Woman's body found near shallow grave of T&T man
The police have found a body in an area where the remains of a Trinidadian man, reported missing three weeks ago, was found.
The police say are awaiting confirmation as to whether or not the body found is that of his female companion.
They said the woman was in the company of Keron Fraser, whose body was found in a shallow grave behind a housing scheme in Spanish Town on Sunday.
Fraser disappeared on October 18, two days after he arrived in the island.
He rented a vehicle soon after he arrived and headed towards an undisclosed location in the central parish of Clarendon.
The police said they would continue to question two men, whom they detained after they intercepted the rented vehicle a few days after Fraser’s disappearance.
Bloodstains were also found in the vehicle.
Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win World Tour Finals
Novak Djokovic retained his ATP World Tour Finals title with a convincing win over world number one Rafael Nadal.
The Serb, who lost the top ranking to Nadal last month, won 6-3 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London.
Djokovic, 26, extended his unbeaten run to 22 matches as he claimed the season-ending title for the third time.
He will now head to Belgrade, where Serbia take on the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final from Friday.
Nadal might have earned the year-end number one ranking after his remarkable return from injury in February, but Djokovic denied him a first ATP Finals title and laid down a marker for battles to come in 2014.
"It's the highest quality of tennis that you have next to Grand Slams, because every match that you play, you play against a top 10 player every second day," said Djokovic. "Especially this year, with back to back Paris Bercy tournament and London, wasn't easy for sure.
"I am very proud of the way that I managed to recover and perform better and better as the tournament went on.
"I had the tough three setters against all of the opponents in my group, and then I managed to raise the level of tennis in the semi-finals and finals when it mattered the most."
Nadal paid tribute to the crowd for the vibrant atmosphere they created.
PepsiCo makes big investment in India
PepsiCo, the US food and drinks giant behind the Pepsi-Cola, Walkers Crisps and Tropicana brands, is to invest $5.5bn (£3.4bn) in India by 2020.
The company said it planned to expand the range of products it sells in the country, and increase its manufacturing and distribution capability.
India is one of PepsiCo's largest global markets.
Chief executive Indra Nooyi said: "India is a country with huge potential."
PepsiCo, which has net revenues of more than $65bn, said there would be "a particular focus on rural expansion", with investment in selling and delivery infrastructure and an expansion of its collaborative farming programme.
The company, which also owns the Quaker and Frito-Lay brands, estimates that the investment will create more than 100,000 jobs, to add to the 200,000 it says it has already helped create since first investing in the country in 1990.
Its Indian business currently generates about $159m in annual sales for the group.
"We've built a highly successful business in India over the course of many years and we believe we've only scratched the surface of the long-term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo and our partners," said the Indian-born Ms Nooyi.
The government has been trying to encourage foreign direct investment by opening up the country to competition, in the teeth of sometimes fierce public opposition.
Marks and Spencer opened its largest Indian store in Mumbai on Monday, while Unilever has said it will increase its stake in Hindustan Unilever from 52% to as much as 75%.
India's annual economic growth rate has slowed to about 5%, its lowest rate for 10 years.
Congo, M23 Fail to Sign Peace Deal
A Ugandan official says the Democratic Republic of Congo has called off the signing of a peace deal with rebel group M23.
The Congolese government and the rebels were scheduled to sign a document in the Ugandan town of Entebbe Monday. But Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said in a Twitter message that the DRC delegation had, in his words, "aborted the signing."
Envoys from the United Nations, African Union, Europe and the United States expressed regret that an agreement was not signed Monday. In a statement, the envoys said the two sides have not expressed any differences on substantive points within the draft document.
M23 said last week that it was laying down its arms, after the Congolese army seized the last of the group's strongholds in Congo's North Kivu province.
The group consists of fighters who joined the Congolese army in a 2009 peace deal but later defected after complaining of poor treatment.
Last week, officials said the sides were set to sign a peace deal that would lay out the process for demobilizing rebel fighters, with some likely to be re-integrated into the Congolese army.
M23 earlier had asked for amnesty for its leaders, while the Congolese government said it wants the leaders be returned to the DRC to stand trial. The issue was expected to be a serious stumbling block to a peace agreement. However it is not clear whether it contributed to Monday's delay.
