Staff Editor

A 29-year-old man was shot dead at Sixth and Light streets, Alberttown tonight.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A major earthquake hit  impoverished Haiti today, toppling buildings in the  capital Port-au-Prince, burying residents in rubble and causing  many deaths and injuries, witnesses in the city said.

Vibert Weeks, 28, of North East La Penitence, Georgetown was pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital this morning after being riddled with bullets by a gunman outside of the Red Dragon on Robb Street.

A waitress was shot dead last night as gunmen went on a five-minute rampage at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant on David and Lamaha streets, injuring three other persons.

HONOLULU,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday it appeared the man suspected of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas was a member of al Qaeda and had been trained and equipped by the Islamic militant network.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself  up in an SUV at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan today, killing 88 people in a village that opposes al  Qaeda-linked Taliban insurgents, police said.

PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – A Nigerian man believed to be  linked to al Qaeda militants was in custody today after he  tried to ignite an explosive device on a U.S.