October 26, 2016 by Guyana Daily News

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Food And Drug Dept Lacks Adequate Staff, Credible Testing Lab GA-FDD, Director, Marlon Cole Many importers have complained to the Guyana Daily News about the inefficiency, long delays and most of the time unjustified decisions by the Government Food and Drug Department. Importers have also complained about the unavailability of a credible testing lab and an understaffed department, which was confirmed by Director of the department, Marlon Cole. An awareness forum on Tuesday, Cole said, for years, the department has faced challenges in undertaking its work as a result a lack of human resources, pointing out that the agency cannot physically undertake aspects of inspection, including those relative to prescription drugs and cosmetics

because of a lack of staff. “We are inundated, we are subjected in the department to look at some (documents) which are forged and we are sometimes flooded and sometimes we cannot go out to do inspections”, he said. Cole noted that the food and drug department is staffed by 18 analysts, seven of whom are inspectors and they operate in five laboratories, including the food chemistry lab, drug chemistry lab and the water chemistry lab. “They (the labs) are really supposed to be functioning in such a way that eventually should we flag any particular container, any one of those labs should be able to pronounce”, Cole said.

Guyanese See No Need For Citizenship Ministry of Citizenship, under the control of It is proposed that the Ministry of

Many Guyanese have complained that the recent formation of the Ministry of Citizenship is not serving the interest of the general population. The Ministry

Minister Winston Felix, was created with the purpose of regularizing, streamlining and formalizing the structures and systems that regulate citizenship. Under the new Ministry there will be a review of the existing system and structures and the formulation of a strategic plan to integrate these systems. However, a great percentage of persons have questioned why the government stripped vital functions of the General Registrar’s Oﬃce, the police force and to some extent the functions of the Guyana Revenue Authority. The Ministry aims to achieve the following: • the development of a comprehensive Citizenship Policy for presentation to the National Assembly; • engagement of the requisite stakeholders; • decentralization of National Registration, Immigration and Border Policy Reform and the; • development of a National Development Model that includes civic education to transform the sector

Citizenship will comprise two divisions; one involved in the registration of births, deaths and marriages while the other would be engaged with the registration of citizens, Naturalization, Visas, extension of stays, passport application and other related matters. The effective coordination of activities flowing from both systems will require a clear and well defined structure which is still in the developmental stages.

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Government Considering Municipal Courts Two over the weekend, Minister of has been complaining not only of their

The Government is considering setting up municipal courts countrywide to deal with violations of municipal laws. Speaking with councillors in Region

Communities, Ronald Balkan, said the need for the courts is being made by various organisations. According to Bulkan, repeated calls for municipal courts have been made by the Georgetown City Council and the Private Sector so that delinquent taxpayers and other violators can be dealt with expeditiously. According to a release from the Guyana Information Agency, Bulkan explained that since engaging the Georgetown City Council and holding similar engagements with other councils across the country, the administration is considering setting up municipal courts as a mechanism to address these and other disregard for the authority of municipal councils and non-adherence to regulations. “It is coming through clear, in all our engagement with all our local government organs, that we would need a dedicated court to be able to address infractions and violations at the local (government) level,” the minister said. Bulkan said that councils

inability to rake in outstanding monies owed by delinquent taxpayers but, issues such as illegal roadside vending and illegal building construction have also been affecting their revenue bases and impeding their effective functioning. A municipal courts is a court whose jurisdiction is limited to a specific municipality. These courts preside only over cases and offenses that take place within their jurisdiction. They provide a forum for the fair and impartial resolution of alleged violations as established by the town ordinance code and hear cases involving cases of property tax, liquor License, business/trade license and some traffic offences. In the Caribbean, Municipal courts are used as a last resort, with Belize having the only municipal court in the Caribbean. Most Caribbean countries choose to consolidate the municipal court with the magistrate or the superior court as tends reduce cost of operations of the courts.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Cabinet Meetings Temporarily Moved To Army Base PAGE 5

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Meetings is chaired by President David Granger, a former GDF Brigadier who has been accused several times by the opposition of the militarization of the State by resorting to the use of retired military oﬃcers to head several Commissions of Inquiry, and other key positions within his administration.

President David Granger The government in a statement has announced that it will be holding the meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers at the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) headquarters, Camp Ayanganna. Cabinet

According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the army base was chosen because it provides adequate logistics and security, while urgent repairs have commenced in some sections of the main buildings of the Ministry of The Presidency (MoTP) complex. These urgent works have resulted in some rooms, including Cabinet Room being temporarily unavailable for use. The DPI related that a thorough and extensive search was conducted for a suitable space to temporarily host

Cabinet Meetings. The main requirements for a temporary alternative venue relate to privacy and confidentiality, security, document preparation and reproduction, size, cost, accessibility, parking and minimal disruption to traffic and regular business. The statement went on to say “after consideration of a number of options it was found that the vast majority of these venues did not meet several or some of the most important requirements or were unavailable for the times required.” So the only venue identified which met the requirements was the Officers Mess at Camp Ayangana, which will temporarily used for Cabinet Meetings until the repairs work at the MoTP are complete. The government said that is no additional cost to the state for use of the Officers Mess.

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Guyana Receives $5.4B From EU For Sugar

The sugar industry is set to get a boost of some G$5.4 Billon (€24,424,000 euros) from the European Union (EU). Mr Stefano Manservisi, Director General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission and Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Tuesday, signed documents triggering the release of the monies to Guyana. This sum is related to the Action Programme adopted by Guyana in the context of the Accompanying Measures Programme (AMP) for Sugar established by the European Union. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs, the signature took place in the margins of the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Aﬀairs of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and European Union

(CELAC-EU) currently being held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Following the ﬁnding by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body in 2004 that the EU Sugar Regime was inconsistent with WTO rules, the EU had established a 1.2 billion Euros fund to assist the ACP sugar exporting countries to reform their sugar sector in order to improve their competitiveness or to diversify out of sugar. In releasing these resources the European Commission has indicated that the Government of Guyana has made remarkable progress and commendable eﬀorts in terms of budget transparency and a c c o u n t a b i l i t y. M r M a n s e r v i s i emphasized the European Union is committed to continue assisting Guyana in its transformation. In the absence of Foreign Minister Carl B. Greenidge, who

had accompanied President Granger on a State Visit to the Republic of Chile, M i n i s t e r Wi n s t o n J o r d a n h e a d e d Guyana’s delegation to the CELAC-EU Meeting. The other members of the delegation were David Hales, Ambassador of Guyana to Belgium and the EU and Vonetta Victor of the Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs. Guyana is heavily dependent on the EU sugar assistance since the trading bloc signaled its intentions to lift the preferential market that this country and other ACP states enjoy. EU has made available for the period 2007-2013 a maximum amount of EUR 168.8 million to support the sugar sector in Guyana. Guyana is the second biggest beneﬁciary of these sugar funds after Mauritius.

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Farmers Expose To Macro-propagation Training

Thirty-eight farmers were recently exposed to macropropagation training for sweet potatoes and cassava; and seedling production for hot peppers by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) under the Agriculture Policy Programme (APP). This exercise, which exemplifies the theme for this year’s Agriculture Month, “Exploring new production frontiers: in pursuit of climate resilience,” is the second phase of an agricultural diversification initiative to increase productivity and advance food security. Participants comprised members of the Parika Farmers’ Group and the Laluni Farmers’ Group. Sixty-five percent of the participants were females. The interactive training session was held at NAREI’s headquarters, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. Avinash Rampersaud is one of the many beneficiaries of the training. An Agricultural Science teacher by profession, Rampersaud assists his father on their farm at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo. During the first phase of this APP project NAREI utilized a section of Rampersaud’s farm to conduct a sweet potato trail using sprinkler technology. The young farmer is of the view that the training session addressed a major area of concern for farmers. He noted that farmers usually have difficulty in accessing quality planting materials in a timely manner. However, this macro-propagation training session effectively demonstrated to farmers how they could readily prepare their own planting materials. As part of the training farmers were informed about the selection of proper planting materials; and rapid multiplication using the two nodes technique. The two nodes technique is simple and inexpensive. It involves cutting a cassava stick into two and placing them into plastic bags or trays. With this technique, a farmer could obtain three times the amount of planting materials than with the use of the traditional 8” stick. This technique also gives the advantage of selecting planting

materials that are disease free, highly productive, and could withstand rigorous conditions in the fields. Within five weeks the planting material could be transferred into the fields. Farmers also benefited from a sweet potato multiplication demonstration. This was especially important since small scale farmers need a regular supply of good quality, virus free planting material. NAREI has been able to multiply and distribute small quantities of high quality, diseasefree sweet potato planting material, with the specific intent of improving the food security and nutrition of rural communities. The multiplication process includes cutting virus free sweet potato vines of specific high yielding cultivars into 7cm lengths, which are dipped into a recommended fungicide and insecticide. The macro propagation materials were placed in bags or seedling trays previously prepared with potting mixture. The planting materials were placed in a shade house and allowed to grow under high humid condition. Following this, the vines grow to a length of 40cm and are cut into approximately 30cm long pieces using secateurs. The cut materials are distributed to farmers for further multiplication in field conditions. Another aspect of the training was the construction of a seedling house, which included orientation (wind movements), height of and materials used to construct the roof, and potting mixture. The importance of a seedling house for hot pepper production was excessively emphasized during the training secession. Some points to note about the importance of a seedling house are as follows: It is convenient to look after the ‘Baby’ seedlings It is possible to provide favourable growth conditions i.e. germination as well as growth Eliminates the problem of difficult soils Easy weed control Reduced field management costs Improved crop uniformity Higher yields More optimal use of Hybrid seeds Shorter growing season and more efficient use of land More accurate prediction of harvest date Before planting the seedling in the open field considerations must be given to Hardening. The hardening-off process will allow the plants to acclimatize to the environment in their final growing on site, i.e. to become capable of withstanding field conditions after planting. The young plants are gradually given more light by slowly reducing the shade over a week or so. Less water is also given, although obvious wilting should not be allowed to occur. NAREI Press Release