Eastern Congo has been ravaged by years of fighting between the government and various rebel groups, who compete for control of the area's rich mines.
The Congolese army recently got the backing of a 3,000-soldier U.N. "intervention brigade," authorized to undertake offensive operations against the rebels.
Congo has accused neighboring Rwanda and Uganda of supporting M23, an allegation both countries deny.
Adele 'turns down' £12 million contract 'to replace Cheryl Cole' as the face of L'Oreal
She was on the verge of ousting Cheryl Cole as the face of L’Oreal, but Adele has reportedly stunned the French cosmetics brand by walking away from a lucrative deal worth £12 million.
The 25-year-old Oscar-winner was said to be embroiled in negotiations regarding a potential contract that would’ve seen her join a L’Oreal celebrity stable that already includes Penelope Cruz, Eva Longoria and Jennifer Lopez.
But despite lengthy negotiations Adele reportedly turned her back on the offer, leaving the brand completely in the dark about her reason for backing out.
‘L’Oreal was in negotiations for the deal with Adele and it looked to be happening – but she just changed her mind on it,’ a source told the People. ‘L’Oreal is gobsmacked that she turned down such a huge amount.’
Agreeing a deal would have resulted in Adele replacing current ambassador Cheryl Cole, who signed her own lucrative contract with the brand in 2009.
The offer comes after recent claims that the brand were keen to offload the former Girls Aloud star, whose deal is worth a reported £500,000 a year.
Her appointment saw an improvement in sales but Cheryl was swiftly moved to the skincare range because she kept dying her hair.
The company are also said to be unimpressed with the enormous rose tattoo she had etched across her buttocks and lower back earlier this year.
Adele, whose personal fortune exceeds £35 million, was said to be in talks with L’Oreal as early as March, with sources at the time admitting they were hopeful about obtaining her signature.
‘It’s going to take a lot of persuasion to get her to agree but right now it looks like she’s close to landing a deal,’ they said.
The singer has previously revealed her disdain with celebrities who ‘sell out’ by putting their names to a string of products for the sake of easy money.
‘I don’t want my name anywhere near another brand,’ she once said. ‘I don’t wanna be tainted or haunted. I think it’s shameful when you sell out.’
News of Adele's turnabout comes at the end of a successful year for the singer.
In February she won an Academy Award for James Bond theme Skyfall, while the MBE was also awarded to her this year for services to music.
UEFA generates 1 billion euros from UK TV rights
European football's governing body has generated more than 1 billion euros from a new British TV rights deal for the Champions League and Europa League.
The BT Group, which only launched its sports television channels in August, has bought the exclusive British rights from UEFA for three seasons from 2015-16 to show 350 matches.
BT is paying 1.076 billion euros ($1.44 billion) in total to UEFA — more than double the value of the existing three-year UK deal with satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting and terrestrial network ITV.
BSkyB says "it seems BT chose to pay far in excess of our valuation".
FIFA fines Croatia, Greece over fan racism
FIFA has warned and fined World Cup play-offs teams Croatia and Greece for fans' racist behaviour at qualifying matches last month.
FIFA announced the sanctions yesterday but did not order full or partial stadium closures for the play-off matches starting next week.
FIFA fined the Croatia Football Federation 35,000 Swiss francs ($38,000) for incidents during its 2-1 loss against Belgium in Zagreb on October 11.
"Croatian supporters made far-right salutes which were used during World War II by the fascist Ustase movement," fan monitoring group Fare reported to FIFA.
FIFA fined the Greek federation 30,000 Swiss francs ($32,500) following reports of far-right banners displayed when Greece beat Slovakia 1-0 in Athens on October 11.
In the play-offs, Croatia host Iceland in the second leg on November 19, and Greece host Romania in the first leg on Friday.
In September, Ukraine were found guilty by FIFA of racist behaviour by fans at a qualifying match, but have escaped a closed-stadium order when it they host France on Friday in Kiev.
FIFA deferred the punishment while it considers Ukraine's appeal after fans made monkey noises at the team's Brazil-born player Edmar during a win against San Marino in September in Lviv. FIFA also banned the Lviv stadium from hosting qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup.
