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PPP/C Rejects President’s Statement On Durban Park Fiasco nothing criminal about the Durban Park project.” President David Granger on his televised programme “The Public Interest” said Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) was established solely to facilitate completion of the D’urban Park Development Project in time for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebration in the absence of budgetary allocations, following the May 2015 elections.
General Secretary of the PPP/C, Clement Rohee The People’s Progressive Party/C (PPP/C) has rejected the explanation by President Granger to the effect that “there was
General Secretary of the PPP/C, Clement Rohee at Party’s weekly press conference said that the justification advanced by the President in respect to the Durban Park project which he described as a national scandal is a cover-up of “horrendous proportions.” Rohee said that this is not the first time the President has had to stick his neck out in defence of his “untamed and get-rich quick Ministers” who are developing a reputation for becoming involved in one scandal after other attracting as they go, national attention. The last scandal being the Norton Street Drugs Bond which the President had to condone especially since his Party
Congress was bold enough to shun the national outcry condemning the subject Minister’s involvement in the scandal and for misleading the National Assembly.
The Former Minister said that a similar cover-up was demonstrated when Cabinet appointed a small committee comprising of Norton’s Cabinet colleagues to investigate one of their own and that the outcome could not have been otherwise. Rohee criticize the government that their actions were illegal and was done to plunder the Force Account. “Dressing up a series of breaches of Section 16 of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act and Section 216 of the Constitution as an “unusual course of action” claiming that the “establishment of a company was expedient at the time” and is “not a secret one” are all excuses and justification for a series of illegal acts to plunder the Force Account at the Ministry of Infrastructure.” He stated. Thee PPP/C is contending that dad it not been for a Motion by the Parliamentary Opposition on Private Members’ Day this “revelation would have never seen the light of the day.”
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SuperFoods To Appeal Chief Justice’s Decision - Sayscontainer It is Political And Baseless should not be allowed in the Laboratory is non-functional and he country. Director of the Food and Director Department, Marlon Cole, had refused entry to Ahmad’s container, currently detained by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), after it was established that Ahmad was attempting to import Moi sweetened condensed milk, a product made from vegetable fat-based milk, and not a dairy product as is required by Part IV, Division 5 (Dairy Products) (13) of the Food and Drug Regulations of 1977.
depends on documentations coming with the product from the country of origin in order for it to enter the market. However, Superfoods owner told this newspaper that MOI Sweetened condense milk has all the necessary documentation coming with it from the country of origin, such as; 1. Free sale Certificate 2. Psycho Sanitary Certificate 3. Certificate of Analysis
A c t i n g C h i e f J u s t i c e Yo n e t t e Cummings Edwards Owner of Superfoods Inc has planned to appeal a ruling made by Acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings Edwards, on the basis that it is baseless, spiteful and very political. The owner noted that the decision of the judge to rule in favour of the Food and Drug department is another example of businesses being victimized by this department. “I will appeal this case to the fullest,” he said. The Chief Justice discharged the Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari in the matter brought on May 23, 2016 by businessman Rafik Ahmad against the Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department for refusing his container of sweetened condensed milk entry into Guyana. The acting Chief Justice found that the respondent, Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department, had demonstrated good reason why the
However, the proprietor asserted that many other condense milk that is sold in Guyana and around the Caribbean are vegetable base which is approved by the Food and Drug of America (FDA). He said large quantities of Condense Milk are imported by Jamaica which shares the same food and drug standard as Guyana. Vegetable based fats are scientifically proven to be a healthy choice as compared to animal fat. According to the labels on the on the MOI sweetened condense milk, it is made with skimmed milk and vegetable fats base. Many businesses have called for the Director to be fired for unethical behavior. Chief Executive Officer of the Sueira Manufacturing Guyana, Frank Sanichara said that the Director is targeting his business because the director would ask for certain documentations regarding the importation of a product, but when the documentations are produced, Mr. Cole changes his requirements. The Guyana Daily news asked Mr. Cole how is it that he determines the standards of a product entering the country, to w h i c h h e s a i d t h e d e p a r t m e n t ’s
4. Food and Health Certificate from the Ministry of Health in Malaysia. The owner further noted that the very product is being smuggled across the border from Suriname and is being sold on the market without any interference from Food and Drug. He said, “this is hypocrisy to the fullest and this is why the Guyana economy cannot progress.”
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GAWU Detects Increasing Political Interference In Sugar Industry revealing and is at odds with previous pronouncements by the Government.
The apparent heightening of political interference within the sugar industry in recent weeks and months is of concern to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and by extension thousands of sugar workers. In a press release the media, the union quoted Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman at a recent postCabinet press briefing saying “…administrative staff of the Wales Sugar Estate, West Bank Demerara would have to wait a bit longer as government continues to identify alternative estates for their placement”. GAWU have said that they found the Minister’s announcement startling and
The Union recalled that the Government last year advised that the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) would operate independently and its administration would be confined to the Board and Management. In fact, the union q u o t e d t h e C o r p o r a t i o n ’s Chairman, Professor Clive Thomas in the November 01, 2015 Kaietuer News article:- “GuySuCo’s recent success is also proof that political interference was a severe toxic element in the industry and to the Corporation. That is done with.” In view of the “toxic” repercussions that political interference brings it, the union said that it was in indeed surprising that fairly straightforward, administrative decisions concerning the Corporation have attracted and are attracting Cabinet’s attention. GAWU said that this represents a major shift in attitude by the Government to the sugar industry. It would be interesting to
learn of the motivations behind the seeming change. They also said that they are concerned about what other decisions are being addressed about the industry at the Camp Ayangana meetings.
Another concern to the union was that at same post cabinet brief, the minster was again quoted as saying “…the question becomes now, what to do with lands, so government is looking at several options”. According to the union, this revelation, confirms its suspicion that there was and still is no clear roadmap regarding the future of Wales Estate. GAWU is contending that if simplistic and straight-forward decisions are being considered at the highest levels of Government then the sugar industry can very well be on a perilous path in which political considerations could very well take precedence over other important considerations vital to the industry’s success. The union is urging the decision-makers to carefully consider the path they have embarked and the serious repercussions they can have on morale and the proper functioning of the allimportant sugar industry.
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Education Minister Should Come Clean On Durban Park Project – WPA Member Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine
Executive Member for the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds is calling on Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine to explain to the nation what his role was in Homestretch Development Inc, a company which was created to collect donations for the construction of the Durban Park project. President David Granger had said during his televised program the Public Interest “Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has not committed any error. In fact, he was a representative on the company that was formerly established. We have not concealed the company. He represented the government’s interest because the celebrations which we had aimed at, at that time of the establishment of the company, concerned largely the 50th anniversary celebrations. So please don’t attach any blame or any fault to him.” But Dr
Hinds noted that Roopnaraine should speak for himself by explaining to the public his role in the company and why he was party to keeping that information secret. “My thinking is this matter will not go away tomorrow and I implore my leader, colleague and friend not to hide behind the President’s explanations, but to speak for himself. I do not believe that Dr. Roopnarine has engaged in any impropriety, but when his integrity is called into question, he owes his party and the country an explanation. Dr. Roopnarine has a history, political legacy and tradition to uphold.” Dr. Hinds said that the government should disclose the details surrounding the project. “If there is nothing to hide—and I believe there was nothing sinister—then why not make the information public? Like many of the problems this government has created for itself, this one speaks to a culture that privileges secrecy when openness is the wiser and politically sensible way to go,” he noted. Dr. Hinds noted that the government should be responsible and not put itself in a position that would embarrass itself. Finally, Dr. Hinds further noted that if the government continues to get into these issues, then they might have something to hide.
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PPP/C Wants Government Bring Back Christmas Bonus For Joint Services
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling on government to pay the traditional end of year one month taxfree salary to ranks of the Joint Forces and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in anticipation of the coming Christmas holidays. Speaking on Monday at the party’s headquarters, General Secretary of the
PPP, Clement Rohee said that President David Granger had expressed government’s gratitude to ranks of the Guyana Defence Force and encouraged them to “keep on soldiering, to keep making sure that Guyana is a safe place for prosperity” and recently sating on his weekly “Public Interest” television programme that the money invested by government in the Security Sector “was well spent” implying that he was pleased with the performance of the Joint Forces.
Therefore rewards are in order for services rendered in 2016 by the Joint Services. Rohee said that it can be recalled that on assumption to office, “the Granger administration knocked out the traditional and additional one month tax-
free salary paid to ranks of the Joint Services while awarding the hierarchy of the APNU+AFC hefty salary increases much to the annoyance and displeasure of ranks of the Joint Services and their families who look forward to the annual top-up which was put in place by the PPP/C administration since 2002.”
In addition to calling on the government to re-instate the annual and traditional tax-free one month salary to the Joint Services the PPP said that the government must urge the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) to re-instate the Annual Production Incentive (API) to sugar workers and to pay out this year, an increase on the $50,000 end of year Christmas bonus to all public servants.
