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August 2, 2011

Kidnapped Bangladeshi Workers Freed in Afghanistan

Officials say five Bangladeshi workers kidnapped in Afghanistan late last year have been freed. Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters in Dhaka that the hostages were released early Tuesday following negotiations between their captors…

August 2, 2011

Bus Collision Kills 16 in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi police say a head-on collision between two passenger buses has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 50 others. Police say the two buses were traveling on a major highway just outside the capital of Dhaka when they collided…

August 2, 2011

Suicide Bombers Kill 4 in Northern Afghanistan

Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack has killed at least four people and wounded 10 others in northern Afghanistan. Officials say a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb just before dawn Tuesday outside a compound that houses two separate…

July 29, 2011

Bolt On Track Again

The eyes of the world will be fixed squarely on Jamaican sprinting king Usain Bolt, as he…

July 29, 2011

CARICOM wants stronger UN presence in Region

CARICOM has noted the decreased United Nations (UN) representation in the Region, and is…

July 29, 2011

Brazil feds seize 18,000 ecstasy pills, arrest Guyanese, two others

Federal Police found 18,000 ecstasy tablets in north Brazil, in the country’s largest synthetic drug seizure so far this year, according to O Globo newspaper. Authorities arrested two Brazilians and one Guyanese national in the operation, which…

July 29, 2011

Wiretap legislation headed back to Cabinet

More than a year after Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was extradited with evidence collected using the Interception of Communi-cations Act and the controversial memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between Jamaica and the United States, the Government and…

July 29, 2011

Schoolboys get varying sentences for murder/manslaughter

Prison sentences ranging from seven to 15 years were imposed yesterday on three schoolboys who had pleaded guilty last week to charges of murder and manslaughter. Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh, who was presiding in the St Ann Circuit Court,…

July 29, 2011

Bahamas bans scrap metal exports, cites theft

THE BAHAMAS has banned the export of scrap metal for at least three months as copper theft cases continue to increase. The government said in a statement Wednesday that the theft is so widespread it has disrupted services at major industries. About…

July 29, 2011

ntegrity Commission announces new appointments

The Integrity Commission takes great pleasure in…