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Police Recovers AK47 And Live Rounds From Linden/Kwakwani Area PAGE 9

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The excellent and commendable actions of a dutiful citizen of this country resulted in the police in ‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani) being able to retrieve a high powered weapon to wit an AK 47 Rifle, two (2) magazines and fifteen (15) rounds of matching ammunition, fifteen (15) .38 live rounds, thirty nine (39) 9mm live rounds and twenty-one (21) .223 live rounds and a magazine. The 42 years old citizen was engaged in the process of “house cleaning” when he saw a haversack behind a wardrobe and a closer examination discovered the firearm and ammunition, after which he rushed to the police station and informed. A police party responded and taken possession of the cache. The house is owned by persons residing overseas and persons were renting same prior to the discovery. Investigations are continuing. Guyana Police Force Press Release

Youth Charged With Forging Republic Bank Cheque Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today released 22- year-old Deoharry Oudit on GY$50,000 bail after he was charged with conspiring with others in an attempt to defraud. The incident reportedly occurred on September 20, 2016. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and will return before the court on November 14, 2016. His lawyer in the bail application noted that Oudit was initially placed on GY$50,000 station bail and that he and the Virtual Complainant were “like family.” The Prosecution did not object to bail. The court heard that on the day in question the accused with intent to defraud conspired with others to commit a felony that is to say forged a Republic Bank Cheque valued at $1.2M property of Naipaul Ramdar.

Norton Street Woman Charged With Defrauding Employer Thirty – two-year-old Norton Street resident Karlene Stewart today appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with defrauding her employer. She was released on GY$40,000 bail and is set to return before the court on November 3, 2016. She pleaded not guilty to the charge and according to the lawyer, Stewart is the mother of four who has a ﬁxed address. The prosecution did not object to bail. It is alleged that between January 1, 2016 and July 28, 2016, Stewart while being employed as a Clerk at Country Pride, received an Air Conditioning Unit which she converted to her own personal use and gain.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Mosquito Army Released In Zika Fight In Brazil & Colombia Scientists are planning to release an army of millions of chikungunya fall. Prof Scott O'Neill, of the Eliminate Dengue PAGE 11

modified mosquitoes in areas of Brazil and Colombia. They say the unusual approach is an attempt to provide "revolutionary protection" against mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and chikungunya. The mosquitoes are infected with a bug called Wolbachia which reduces their ability to spread viruses to people. The $18m dollar project is funded by an international team of donors, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "Vaccinating mosquitoes" The scheme - which aims to start in early 2017 - is also financed by local governments in Latin America, the US and the UK. Wolbachia is a naturally occurring bacterium that infects 60% of insect species worldwide, but scientists say it does not harm humans. The bug does not usually infect the Aedes aegypti mosquito the species mostly responsible for spreading a host of diseases such as Zika, dengue fever and cikungunya. But over the last decade researchers working for the Eliminate Dengue Program have found a way to inject the bug into Aedes mosquitoes. And researchers say small-scale observational trials in Brazil, Colombia, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam have shown that once released, the modified mosquitoes can cut the spread of dengue to humans. It has been shown to do the same for Zika and chikungunya in laboratory-based tests. Dr Trevor Mundel, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said: "Wolbachia could be a revolutionary protection against mosquito-borne disease. “It's affordable, sustainable, and appears to provide protection against Zika, dengue and a host of other viruses. "We are eager to study its impact and how it can help countries." Researchers now plan to expand the trials to large urban areas in Bello in Colombia, other parts of Antioquia, and the greater Rio de Janeiro area in partnership with local governments. Scientists say once released, the infected mosquitoes breed with uninfected ones, passing on the bug to future generations. They will monitor the programme closely for the next three years, checking to see if cases of dengue fever, Zika and

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Program, told the BBC: "In the communities we have already worked with there have initially been two concerns. "One was that the mosquitoes might harm them in some way or that there might be some unintended consequences. "It is testament to our community engagement teams working really closely with communities to answer questions that all the communities we work with are fully supportive. "We explained Wolbachia bugs are present in so many insects worldwide that millions of humans come into contact with them everyday with no problems. "And in the six years we have been doing these trials there have been no problems." 'Resource competition' Researchers say it is likely that the Wolbachia approach works in two ways. According to Prof O'Neill, Wolbachia appears to boost the immune system of mosquitoes, making them resistant to viruses like dengue. And Wolbachia may compete with dengue and Zika for resources essential to replication. The viruses lose out and do not replicate as successfully, making it harder for them to be passed on when a mosquito bites a human. (BBC)

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can spread Zika and dengue(SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS CTA To Forge More Linkages For Caribbean Produce PAGE 12

By Ivan Cairo Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is working on strengthening linkages for agricultural producers in the Caribbean to expand their markets. According to CTA director, Michael Hailu, one of CTA’s projects in cooperation with the Caribbean Farmers Network and the Sandals Foundation, is working to strengthen linkages to domestic, regional and export markets in eight countries. CTA plans to expand this project to several other countries including Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking at the opening of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 (CWA-2016) in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Hailu further noted that CTA was working with farmers and their respective organisations to improve value chain initiatives, which have great potential, such as roots and tubers and fruits and vegetables. “This will enable a significant number of farmers to increase their revenues by upgrading products, processes and productivity to match market demands,” Hailu said. One of the success stories is the Dominican Republic, the CTA official said, where a sound relationship was established between agroproducers and a grassroots financing entity. “Some of the most encouraging results of our work involves linking producers to private financial institutions, and

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I believe there is tremendous scope for building on this approach in the future,” Hailu argued. The CTA is also playing a major role in advancing use of mobile applications and other information communications technology (ICT) platforms in developing agriculture. “Given CTA’s comparative advantage of working in the area of ICTs, especially in training and supporting young ICT entrepreneurs, we promote ICTs, more speciﬁcally mobile apps, to enhance various aspects of the value chain,” he said. (Caribbean News Now!)

CTA director Michael Hailu speaking on Monday at the plenary session of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Photo: Ivan Cairo

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CaribNOG 12 Off To A Successful Start In St Maarten three-day gathering is supported by the Caribbean

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten -- Even with its minor geographical footprint, the Caribbean has a major appetite for the Internet. More and more, Caribbean citizens are reflexively heading online to do their everyday essentials. In order to keep pace with that digital predilection, the modest community managing the region’s networks has to keep building serious capacity. “There has to be a deeper pool of human resources in the Caribbean with technical expertise,” says Bevil Wooding, co-founder of the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG). “More people with less technical knowledge are using Internet-based technology, trusting that it will be safe. And so, a group of people have to ensure that that trust is well founded.” Wooding was speaking at the opening of CaribNOG’s twelfth regional meeting, held in Philipsburg from October 24 to 26. “We have to secure the region’s networks and look out for threats in different ways now that we are at this stage of the Internet’s development. And that’s why a group like CaribNOG is so important at this time. We become the guardians of the Caribbean’s Internet development.” CaribNOG 12 is part of Internet Week St Maarten, a five-day conference focused on developing the Caribbean Internet. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) jointly held the first three days of the week with CaribNOG. “When we started working to develop capacity in the region, we soon realised that CaribNOG had the same goals, and so we quickly decided that by working together, we could accomplish more,” said Albert Daniels, senior manager of stakeholder engagement for the Caribbean at ICANN. Daniels was one of several regional experts to conduct hands-on sessions on topics including cyber security, Internet governance, IPv6 adoption and Internet exchange points. The

Telecommunications Union; the American Registry for Internet Numbers; Packet Clearing House; ArkiTechs and The BrightPath Foundation. Internet Week St Maarten will close with St Maarten on the Move, a two-day event jointly hosted by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses registry (LACNIC). The weeklong conference is coordinated by the St Maarten telecommunications regulator, BTP. It is open to the public and free of charge, with a live video stream for remote participants. (Caribbean News Now!)

Bevil Wooding, co-founder of the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) delivers opening remarks at the organisation's twelfth regional meeting, in Philipsburg, St Maarten, October 24, 2016. Photo: CaribNOG

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS First In Port Insect Discovery By Authorities In San Juan, Puerto Rico PAGE 15

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An entomologist from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed recently that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists made a first in port discovery of an insect within an imported air cargo shipment of cut flowers arriving from Bogota, Colombia. On October 7, CBP agriculture specialists at San Juan Airport Cargo intercepted an insect on a shipment of cut flowers originating from Colombia. This insect was identified on October 12 by USDAPlant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) as Guayaquila pallescens Stal (Membracidae), which is an actionable pest and a “first time in port” interception. “I would like to recognize the outstanding work that agriculture specialists at the San Juan Field Office perform daily,” said Mayra Claudio, San Juan assistant area port director for trade. “These discoveries are a significant accomplishment, as well as a sobering warning of potential agricultural threats.” The Membracidae is a family of insects found worldwide, commonly called treehoppers or thorn bugs. Insects in the genus Guayaquilla and its relatives are gregarious, forming primitive social groups and caring for their young, which may result in high numbers on a host. The plant bug intercepted, Guayaquila pallescens, is the first of its species intercepted in Puerto Rico. In these cases, CBP issues an emergency action notification to the importer requiring the shipment to be re-exported, fumigated or destroyed. This shipment was safeguarded and transferred for destruction. CBP

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agriculture specialists work closely with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) to protect the nation’s agriculture resources against the introduction of foreign plant pests and animal diseases. CBP agriculture specialists have extensive training and experience in the biological sciences and agricultural inspection. Their duties include inspecting tens of thousands of international air passengers and air and sea cargo that arrive into the United States each day and intercepting numerous actionable pests, or those identiﬁed through scientiﬁc risk assessment and study as being dangerous to the health and safety of US agricultural resources. (Caribbean News Now!)