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The mother of an alleged mastermind behind the Corentyne murder and her accomplice today reappeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after being charged with the offence of deliberately attempting to obstruct the course of justice in their last appearance on November 22, 2016. They are Shinella Indarally, 45 and Mary Anne Lionel, 25, respectively. In their appearance before the Magistrate today, the women made an application to be granted bail, however the application was denied as the magistrate reasoned the nature of the offence they are charged with and the possibility that if they are granted bail they would look to interfere with other witnesses in the matter. Their matter was transferred before Magistrate Leron Daly, in Court 2 of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where the duo will appear on December 14, 2016 for a fixture for the commencement of trial. It is alleged that on November 19, 2016, the women offered a Police Corporal the sum of GY$4M for the release of four men who were arrested following investigations into the death of Berbice Carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedat. It is also alleged that in addition to the release of the detained men, the women requested that the officers investigating the matter forfeit their efforts to locate and arrest the alleged mastermind behind the Murder, Marcus Bisram.
Men Charged With Murder Of Security Guard For High Court Trial Two of the three men who were jointly charged with the 2014 murder of Sterling Products security guard, Wilbert Stewart, were today committed to stand trial before the High Court by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. Orin Arthur and Uree Voswick heard today as the Magistrate passed down her verdict. The other man who was charged with the offence, Ryan Paddy died during the March 3, 2016 prison riot at the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street which claimed the lives of 16 others. It is alleged that the men while attempting to commit a robbery on Sterling Products, on December 8, 2014 at Providence, East Bank Demerara, shot and killed Stewart who was armed and on duty at the said moment of the attempted robbery. Reports indicated that the men relieved Stewart of his weapon before trying to make their way into the finance department of the building injuring Gabriel Dass during the process.
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Two Charged With Road Death Of 4-Year-Old
Aeranand Boodram, 21, and Derrick Bailey, 56, who were the drivers of vehicles, involved in the accident which claimed the life of 4-year-old Abiola Providence on September 10, 2016 today appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. Both of the accused were granted bail in the sum of GY$400,000 each and are slated to return before Magistrate Leron Daly on December 20, 2016. Boodram, who was represented by Attorney Glen Hanoman pleaded not guilty to the charge and heard as his Attorney made an application for bail, while Bailey appeared unrepresented and entered the same plea. Police Prosecution however objected to the men being granted bail stating the prevalence of the incident and the fact that a life was lost. It is alleged that on the day in question, Bailey was the driver of Motor Car PMM 1426 in which Providence was a passenger, which was reversing out of the Royal Castle parking lot located at the corner of Sheriff and Garnette Streets, when Boodram who was the driver of Motor Pickup GMM 3500 that slammed into the motor car causing Providence to be flung out of the vehicle window to her death.
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Panamanian Organised Crime Prosecutor Obtains Extension In Panama Papers Law Firm Investigation criminal conduct at the firm.
By Kenneth Rijock PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Javier Caraballo, the lead organised crime prosecutor investigating Panama Papers law firm, Mossack Fonseca, since April 2016, has obtained an extension of time in which to continue his ongoing investigation of alleged
He has requested judicial assistance from 16 foreign jurisdictions, and sent out material, after requests were received from six, all arising out of the Panama Papers documents. The public relations staff at Mossack Fonseca has gone to great pains to deny that the law firm is guilty of money laundering, or of facilitating the proceeds of crime, of corruption, or of terrorist financing. Perhaps the most bizarre statement to come out of the Mossack firm is its insistence that, notwithstanding that it has drawn the largest six figure fine ever levied by British Virgin Islands
regulators for massive AML and CIP deficiencies, it is innocent because the firm was not charged with a crime in the BVI. However, since Panama has no attorney discipline process worthy of the name, expect Messrs Mossack and Fonseca to continue to operate their firm, which constitutes a clear and present danger to financial institutions in North America and Western Europe, for some time in the future, courtesy of a system where a lawyer can buy a law degree for cash, and obtain a law licence, and later routinely return to the practice of law after serving a term of imprisonment for a felony, and where no lawyers are ever disbarred. (Caribbean News Now!)
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Commentators Differ On The Efficacy Of Raising Reparations During Prince Harry’s Visit A sociologist and coordinator of the Black Agenda Project has suggested that Antigua & Barbuda and other countries should have used the visit of Prince Henry to the Caribbean to clearly outline specific concerns about the reparations agenda. David Mohammed said this would have been instrumental especially in light of the fact that the matter was ruled out by former UK Prime Minister David Cameron in his 2015 visit to Jamaica. Cameron ruled out making reparations for Britians’ role in the historic slave trade and urged Caribbean countries to move on. “I think the opportunity should have been grasped to put these serious issues to Prince Henry otherwise known as Harry, rather than being mesmerised by his mere presence,” Mohammed said. In 2011, the heads of government of the Caribbean Community unanimously agreed to a 10-point plan of action for reparations that was drafted by Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles. Included in that plan was a full formal apology, repatriation,
development programmes for indigenous people, cultural institutions, public health crisis, psychological rehabilitation and technology transfer. Prince Harry ended a three-day visit here l a s t Tu e s d a y o n b e h a l f o f h i s grandmother, the Queen of England, to mark Antigua & Barbuda’s 35th anniversary of Independence. However, the government was heavily criticised for making the Prince’s visit an occasion for much “pomp and ceremony” while the issue of reparations was ignored. In an open letter to the British Royal on the same day of his departure, the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission urged Prince Harry to help seek reparatory justice for the descendants of enslaved Africans or have his visit here condemned as “another paid holiday”. The commission’s chairman Dobrene O’Marde called on the Prince to “be mindful of the fact that your country and people extracted more wealth
from our enslavement and colonisation than any other.” O’Marde also warned the Prince that his visit will be “condemned as simply another paid holiday jaunt of a descendant of a privileged British class continuing to wallow in the spoils of the European ‘economic powerhouse’ created by the blood and labour of African peoples and their descendants.” Former prime minister of St Kitts & Nevis, Dr Denzil Douglas said while many would have wanted the matter of reparations to be discussed with the Prince, he would not have been best suited to discuss the “highly” sensitive matter. (The Daily Observer)
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Gonsalves Calls Onworld Youth To Immortalise Fidel Castro leaders, Marxists, socialists, and rest of the Caribbean. While the Spanish
Cuban revolutionary leader, former president of Cuba, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz One of the Caribbean’s most senior and longest serving leaders has made a clarion call to young people to study the life and ideals of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz and immortalise the iconic Cuban r e v o l u t i o n a r y. S t Vi n c e n t & t h e Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves made the call as he and other
historians begin to reminisce on the life of the former Cuban president who died last Friday. “I urge the young people of the Caribbean to read and study the history and the ideals and the struggles of Fidel Castro and to see the possibilities therein, the limitations and for us to carve a better world from it,” Dr Gonsalves said on The Big Issues on S u n d a y. I n a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h OBSERVER media on Saturday Antigua & Barbuda’s former prime minister Baldwin Spencer said of Castro, “His life’s work is now legendary and his impact on the world’s civilization has been immeasurable.” Antigua & Barbuda has enjoyed strong and longstanding diplomatic, social, and cultural relations with Cuba as has the
speaking country under Castro provided assistance in various sectors of the economy, Cuba is best known for programmes which brought Cuban medical staff to Antigua & Barbuda and made available scholarships for students to study medicine and other disciplines in Cuba. Spencer added, “His leadership was not only an inspiration to the Cuban people but was inspirational elsewhere. And his belief in the people being capable of surmounting any odds is remarkable. History has and will absolve El Commandante.” “History Will Absolve Me” is the title of a four-hour speech made by Castro in his own defence, on October 16, 1953, when he faced the court on charges brought after he led an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba. (The Daily Observer)
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Pundits Say Daniel Is Wrong Choice For UPP Deputy Leader challenge the old guard and move the new leadership with
Dr Oswald Thomas (photo courtesy social media) The opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) has been told that it made a huge mistake in appointing long-serving Member of Parliament (MP) Wilmoth Daniel as its deputy leader. The UPP filled two positions left vacant by former senator Dr Jacqui Quinn by recommending Chester Hughes for the Senate, and announcing that Daniel was the new deputy leader. Citing health concerns, Dr Quinn resigned both positions in October. However, as Director of Political Affairs at New York’s Paramount Communications Inc, Dr Oswald Thomas puts it, the appointment of the St Phillip South MP, Daniel, represents a re-introduction of the old guard. “I think the deputy is pre-2004, and I don’t think we have that same dynamic going on and I think that [UPP Political Leader Harold] Lovell could have done much, much better than Brother Daniel. I think Brother Daniel’s best days have passed him,” Dr Thomas said. Dr Thomas suggested that the Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is probably in power today because it was there to