In other sanctions yesterday, the Croatia federation was also fined 15,000 Swiss francs ($16,300) for "crowd disturbance among visiting spectators" during a World Cup qualifier in Scotland on October 15.
The Scottish FA, which was responsible for security at the match in Glasgow, was also fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,850).
Romania's federation was fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,850) for crowd disturbances at a home qualifier in Bucharest against Estonia last month.
Richie Incognito deflects blame
Richie Incognito spoke in-depth for the first time since his indefinite suspension, describing the Miami Dolphins' locker-room environment as a place where threats and racial slurs were acceptable and joking behavior.
Incognito deflected blame for many of his harsh actions against teammate Jonathan Martin during an interview with Fox Sports.
Incognito also accused Martin of using equally crass language, claiming that was the nature of their relationship.
"When words are put in a context, I understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised," Incognito told Fox Sports during the interview, which aired Sunday. "But people don't know how Jon and I communicate to one another. For instance, a week before this went down, Jonathan Martin texted me on my phone, 'I will murder your whole F'ing family.'
"Now, do I think Jonathan Martin was going to murder my family? Not one bit. He texted me that. I didn't think he was going to kill my family. I knew that was coming from a brother. I knew it was coming from a friend. I knew it was coming from a teammate."
Incognito staunchly denied bullying Martin and claimed to be Martin's most supportive teammate. Incognito said he was genuinely surprised that Martin left the team and it became a national media firestorm.
"You can ask anybody in the Miami Dolphins' locker room who had Jon Martin's back the absolute most, and they will undoubtedly tell you [it was me]," Incognito said. "Jon never showed signs that football was getting to him [or] the locker room was getting to him."
Incognito confirmed that he did leave the controversial voice mail message to Martin last April that included racial slurs and a threat to kill Martin.
Despite the scathing language, Incognito said his actions "came from a place of love" and that vulgar communication was normal among Dolphins players.
"I'm not a racist, and to judge me by that one word is wrong," Incognito said. "In no way, shape or form is it ever acceptable for me to use that word, even if it's friend-to-friend on a voice mail.
"It's thrown around a lot. It's a word that I've heard Jon use a lot. It's not saying it's right that I did it and used it in a voice mail. But it's a lot of colorful words that are being thrown around in a locker room that we don't use in everyday life."
The NFL is investigating the troubled relationship between Incognito and Martin, who left the Dolphins two weeks ago because of emotional issues stemming from alleged harassment and misconduct.
Source-ESPN/AP
Nick Foles throws 3 TDs as Eagles defeats the Packers
Nick Foles keeps throwing touchdown passes. The Green Bay Packers keep losing quarterbacks.
A week after tying the NFL record by passing for seven TDs, Foles connected for three long touchdowns and the Philadelphia Eagles pulled away for a 27-13 victory over the injury-ravaged Packers on Sunday.
Foles connected with DeSean Jackson for a 55-yard score in the first half. Touchdown passes to Riley Cooper from 45 and 32 yards highlighted a 17-point second half for the up-tempo Eagles.
Philadelphia handed Green Bay its first back-to-back home losses since 2008, Aaron Rodgers' first season as the starting quarterback. It was the worst home loss for the Packers since falling 38-10 to the New York Jets on Dec. 3, 2006.
The Eagles, the NFL's road warriors, improved to 5-5, with all their victories coming away from Philly.
They won a battle of attrition at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic in final
World number one Rafael Nadal remains on track for a first ATP World Tour Finals title after beating Roger Federer to reach the final.
The Spaniard, 27, won 7-5 6-3 in London to claim his 22nd victory in 32 meetings between the pair.
Nadal has reached the final at the season-ending tournament just once before, losing to Federer in 2010.
He will play Novak Djokovic in Monday's final after the world number two beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 6-3.
This clash between Nadal and Federer attracted another sell-out crowd of more than 17,000 spectators to the O2 Arena.
Federer might have slipped to seventh in the rankings this year, but a 4-0 record against Nadal indoors gave the Swiss star's followers cause to hope.
The 32-year-old made a better start than he had against Juan Martin Del Potro on Saturday but could not convert any of three break points in game six, and the inconsistency that has plagued him in 2013 returned.