Guayaquila pallescens Stal (Membracidae)

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Jamaica Looking To Attract Tourists From Armenia By Rochelle Williams KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says plans are under way to market brand Jamaica in Armenia. “We were able to establish a new partner in Armenia that now will be selling destination Jamaica with Qatar Airlines to bring new arrivals into the country,” he said. Bartlett, who was speaking at a recent press conference held in New Kingston, said the partnership will provide new opportunities for a diversiﬁed local tourism market, while boosting arrivals to the country. Initial discussions were held during the minister’s attendance at the 38th plenary session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) aﬃliate members in Armenia from October 1 to 4. Further details on the partnership are to be announced later this year. The meeting discussed the latest tourism trends, public-private collaboration and promoting good practices in the sector. It also included debate on the key issues shaping the UNWTO 2017 Action Plan: the future of tourism, cultural tourism, city tourism and the 2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. (Caribbean News Now!)

Cruise ship passengers disembarked the Disney Wonder cruise ship to visit the various shops in the vicinity of the Falmouth pier. The ship made its inaugural visit to Falmouth on Tuesday, October 8. (JIS ﬁle photo)

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Jamaican Jailed For 15 Years On Drug Charge HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct 26, CMC – A High Court Judge has sentenced a Jamaican national, who tried to smuggle cocaine into Bermuda earlier this year, to 15 years in jail after he was found guilty of the offence. Tyrone Brown, a 31-year-old Kingston electrician, who appeared “nervous and fidgety” saying he had come to Bermuda on holiday when speaking to customs officials at the L.F. Wade International Airport, had denied importing 894.6 grams of the drug worth up to US$132,000 into the island in April. The jury heard that Brown arrived in Bermuda on a flight from Miami, Florida. He had started his journey in Jamaica earlier the same day. Director of Public Prosecutions Larry Mussenden told jurors that Brown’s luggage did not arrive on his flight. And when it did the following day, it was searched by customs officers. “Inside the checked baggage was a black leather bag. Concealed inside that bag were two packages, the contents of which were taken out, seized and analysed, and found to be 894 grams of cocaine. “That ranged in value from US$95,000 up to US$132,000 on the streets of Bermuda,” Mussenden added. Brown was arrested at a holiday rental unit in Hamilton Parish two days after he arrived and at the end of the seven day trial, he was unanimously convicted of the charge. When Brown appeared for sentencing on Tuesday, Mussenden called for a custodial term in the range of 15 to 18 years, arguing that the quantity of drugs recovered could have had an impact on many in the community if it had reached the streets. However, defence

lawyer Arion Mapp said Brown was a hardworking father with no previous convictions, calling the sentence proposed by the Crown as “unfounded and inconsistent. “He shouldn’t fall anywhere near that range,” he said, suggesting a sentence of between six and eight years would be more appropriate in all the circumstances. Brown himself told the court he was a “respectful man” who never dreamt he would be before the courts in such a position. Acting Justice Charlene Scott described the charge against Brown as very serious and imposed a 15-year sentence. (Antigua Observer)

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Trinidad And Cuba Sweep CBU Awards HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 26, CMC – Media houses in Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago swept the awards at the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) function here on Tuesday night. The awards were presented during a live television event at the Teatro Lazaro Pena in Havana, during the CBU’s 47thAnnual General Assembly that ends on Thursday. CBU said that the best television documentary programme was won by the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament for its programme titled “The West Indies at War (Part I): Emperors, Kings and Power” while the best radio documentary went to the Instituto Cubano De Radio Y Television of Cubafor its programme “La Madre Negra De Marti”. In the television category, CBU said that the People’s Choice Award was won by the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas for its production “The Rise of Buddy Hield”, while the Trinidad-based Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) won in the category of the Best Magazine Programme for its production “Cuisine Caravan”. Cuba took home the Best Drama Programme, while CCN was the winner in the Best Investigative Programme category. The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament Channel also won the “Responsible Coverage of Children’s Issues” award t5hta was sponsored by the United National Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) while the best Commercial Show award went to Great Belize Productions Limited. In the radio category Cuba was victorious in the Best Drama Programme. CBU said that a total of 144 entries were submitted across 20 categories and the submissions came from the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The entries were assessed by a three-person judging panel drawn from Barbados and Grenada. During the awards a number of media houses were recognised for special mention with CBU

indicating that in addition to its regular sponsors, there were three new ones, with UNESCO Caribbean and UNICEF Eastern Caribbean inaugurating prizes for television and radio entries in the “Coverage of Climate Change” and “Responsible Coverage of Children’s Issues” respectively and the Barbadosbased Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) supporting the new award in coverage of Disaster Risk. The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) sponsored the award for Best News Item in television. (Antigua Observer)

CBU president Shida Bolai and CDEMA executive director Ronald Jackson signing collaborative agreement (Photo courtesy Daren Lee Singh)

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Speak Out St. Lucia Call For National Outrage And A Demand For Meaningful Action In Rape Of 12-y-o PRESS RELEASE – Speak Out St. Lucia (S.O.S.) is saddened by reports of the rape of a 12 year old girl who has now been discovered to be three months pregnant. Yet again we are confronted with another case of rape in Saint Lucia which has shaken our island to the core. We can no longer be timid in dealing with these acts of rape and sexual abuse perpetrated on the women and children in Saint Lucia. Although ordinary citizens continue to be vocal and outraged about these horrific crimes, there continues to be an almost deafening silence from our elected representatives. We find other leaders in our society practically voiceless when our people need some direction and conclusive action to combat this scourge which we all agree is of epidemic proportions. Our politicians harp and trade accusations on a daily basis about IMPACS, C.I.P., VAT, and other important issues, yet we fail to witness the same priority and zeal in attacking rape and sexual abuse in Saint Lucia. The neglect of our people, the human resource, will result in even greater problems into the future. In June 2016, the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) on page 44 of their elections manifesto pledged to implement a Sex Offender Registry and to tackle sexual assault and rape. This was a clear indication that the SLP recognized the critical nature of these crimes and how they have affected our island for decades, and although being the Opposition in the House of Parliament, its elected members, representatives of the people, continue to be mum about these rapes which have shocked the nation. Where is the government’s resolve to handle this crisis? We continue to hear the same platitudes and intentions to implement measures, yet the outrage of the people does not seem to be mirrored by the actions of our representatives from both sides of the aisle. We

must have a concerted joint eﬀort, government and opposition, as these crimes are not perpetrated based on political aﬃliation. This epidemic has reached a point where decisive action must be taken! Speak Out St. Lucia continues to call for a national strategy in combating this epidemic of rape and sexual abuse. S.O.S. urges all Saint Lucians to call their elected Member of Parliament and demand action. S.O.S. continues to be alarmed by the long term problems which will challenge Saint Lucia well into the future caused by the psychological, familial, health, crime, and cost of services needed to deal with the repercussions of a broken society. (St. Lucia News Online)

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A teenage girl in Haiti has been killed and five others injured when a fight broke out while authorities were distributing food to hurricane victims. A statement issued by the government on Wednesday says looters apparently threw stones and conch shells at police and U.N. peacekeepers, who responded with tear gas and projectiles. It's unclear how the 18-year-old girl died and how the other injuries occurred. Officials say one person is seriously injured. The incident occurred Tuesday in the small coastal village of Dame Marie, west of the city of Jeremie that was marooned for several days after Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti as a Category 4 storm. Authorities say they're investigating. (Jamaica Observer)

Residents await their turn to obtain food and zinc sheets for rooﬁng at a local distribution center in the city of Jeremie, southwestern Haiti, on October 22, 2016, in the aftermath of Hurrican Matthew. (Photo: AFP)

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The Take Of Venezuela- The Protest Of A Country

Massive march in the streets of Venezuela againts Maduro's regime The take on Venezuela - the protest of a country A massive national protest took over Venezuela from early hours in the morning, to claim the restoration of the constitutional rights in the country. As it was announced last week by the heads of the opposition and the General Secretary of the Democratic Round Table (MUD) Chuo Torrealba, the streets of Venezuela witnessed the pacific but angered march of millions of protesters all over the country. From Puerto Ayacucho to Caracas the people went to the streets with flags and banners, intoning political slogans condemning the current regime. The protest was broadcast live by the national television, spreading the image soon spread all over the social media so the world could be aware of the current situation in the country. “El Pueblo Unido Jamas sera Vencido!”(The people united will never be defeated) and “Miraflores, Miraflores!”(Referring to Miraflores Palace, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela) – were some of the anthems sang loud and clear by the thousand souls that could be seen on the streets of every states of the country. The multitude proceeded to show their frustration towards the latest decision taken by the National Electoral Table (CNE) on October 20th, to postpone the recollection of the 4 million firms (20% needed to implement the Revocatory Referendum against President Nicolas Maduro). The recollection of the votes was scheduled to start from the 26th to the 28th of October, activity now postponed until further notice, according to the CNE’s notice. Caracas was

the epicenter of the protest. The Capital city of Venezuela became the ‘eye of the volcano’ with more than a million protesters, according to a local anchor. The ‘human wave’ departed from five points of the city: The Caurimare M a i n Av e n u e , U n i c e n t r o e l Marques, Santa Monica Main Avenue, O’Higgins en El Paraíso Avenue, Commercial Centres ‘Los Cedros’ and ‘Los Naranjos’ and from the highway Prados del Este, Multitude scheduled to reach San Francisco highway as final destination. There the leaders of the opposition and heads of the MUD welcomed the masses with a fervent speech. “The Path to follow is clear!”-Said the Chuo Torrealba General Secretary of the MUD-“we will give continuity to the Legislative Agenda, because is our legal and constitutional duty. On November 3rd the MUD will present an official letter to the Executive, demanding the destitution of Maduro before year end” Torrealba announced how the MUD is scheduling a meeting next Sunday October 30th, with a representative of the Vatican, to discuss the renovation of the recollection of the 20% firms needed to implement the Revocatory Referendum against Maduro. He also assured during his speech, that the country has a political leadership now with the MUD taking the ‘reins’ of the country. Henrique Capriles Radonski, leader of the opposition stated that all the parties of the MUD have reached to an agreement to take the parliamentary decisions to the ‘streets’ in order to get order in the country and reach to a definitive solution for Venezuela’s future“Today 26th of October, Venezuela stands asking for a change. We want Miraflores! Maduro needs to go through a political trial in which he can be judge for his performance as president, and his responsibilities as leader of a nation, responsibilities that have not been fulfilled”-Capriles said- “Removing him as a head of state, is the only way Venezuela is going to regain its lost stability. One this political process is concluded it will be unstoppable” he concluded. The members of the opposition, gave orientation to the masses about the national protest that will take place on October 3rd,