“serious” turmoil. He said what is taking place with the UPP at present cannot be compared to that. “I am looking to see whether he [Lovell] has his hands tied. Is he sending a message that there are no other persons in the UPP from among the caretakers that has been appointed to be a deputy? Because we are looking at a deputy which was appointed by former prime minister Baldwin Spencer,” Dr Thomas said. Political Analyst Arvel Grant also shared his thoughts on why he thinks the move was not “strategic and sensible”. Grant said it is difficult to fathom why Lovell would re-invent the same “political playbook” as Spencer did in 2004. “It just reproduces a very strange and challenging image of the United Progressive Party if it gets back into office, having the same kind of contortion and difficulties within the government itself,” Grant said. “I am hoping that this is a tactical move and not a strategic move. I am hoping that it is a short term move and that something else may be at play that we don’t know about.” Last week, Daniel said he will be a good deputy because he has a genuine love and commitment to the people, his years of experience in politics and his willingness to serve. Meantime, Dr Thomas is also of the view that the vacant position of a deputy and a senator within the UPP presented a perfect opportunity to re-unite with the MP Joanne Massiah faction. He said Lovell has a perfect opportunity to reach out to the embattled All Saints East and St Luke MP, and others for unity talks. “He should have used that olive branch and go to Massiah, and say, ‘let us put our differences aside, come accept the deputy role and let us bring back Anthony Stuart, Winston Williams and all others and let’s get this thing done’,” Dr Thomas said. (The Daily Observer)
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Gov’t Blames UPP For Power Purchase Extension
Minister of Information Melford Nicholas (OBSERVER media photo) The government of Antigua & Barbuda has laid the blame for the need to extend a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Antigua Power Company (APC) on the former United Progressive Party (UPP) administration. That pronouncement was made by the Minister of Information, Melford Nicholas, during Friday’s post-Cabinet press conference. “What we inherited was a situation where the APC had a claim against the government and it found its way all the way to the Privy
Council. At the end of the day we were faced with the issue of funding a liability of $220 million. “Or we had to find a creative way given the cash flow reality of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority [APUA],” he said. Nicholas argued that the government had little choice but to extend the agreement. However, he contended that there was benefit in the new deal as APUA would increase its ownership stake in certain engines operated by APC. APC filed the multimillion-dollar suit against the government and the EXIM Bank of China for over $220 million. The Hadeed-owned firm claimed that the then Baldwin Spencer-led UPP administration, reneged on the second phase of a joint venture contract for APC to provide the country with 50.9 megawatts of electricity and instead entered an agreement with the Chinese government to construct the Wadadli Power Plant. Last week, the government reported that it had extended a PPA with APC until 2034. APC provides more than 80 per cent of the country’s electricity. Meanwhile, Nicholas also reported that the Wadadli Power Plant is still not fully functional. “[The engines] are still not in a position to be used. None of the engines are working. They are still not in a position to provide any service or relief to the Antigua Public Utilities Authority or the government,” he declared. (The Daily Observer)
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New MASL Executive Elected
A new executive of the Media Association of Saint Lucia (MASL) has been elected. The election took place Sunday. The new executive comprises Miguel Fevrier – President, Stan Bishop – Vice President, Jenna Anne Gaston – Secretary, Glen Simon – Treasurer, Rehani Isidore – Communications Officer/Assistant Secretary and Sharefil Gaillard – Floor member. The position of a second flood member is expected to be filled shortly. The new MASL President, in his acceptance speech, said he was humbled by his election. “I stand here before you humbled that you have chosen to place your trust in me to lead what I believe is a fine, dedicated and trustworthy group of individuals to manage the affairs of the Media Association of Saint Lucia,” Fevrier stated.
He described the last few years as being” tumultuous” for the media. “I’m sure you will agree with me when I say the fourth estate is being treated like the number one joke,” the MASL President declared. Said Fevrier: “I say this, not to ridicule, point fingers or lay the blame on any individual or group of individuals, but to highlight the fact that for whatever reason, the spirit of disunity is pervasive among the media fraternity.” He declared that under the new leadership that must and will change. “Let there be no selectivity in how we defend a member who may find themselves on the wrong side of any group – be it a political party or otherwise,” Fevrier said. He noted that MASL is a membership organization, but must remember as the 4th estate, the number one priority remains the education and dissemination of reliable, factual information to the people of Saint Lucia. Fevrier said as such, the organisation’s voice must be heard, and input sought on issues of national importance. He told the Times there would be a thrust to create new membership of the MASL. Fevrier said the new MASL Executive will also push for the education of its members. He announced plans to obtain within the first year of the new executive, a special cordon for the media when they arrive on crime scenes, media identification cards for members and preferential parking in certain areas. Fevrier said the broadcast act is of critical importance to MASL. He said he was hopeful that within the coming weeks a meeting can be held with Dominic Fedee, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Information and Broadcasting to determine what role the media can play before the bill is enacted. (St. Lucia Times)
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Dead Body Discovered In La Clery
(Cecil Lionel) (Gregory Smith) A dead body was discovered in house at La Clery on Sunday. The house was occupied by forty-eight year old Gregory Smith, neighbours told the Times. They said Smith had not been seen since Friday. One of Smith’s neighbours, Cecil Lionel, told the times that on Sunday morning at about 7:30 after coming from work he went to the house and called
“I peeped through the window and saw a lot of flies. The place was smelling,” he disclosed. He said he summoned Smith’s family and the police. According to Lionel, Smith’s dead body was found in the basement of the dwelling house. “They found him almost naked,” he explained. Smith was a Contractor who was taking care of the house for a friend who is overseas, Lionel said. Elizabeth St Rose, the Aunt of the deceased, described
Smith as a quiet individual who was never in trouble with anyone. She said it was a shock to hear of his sudden death. “They say that he took a fall – he had concussion behind his head; I guess he bled to death,” St Rose disclosed. Another Aunt was in tears on hearing news of the death. “It was a shock. It was sad because last Sunday he was right there helping my cousin putting up blocks,” Rosaline St Rose told the Times. (St. Lucia Times)
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Prince Harry Enjoys A Drop Of The Local Tipple
Mail Online:-Prince Harry looked like he was regretting his latest official function when he visited a St Lucian street festival complete with traditional food and drink. In the Caribbean island’s town of Soufriere he rustled up the courage to get stuck into some of the local produce, taking a drink from a green coconut. Earlier he showed off his bowling skills in when he pitched a delivery at Darren S a m m y, t h e f o r m e r We s t I n d i e s Twenty20 captain. Harry, who is on a 15day tour of the Caribbean, met with the leading cricketer before an exhibition match began at the stadium which is named after the sportsman which was live-streamed by the Government of St. Lucia. As the match got underway, locals tweeted that Harry, 32, was on ‘top form’. The Prince wore a bright yellow team shirt emblazoned with the word ‘Captain’ across the back. Earlier this year, Darren Sammy became the first captain to lift the World T20 trophy twice when West Indies secured a dramatic last-gasp victory over England in the final in Kolkata. Harry also met a group of youngsters in
the grounds of Pigeon Island National Park, where he spoke about the privileges and ‘huge responsibility’ of being a senior member of the Royal Family. The prince admitted to the teenagers he will spend his entire life earning the respect of society for the privilege his position and status as a grandson of the monarch affords him. But as ever with Harry there was a lighter tone when he met the group in the grounds of Pigeon Island National Park and he told them: ‘Firstly I don’t have a crown or a cape, sorry about that’, and he went on to say that he did not live in a castle. The prince spoke to the young people after he had officially unveiled a plaque designating the Castries Water Works Reserve and surrounding rainforest as St Lucia’s contribution to The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Project. Harry went on to say: ‘Being born with a lot of privilege comes with a lot of responsibility. ‘But I like to think I’m going to have to spend the rest of my life earning the respect for that privilege, and trying to make a difference for the rest of my life.’
Harry’s travels have already taken him to Antigua and Barbuda, and St Kitts and Nevis, two countries where the Queen is head of state and he will visit three more of her realms, Barbados, Grenada, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Commonwealth nation of Guyana will be the final stop. During his tour Harry will mark the 50th anniversary of independence for Barbados and celebrate the same historic milestone in Guyana. This is the second time Harry has tried his hand at cricket during the tour; earlier this week he joined Antigua’s cricketing Knights and local children for a friendly match. West Indies player Sir Curtly Ambrose said the Prince’s cricket skills were ‘okay’ adding after the event: ‘It seemed to me like he’s played cricket before – watching his stance and the way he hit the ball it looked to me like he’d played some sort of cricket.’ ‘He (Harry) said to me that I’ve shrunk a bit since he last saw me, but he was good fun he really enjoyed himself and for me it was a real honour to meet him,’ he said. During the trip, Harry also warned there was no second chance in the fight against climate change in a passionate speech where he called on ‘all of us’ to adjust our ways of life to help reverse the problems affecting the planet. The prince’s comments came in an address, delivered in the grounds of Pigeon Island National Park, to launch St Lucia’s contribution to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy initiative. It aims to create a network of 52 protected areas of woodland or rainforest from each member state of the Commonwealth, in recognition of the Queen’s lifelong commitment to the Commonwealth. (St. Lucia Times)
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Fidel Castro. The Leader, The Soldier, The Legend. dictatorship ‘installed’ by Fulgencio Batista in 1952. Castro, seeing that the country was going ‘downhill’ started to set an agenda to start a Revolution.
