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Contender for the PNCR presidential nomination, Dr Faith Harding is on the campaign trail in the US and has announced an event for December 18 in Washington during which she plans to discuss key issues in Guyana.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Overseas students in Britain  wanting to stay on and look for work after their courses end  will no longer be able to do so under government plans to curb  immigration laid out today.

(Jamaica Observer) A French rock band’s decision to name itself Jamaica and to title its recently released debut album No Problem has infuriated the island’s intellectual property administrator which says it is powerless to stop the French men.

(BBC) Three nationals of Caribbean states are among six people pardoned by outgoing Governor of New York, David Paterson.

Guyanese sculptor Donald Locke died at home in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday.  

Over the weekend, a team of doctors and support staff completed 28 surgeries at the Lethem Hospital, the Government Information Agency said yesterday.

(BBC) Officials in Haiti say more than 2,000 people are now known to have died in the cholera epidemic sweeping through the country.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia have the ability to   fight their way back into the Ashes series after their worst   defeat to England in nearly a quarter of a century — but they   need to start showing it, captain Ricky Ponting said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange  handed himself in to British police today after Sweden  issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes,  London’s Metropolitan Police said.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England won the second Ashes   test by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the   five-match series after dismissing Australia’s last six   batsmen cheaply in the first session today.

GuySuCo has blamed a dismal production year for its inability to offer sugar workers any increase this year, and yesterday it made a final proposal of two weeks pay which the union said it “has accepted for now”.

A Guyanese grandfather was shot to death in his central Brooklyn, New York apartment early this morning after an evening of drinking with friends, police and family members said, according to today’s New York Post.

The police are probing two attacks at mining camps in the interior that left a man with a bullet wound in the first raid and the loss of raw gold in the other.

(CMC) FORT DE FRANCE- Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz kept their nerve in a nerve-wracking penalty shoot-out to beat Guadeloupe 5-4 on penalties and retain the coveted Digicel Caribbean Cup last night.

Former PNC Finance Minister Carl Greenidge has been nominated by the Murray camp as their choice for the party’s presidential candidacy, Stabroek News has confirmed.

Suriname on Friday signed Memoranda of Understanding with two Chinese companies for US$6B worth of projects which include a deep sea harbour and a railroad to Brazil.

Chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, today confirmed that he had declined an approach by a PNCR group to be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for next year.

(Barbados Nation) Chris Gayle  is about to call time on Test cricket – if only on a temporary basis.

PONTOISE, France, (Reuters) – A French court today  found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the airline guilty  of involuntary manslaughter for their role in the 2000 Concorde  crash that spelled the end of the supersonic airliner.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen took the key   wicket of Michael Clarke with the last ball today to leave   Australia 137 runs behind England with a day to play in the   second Ashes test.