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New Grant man needs help

New Grant man  needs help

New Grant man needs help By LAUREL V WILLIAMS Monday, April 9 2012 ALL five toes on the left foot of Lochan Ravi Narine have been amputated as well as the big toe on the right foot and three fingers. Narine, a father of three of New Grant, told Newsday yesterday he was constantly in [...]

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Abducted man found in Piarco

Abducted man found in Piarco

Abducted man found in Piarco By Cecily Asson Monday, April 9 2012 A San Fernando salesman who was abducted by three armed bandits while sitting in his car on Saturday morning in Claxton Bay was found some nine hours later in Piarco, unharmed but minus his motor car. Electronic salesman Kenneth Liew, 42, was found [...]

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Cunupia residents want industrial plant shut down

Cunupia residents want industrial plant shut down Monday, April 9 2012 RESIDENTS of Royal Park and Chincuna Gardens sharing borders with an industrial plant on Chin Chin Road, Cunupia, vow to heighten their pleas to get the authorities to shut down the complex. They claim it is affecting their health, and destroying the environment. Their [...]

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Minister summons meeting to discuss release of Cheryl Miller

Minister summons meeting to discuss release of Cheryl Miller By Nalinee Seelal Monday, April 9 2012 ATTORNEYS acting on behalf of Cheryl Miller, the woman who was warded at the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital for 15 days without her consent, have arranged for toxicology tests to be carried out to ascertain if the drugs administered [...]

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Caribbean Airlines flight to New York grounded

Caribbean Airlines flight to New York grounded By Leiselle Maraj Monday, April 9 2012 PASSENGERS aboard Caribbean Airlines flight BW 524 to New York yesterday were delayed for several hours after a bird struck the engine of the plane, forcing the flight’s crew to return to the Piarco International Airport shortly after takeoff. According to [...]

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CUREPE COUPLE DIES IN CRASH

CUREPE COUPLE DIES IN CRASH

CUREPE COUPLE DIES IN CRASH By Nalinee Seelal Monday, April 9 2012 A 61-year-old Curepe man was killed instantly while his 55-year-old wife died shortly after a panel van crossed the median of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in Tunapuna and collided head-on with the couple’s car, yesterday. According to reports, Brian Bovell, of Belle Smythe [...]

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George 4th

Click F5 to refresh George 4th in javelin Precious George finished fourth in the boys’ under-17 javelin. The TT field athlete’s best throw was 53.69 metres. Jereem advances Jereeem Richards won heat two in the  boys’ under-20 200m in 21.31 seconds to advance automatically to the final. The TT athlete was the second fastest qualifier. The heat [...]

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Yemeni army clashes with Islamists in south, 38 killed

By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN | Mon Apr 9, 2012 11:44am EDT ADEN (Reuters) – At least 38 people were killed on Monday in Yemen when fighters from an al Qaeda-linked group attacked a military camp near the southern city of Lawdar, residents and local officials said. The fighting erupted when militants from Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans [...]

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New north Mali Arab force seeks to "defend" Timbuktu

By Bate Felix and Adama Diarra BAMAKO | Mon Apr 9, 2012 1:21pm EDT BAMAKO (Reuters) – Members of Mali’s [...]

Nigeria violence spreads after deadly sect attacks

By Garba Muhammed KADUNA, Nigeria | Mon Apr 9, 2012 12:18pm EDT KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected members of Nigerian [...]

Blast kills 12 in southern Somalia market: official

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU | Mon Apr 9, 2012 12:12pm EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 12 [...]

Police clash with anti-govt protesters in central Tunis

By Tarek Amara TUNIS | Mon Apr 9, 2012 12:27pm EDT TUNIS (Reuters) – Police clashed with thousands of anti-government [...]

Iran rules out conditions to talks: Salehi

DUBAI | Mon Apr 9, 2012 7:25am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran would [...]

Egypt court hears case to bar Mubarak aides from presidency

CAIRO | Mon Apr 9, 2012 11:36am EDT CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court will hear a suit seeking to [...]