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A Guyanese woman was last Friday released after spending almost seven harrowing  months in a US jail on charges of robbery which are now believed to be an elaborate scheme concocted by her ex-lover whom she had accused of raping her.

Cellink Berbice concluded another year as the number one County in Guyana when they comfortably retained their Pepsi/Carib T20 title against the Rest Team by nine wickets at the Guyana National Stadium last night.

The three-storey  Forester’s lodge building on the western side of Camp and New Market streets was damaged by fire tonight.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – An influential U.S.  senator today urged President Barack Obama’s administration  to suspend direct aid to Haiti’s government and visas for its  top officials until it ensures a fair and democratic outcome to  disputed national elections.

Retired Head Teacher of Queen’s College, Freidel Isaacs has been granting temporary orders by the High Court quashing her dismissal and demotion over the handling of the abuse of Neesa Gopaul who was murdered in October sparking widespread public anger.

The man accused of murdering Clive Williams after a drunken brawl at 23 Miles Mabura was today remanded to prison after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean’s newest airline hit the ground for the first time yesterday.

A $55M well and pumping station was yesterday commissioned at Somerset on the Essequibo Coast and Water Minister Irfaan Ali praised the performance of GWI.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo  was today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony where he was  represented by an empty chair and he dedicated it from prison to  the “lost souls” of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

World Bank Director for the Caribbean Yvonne Tsikata has stressed that US$30M deposited by Norway into a fund under the bank’s supervision cannot be released until the green light is given by a steering committee comprised of representatives from Oslo and Georgetown.

Former Surinamese Justice and Police Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi has been appointed chairman of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), the security organ of the Organisation of American States (OAS), according to Radio Nederland.

(BBC) In the United States, the so-called Dream Act for young immigrants has hit a snag.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have shaken up   their underperforming bowling attack and sprung a surprise by   picking untried spinner Michael Beer in a revamped 12-man   squad for the third Ashes test against England in Perth next   week.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s electoral  authorities said today they would urgently recheck vote  tally sheets from the Caribbean country’s troubled presidential  elections to try to defuse a dispute over the results that has  triggered nationwide unrest.

The police are investigating a robbery on Pulmattie Ramkissoon, 44 years, a businesswoman of Best Village, West Coast Demerara which occurred at about 8.30 last night.

The police are probing an armed robbery on Yang Xan, 35 years of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, which occurred at about 9.45 last night by two men armed with handguns.

Police are seeking an Agricola resident for questioning into the 1998 murder of Clyde Lewis called ‘Six Head’ who was riddled with bullets during an argument in a Tiger Bay house.

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President Bharrat Jagdeo has acknowledged that there won’t be a legally-binding climate change deal at the current Cancun conference.