Cuba's late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was the longest serving leader of the 20th Century having seized power in 1959 when he overthrew Fulgencio Batista, who was the elected President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and dictator from 1952 to 1959. Fidel Castro Ruz Castro was born on August 13 th , 1926, in Birán. A small town in eastern Cuba. His father was a wealthy Spanish sugarcane farmer who first came to the island during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898).His mother was a beautiful domestic servant for his father’s family. After attending a couple of Jesuit schools. Castro enrolled as a law student at the University of Havana in 1945. While there, he became interested in politics, joining the anti-corruption Orthodox Party and participating in an aborted coup attempt against the brutal Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. In 1950, Castro graduated from the University of Havana and opened a law office. At this point the situation in the island was decadent, due to the
The Cuban Revolution In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The assault failed, Castro was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and many of his men were killed. Castro and his men were released in 1955 as part of an amnesty deal with the Batista government. Castro ended up in Mexico, where he met fellow revolutionary Ernesto Guevara, better known as ‘Che’, and plotted his return. The following year, Castro and 81 other men sailed on the yacht ‘Granma’ to the eastern coast of Cuba, where government forces immediately ambushed them. The estimated 18 survivors, including Castro, his brother Raúl and Guevara, fled deep into the Sierra Maestra Mountains in southeastern Cuba with virtually no weapons or supplies. In 1958, Batista tried to ‘suffocate’ the out the rebellion with a massive offensive, completed with air force bombers and naval units. The guerrillas held their ground, and expelled Batista from the country on January 1 st , 1959. Castro arrived in Havana a week later and soon took over as prime minister. His ascent to Power In 1960, Castro nationalized all USA owned businesses, including oil refineries, factories and casinos. This prompted the United States to end diplomatic relations and impose a Trade Embargo that still stands today. Meanwhile, in April 1961, about 1,400 Cuban exiles trained and funded by the CIA landed near the Bay of Pigs with the intent of overthrowing Castro. But their plans ended in disaster.By 1961, Castro declared himself as a Marxist-Leninist, following the policies of this ideology he structured the new government. By this
time, Cuba was becoming increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union for economic and military support. In October 1962, the United States discovered that nuclear missiles had been stationed in the island, setting off fears of a World War III. In return, USA President John F. Kennedy publicly consented not to reinvade Cuba and privately consented to take American nuclear weapons out of Turkey. The Life in Cuba under Castro’s rule After taking power, Castro abolished legal discrimination, brought electricity to the countryside, provided for full employment and advanced the causes of education and health care, in part by building new schools and medical facilities. But he also closed down opposition newspapers, jailed thousands of political opponents and made no move toward elections. This forced thousands of Cubans to leave the Island, often for the United States. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Castro supplied military and financial aid to various leftist guerilla movements in Latin America and Africa. Nonetheless, relations with many countries, with the notable exception of the United States, began to normalize. Cuba’s economy collapsed after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1990. This allowed the United States to expand sanctions even further. Even though the island have been limited from countless resourced since the implementation of the embargo, Fidel continued to develop the health and education system. Putting Cuba as leading country in education and health. Thanks to this, from the 70s Castro started to promote a solidarity program, focused in improving the development (in this fields) in neighboring countries. Castro also approved the granting of scholarships for foreign students of the third world countries.
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Fidel Castro. The Leader, The Soldier, ... (Cont’d) Solidarity Between the lists of countries that Cuba established bilateral relations with, is Guyana. The two countries established diplomatic ties in 1972, and Cuba agreed to provide medical supplies, doctors, and medical training to Guyana. President Burnham flew with Fidel Castro Ruz in Castro's airplane to The Non-Aligned Movement Conference (NAM) in Algiers in 1973. Castro made an official state visit to Guyana in August 1973, and Burnham reciprocated in April 1975, when he was decorated with the José Martí National Order, Cuba's highest honor. After the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983, Burnham distanced himself somewhat from Cuba, fearing United States intervention in Guyana. Under Hoyte's administration, relations with Cuba have been cordial but not close. The rapidly changing world of the 1990s provided numerous challenges for the Guyanese government. Two decades of rule by the Burnham administration had resulted in a profound weakening of the country's democratic process and close ties with socialist countries, punctuated by frequent vocal support for leftist causes around the world. Driven by the need to obtain financial support from the West to rejuvenate a collapsed e c o n o m y, B u r n h a m ' s s u c c e s s o r, Desmond Hoyte, began loosening ties with socialist regimes and downplaying leftist rhetoric. The strong ties between Guyana and Cuba were rescued after
almost two decades of distant talks. Standing today, as a healthy bilateral relation between the two countries.
died on November 25 th , 2016, at the age of 90. His death was announced on state television and later confirmed by his brother Raúl. After 9 days of national mournin, Castro’s Ashes will lay down to rest in the city of Santiago de Cuba on December 4 th . Presidents he survived: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969: Richard Nixon, 1969-1974 Gerald Ford, 1974-1977 Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
Castro and Guyanese political leader Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham Switch of Power and Death Castro gave his power to his brother Raul in 2006, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery. Two years later, in 2008, he permanently resigned. In 2015, U.S. and Cuban officials announced they had agreed to terms on the normalization of relations between the two nations, with mutual embassies and diplomatic missions opening in each country. Castro
George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993 Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 George W. Bush, 2001-2009 Barack Obama, 2009-present. S o u r c e : http://www.biography.com/people/fidelcastro- 9241487#synopsis
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Russian Chess Champion Yuri Yeliseyev Dies In Moscow Fall
Yuri Yeliseyev was admired in Russia as a grandmaster with original solutions to chess problems(RUCHESS.RU) Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, has died after apparently plunging from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block. A fellow chess grandmaster, Daniil Dubov, said Yeliseyev had been trying to reach another balcony but slipped. Yeliseyev reportedly practised parkour, an urban challenge which involves climbing or leaping across roofs, fences or other
man-made obstacles. He became world junior chess champion in 2012 and was a grandmaster aged 17. He won the Moscow Open 2016 chess tournament and ranked 42nd among Russian grandmasters. His world ranking was 212. Police quoted by Gazeta.ru news website said the marks on his body pointed to his having plunged from the 12th-floor balcony on Saturday night. “Tonight my close friend died - an outstanding chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," wrote Daniil Dubov on Facebook. "He was trying to climb from the window onto a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip." The apartment block is on Moscow's Pyatnitskoye Avenue, in an area dominated by highrise housing. The Russian chess team's national coach, Sergei Yanovsky, said Yeliseyev "was a very talented chess player, a very bright lad, he was always very popular in the team". "Yura always
sought unusual methods in everything, he had a predilection for unorthodox solutions... This is a very heavy loss." Mr Yanovsky said Yeliseyev "even as a young boy always wanted to show his daring and climb to places. "But he didn't go to extremes - he kept within sensible bounds. For example, he'd climb to a height of two metres (6.6ft) and walk along the edge just to show that he had a head for heights." The origins of parkour Takes its name from phrase "parcours du combattant", the military obstacle course training devised by French physical educationalist Georges Hebert (1875-1957) Modern parkour was popularised by French actor and stuntman David Belle - his video "Speed Air Man" played a large part in popularising the sport Practitioners of parkour are often known as traceurs (BBC)
Charleston Massacre Accused Dylann Roof To Defend Himself
Family members of Dylann Roof's victims told him that they had forgiven him shortly after his arrest(POOL) A white man accused of killing nine black people at a South Carolina
church will be allowed to represent himself at trial, a federal judge has said. US District Judge Richard Gergel said 22-year-old Dylann Roof's wish to be his own lawyer was "unwise", but nevertheless granted his request. The surprise development
came during jury selection. Last week Mr Roof was deemed competent to stand trial in the shooting of nine Charleston parishioners in June 2015. Wearing a grey jail-issue jumpsuit, he was sitting on Monday morning at his defence table after his lawyers moved aside. Judge Gergel told him: "I continue to believe it is strategically unwise (to represent yourself), but it is a decision you have the right to make." Beginning on Monday, 516 potential jurors will be questioned individually by the judge; 12 will ultimately be selected to decided his fate. Mr Roof faces 33 federal charges, including a hate crime count. He has already been found competent in a state court, where he faces nine counts of murder, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. (BBC)
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Aleppo Siege: Third Of Rebel-Held Syria City Taken By Forces
Syrian soldiers seized the area of Masaken Hanano at the weekend(EPA/SANA) Syrian government forces have captured a third of the rebel-held territory in eastern Aleppo, monitors say. The advance, after heavy bombing from the air, is a major blow for the armed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. State TV said government troops were dismantling mines and explosives and continuing their advance. Thousands of civilians have fled the besieged districts after a weekend of heavy fighting. Hundreds of families have been displaced within the area. Rebel fighters have been driven out of more neighbourhoods of their long-held enclave in eastern Aleppo, as Syrian government forces continue to advance. Both state TV and the UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that the district of Sakhour had fallen to the Syrian army. This would cut through the middle of the previously rebel-held territory, dividing it into two. While it is very difficult to find out exactly what is happening in besieged eastern Aleppo, activists say it appears that after further fighting on Monday the rebels have lost all of the northern neighbourhoods they controlled before the weekend, leaving them with about two-thirds of the territory they had in the city. Russia's defence ministry says Syrian government troops have captured 12 districts, or 40% of the territory, from the rebels. Aerial bombardment of rebelheld areas was continuing on Monday, according to the monitors. The Syrian army and its allies launched a major