Shocking images of the Take of Venezuela (credit: La Patilla) saying that the destination is to reach the Palace of Miraflores and ask for the constitutional rights and surround the General Assembly, to ask for the permanent removal of Maduro from his charge as a peaceful way of civil fight. “We wont enter from the back door, or the side door to the Palace of Miraflores, we will enter from the front door with a new government”- General Secretary of the MUD declared- “If the Executive cant give us a Referendum, then presidential elections must take place so the people can decide their future and the future of their country. This is not about taking a ruler out of charger, but do it correctly. He also have to think about Venezuela after MAduro is gone” he stated. The leaders of the opposition stressed on the need of the Venezuelan people to keep the unity and the discipline to all means, to keep the firm pace towards a definitive change. The protests must be done under a peaceful and organized environment, no matter is the governmental authorities threaten to disturb that order. The MUD called the Venezuelan People to perform a national protest on Friday next, and next one is scheduled for October 3rd in which the masses will gather in front of the Palace of Miraflores to demand the removal of Maduro as a head of state. The protest concluded around the 14:00hrs (local time) with the intoning of the National Anthem. S o u r c e : https://www.facebook.com/yusnaby/videos/ 1210441059030998/

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Calais 'Jungle'Cleared Of Migrants, French Prefect Says

France says the three-day operation has cleared migrants from the Jungle(GETTY IMAGES) France says that it has completed an operation to move thousands of migrants out of the "Jungle" camp in Calais. Fabienne Buccio, the prefect of Pas-deCalais, said it was "mission accomplished" for the operation, which began on Monday. The announcement came as parts of the camp continued to burn after ﬁres were set overnight and in the morning. The camp has become a key symbol of Europe's migration crisis, with its residents desperate to reach the UK. Since the start of the week, French authorities have been bussing thousands of people to shelters and centres where they will be able to seek asylum. The operation has gone faster than expected and on Wednesday afternoon Ms Buccio said: "It's the end of the Jungle, our mission is over. There are no more migrants in the camp." So far, 4,404 migrants have been taken to centres around the country, the prefecture says. Processing is continuing in the camp, reports say, but will end by this evening. Unaccompanied minors are being accommodated in a temporary centre made out of converted shipping containers near the camp. So far, 1,200 children have been registered, oﬃcials say. The camp had an

estimated 6,0008,000 residents. The BBC's Simon Jones, who is there, says it is possible a large number have disappeared either to squat or sleep rough around Calais, or go to other towns of their own accord. The authorities fear they will return to set up camp again once the clearance operation is over. "Smoking embers" - by James Reynolds, BBC News, Jungle camp Fires have left the centre of the settlement charred and uninhabitable. French firefighters are now putting out the smoking embers. Many areas of the camp are now largely deserted. In muddy fields, warrens of tents remain standing and empty. I saw a small number of migrants who were in no hurry to leave. One group of half a dozen men was sitting down to dinner at a table next to a tent. But I also saw several other migrants carrying their bags towards the buses that will take them away from this region. At the same time, the French authorities are allowing many hundreds of unaccompanied children and teenagers to remain inside the camp as planned. The minors are being housed in several orderly rows of white shipping containers surrounded by a fence. I saw groups of teenagers playing football, and others sitting on an embankment. Meanwhile Dorothy Sang, of Save The Children, told the BBC that hundreds of children had not been able to register and enter the area for minors. The fires had caused many to run away, she said. "We just don't know where those children are now," she said. Overnight, huts were set on fire on the

main street leading into the camp, leaving makeshift shops in ashes. More fires were ignited during the day, but it is not clear who started them. Ms Buccio told local media it was "a tradition among the migrant population to destroy their homes before leaving". However the Calais police commissioner said he had been told by migrants that the fires were started by activists. One man was reported to have been injured when a gas canister exploded in the flames. More than 1,200 police officers have been deployed for the clearance operation at the camp, which is unpopular locally and has required a large security presence to prevent migrants reaching the UK on lorries or trains heading across the Channel. What is the Jungle? The Jungle camp is near the port of Calais and close to the 31-mile Channel Tunnel Officially about 7,000 migrants live in the camp. The Help Refugees agency said the final population ahead of its demolition was 8,143 The camp was halved in area earlier this year but the population continued to rise, and reports of violence have increased Many migrants attempt to hide themselves in cargo vehicles entering the Channel Tunnel The area has been hit by protests from both locals and truck operators Last year more than one million migrants - many fleeing the civil war in Syria - arrived in Europe. Countries struggled to cope and division arose in the EU over how best to deal with resettling people. An EU-Turkey pact to try to stop migrants crossing to Greece and moves by Balkan nations to close their borders have driven down the number of people using the so-called eastern Mediterranean route. However, migrants from African countries such as Eritrea and Somalia as well as West African nations such as Nigeria and the Gambia are continuing to attempt the crossing from Libya to Italy. (BBC)

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Russian Warships: Spain Says Refuelling Request Withdrawn

Russia has withdrawn a request for three warships to dock at the Spanish port of Ceuta for refuelling, following concern among Nato allies. The Spanish foreign ministry says the stopovers have now been cancelled. Spain had been coming under pressure from Nato allies not to allow the refuelling of Russian warships bound for Syria. A battle group has been sailing for the past week from Russia to the Mediterranean. "Given the information which appeared on the possibility that these ships would participate in supporting military action in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs requested clariﬁcation from the embassy of the Russian Federation in Madrid," the foreign ministry said in a

statement to the BBC. It added that permission had been granted in September for three Russian ships to dock in Ceuta between 28 October and 2 November. It said such stops for Russian naval vessels had taken places for years in Spanish ports. But following its request for clarification, the ministry said, the Russian embassy in Madrid said it was withdrawing its request for refuelling. The Russian embassy has confirmed the withdrawal, but has given no further details. Nato had earlier expressed concern that the ships could be used to help bomb civilians in Aleppo, but said the final decision on resupply rested with Spain. Nato's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg had warned that warships could be used to

target civilians in Syria. "We are concerned and I have expressed that very clearly about the potential use of this battle group to increase Russia's ability and to be a platform for air strikes against Syria," he told journalists on Tuesday. In the end it was little more than a storm in a petrol pump. Russia withdrew its request to refuel its warships in a Spanish port, and so Moscow and Madrid both found a diplomatic way to get themselves oﬀ a diﬃcult hook. But the passions aroused by Spain's apparent willingness to refuel Russian vessels were real, especially since this time the Russian task group was on its way as the British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon put it - "to bomb Syrian civilians in Aleppo".

How would it look, just as Nato defence ministers met to strengthen their forces in the Baltic, in Poland and around the Black Sea, if one of their members was helping a Russian task group on its way to a conflict where many Nato governments have accused Moscow of carrying out war crimes through its indiscriminate bombing? Led by Russia's only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the naval group includes a nuclear-powered battle cruiser, two antisubmarine warships and four support vessels, probably escorted by submarines. The battle group carries dozens of fighter bombers and helicopters and is expected to join about 10 other Russian vessels already off the Syrian coast. Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured since the Russian-backed Syrian offensive started last month, according to activists. Western leaders have said Russian and Syrian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes, an accusation rejected by Russia. About 250,000 civilians who live in Aleppo have been trapped by the fighting. Moscow announced last week a "humanitarian pause" in attacks as part of a plan to allow civilians and fighters to leave the area. (BBC)

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President Obama Ridiculed On Snapchat By Daughter Sasha

