January 8, 2013
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association & House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands to host a two-day joint seminar
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January 8, 2013
Venezuela calls pro-Chavez rally on inauguration day
Venezuela's authorities have urged President Chavez's supporters to join a major rally on Thursday, when he is due to be sworn in for a fourth term. Mr Chavez, in hospital in Cuba after cancer surgery, is unlikely to attend. But Venezuelan National…
January 8, 2013
‘PNM will not be bullied into supporting bill’
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has said that while the PNM is 100 per cent in support of more autonomy for Tobago, it will not be bullied into voting for the Tobago Bill unless the people are consulted on the provisions contained in it. Rowley…
January 8, 2013
Honduras police seize $50,000 gold-plated AK-47 rifle
The authorities in Honduras have seized a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted AK-47 assault rifle, complete with two silver magazines. The gun, estimated to be worth more than $50,000 (£30,000), is believed to belong to drug traffickers. Following a…
January 8, 2013
Cat ‘arrested’ for break-in at Brazilian prison
A cat has been detained in the grounds of a jail in Brazil with contraband goods for prisoners strapped to its body with tape. The white cat was apprehended crossing the main prison gate. The incident took place at a jail in Arapiraca city, 250km…
January 8, 2013
Mali army ‘fire on Islamists’ in response to incursion
Malian soldiers have fired on Islamist fighters in the centre of the country, military sources say. It the first significant fighting reported between the two sides since Islamist and Tuareg rebels seized control of the north of the country last…
January 8, 2013
Pakistani Suspect Pleads Innocent in British and US Terror Plots
A Pakistani man pled not guilty Monday in an alleged al-Qaida plot to set off terrorist bombs in New York and Manchester, England. Abid Naseer entered his plea in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, New York — where he was extradited from Britain last…
January 8, 2013
Astronauts on Long Space Missions Will Need Earth-like Sleep Habits
There is nothing like a regular sleep schedule to keep you healthy, especially on a long voyage to Mars. On June 3, 2010, a six-man team of international volunteers was sealed into a 550-cubic-meter spacecraft-like compartment at a Russian Academy…
January 8, 2013
Preliminary Hearing Underway for US Theater Shooting Suspect
Prosecutors have started to make their case against the man charged with carrying out a deadly rampage at a U.S. movie theater in July. The preliminary hearing in the case against 25-year-old James Holmes got underway Monday in Colorado. Prosecutors…
January 4, 2013
PITT AND JOLIE TIE THE KNOT IN CARIBBEAN, NEWSPAPER SAYS
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