offensive to retake control of Aleppo in September. Thousands of residents of east Aleppo have fled to areas controlled by government forces and Kurdish groups since the fighting intensified on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said as many as 10,000 residents fled to government-controlled western areas and a Kurdish-run northern district. State media showed men, women and children being transported to government-held areas on green buses. Kurdish groups who control the Sheikh Maqsoud area of Aleppo provided images showing people fleeing the rebelheld neighbourhoods into a Kurdishcontrolled district. A spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish PYD party told Reuters that 6,000-10,000 people had fled into the district. Scott Craig, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria, told the BBC that there were 250,000 people in need of assistance in eastern Aleppo, 100,000 of them children. Food supplies were gone, he said. "The situation on the ground in eastern Aleppo is almost beyond the imagination of those of us who are not there," Mr Craig said. Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who has gathered thousands of Twitter followers with her tweets from Aleppo, said on Sunday that her home in the east of the city had been bombed. On Monday morning, her account tweeted: "Under heavy bombardments now. In between death and life now, please keep praying for us." Jump media playerMedia player help Last week the United Nations' humanitarian chief, Stephen O'Brien, said that hundreds of civilians had been killed or injured since the bombardment of eastern Aleppo resumed six days earlier. He also highlighted deaths and injuries resulting from mortar and rocket attacks from rebel-held areas into western Aleppo. This advance follows two weeks of relentless aerial bombardment, as the government and its allies renewed their
assault on the rebel-held portion of Aleppo. It followed a three-week pause in the Russian and Syrian bombing of the area, which ended on 15 November. There are no fully-functioning hospitals left in the rebel-held territory and food ran out earlier in November. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura estimated last month that there were 8,000 rebel fighters in eastern Aleppo. Retaking the whole of Aleppo, Syria's second largest city, is a key aim of the Syrian government. The east of Aleppo has been held by rebel factions opposed to President Bashar alAssad for the past four years. The loss of eastern Aleppo would be a devastating blow for the rebels. Government forces have taken more and more territory from them since Russia intervened to back its ally, President Assad, in September 2015. Iranianbacked militias and Russian air strikes have helped Syrian government forces to break the deadlock. Russia says its air force is active in other parts of the country, but has not operated over Aleppo since the pause. The tide is clearly turning in Aleppo in favour of the Assad regime raising serious questions about the ability of the disparate rebel groupings to maintain a significant area of control in northern Syria. The recapture of the city would be an important symbolic achievement for President Assad - underlining the fact that despite all the calls for his departure, Russian and Iranian support has been able not just to maintain him in power, but has enabled the regime to go onto the offensive. Indeed, external military support has been crucial. After years of gruelling attritional combat the regular Syrian army, despite new arms supplies from Moscow, is a shadow of its former self. The battle for Aleppo has depended upon air power and a variety of proIranian militias, including Hezbollah fighters on the ground. This has cemented Iran's key role in the conflict, which may have consequences in the future. (BBC)
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Great Barrier Reef Suffered Worst Bleaching On Record In 2016, Report Finds
Warmer waters has led to the worst destruction of coral ever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef(ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES) Higher water temperatures in 2016 caused the worst destruction of corals ever recorded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a study has found. Some 67% of corals died in the reef's worst-hit northern section, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies report said. The situation was better in the central section, where 6% perished, while the southern reef is in good health. But scientists warn recovery could be difficult if climate change continues. Coral bleaching happens when water temperatures rise for a sustained period of time. In February, March and April, sea surface temperatures across the Great Barrier Reef were the hottest on record, at least 1C higher than the monthly average. “Some of the initial mortality was down to heat stress," said study leader Professor Terry Hughes. "The coral was cooked." How bleaching occurs Far more has been lost through gradual starvation, after the coral expelled the colourful algae zooxanthella, which turns sunlight into food. This is what leads to the white,
skeletal appearance of the coral, which is left without its main source of energy. The study also found that the coral which survived the bleaching have now come under greater threat from predators such as snails and crown of thorns starfish. This year's mass bleaching was the worstever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef, following two previous events in 1998 and 2002. Professor Hughes is certain that the increased water temperature is the result of carbon emissions, and warns that climate change could bring annual bleaching within 20 years. "Most of the losses in 2016 have occurred in the northern, most pristine part of the Great Barrier Reef," he said. "This region escaped with minor damage in two earlier bleaching events in 1998 and 2002, but this time around it has been badly affected." Where is the damage? One of the worst-hit areas is around Lizard Island in Far North Queensland, where around 90% of the coral has died. Dr Andrew Hoey, whose team charted the area, said the impact was far worse than feared after an initial survey in April. "It's devastating to get in the water somewhere you've been coming for almost 20 years, and it's just knocked it on its head," he said. "There's very little
coral cover left there. It was dominated by the acropora - the branching corals but we lost most of them." Lizard Island is home to a research station, where scientists from across the world have come for decades to study marine life One of its directors, Dr Anne Hogget, said this was by far the worst event to hit the Great Barrier Reef since she started working there in 1990. "We had bleaching here in 2002," she said. "We thought this was bad at the time, but this has blown it completely out of the water." She is hopeful that the reef is capable of recovery, but fears it may not b e g i v e a n o p p o r t u n i t y, a s s e a temperatures continue to rise. "The trajectory is not good," Dr Hogget explained. "We keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and this happened absolutely because of that." What happens next? On the central and southern parts of the Great Barrier Reef, where bleaching was not as prevalent, there is concern that it has been misreported, with one magazine even publishing an obituary of the reef earlier this year. Tourism operators like Michael Healey from the Quicksilver Group are keen to point out that many sites were unaffected, but there is concern for the reef's long term health. "Without the Great Barrier Reef, we wouldn't survive," he said. "So it is absolutely of the utmost importance that we ensure that our politicians and everyone else in our community and around the world are doing what they can." The Australian Government has published a long-term sustainability plan for the reef, and pledged financial support for research into coral bleaching. The 2050 plan identifies the need to help make the reef more resilient to climate change in the future, while trying to lower carbon emissions. Mr Healy argued even those not financially involved had a stake in the reef. "I'd say every human on the planet does," he said. (BBC)
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Zimbabwe Note Launch Stokes Currency Fears
(REUTERS) Zimbabwe has launched its own money for the first time since the country's dollar was abandoned seven years ago amid rampant inflation. The bond note, which is worth one US dollar - the country's main currency since 2009 - is raising fears of a return to the ill-fated local dollar. The move, first announced in May, has fuelled some of the biggest protests in a decade against President Mugabe. The government has issued the bond note to tackle a worsening cash shortage. It hopes the cash substitute, which is legal tender in Zimbabwe but is not valid outside the country, will halt the flow of US dollars going overseas. Initially, an amount worth $10m is being introduced into circulation in two and five dollar denominations. Business groups have welcomed the move as a way of boosting economic growth. However, major opposition parties, workers and civil society groups are planning further protests this week. And in the run-up to the notes' release, Zimbabweans queued for hours to withdraw their US dollars amid fears the bond notes would not be able to keep parity. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has always steered clear of referring to the new bond notes as currency. For ordinary Zimbabweans, memories of the
collapse and demise of the Zimbabwean dollar in 2009, and the hyperinflation that caused its destruction, still rankle. So, it's a question of "when is a currency not a currency?" Withdraw from a bank today in Zimbabwe and you'll be issued with bond notes, which are officially interchangeable with the US dollar at a rate of one to one. You can take the notes to the shops and exchange them for goods. All very well and good, you'd think. But what a currency needs is confidence, and on the streets of Harare there seems to be precious little of that. There were few alternatives for the Reserve Bank the economy is experiencing a chronic shortage of US dollars, which have been the main currency of use for the past seven years. But such is the fear that the bond notes will be unable to hold their parity with the dollar that their
introduction has sparked the largest antigovernment protests in years. If the current experiment with bond notes even looks like taking a step backward to the hyperinflation of seven years ago, not only will the economy's very survival be in jeopardy, so too will the government's. Zimbabwe's central bank has assured people the notes' release will be controlled, including weekly withdrawal limits of $150 worth. Under a proposed law, anyone found guilty of defacing the notes could face up to seven years in prison. They will become one of nine currencies accepted as legal tender in the c o u n t r y. Z i m b a b w e ' s 2 0 0 8 - 9 hyperinflation crisis in numbers An egg cost 50 billion Zimbabwean dollars in 2008 A loaf of bread cost the same as 12 brand new cars would have cost ten years previously Inflation rates reached 231,000,000% To keep up with the rising prices, a 100 trillion dollar note was issued - enough for a weekly bus ticket before the Zimbabwean dollar was scrapped in 2009 (BBC)
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Morocco Broadcaster Aologises After Advising Women To Hide Bruises
The segment on Channel 2M demonstrated how it was possible to hide bruising with makeup(CHANNEL 2M) A Moroccan TV channel has apologised after broadcasting a show advising women how to hide signs of domestic violence using makeup. Channel 2M, which featured the clip last week, has admitted that the footage was "completely inappropriate". In the broadcast, a woman is seen resting in a chair while makeup is
applied to conceal fake bruises around her eyes. The video was later removed from the channel's website. In the clip, featured on the show Sabahiyat, the host of the show offers tips on how to make the appearance of bruising "disappear" using foundation and toners. "We hope these beauty tips will help you carry on with your daily life," the host suggests after demonstrating how to mask the signs of violence. The controversial video was shared on Tw i t t e r a n d F a c e b o o k , r e c e i v i n g