Sasha Obama is said to have posted a Snapchat message expressing her boredom(GETTY IMAGES) President Barack Obama has disclosed that his youngest daughter recently mocked him on Snapchat. The US leader said Sasha had recorded him discussing the social network at a family dinner and then quietly posted a reaction to her friends. It is not the ﬁrst time the president has discussed his 15-year-old's online activities. In July, he said she also tweets, leading several media outlets to try to identify her account. It remains secret. Likewise a copy of the described Snapchat post has not been

made public. Messages posted to the app are designed to disappear after being viewed or within a short period of time, but there are ways to circumvent the restrictions. Bored photo President Obama recounted the latest event on Monday's edition of the Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show. "Sasha gave me instructions on Snapchat," he said. "One night at dinner we're sitting there, and I had read that Snapchat was becoming really popular among her age cohort. So, I said: 'So, tell me about Snapchat.' "So, she starts explaining stuﬀ - you can make little faces on your picture, and this and that and the other. "And at the end of it, Michelle and I are sitting

there. And I said: 'Isn't this interesting?' "And I started talking to Michelle about the implications of social media and what all this means. "[And I] come to ﬁnd out she was recording us the whole time, and then sent to her friends afterwards: 'This is my dad lecturing us on the meaning of social media.' "And she took a picture of herself sort of looking bored." The president added that his wife - who joined Snapchat in June - and his eldest daughter Malia had "loved" the post. The show's host, Jimmy Kimmel, joked that the event represented a security breach. Email leaks The president also mentioned that his own iPhone was limited to

receiving emails and browsing the internet, and would not take photos, play music or make calls. "My rule has been throughout my presidency, that I assume that someday, some time, somebody will read this email," he said. "So, I don't send any email that at some point won't be on the front page of the newspapers." Hillary Clinton - who is campaigning to be the next commander-in-chief - has been beset by a scandal over leaked emails, while her rival Donald Trump has been accused of using outdated software on his company's email servers. President Obama also said that he expected technology to preoccupy his successor. "One of the biggest challenges... is going to be: how do we continue to get all the beneﬁts of being in cyberspace but protect our ﬁnances, protect our privacy? "How do we balance issues of security? Because people expect the government to monitor this enough to protect them from bad guys. "But they worry that if government is in there too much, then who is going to protect them from government? "This is going to be a big debate that we're going to have for a long time." (BBC)

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US Election: Trump Breaks From Campaign To Open Washington Hotel expensive." Mr Trump's

(AP) Republican candidate Donald Trump is taking a break from campaigning to open a new hotel bearing his name just blocks from the White House. Mr Trump will cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony before rejoining the campaign trail in North Carolina. His rival Hillary Clinton will spend her 69th birthday campaigning in the mustwin state of Florida. Mr Trump had some good news in a Bloomberg Politics poll that put him two points ahead in that state. But with less than two weeks until election day, he continues to trail Mrs Clinton in other key

battleground states. The $212m (£173m) hotel opening at the Washington's Old Post Office Pavilion will be Mr Trump's second marketing event of the week. He appeared at his Doral golf course near Miami, Florida, on Tuesday with a group of his Hispanic employees, many of whom offered testimonials about their experience working for him. But Kellyanne Conway, Mr Trump's campaign manager, told NBC's Today programme on Wednesday that his appearance at the opening was to showcase his accomplishments. "Hillary Clinton took five days off to prepare for one

debate and everyone looked at that as some kind of noble exercise," she said on NBC's Today show. "He's got the most active campaign 'sched' of the two candidates by far." The Republican nominee used the announcement that premiums under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law would rise by double digits next year to attack Mrs Clinton at a campaign stop in Florida on Tuesday. "Job-killing Obamacare is just one more way that our system is rigged, believe me," he said. "We get rid of Obamacare and we come up with a plan that's so much less

running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, will head to Utah, which has not supported a Democrat for president in more than half a century. The governor will also stop in Nevada and Colorado before heading to the Republican state of Nebraska on Thursday. Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton will rally support at two Florida campaign stops. She celebrated her 69th birthday a day early on Univision's entertainment news show El Gordo y La Flaca, where she received a bottle of tequila and a cake decorated with an image of her face and the White House. What happens next? The two candidates will spend the remaining 14 days before the election criss-crossing the country in their bid to persuade undecided voters. Expect to see lots of appearances in battleground states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday 8 November to decide who becomes the 45th president of the US The new president will be inaugurated on 20 January 2017 (BBC)

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Syria Conﬂict: School children Killed In Idlib Air Raids

The Syria Civil Defence reported that a complex containing three schools was targeted(SYRIA CIVIL DEFENCE) More than 20 people, many of them children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria, activists s a y. A s c h o o l complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the

village of Haas, in Idlib province. It w a s n o t immediately clear if the raids were car r ied o u t b y S y r i a n government or R u s s i a n warplanes. State media quoted a military source as saying several "terrorists" had been killed when their positions were hit. The incident comes as the government and its ally Russia said they would

continue a moratorium on the aerial bombardment of besieged, rebelheld eastern districts of the city of Aleppo. The attack on Haas, about 75km (46 miles) south-west of Aleppo, appears to have been intense, reports the BBC's James Longman in Beirut. The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescue workers are known as the White Helmets,

said a complex containing three schools was targeted. Activists shared photographs of bloodied corpses, many of them children, lining the ﬂoors of a m a k e s h i f t treatment centre. The Syria Civil Defence said initial reports were of more than 20 people being killed, while the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at

22, including 14 children and a t e a c h e r. B o t h groups said some of the wounded were in a critical condition. O u r correspondent says Idlib is one of the last strongholds of the S y r i a n opposition. The area is where civilians from eastern Aleppo would be sent under faltering UN ceasefire plans. That effort is still ongoing, our correspondent adds, but while R u s s i a ' s bombardments of eastern Aleppo have stopped the government's ground offensive continues meaning aid deliveries and evacuations cannot take place. (BBC)

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Coke Sales Continue To Lose Their Fizz

(GETTY IMAGES) Coca-Cola's global sales slid 7% in the three months to September as consumers kept the lid on carbonated drinks. The fall to $10.6bn (£8.67bn) was the sixth consecutive quarterly decline in revenue for the world's biggest soft drinks company. The Latin America and Europe, Middle East and Africa regions both posted a 4% slide in sales,

although North America had 3% growth and Asia rose 4%. Water and sports drinks helped drive a 3% rise in still beverage sales. Net profit also fell 28% to $1.05bn (£859m) in the quarter. Both revenue and profits were slightly better than analysts had expected, helping shares to rise almost 1% in New York to $42.88. The stock is flat for the year to date. Volume sales of carbonated drinks such as Sprite,

Fanta and Coca-Cola Zero were behind the 3% rise in North America to $2.66bn, while Diet Coke sales fell. Sales of non-carbonated drinks, including iced tea, juices and energy drinks, rose 2% in North America. The launch of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in the UK, which replaced Coca-Cola Zero, enjoyed "strong double-digit unit case volume growth". The company's new

"One Brand" strategy, which gives Coca Cola, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Coca Cola Life a common visual identity, has now been introduced to 12 of its top markets. James Quincey, CocaCola president and chief operating o ﬃ c e r, t o l d a conference last month that a new global marketing campaign called Taste the Feeling was beginning to boost s a l e s . " We s e e encouraging results in terms of retail sales growth of the Coca-Cola brand in total," he said. "We believe that marketing takes its time to build up. It is a huge business, and the Coca-Cola business is not going to suddenly change overnight." (BBC)

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Dish To Listen For ET Around Strange Star

The Green Bank Telescope is located in a rural area of West Virginia(NRAO) A $100m initiative to listen for signals from alien life is targeting a star with an unusual dimming pattern. The Breakthrough Initiative, backed by Prof Stephen Hawking and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, will train a US radio telescope on a target called Tabby's Star. Tabby's Star has been a subject of attention and controversy over its irregular dimming pattern. Some scientists have been puzzled by large dips in the star's brightness. Hawking backs new search for aliens One of the most favoured explanations for this behaviour is that a swarm of comet fragments is periodically blocking light from the star, which also known by its oﬃcial designation - KIC 8462852. One very remote and speculative idea - yet one that has attracted much attention in the media - is that the pattern is caused by some kind of

artiﬁcial structure, or a collection of structures, around the star. The codirector of the Breakthrough Listen programme, Dr Andrew Siemion, said he was sceptical of explanations that involved intelligent life. He added: "The Breakthrough Listen programme has the most powerful SETI equipment on the planet, and access to the largest telescopes on the planet. “We can look at it with greater sensitivity and for a wider range of signal types than any other experiment in the world." The team plans to use the 100m Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, US, to observe the star, which is named after the leader of the team that discovered it - Tabetha Boyajian, assistant professor at Louisiana State University. Previous searches, using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory, have failed to ﬁnd any unusual signals around the star. But Dr Siemion explained: "The Green Bank Telescope is the largest fully steerable radio telescope on the planet, and it's

the largest, most sensitive telescope that's capable of looking at Tabby's star given its position in the sky." The unusual behaviour around Tabby's star was ﬁrst reported in September 2015 by Dr Boyajian, who was then a postdoctoral student at Yale University. The ﬁndings were published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The team was actually looking for evidence of planets orbiting stars other than our own. While most such dimming by transiting planets is brief, regular and blocks just 1 or 2% of the light of the star, Tabby's star dims for days at a time, by as much as 22%, and at irregular intervals. Speculation that the phenomenon could be caused by a "megastructure" built by an intelligent civilisation, has been dismissed by most scientists. But it has propelled the stellar object to prominence in the popular media. "I don't think it's very likely - a one in a billion chance or something like that but nevertheless, we're going to check it out," said Dan Werthimer, chief scientist at Berkeley SETI, based at the University of California, Berkeley. Yet Tabby's Star remains a fascinating conundrum for astronomers. Some observations show that the dips in brightness are more irregular than a comet swarm would produce. And another study suggested that it had been dimming at a steady rate for the past century. The Breakthrough Listen initiative was launched in 2015 at an event in London. It is backed by Prof Hawking, Mr Zuckerberg and Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner - who also supports the Breakthrough Prizes for science and maths (BBC)

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'Afghan Girl' From National Geographic Cover Arrested For ID Fraud

An Afghan woman immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985 as a green-eyed 12-year-old has been arrested in Pakistan for holding fake identity papers, officials say. Sharbat Gula could face a fine and up to 14 years in jail. Officials say she was arrested by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after a two-year probe in Peshawar, near

t h e A f g h a n b o r d e r. Pakistan recently launched a crackdown against fake IDs. Mrs Gula allegedly applied for an identity card in April 2014, using the name Sharbat Bibi. If the fraud claims are true, she is one of thousands of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan who have tried t o d o d g e i t s computerised system. An oﬃcial from the National Database

