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It was with her eyes set on securing scholarships to study overseas that this year’s unofficial top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student Fatima Karim sat 20 subjects at this year’s examinations.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensified late on Friday and into yesterday, creating the risk of yet another front opening in the multi-sided civil war.

Chase’s Academic Foundation student Oronde Chase, at 14 years old, has achieved what many Guyanese students are not afforded the opportunity to do until they have reached the ages of 16 and 17.

LONDON (Reuters) – London’s mayor has called on fellow members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party to replace leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying his failure to drum up support for Britain remaining in the EU showed he could not command the backing of voters.

Four municipalities and two Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED), which will allow for CARILED to engage in a more focused manner over the coming months to strengthen its collaboration with the local authorities.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The older brother of the Syrian boy whose image, dazed and bloodied after an air strike, shocked people around the world, has died in Aleppo from wounds sustained in the same incident, a war monitor and a witness said.

With a small but steady demand for its products in Orealla, the Orealla Farmers Association is now attempting to break ground into new markets both locally and internationally.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average New York City taxi driver may still be sassy, but will not be required to speak English any longer.

As calls for the revision of the Amerindian Act of 2006 continue to be made, the Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) has also weighed in on with its suggestions regarding what the necessary amendments should be.

(Reuters) – A former US Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the daring operation on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing federal court documents.

(Reuters Health) – The type of brain bleeding that causes the most lethal kind of stroke has declined substantially since 1998, possibly as a result of falling smoking rates, according to researchers in Finland.

A sergeant in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is now recuperating after he was burned on Thursday whilst on an exercise outside of Georgetown.

A disgruntled buyer has moved to the High Court to protect his interest in property in the exclusive Windsor Estates, after saying developer Navigant Builders Inc have failed to complete construction of a house on the land as was agreed some three years ago.

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Indian Textiles Minister Smriti Irani tweeted a picture of herself recently in an electric-blue silk saree with the hashtag #IWearHandloom, her tweet was favourited more than 10,000 times and retweeted 4,000 times.

In the issues of Stabroek News of Tuesday, January 16, 2007 and Wednesday, January 17, 2007 and in subsequent issues we published statements indicating that the plaintiff Dr Nanda Gopaul then occupying the position of Permanent Secretary, Office of the President, had directed the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw government advertisements from the Stabroek News.

Prayer Palace Assembly of God Church is the latest victim in what has become a spate of thefts in East Canje Berbice, specifically in the Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme – Sheet Anchor area.

(Reuters Health) – The older that seniors feel relative to their actual age, the greater their odds of cognitive decline in the coming years, a recent study finds.

It has been almost two years since the body of Teyana Raghbeer was found floating in a trench aback of Adelphi Village, East Canje, and her mother is unhappy with pace of the police investigations, especially the release of suspects despite seemingly strong evidence.

MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s election campaign kicked off yesterday, with President Daniel Ortega the clear favourite to sweep aside a weakened opposition and win a third consecutive term in a November 6 vote.

LONDON (Reuters) – To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain’s values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalised by militants.