October 30, 2013
Body of missing Jamaican man found in pond in Cayman Islands
Police in the Cayman Islands say the body that was discovered in a pond in George Town early Monday October 28th 2013, is 35-year-old Patrick Leonard Williamson, a Jamaican national. Detectives confirm they are treating the death as suspicious.…
October 30, 2013
Gov’t actively looking into reforming ganja law
Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding has said active consideration is being given to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica to allow its use, but within certain parameters. Those boundaries include possession of marijuana for medical use,…
October 30, 2013
U.N. investigators visited Cuba to discuss N. Korean freighter
A team of United Nations experts was in Havana last week to talk about the Cuban weaponry found aboard a North Korea-bound freighter this summer, showing that Cuban officials have at agreed to discuss the shipment, according to a Japanese media…
October 30, 2013
Public workers get salary increase in St Vincent
Public servants in St.Vincent will benefit from a salary increase of 1.5 per cent which will not be taxed when they are paid this week. The money is half of the three per cent salary increase owed to them since January 2011. Half of the amount was…
October 30, 2013
Sirte gunmen snatch $54m from bank van
Libya's state news agency says gunmen have stolen $54m in an attack on a van carrying foreign and local currency for the Libyan central bank. Ten men stopped the van as it entered the city of Sirte from the airport. The cash delivery had been flown…
October 30, 2013
Briton Charged With Hacking US Government Computers
A British man has been arrested for allegedly hacking into the computers of several U.S. government agencies and the U.S. military. Lauri Love has been charged with infiltrating thousands of computer systems, including those of the Pentagon's…
October 30, 2013
US woman to face trial for dumping newborn
An eastern Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges accusing her of giving birth in a sports bar bathroom, wrapping the newborn in a plastic bag and hiding him in a toilet tank. Twenty-six-year-old Amanda Hein, of Allentown, was…
October 30, 2013
EU Confronting US Over Surveillance
European Union lawmakers have begun a series of meetings aimed at confronting U.S. officials about allegations of widespread American spying on their allies. The 23-member European Parliament delegation met Monday with U.S. lawmakers and officials…
October 30, 2013
Red Sox Take 3-2 World Series Lead
The Boston Red Sox are returning home with a chance to win the Major League Baseball World Series, after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in game five Monday night. The victory puts the Red Sox ahead three games to two in the best-of-seven…
October 30, 2013
Putin insists gay and lesbian athletes have nothing to fear at next year’s Winter Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted gay and lesbian athletes have nothing to fear at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Mr Putin told Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, that gay athletes - and…