Registration Authority (Nadra) said the FIA was seeking three staﬀ who had issued Mrs Gula's ID. They have been missing since the alleged fraud was reported. Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports that ID cards were issued to Mrs Gula and two men who claimed to be her sons. A Nadra source told the paper: "They may not be her sons, but this is a common practice

among Afghan refugees whereby they list names of non-relatives as their children to obtain documents." The celebrated "Afghan girl" picture of Mrs Gula was taken in 1984 in a refugee camp in north-west Pakistan, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. It led to one of the most recognisable magazine covers ever printed. In 2002, photographer Steve McCurry tracked his subject down after 17 years of searching. At that time, Mrs Gula was living in a remote Afghan village with her baker husband and three daughters. Pakistan's push against foreigners getting fake ID cards through fraud has detected 60,675 cards in the hands of nonnationals, oﬃcials say. Recent UN ﬁgures show that Pakistan hosts 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees. A further one million unregistered refugees are believed to be in the country. (BBC)

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Tata Sacking: Cyrus Mistry Was 'Lame Duck' Chairman

(AFP) The ousted chairman of India's Tata Group has lashed out at the way his sudden departure was handled. In a noholds-barred email to the board seen by the BBC, Cyrus Mistry says he had become a "lame duck" chairman and alleges constant interference, including being asked to sign off on deals he knew little about. He also warned the company risks huge writedowns across the business. Tata said it currently had no response to the allegations. The Bombay Stock Exchange has sought clarification from Tata on the contents of Mr Mistry's letter. Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, unexpectedly replaced Mr Mistry with his predecessor Ratan Tata on Monday, giving no explanation or details about its decision. But analysts say there was a clash over strategy, with the Tata family unhappy at Mr Mistry's policy of looking to sell off parts of the business - including Tata's European steel business - rather than holding on to assets and extending the firm's global reach. Brutal assessment Whatever the reasons, Mr

Mistry has come out fighting. In his blistering five-page attack, he wrote that the board had "not covered itself with glory" and that the nature of his dismissal had done "immeasurable harm" to both his own reputation and that of the firm. And he said that when he moved from being a non-executive director to chairman in 2012, he did "not have a clear grasp of the gravity" of problems he had inherited. While saying that he did not want to "air a laundry list", Mr Mistry went on to unleash a brutal assessment of many aspects of the business, warning the firm may face 1.18 trillion rupees ($18bn) in writedowns because because of five unprofitable businesses he inherited. Issues he raised included: Huge debts from many of its foreign investments including hotels, its chemicals business in the UK and Kenya, and steel operations in Europe. A telecoms business that is "continuously haemorrhaging" money as well as facing a fine of at least $1bn Tata Power struggling because of underestimating coal prices, and

getting into clashes with local landowners Mr Mistry said there was no sign of profitability on the Tata Nano project - which had been launched as the world's cheapest car - and criticised a failure to face up to the reality of its consistently losing money. Tata steel logo "Any turnaround strategy for the company requires to shut it down. Emotional reasons alone have kept us away from that crucial decision," he said. Tata's foray into the aviation sector was also criticised, with Mr Mistry suggesting he signed up to joint ventures under pressure from the former chairman. He claimed he was asked by Ratan Tata to sign off quickly on a tie-up with Malaysia's Air Asia to create Air Asia India and that "my pushback was hard but futile". And he wrote that Tata's 51% stake in Vistara - a venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines - was also foisted upon on him "without the benefit of time and experience to fully evaluate the proposal". He also alleges that there were "fraudulent transactions" in the Air Asia India deal which had only "belatedly" been investigated. Long association Cyrus Mistry had been hand-picked as a successor to Ratan Tata as the second chairman from outside the Tata family and with high hopes that he would be the right man to steer the company. He was the sixth chairman in Tata's 148-year history and the first chairman in nearly 80 years to come from outside the Tata family. But Mr Mistry did not come into the job cold. His family has been a major Tata investor since the 1930s and controls companies holding 18% of Tata Sons. And he knows the family well, not least because of his sister's marriage to Ratan Tata's halfbrother, Noel. (BBC)

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Russian Warships: Spain Says Refuelling Request Withdrawn

statement to the BBC. It added that permission had been granted in September for three Russian ships to dock in Ceuta between 28 October and 2 November. It said such stops for Russian naval vessels had taken places for years in Spanish ports. But following its request for clarification, the ministry said, the Russian embassy in Madrid said it was withdrawing its request for refuelling. The Russian embassy has confirmed the withdrawal, but has given no further details. Nato had earlier expressed concern that the ships could be used to help bomb civilians in Aleppo, but said the final decision on resupply rested with Spain. Nato's SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg had warned that warships could be used to target civilians in

Syria. "We are concerned and I have expressed that very clearly about the potential use of this battle group to increase Russia's ability and to be a platform for air strikes against Syria," he told journalists on Tuesday. In the end it was little more than a storm in a petrol pump. Russia withdrew its request to refuel its warships in a Spanish port, and so Moscow and Madrid both found a diplomatic way to get themselves oﬀ a diﬃcult hook. But the passions aroused by Spain's apparent willingness to refuel Russian vessels were real, especially since this time the Russian task group was on its way - as the British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon put it - "to bomb Syrian civilians in

Aleppo". How would it look, just as Nato defence ministers met to strengthen their forces in the Baltic, in Poland and around the Black Sea, if one of their members was helping a Russian task group on its way to a conflict where many Nato governments have accused Moscow of carrying out war crimes through its indiscriminate bombing? Led by Russia's only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the naval group includes a n u c l e a r- p o w e r e d b a t t l e cruiser, two anti-submarine warships and four support vessels, probably escorted by submarines. The battle group carries dozens of fighter bombers and helicopters and is expected to join about 10 other Russian vessels already off the Syrian coast. Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured since the Russian-backed Syrian offensive started last month, according to activists. Western leaders have said Russian and Syrian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes, an accusation rejected by Russia. About 250,000 civilians who live in Aleppo have been trapped by the fighting. Moscow announced last week a "humanitarian pause" in attacks as part of a plan to allow civilians and fighters to leave the area. (BBC)

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A Day Like Today who was also a Yale Student. The two started a relationship that would latter lead to marriage. By 1973, her professional formation was completed, giving her time to focus in more ambitious projects. She served as a staﬀ attorney in several causes, opening doors in the political ﬁeld.

Hillary Clinton running her campaign as Democratic Presidential Candidate of the USA 2016 elections

American politician and the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Mrs. Clinton, the former First Lady of the United States, the Senator, the State Secretary, the woman, the restless lawyer and candidate is turning 69 today. Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26th, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in an upper middle class family. Her father was a successful businessman and her mother was a house wife. Hillary was always the ‘bright kid’ of the class, the favorite of her teachers, the student that would stand up in the auditorium with conﬁdence and make her classmates vow her for her presentations. Her aspirations from small were big and well projected. Hillary wanted to be an astronaut, but by the early 60s NASA only accepted male candidates in their training program. There is no worst task than the one that is not done. She assisted to the Maine South High School, in Illinois, were she would always be seen involved in activities of the school council. She graduated in 1965 with a National Merit Finalist. After graduating, Hillary assisted to Wellesley College, there she majored in political science and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969. Hillary later assisted to the Yale Law School, where she received a ‘Juris Doctor’ (a graduate-entry professional degree in law). During this period Hilary met former president of the United States, Bill Clinton,

Hillary Clinton taking oath as the USA Secretary of States Latter she moved to Arkansas, in the southern part of the country and married Clinton in 1975. Hillary and Clinton now were a team, but they kept their political interest away from their personal lives. Clinton was running for the elections of 1978 as Governor of Arkansas, and Hillary was serving as Chair for the board of the Legal Services Corporation. In 1979 Clinton became governor of Arkansas and Hillary the First lady. During this period Hillary gave birth to Chelsea, her only child. The years that followed the Clinton’s continued to work in the political ﬁeld, even though Bill was defeated in his second run as Governor Hillary’s passion for laws stood up, supporting her husband all the way through his journey. Clinton started to run as a Democratic candidate in the 1992 Presidential campaign, winning his place in oﬃce on that year. Hilary was now the First Lady of the United States. Through her period as the most important female in the country Hillary made sure that her presence would be felt. She was deeply committed to transform public policies, reinforce National Health Care and make and empower the woman role in the society.

The White house was being run by two major figures. It was ‘two for the price of one’ In 2001, after her husband was substituted by former President George W. Bush, Hillary continued to venture into the policy as a one woman’s army, defeating her opponent former four term U.S. Representative from the State of New York, Rick Lazio in the race for Senator. She served in the United States Senate until 2008, when she accepted Obamas proposition as the 67th U.S Secretary of States. Even though Hillary has been in office for a long period of time, her ambitions have always been greater. And as a lady that is admirable. She has been preparing herself for a presidential campaign since before she was named Secretary of States, giving her a wider perspective of what takes to lead a country. Her term was terminated in 2013, becoming a private citizen (who does not hold any official or public position) for the first time in 30 years. In April 2015, Hillary made an official announcement in which she stated that she will be running as a Democratic Candidate for the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Hillary Clinton is a model politician for millions of women around the world. Considered the most influential female politician after former First Lady, diplomat, and activist Eleanor Roosevelt. S o u r c e : http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/ hillary-rodham-clinton.html

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Source: www.starlightastrology.com

You may ﬁnd your nights sleepless due to bad dreams. You will easily capture the interest of those you talk to. Changes regarding your image will bring you greater conﬁdence.

Don't let your emotions interfere with moneymaking deals. You should catch up on correspondence. Social activity should be on your agenda.