widespread condemnation. "A real outrage to the cause of women for which we are fighting constantly," wrote Khawla Bélchiti on Facebook. Another Facebook user, Tracie Wayling, said the decision to air the show was "despicable," adding: "There is no excuse for such a 'mistake' when it is so extraordinarily purposeful." An online petition, which has received hundreds of signatures since it was posted on Change.org, includes a link to the footage. The petition calls for action against 2M and Sabahiyat, adding that domestic violence should not be covered up, but that instead it was time to "condemn the aggressor!". "We denounce the message of normalisation with violence against women. We demand severe sanctions against this show," the petition reads. In a statement posted on Facebook, the broadcaster offered "sincere apologies" and admitted that the segment was a "misjudgement". It promised to take action against those responsible. The footage was aired just days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a United Nations initiative aimed at raising public awareness. (BBC)
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Brexit: Legal Battle Over UK's Single Market Membership
(REUTERS) The government is facing a legal battle over whether the UK stays inside the single market after it has left the EU, the BBC has learned. Lawyers say uncertainty over the UK's European Economic Area membership means ministers could be stopped from taking Britain out of the single market. They will argue the UK will not leave the EEA automatically when it leaves the EU and Parliament should decide. But the government said EEA membership ends when the UK leaves the EU. The single market allows the tarifffree movement of goods, services, money and people within the EU. The EEA, set up in the 1990s, extends those benefits to some non-EU members like Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Non-EU members are outside the Common Agricultural Policy and customs union, but get barrier-free trade with the single market in return for paying into some EU budgets and accepting the free movement of workers. If the courts back the legal challenge and give Parliament the final say over EEA membership, then MPs could vote to ensure that Britain stays in the single market until a long-term trading relationship with the EU has been agreed. 'Not automatic' The pro-single market think tank British Influence is writing to Brexit Secretary David Davis to inform him that it will seek a formal judicial review of the government's position. The group warned that if the government did not get a clear legal opinion it could potentially end up acting outside the law. All EU member states are in the European Economic Area and it had been assumed that when Britain leaves the EU it would automatically leave the EEA
as well. But some lawyers argue that leaving the EEA would not be automatic and would happen only if Britain formally withdraws by triggering Article 127 of the EEA agreement. The legal question is focused on whether the UK is a member of the EEA in its own right or because it is a member of the EU. Is this good or bad news for the government? If MPs do get to decide on Article 127, they could potentially overcome the government's small majority and keep Britain inside the single market after Brexit. This would infuriate Brexiteers, but pro-EU campaigners say MPs would feel able to do this because people voted, they would argue, in the referendum to leave the EU and not the single market. Paradoxically, though, the legal uncertainty over EEA membership could also end up being good news for the government. If its negotiations with the EU went badly, and no deal looked likely, the UK could threaten to stay inside the EEA after Brexit. This would be politically hard for the government to sell as it would still involve EU workers moving freely within the UK. But it might be economically better than having to rely on World Trade Organisation rules which could involve high tariffs and barriers to trade. The ability to stay on in the single market means Britain could force the EU into accepting a transitional period for the UK to avoid an economic cliff edge. This would be a useful stick for UK negotiators to have up as there appears to be no mechanism for the EEA to force out one of its members. Professor George Yarrow, chairman of the Regulatory Policy Institute and emeritus professor at Hertford College, Oxford, said: "There is no provision in the EEA Agreement for UK membership to lapse if the UK withdraws from the EU. "The only exit mechanism specified is Article 127, which would need to be triggered." In other Brexit developments: A pro-Brexit campaign group says it has abandoned plans for a demonstration outside the Supreme Court ahead of next
week's Article 50 legal hearing. Leave.EU says it is concerned any protest could be h i j a c k e d b y " f a r- r i g h t " e l e m e n t s Campaigners urge the government not to "cherry pick" different parts of the economy for special trade agreements with the EU after Brexit Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, who is meeting Theresa May for talks in Downing Street later, wrote in the Daily Telegraph that she would be a constructive partner in Brexit negotiations but warned there would need to be compromise in the talks between the UK and EU Eighty-one MPs and peers have signed a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk calling for a deal to protect the rights of both Britons living in other EU countries and EU nationals in the UK At the the very least this latest challenge could mean a lengthy legal process - potentially via the European Court of Justice - that could delay Brexit negotiations. If the courts say Article 127 does need to be triggered, there is the question of whether an act of parliament would be needed for it to be authorised. 'New wheeze' The government is already fighting in the courts to stop MPs getting the final say over triggering the Article 50 process. Downing Street said the UK was only party to the EEA agreement through its EU membership and the government's position was clear that "once we leave the EU we will automatically leave the EEA". The PM's official spokeswoman said Theresa May was focused on delivering the will of the British people with regard to Brexit and preparing for the upcoming negotiations. Conservative MP and Brexiteer Dominic Raab said: "Rather than coming up with new legal wheezes to try and frustrate the will of the people, these lawyers should be working with us to make a success of Brexit. "The public have spoken; we should respect the result and get on with it, not try to find new hurdles that undermine the democratic process." (BBC)
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Amazon Imposes Limit On Reviews
(AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Online marketplace Amazon has placed a limit on the number of reviews shoppers can leave on the site. In a bid to put a stop to false feedback, people can now write only five reviews a week of items not bought via the online store. The change applies to most products and is part of efforts to clamp down on people selling positive comments. The change is Amazon's latest step in its battle to ensure users trust its listings. Earlier this year,
Amazon began suing sellers for buying fake reviews and then imposed tougher restrictions on companies that offered free products in return for customers' ratings. Users can still review as many items as they like if the goods are purchased via the website. "The change makes a lot of sense. There has been a massive clampdown on fake, bogus and heavily influenced reviews recently," said Patrick O'Brien, retail analyst at Verdict Retail. In October, Amazon announced the end of
''incentivised reviews". While direct compensation for reviews had never been allowed, there was an exception reviewers could until last month post a review in exchange for a "free or discounted product as long as they disclosed that fact", according to Amazon's website. Now, that has changed. Such reviews can appear on the site only via Amazon's own program, Vine. Five's the limit Amazon published its updated rules in its Customer Service section. "You can submit five nonAmazon verified purchase reviews each week, starting on Sunday," it says. Amazon also reserves the right to restrict reviews of certain products to users who have bought it via the site if "unusually high numbers" of reviews are submitted in a short period of time. "Amazon's review system is very impressive in terms of the volume of reviews there, it's far superior to those of competitors," said Mr O'Brien. "The new rules will make it very difficult for people who are trying to make money by selling fake reviews. It does show Amazon is taking this matter seriously." The new rules will not apply to books. (BBC)
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Seven Injured In Ohio University Shooting
The university is located in Ohio's capitol city(ABC)
Seven people have been taken to
hospital with injuries after a reported shooting at Ohio State University. The Columbus Fire Department said two of the casualties were in a stable condition, but provided no information on the other ďŹ ve. The university placed the campus on lockdown and sent a tweet to students warning them to "Run Hide Fight". "Continue to shelter in place in north campus area. Follow directions of Police on scene," authorities tweeted. No more information was immediately available. The university, located in Columbus, has 60,000 students. (BBC)
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Trump Vows To End U.S.-Cuba “Deal” Unless Havana Makes Better One. the country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet today he would end the United States’ “deal” with Cuba unless a better one was made, reflecting his campaign pledge to reverse President Barack Obama’s moves to open relations with the Cold War adversary. “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal,” Trump said in a Twitter post. Trump’s tweeted as Cubans prepare to commemorate Fidel Castro, the communist guerrilla leader who led a revolution in 1959
and ruled the Caribbean island for half a century. Castro died on Friday. On S a t u r d a y, Tr u m p , a Republican, said in a statement that his administration would “do all it can” once he takes office on Jan. 20 to boost freedom and prosperity for Cubans after C a s t r o ’s d e a t h . T h e statement sidestepped whether Trump would follow through on a threat made late in his White House campaign t o r e v e r s e O b a m a ’s diplomatic thaw with the island nation, leading some to view it as a softening from his campaign rhetoric toward
Castro’s death has led some Cubans to worry that Trump will shut down the U.S.Cuban trade and travel ties that have begun to emerge in the past two years since Obama’s historic declaration. Cuba has always fiercely resisted what it sees as U.S. attempts to change its internal political system but the government has stayed m o s t l y q u i e t o n Tr u m p , waiting to see whether the president-elect converts his harsh rhetoric into a real policy change.
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A Day Like Today Her father, Mukesh Gautam is a Punjabi film director and her mother, Anjali Gautam is a house wife. Yami is not the only child, she has a younger sister named Surilie Gautam. After finishing her basic education, Yami joined the Punjab University, in Chandigar, to pursue a career in Laws
Indian Actress, Yami Gautam
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hen fashion and ‘Cine’muse unite, there is harmony. There is nothing more pleasant than being hypnotized with the good performance of a Muse. This is what Yami Gautam has become for the last 5 years, a ravishing and talented young lady that has been taking Bollywood by storm, and that today celebrates one more year of life. Yami Gautam was born in Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian state in the Himalayas. But was raised in Chandigarh, the capital of the northern Indian states of Punjab.
