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Poland’s Jaruzelski wanted Soviet invasion – memo

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Poland’s last communist leader,  General Wojciech Jaruzelski, wanted Soviet troops to invade his  country in 1981 to help crush striking workers, according to a  document published yesterday by the state archives institute.

Midday robbery at Bel Air gas station

Bandits, one of whom was armed with a gun stuck up a pump attendant at the Bel Air Service Station, East Coast around noon yesterday and later escaped in a waiting motor car with a cash register containing cash and a computer.

Duo facing joint charge over Health Ministry fire

Two of the three men who had been separately charged for setting fire to the Ministry of Health in July appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where a single joint charge in relation to the fire was read to them.

Canada’s Mounties slammed in fatal Taser case

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, (Reuters) – The Royal  Canadian Mounted Police acted prematurely and inappropriately  in their use of electronic stun guns in an incident at  Vancouver airport that led to death of a Polish immigrant, a  government commission reported yesterday.

Squall hits East Bank

Heavy winds accompanied by a downpour on Monday caused some panic in parts of Craig and toppled two electricity poles along the Diamond Public Road.

Soldier confesses to being driver for gunmen

– in Madewini shootout A soldier has confessed to being an accomplice to gunmen who launched an early morning attack on a GT&T cell site at Hauraruni, Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Sunday, before engaging in a shootout with police.

Cops search king-pin’s building

As police in ‘B’ Division continue crime fighting efforts, ranks from Eve Leary Station travelled to Berbice yesterday with tracker dogs and metal detectors to search a building that is being constructed by a suspected drug king-pin.

The spanking new doctors living quarters on East Street.

New residence for Chinese doctors declared open

Through a joint effort by the governments of Guyana and China spanking new living quarters for visiting medical teams from China was declared opened yesterday which should end complaints of improper housing by the visiting doctors.

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