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JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s last surviving founding fathers who developed its powerful armed forces and nuclear capabilities before seeking peace with the Palestinians and sharing a Nobel prize, died yesterday at 93 after suffering a stroke.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s first-ever LGBT film festival has been postponed after threats to burn down a building it was to be held in and an order by Port-au-Prince police to ban it, organizers said.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A majority of Americans say Democrat Hillary Clinton won Monday night’s presidential debate, but her performance doesn’t appear to have immediately boosted her support among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Wednesday.

The Queen’s College Board of Governors and the School’s Administration say they have taken the decision to host this year’s Annual Inter-House Athletic Championship at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 9: am.

The beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation today said it has invited representatives of the three unions in the industry to meet tomorrow to discuss the current and future status of the corporation.

(Barbados Nation) The Grantley Adams International Airport will remain closed until the all clear has been given.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite knowing that he could be shot dead, Krishna Maharaj sacrificed his life for his family when he coaxed a gunman into leaving their home together so his wife could have a chance to escape.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died in hospital on Wednesday at 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke.

An East Canje cattle farmer was found dead with four gunshot wounds yesterday at a dam in Gangaram Settlement and his family suspects that his death is linked to a recent spat over land.

Godfrey Gill, 22, and Sherwin Clark, 27, the two men who police say are responsible for murdering Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon, were yesterday charged with the crime as well as armed robbery.

In his absence, self-professed drug lord Barry Dataram was yesterday sentenced to 60 months in jail for trafficking cocaine, while his three co-accused, including his common-law wife, who was also a no-show, were acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

A Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) died after a vehicle she was travelling in toppled on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in the vicinity of Bamia Creek yesterday.

The Buddy’s Pool Hall and Night Club on Sheriff Street have been closed  following a fall in business and a medical school is now operating in a part of the huge building.

The 14-year-old, of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, who lost his life in the freak accident at Abary Creek on Monday evening, when he was reported to have been pinned by a canter truck, was helping his rice farmer father when the mishap occurred.

The police were up to last evening working towards enhancing camera footage and are carrying out several operations around Georgetown in an effort to apprehend the suspects in Monday morning’s shooting in front of the Rio Inn Nightclub which resulted in the death of a teenager.

Police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of Gafoor’s manager Terry Lackhan and say he has since confessed to the crime.

The five Haitian men who were intercepted at Wismar, Linden on Saturday, while on their way to Brazil, were yesterday charged with illegal entry into the country and fined a total of $100,000 for the crime.

An 18-year-old man is now under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot by an off-duty policeman following a robbery on the West Ruimveldt Public Road on Monday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men who hijacked a car on Norton Street, Georgetown, after ejecting its passengers.

The police rank implicated in the shooting of a bystander, Jean Rodrigues, in the vicinity of the Timehri Bus Park, has been reassigned as the police force completes the investigation.