. Yami Gautam's perfect Indian bridal look at ICW2016 She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services (IAS) as a young girl, but at the age of 20, Yami decided to start her acting career. Leaving her studies on the side, and taking the stages as a full time job, wasn’t easy for the young actress. She started to balance her acting with modeling, to make a
living. Yami’s presence on the runways would soon capture the attention of producers, willing to discover new talents. She started to
be casted to play small roles in soap operas and series, gaining popularity as an actress revelation. She made her television debut with ‘Chand Ke Paar Chalo’, an Indian Bollywood motion picture released in 2006. This was followed by paper of Rajkumari Bhairvi in the 2008 television soap opera ‘Raajkumar Aaryyan’. She played her most notable role in the 2009 television series, ‘Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam’. She also participated in reality shows during this period. Yami made her big screen debut, in the 2009 film ‘Ullasa Utsaha’. The movie wasn’t a ‘blockbuster’, but helped Yami to show her virtuosity out of the silver screen. Up to date she has participated in over 4 films, solidifying her career as an actress, and a potential Bollywood diva. Source: http://starsunfolded.com/yamigautam-height-weight-age/
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'Axe Man' Throws In Towel - Dominant Lomachenko Retains WBO Title With TKO Win Vasyl Lomachenko successfully defended his WBO junior Walters survived the flurry and appeared fine as the round lightweight title, winning when Nicholas Walters was unable to continue after seven rounds Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan. Lomachenko, the 28-year-old Ukrainian star who won two Olympic gold medals, improved to 7-1. Lomachenko dropped to 26-1-1. "My goal is to be the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world," Lomachenko said. Lomachenko had his best round of the fight in the seventh, landing multiple power shots, including a hard shot to the temple that ultimately led Walters to stop fighting. "He's a good fighter, really strong," Lomachenko said. "But he stood there and made it easy for me, then in the end he just quit." The pace quickened in the third, with Lomachenko leading the action and Walters looking to counter. Lomachenko landed a hard straight left, the best punch of the fight up until that point and began to establish himself as the aggressor by the end of the fourth. Walters battled back in the fifth landing a few power shots, only to be matched by Lomachenko combination for combination. "He's a great fighter," Walters said. "He's very fast, a great puncher. He caught me with a hard shot to the temple." Lomachenko began to take control in the sixth, displaying superior technical skills and controlling the ring. By the end of the seventh, Lomachenko had the fans on their feet as he looked to finish the fight, landing a number of powerful combinations.
ended and he headed back to his corner. However, between rounds, Walters' corner informed the referee that he was unable to continue and the fight was stopped and ruled a TKO for Lomachenko. Lomachenko captured his first word title, the IBF featherweight crown, in just his third fight. That tied a record for the fewest fights needed to win a championship. He defended the belt three times before winning the junior lightweight title, earning his second title in as many weight classes. (SportsMax)
Bolt Vows To Be At His Peak At World Championships Though he is taking a relaxed approach to the last year of his career, programme, but that has not altered what he expects of himself. Usain Bolt expects to be at his best at the 2017 world championships Usain Bolt insists he will be at the top of his game when he brings the curtain down on his glittering career at next year's World Championships. The legendary Jamaican sprinter completed the triple-triple at Rio 2016, taking his tally of Olympic gold medals to nine, and is set to retire after the World Championships in London in August. Bolt says he is feeling less pressure heading into the final
year of his career and has changed his approach to his training
Speaking at a media conference ahead of the premiere of the documentary film 'I Aam Bolt', he was asked if he had any fear that the likes of Andre De Grasse and Justin Gatlin could defeat him. "I'm not worried. I am always going to be prepared, I still never want to lose, we're just trying to find a less harder a method of working," Bolt replied. "We're working on different ways of training but I will definitely be at the top of my game when it comes to the championships. "I still want to go and compete at my best but it's not so much pressure as it was for the past eight years. I'm just training hard as I always do and the goal is to compete at my best as always." Pressed on why he is still carrying on in the sport, Bolt added: "It's mostly for the fans, this year there is no pressure, I'm much more relaxed. It's not going to be as intense as the season before. "There's a few people that - my friends, my close friends - that have never seen me compete live so I'm giving people the opportunity to come see me in my last world championships and my last run in Jamaica." Bolt particularly enjoyed his experience at London 2012 and sees the city as an ideal venue for his swansong. "I've always said it's a good place to hang up my shoes. I came in the Olympics and it was just magnificent," Bolt said. "I know the energy they're going to bring for the world championships so it's a good place to retire." (SportsMax)
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What You Might Have Missed: Ze Roberto Breaks Brazilian Duck, Pogba Makes Eredivisie Bow Ze Roberto landed a Brazilian title, Mathias Pogba made his Sparta Rotterdam debut, and Daniele De Rossi reached a landmark appearance. Barcelona lost ground to Real Madrid in the LaLiga title chase, while Manchester City had to come from behind against Burnley to keep pace with Chelsea and Liverpool at the Premier League summit. Juventus' 3-1 defeat at Genoa allowed Roma and AC Milan to close the gap to four points at the top of Serie A, and Borussia Dortmund's defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt was especially costly as the top four all won. But there are plenty of headlines being made beyond Europe's bigger leagues. Here are some things you might have missed over the weekend in world football. ZE ROBERTO WINS MAIDEN BRAZILIAN CROWN Former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich winger Ze Roberto remember him? - won his maiden Campeonato Brasileiro at the grand old age of 42 on Sunday. Ze Roberto won one LaLiga and four Bundesliga crowns during his time in Europe, but has had to wait until his fifth decade to sample league glory on home soil. Having won his first Copa do Brasil title with Palmeiras in 2015, Ze Roberto played the full 90 minutes before collecting the trophy after a 1-0 victory over Chapecoense. POGBA (NOT THAT ONE) MAKES EREDIVISIE DEBUT While Paul Pogba was busy finalising a world-record move to Manchester United during the close-season, brother Mathias was attempting to find a club following his release by Partick Thistle. Sparta Rotterdam decided to take a chance on Mathias, one of Paul's twin older siblings, and the forward finally made his bow in a 2-2 draw with Roda JC on Sunday. Pogba was introduced as a replacement for Zakaria El Azzouzi a minute before Sparta scored the first of their two goals in response to falling 2-0 down. THE NEW NAME IN TURKISH FOOTBALL? If asked who currently sits top of the Turkish Super Lig, you would be forgiven for hazarding a guess at Galatasaray, Besiktas or Fenerbahce. The league title has been won by one of those traditional giants of Turkish football for the last 31 years, with the exception of Bursaspor's triumph in 2009-10. However, a new name has risen to the summit this season, with Istanbul Basaksehir currently leading the way, having only won
promotion to the top flight in 2007 following their foundation in 1990. What's more, the unexpected leaders - captained by 36year-old Emre Belozoglu - consolidated their position with a 11 draw at second-placed Besiktas on Saturday. DE ROSSI REACHES MILSETONE APPEARANCE Daniele De Rossi brought up his 400th Serie A appearance for Roma in Sunday's 3-2 victory over Pescara. The midfielder ranks second behind Francesco Totti on Roma's all-time appearance list in all competitions and has finished as league runner-up on seven occasions. With Roma four points adrift of defending champions Juventus, De Rossi will hope this is the season he finally ends his wait for a Scudetto. Edin Dzeko scored his 12th goal in 14 league appearances during the win against Pescara. DUTCH DUO FIND THEIR SCORING BOOTS Luuk de Jong - a prolific goalscorer in the Eredivisie - has been having trouble finding the net for PSV of late. The striker, who scored 46 goals in 65 league appearances over the last two seasons in the Dutch top flight, was on an eight-match barren streak in all competitions before finally scoring in Saturday's 31 win over ADO Den Haag. And it was a good weekend for Dutch attackers, as Wesley Sneijder also scored his first Galatasaray goal since February. (SportsMax)
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Klopp: Liverpool Know Probable Outcome For Coutinho We don't want to rest one who doesn't need a rest. "The plan is to
The full extent of Philippe Coutinho's ankle injury is yet to be known, but Jurgen Klopp says he has an idea. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is still waiting for an update on the extent of Philippe Coutinho's ankle injury, but hinted he is fearing bad news. The Brazil international had to leave Anfield in a protective boot on Saturday after suffering the problem in the first half of his side's 2-0 win over Sunderland. Fears Coutinho may have suffered ligament damage that would lead to a long spell out of the team continue after Klopp revealed the club were still waiting for scan results, even if he has an idea what the information may be. "Coutinho we have to wait for a scan, then we will know how long he is out and we have to take it like it is," Klopp said at his pre-match media conference on Monday ahead of Liverpool's EFL Cup quarter-final tie against Leeds United. "The best thing would be for Coutinho to not be out but it is not really likely. "We have to wait for the final scan but we know what it will probably be." Klopp insisted he would not take any chances with his line-up, but would not ring the changes if he did not have to despite coming up against Championship opposition in Leeds. "We need a line-up that can stand the intensity of the game," he said. "Leeds are in a good moment. We need to work hard in this game. "We need to have a look at the players. We need to listen and figure if the players are ready or not. We can't take risks as we are not in this rhythm [of playing twice a week]. "I really have no idea what the team is.
