE, (Reuters) – Former captain Chris Gayle hit an  explosive double century to propel West Indies to 362 for two on  the opening day of the first test against Sri Lanka today.

-says TSTT, Digicel were ordered to help espionage unit (Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she wants a full probe into the operations of the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters Life!) – Energy drinks are hugely  popular, but each one could be giving you more caffeine than a  cup of coffee, a study said.

Georgetown Hospital nurse Ursula Houston of Laing Avenue was tonight stabbed in the maternity ward of the institution with a broken bottle and is now in stable condition after treatment.

Congratulations go out to Mr. Richard Francois MA (Hons), Bsc. on the completion of his Master of Arts (Honours) Degree from Middlesex University, London in the field of Marketing Communications.

The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that six players from the Sagicor High Performance Centre are in the West Indies A ‘Test’ squad to face Pakistan A in two Digicel ‘Tests’ in St Vincent.

Construction defects associated with the  Skeldon sugar factory as well as a lack of information on an environmental  impact assessment for the Amaila Falls project are two concerns which would see both projects being revisited if the AFC wins next year’s general elections.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Germany’s Sebastian Vettel  became Formula One’s youngest world champion today by  winning the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.