You need to be sure that you aren't in your present relationship because it is convenient. Helping children may be rewarding and challenging. Plans to make physical improvements may lead to psychological changes, too.

Keep your thoughts to yourself for the time being. You should get out and meet new people today. Romance may be likely if you travel.

You should sign up for creative courses. Concentrate on your work. This will not be the best day for communication or travel. Be careful not to reveal private information. Too much talk will lead to disputes. If you can mix business with pleasure much can be accomplished. You are exceptional at presenting your ideas. People you live with will not be terribly happy with you regardless of what you do today. You can surprise members of your family, which in turn will bring you a pat on the back. Try to be tolerant of the moods of those around you. If you try to manipulate emotional situations you will ﬁnd yourself alienated. Deception and confusion regarding your status in society is likely. Be supportive in order to avoid confrontations.

Your ability to put things together will be appreciated by your comrades. Try not to be too emotional with those around you. You may not be able to help, but your support will be favorable. It's time to get yourself back on track. Don't let others make you feel guilty or insecure. Don't hesitate to voice your opinions at a group meeting; however, keep your thoughts to yourself at home. Social gatherings will be conducive to meeting new potential mates. You may ﬁnd that romance will unfold through business connections. Don't get involved in secret affairs or underhanded involvements Physical work or exercise should be part of your schedule. Focus on your own domestic problems. Try to be precise in your communications

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Olympic Celebrations Left Leah Nugent Feeling Loved every part of the celebration.”

Jamaica's Olympic 400-metre hurdles finalist, Leah Nugent, has revealed that the recent National Heroes Weekend celebrations for the athletes who represented the country at the Olympic Games in Rio this past August, left her feeling loved and appreciated. The 23-year-old Nugent, who was representing her country at the Olympic Games for the first time, was sixth in the final in a personal best 54.45s, just behind teammate Ristanana Tracey (54.15PB) and ahead of Janieve Russell 54.56, fifth and seventh respectively. In addition to a cash award for her troubles, Nugent and her fellow Olympians were feted over three days and it made her feel special. “The three days of the Rio sports Ambassadors Olympic celebration was a great honor and an exciting experience,” she told Sportsmax.tv. “I felt that my efforts at the Rio 2016 Olympics were greatly appreciated by our country and federation. It was uplifting and entertaining, I enjoyed

Nugent, from Abington, Pennsylvania, but whose family is Jamaican, said she always desired to represent the land of her father’s birth. “It has always been a dream of mine to wear black, green and gold and represent that side of my culture,” she said. “I wouldn't have it any other way!” And while, the entire weekend was memorable, Nugent said one particular moment will linger with her for some time. “The main moment that I believe will linger with me was when I was called on stage for my award. I felt a great sense of pride and honor to be rewarded for my accomplishments and hard work.” She described competing for Jamaica in Rio as a surreal experience. “It was like a dream. Many people have different dreams that they wish to follow and they try to picture how they will turn out,” she said. “I was fortunate enough to live my dream and it was nothing I could have ever dreamed of. I'm just so grateful that God saw fit to bless me with that opportunity.” Looking ahead she believes she and her teammates Russell and Tracey can launch a new era in 400-metre hurdling to build on the foundation laid by Deon Hemmings and Melaine Walker. “I see this new era as an opportunity to solidify Jamaica's dominance in track and field even more than it already has been,” she said, explaining that she is only just beginning to realize her full potential. “With God, my coach (Edrick Floréal) and family on my side, I know the sky is the limit. I was born for this and I'm ready to work as hard as I can for the best results,” she said. Looking towards London (for the 2017 IAAF World Championships), I plan to work hard with my coach and let the chips fall where they may. I'm just getting started.” (SportsMax)

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India Set Target Of 261 To Win Series

Martin Guptill's 72 off 84 balls contained 12 fours © AFP New Zealand 260 for 7 (Guptill 72, Williamson 41, Mishra 2-41) v India New Zealand, assessing the slow, dry Ranchi surface tactfully, exploited the field restrictions and ran away to a 96-run opening stand off 93 balls, but India's spinners hit back to limit them to 260 for 7. Martin Guptill led the way with 72 off 84 balls, his second half-century of the tour, before the sluggishness set in: the visitors managed all of three boundaries in the last ten overs, one of which came off the final ball of the innings. Still, with New Zealand needing to win to keep the series alive, the surface and the fact that they had picked three spinners gave them a fighting chance. As New Zealand's innings progressed, the odd ball kept low while several stopped on the batsmen. A couple of grubbers even raised a puff of dust from the surface. The nature of the pitch put in perspective Guptill's early assault, after New Zealand won their first toss of the tour in their eighth match. He didn't always look pretty, but bent India's attack out of shape in the Powerplay. The first over from Umesh Yadav, a maiden, which contained a bouncer leaping towards the chest of MS Dhoni, was only a red herring. Dhawal Kulkarni, taking the new ball ahead of Hardik Pandya, received a cold welcome from Guptill, with three fours off four balls. The first two were skewed

drives wide of point and over mid-on. The third was disdainfully scythed through extra cover. In his next over, in an effort to exploit the slowness the pitch, Kulkarni attempted two offcutters against Tom Latham, but was taken for two coverdriven fours. India could have had Guptill on 29, but Amit Mishra could not hold on to one after diving to his left from mid-on a decent effort, but he might have done better if he were a bit quicker to react. Mishra gave him another life later on, misjudging a much simpler catch at longoff when Guptill was on 62. Guptill had reached his half-century off 56 balls at the start of the 17th over, four balls after Axar Patel had Latham edging a sweep to short fine leg for 39 off 40 balls. By then Axar and Mishra had settled into an asphyxiating rhythm. Guptill needed 12 balls to score his first run against spin, and was further stifled by Kedar Jadhav's loopy offbreaks and straighter ones. The spinners conceded only 19 runs in the seven overs from the 11th to the 17th. But it was Hardik Pandya who eventually removed Guptill, when he had him playing

inside the line and edging behind to leave New Zealand at 139 for 2 in 26 overs. Ross Taylor, under fire from all quarters, joined the ice-cool Williamson, who was handling the spinners and shooters well. Williamson got into his shot-making stride with a square cut of Axar and back-foot punch off Jadhav. He stepped up a gear when he drove Mishra inside-out for a near-six. Taylor was edgy all this while, and Dhoni made things difficult for him by deploying five men in the ring. But the breakthrough was made at the other end, Mishra removing Williamson and James Neesham in successive overs. New Zealand were pegged back further when Taylor was run out to a signature back-hand flick from Dhoni in the 46th over. From thereon they made 37 off 27 balls for the loss of Anton Devcich, but couldn't get to the 280 mark they seemed set for at 161 for 2 in 30 overs. India's spinners claimed combined figures of 280-107-3 and were warmly greeted by coach Anil Kumble at the innings break. (SportsMax)

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F1 Raceweek: Rosberg's Eyes On The Prize As Ferrari Near Unwanted Record - Mexican GP iI numbers 2 - Should Red Bull secure 33 outside the top nine.

Ferrari are on one of their worst runs of form heading to Mexico, as a title-chasing Nico Rosberg looks to get back in the winning habit. A first Formula One title looms into view for Nico Rosberg at the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, offering the German the first of three chances at glory. Rosberg edged ahead of Mercedes colleague Lewis Hamilton before the Briton won in Austin last time out to

claw back some of the deﬁcit. But Nico can follow in father K e k e R o s b e r g ' s championship-winning footsteps at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, while Ferrari will look to break out of their slump in Mexico City. Here are some of the best stats surrounding the Mexican GP, courtesy of Opta. 1 - Nico Rosberg will claim his maiden F1 title if he wins the Mexican Grand Prix and Lewis Hamilton ﬁnishes

50 - Lewis Hamilton won the 50th race of his career last weekend. He is just one behind Alain Prost as the driver with the second most wins in F1 history (Michael Schumacher 91). 5 - Should Ferrari fail to get a driver on the podium in Mexico, they would equal their worst such run since Fernando Alonso left the team (ﬁve races). 16 - Mercedes GP have equalled their own record (2014 and 2015) with 16 wins in a year: the most in F1 history. 10 - Last weekend saw Lewis Hamilton equal Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna as the driver with the second most wins in the Americas (10), only behind Michael Schumacher (17). 18 - Mercedes are just one pole position behind the record for a single season: 18 set by them in 2014 and 2015 and Red Bull in 2011.

points more than Ferrari in Mexico, they will secure runners-up spot in the constructors' championship, the eighth season in a row they will have been in the top two. 2 - The only two Mexican drivers to have made it to the podium in F1 are Pedro Rodriguez de la Vega and Sergio Perez (seven times apiece). None of them in Mexico. 3 - Jim Clark, Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost are the only drivers to have won more than once in Mexico and only the French driver has won the race without being on pole. 2,285 - Mexico is the circuit with at the highest altitude in t h e c u r r e n t F 1 Wo r l d Championship calendar (2,285 meters high). 0 - There have been 16 Mexican GPs in F1 history and it has never rained, being the GP with the most editions without rain. (SportsMax)

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Younis Khan Climbs To No. 2 In Test Rankings 133-run victory against West half-centuries in each innings.