find a line-up that can win. It is possible we make changes but it is possible we name a strong team. "Garry Monk is a very, very promising young manager. I'm happy for him that it works out for him like this – it was a good idea to join Leeds. I felt he was unlucky [at Monk's former club Swansea City]." Klopp thinks Roberto Firmino (calf) will be fit to face Leeds at Anfield on Tuesday and confirmed Simon Mignolet will start in goal, although Adam Lallana (groin) and Daniel Sturridge (calf) are set to miss out. (SportsMax)
Pakistan Unchanged For Australia Tests
The selectors have kept faith with the same Pakistan squad that has faced New Zealand ahead of their Test series in Australia. An unchanged Pakistan squad has been named for the Test series against Australia. Pakistan, having been set a challenging target of 369
going into day five in Hamilton, are fighting to win the second Test and earn a 1-1 draw in New Zealand ahead of three Tests in Australia, starting with a day/night series opener in Brisbane on December 15. Ranked second in the world pending the outcome of their contest against the Black Caps and other results, Pakistan, having drawn in England earlier this year, will be hopeful of impressing against Steve Smith's team, who slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to South Africa this month. Two newcomers for the tour of New Zealand, Sharjeel Khan, uncapped at Test level, and Mohammad Rizwan, who is playing in his long-form debut at Seddon Park, have both been retained. Pakistan squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan. (SportsMax)
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Messi's Goal Drought And Ronaldo's Woeful Assist Record – El Clasico In Opta Numbers Ahead of a crucial meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou, we look at some of the best Opta statistics. Barcelona meet Real Madrid in LaLiga on Saturday for what looks set to be another mouth-watering edition of El Clasico. It is Zinedine Zidane's men who go into the match with the advantage – they are six points clear at the top of the table – although Gareth Bale is out injured. Barca will be hoping to take advantage of the Wales international's absence and arrest a run of form that has seen them draw their last two league encounters. Ahead of the big game, we look at the best Opta statistics. MESSI V RONALDO - Lionel Messi is the top goalscorer in El Clasico history, with 21 to his name. - However, Messi has gone five matches without a goal against Madrid in all competitions – his worst run against Los Blancos. - Of his 21 goals, Messi has scored 12 of them (57%) at the Bernabeu a record he will look to improve at Camp Nou.
- Neymar is the only player of both attacking trios to have scored and assisted a goal in the same Clasico. - Barcelona's three defeats to Madrid is their worst record against any team under Luis Enrique (level with Celta and Real Sociedad). - Luis Enrique won 4-0 on his last visit to the Bernabeu. Only one Barcelona manager has recorded a bigger winning margin in an away victory against Real Madrid in LaLiga. CLASICO FACTS AND FIGURES - The Clasico has not produced a 0-0 draw since November 2002. - The most common Clasico result is 2-1 - it has occurred 43 times (23 of those in Madrid's favour) in 232 games. - The two teams have only met once before in matchday 14 of LaLiga and that game ended in a 5-5 draw back in 1943.
- Messi has 13 assists from his 32 appearances in El Clasico.
- Victory would give Barcelona their 50th home win over their rivals in LaLiga.
- Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, has only won in seven of his 25 Clasico appearances.
- In 86 meetings, Madrid have won on just 20 occasions in the league at Camp Nou.
- But he has scored 16 times in those games, giving him an almost identical goal-per-game ratio (0.64%) to Messi (0.65%).
- Barcelona have scored in each of their last 21 games against Real Madrid, the longest scoring run of any team in El Clasico history.
- Like Messi, he is more successful away from home - 10 out of his 16 Clasico goals were scored at Camp Nou.
- Zidane could become the first Real Madrid manager to win consecutive away games against Barcelona since Miguel Munoz in 1965.
- Only Alfredo Di Stefano (18) scored more goals against Barcelona for Real Madrid than Ronaldo. - Ronaldo, though, has only produced one assist in his 25 Clasico games. LUIS ENRIQUE AND MSN - Luis Enrique will face Real Madrid for the seventh time as a LaLiga boss – he has won three and lost three of his previous games (W2 L2 with Barca, W1 L1 with Celta Vigo). - Since Luis Enrique's first LaLiga match as a head coach, only Diego Simeone (4) has beaten Real Madrid more times. - Messi has not scored in a Clasico match where he has been playing at the same time as both Luis Suarez and Neymar. - Suarez is the only player to have scored twice in a Clasico where either 'MSN' or Real Madrid's 'BBC' frontline have played together.
- Real Madrid have received 11 red cards in their last 26 games against Barcelona, four of them to Sergio Ramos. (SportsMax)
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Stade Francais Reject Australia's Genia Request Australia's Will Genia will not be able to face England this weekend if Stade Francais continue to ignore the Wallabies' pleas. Stade Francais have refused a request to make Will Genia available for Australia's Test against England on Saturday, according to Wallabies coach Michael Cheika. The clash at Twickenham falls outside the official November fixture window, meaning the Top 14 club are not obliged to allow the scrum-half to skip his domestic duties. Cheika claimed the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) will persist with their attempts to secure the services of the 28-year-old former Reds player, but seemingly with little optimism. "Right now, from the conversations we've had with Paris, they're not releasing him," he said. "We'll have another crack and see what we can do. "It seems unlikely, the French place more importance on their game for Will than our internationals, that's the way the rules are and we'll just have to deal with it." The Wallabies lost 27-24 to Ireland in Dublin on Saturday to give up what had been a 100 per cent record in their northern hemisphere tour, having beaten Wales, Scotland and France. The match this weekend offers an
opportunity for the visitors to gain revenge after they were whitewashed 3-0 by England, with former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones at the helm, on home soil in June. (SportsMax)
Bairstow Seeks To Put Positive Spin On England's Mohali Woes England could yet make an impression on a "decent batting end capped off a day that we didn't envisage at the start of the day. wicket" despite struggling against India, says Jonny Bairstow. Jonny Bairstow hopes England still have "a lot of batting to come" after slumping to 78-4 in their second innings against India in Mohali. The tourists trail by 56 runs going into day four, with India, having only batted once, seemingly on the brink of a convincing victory, a result that would give them a 2-0 lead with two matches remaining in the five-Test series. Bairstow made 15 on Monday but still fared better than several fellow members of the top order, with captain Alastair Cook out for just 12 and both Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes falling for five. "Not the day we were looking for," he told Sky Sports. "Losing myself and Ben at the
We're fighting an uphill battle at the moment. "It's still a decent batting wicket. There were a few balls they kept out that kept low and they did a few things with the ball as well. We need to take it on the chin. We still have a lot of batting to come and we have to remember that." While it was a disappointing session for the visitors, Bairstow is proud of recent efforts to improve the quality of his wicketkeeping, amid competition for the role from Jos Buttler. "There was a lot of speculation a year ago about whether or not I should be keeping wicket, so to put the hard work in and have that come to fruition is a very special achievement for myself," he said. "It's still not anywhere near where I want my keeping to be and I'm not under any illusions. You look at yourself and you have two options: you hide in a corner or you front up and take it on the chin. Thankfully I took the latter option and it's starting to pay off." In contrast to the struggles of England, India's Jayant Yadav, playing in his second Test, was able to celebrate a first half century in the long form of the game. "It was a really proud moment," he told Sky Sports. "Jadeja took the pressure away from me. We took it one ball at a time." And the off-spinner, having already claimed two scalps in England's first innings, struck again to remove Bairstow late in the day. "The idea was to bowl more at the stumps and it came off," he said. "We've got four good wickets today and looking to pile on the pressure tomorrow. "The best thing about his team is that they didn't make me feel like I was playing for the first time. I didn't feel out of place in the dressing room." (SportsMax)
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'My Heart Was With My Team-Mates' - Bacca Defends Decision To Attend Sevilla Match AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca has stressed he was thinking beautiful memories from Sevilla," he said. "It was two years in about his team-mates while he was watching a Sevilla match at the same time. Carlos Bacca has defended his decision to attend Sevilla's match against Valencia while his AC Milan side were in action against Empoli on Saturday. Milan won their away game 4-1, with head coach Vincenzo Montella insisting afterwards he had authorised the injured striker to attend his former team's clash in LaLiga, which took place at the same time during his day off. And Bacca also did not see a problem with going to watch Sevilla's 2-1 win, claiming his heart was with Milan as he kept track of their result. "I suffered an injury in the derby but I'm already recovering and catching up with the club's doctors - I'm fine," he told Sevilla's official radio station. "I have free days at the weekend and I came to Seville to take care of personal matters and to say hello to friends. "I am attentive to what my team-mates are doing. I was not at Empoli in person but my heart was certainly there. "I was keeping an eye on the result and hoping with the help of God we can get three points - that it is the most important thing." Bacca spent two prolific seasons with Sevilla – winning the Europa League in both years – and he has fond recollections. "I have very
which I won two titles and in which the name of Carlos Bacca was known more. "I have sincere friendships here. I always follow Sevilla, I know a lot of people and I always try to keep in touch." (SportsMax)