Younis powers superb 218 Younis Khan has climbed

three places to No. 2 in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen after scoring 127 in Pakistan's

Indies in Abu Dhabi. This is Younis' highest ranking since he was No. 1 in March 2009 and No. 2 in July that year; he currently trails Steven Smith by 46 points and leads Joe Root at No. 3 by eight points. There were more gains in the rankings for Pakistan's players after they won the three-Test series against West Indies by taking a 2-0 lead. The captain Misbah-ul-Haq moved to No. 10 after making 96 in the Abu Dhabi Test, and Asad Shaﬁq rose to No. 14 after making

L e g s p i n n e r Ya s i r S h a h returned to the top five among Test bowlers; he was tied with England fast bowler Stuart Broad at No. 5. Yasir had taken ten wickets in Abu Dhabi, including 6 for 124 in the final innings to bowl West Indies out for 322 on the final day. Yasir was two points behind Sri Lankan's Rangana Herath, and 24 points ahead of India's Ravindra Jadeja at No. 7. Pakistan play West Indies in the third Test in Sharjah from October 30. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Toomua Facing Six Monthsahead Out With Knee Injury of the 2016-17 season time," said Cockerill. and was forced oﬀ in the ﬁrst half of the 27-17 European Champions Cup win over Racing 92 on Sunday.

An operation on a knee injury and the subsequent rehabilitation will consign Leicester Tigers' Matt Toomua to the sidelines for six months. Leicester Tigers centre Matt

Toomua has been ruled out of action for six months as he undergoes surgery on a knee injury. Australia international Toomua joined Leicester from Super Rugby outﬁt Brumbies

Subsequent examinations have revealed damage to his posterior cruciate ligament, which requires a reconstruction. Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill conﬁrmed on Wednesday the problem would require s u r g e r y, w i t h To o m u a potentially ruled out for the remainder of the season. "Matt Toomua ruptured his PCL. He's having a reconstruction on that today and that will be probably six months recovery

"We've got some options in the midﬁeld. Clearly having Matt a n d M a n u [ Tu i l a g i ] n o t available at this point is disappointing, but we've got some good young players. "We're not going to have Matt, probably for this season. He may scrape in at the end of the season if everything goes to plan, but the longer you leave those injuries the better. So it probably looks like next season for Matt Toomua." Leicester face Premiership leaders Sarancens in their next o u t i n g o n S a t u r d a y. (SportsMax)

Wenger Tells Iwobi To Improve His Finishing in all competitions last term, while he still awaits his first goal this season after 11 matches. Wenger has hailed the attacker's passing skills, but feels he has work to do when it comes to becoming more clinical in front of goal. "You can see that he is not a typical winger," Wenger told reporters. "I think he can play in the number 10 role. He turns the game forward, he passes the ball through the lines very well, he has a final ball in him. I think he has it all in the locker to pass and give the final ball. "What you want from him now is the finishing and that is still a little part that is missing in his game. He is too nervous at the moment when he has the possibility to finish." (SportsMax)

Arsene Wenger feels Arsenal youngster Alex Iwobi has work to do when it comes to his ﬁnishing. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Alex Iwobi to improve his ﬁnishing. The Nigeria international,

20, has developed into a key ﬁgure at the Emirates since breaking into the ﬁrst team last term, but he has been struggling in front of goals. Iwobi netted just twice in 21 appearances

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RFEF Fines Valencia, Warns then Barca Over Bottle Incident ricocheted onto Luis not escape criticism in the

Valencia have been ﬁned €1,500 for Saturday's bottlethrowing incident on against Barcelona, whose players were criticised by RFEF. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have ﬁned Va l e n c i a € 1 , 5 0 0 a f t e r Barcelona forward Neymar

was struck by a bottle thrown from the stands during Saturday's LaLiga match at the Mestalla. Lionel Messi scored a last-gasp penalty to secure a dramatic 3-2 win for Luis Enrique's side, but Neymar was hit by an object thrown by a spectator that

Suarez during the subsequent celebrations.

federation's report for "reproachable behaviour".

The RFEF ruled that Valencia must pay a ﬁne and warned it could face "closure of its facilities in the event of… similar incidents that have led to this punishment". It was noted Valencia have "adopted a series of preventive measures on safety and, thanks to research conducted, [the club has] been [able] to identify [the] thrower of the bottles, namely the one that hit one of the players of the visiting team" and that this was considered in mitigation of their punishment. Los Che have 10 working days to appeal their punishment, while Barcelona's players did

The celebrations following Messi's penalty in front of the Curva Nord were labelled as "provocation" by Valencia and the RFEF said "certain gestures and expressions to the public during the celebration of the goal" were not "precisely an example of sportsmanship". However, the federation's statement added: "The aforementioned behaviour by some players f r o m F. C . B a r c e l o n a discredits and ridicules [themselves]. But we insist that nothing, absolutely nothing, justiﬁes a violent reaction by the public." (SportsMax)

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Audi Abandons Le MansWTo Focus On Formula E o r l d E n d u r a n c e WEC.

Explaining its commitment to Formula E, Audi stated: "It is regarded as the racing series with the greatest potential for the future." Audi will end its participation in the 24 hours of Le Mans race in order to

take up a factory-backed commitment in the Formula E series. A dominant presence at Le Mans with 13 wins in the last 18 years, Audi conﬁrmed on Wednesday it will no longer compete in the FIA's

Championship (WEC). T h e G e r m a n c a r manufacturer is instead set to take up an enhanced role in Formula E, having partnered Team ABT Schaeﬄer Audi Sport during the current season. "We're going to contest the race for the future on electric power," explained Rupert Stadler, chairman of Audi's board of management. "As our production cars are becoming increasingly electric, our motorsport cars, as Audi’s technological spearheads, have to even more so." Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, head of Audi motorsport, acknowledged it was tough for the company to end their association with the

"After 18 years in prototype racing that were exceptionally successful for A u d i , i t ’s o b v i o u s l y extremely hard to leave," he added. "Audi Sport Team Joest shaped the WEC during this period like no other team. I would like to express my thanks to our squad, to Reinhold Joest and his team, to the drivers, partners and sponsors for this extremely successful co-operation. It’s been a great time." Audi also conﬁrmed it will continue to compete in DTM, with a decision yet to be made in its future involvement in the Wo r l d R a l l y c r o s s Championship. (SportsMax)

Vazquez Signs New Madrid Deal Real Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez has signed a new deal at Real Madrid, keeping him at the Santiago Bernabeu until 2021. Lucas Vazquez has signed a new deal at Real Madrid until 2021, the European champions have conﬁrmed. The 25-yearold's initial deal was set to run until June 2020, but on Wednesday Madrid announced he had agreed terms on an extension. "Real Madrid C. F. and Lucas Vazquez have agreed the extension of the player's contract, which sees him linked to the club until June 30, 2021," a brief statement read. Vazquez returned to the Santiago Bernabeu from Espanyol in 2015 after Madrid exercised their buyback clause for the forward. With starting spots in Madrid's attacking line-up hard to come by thanks to the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, Vazquez has had to be content with mainly substitute appearances. He made just 10 LaLiga starts in 2015-16, scoring four goals in

25 total appearances, while this season he has started just one of his eight league outings. The Spain international, part of Vicente del Bosque's squad for Euro 2016, will be presented to the media on Thursday. (SportsMax)

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Barcelona Without Mathieu For Three Weeks calf injury in their 1-0 right leg, which means he is Supercopa de Catalunya defeat at the hands of Espanyol. Mathieu featured from the start in Tuesday's encounter, but was withdrawn in the 54th minute after sustaining the problem.

Jeremy Mathieu will be out of action for the next three weeks after suﬀering a soleus injury in Barcelona's loss to

Espanyol. Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu faces a three-week spell on the sidelines after suﬀering a

The Frenchman underwent a series of tests on Wednesday and Barcelona have now announced he will be unavailable for an estimated three weeks. "Test conducted by the medical services on Wednesday morning have revealed that Jeremy Mathieu has injured the soleus in his

going to be sidelined for an estimated three weeks," a statement on the Catalans' oﬃcial website reads. The 32-year-old has made six appearances in all competitions for Barcelona this term, scoring once in the process. He received a red card in their 4-0 Champions League win over Manchester City last week. Mathieu joins fellow defenders Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba on the sidelines, with the latter two suﬀering injuries against City. (SportsMax)

Warriors' AnxietyDurant's Behind Spurs Thrashing - Durant money-spinning arrival from now so we wouldn't have celebrated if

Golden State Warriors stars were quick to play down early-term fears after an "anxious" season-opening thrashing to the San Antonio Spurs. Kevin Durant says the Golden State Warriors were beset by "anxiety" before starting the NBA season with a home-court thumping at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. Kawhi Leonard had a game-high 35 points as the Spurs crushed the Warriors 129-100 at the Oracle Arena, as Golden State got their season under way in much less auspicious fashion than 2015-16's record-breaking 24-game winning run.

the Oklahoma City Thunder has made the Warriors' bookies' favourites to regain their NBA crown and the seventime All Star says Tuesday's "slap in the face" could be beneficial in the long run. "It was the first game at home, a lot of energy in the building before the game so guys might have been a little tense but that is NBA basketball," Durant said. "I think we kind of calmed down a bit at the start of the second half but they were already ahead and we can't wait a half to play good basketball. It is a matter of getting better and learning from it and we will be fine. "Everybody in the first game wants to do well and you are anxious to play nicely. "It is part of being in the NBA, I was excited to play and sometimes you can be overly excited. I had to calm down at the start of the second quarter and the game went on but other than that it was another game, game one and you can't win a championship right

we won the game anyway. "We have to get better and learn from this for game two at New Orleans at their place so it is a slap in the face which woke us up a bit and we look forward to getting better." Forward Draymond Green recorded consecutive triple-doubles as the Warriors posted a record-breaking start to last season, but sees no reason to be concerned by an immediate setback this time around. "At the end of the day it is one basketball game, whether we lost by one, 30 or 40 it is still one game," Green said. "We know we have some things to clean up and we will lock in and clean those things up but I am not going to make more of the situation than it is or compare it to last year because it is a completely diﬀerent team. "I didn't come into the season saying we needed to try and match the record at this point of the season." (SportsMax)

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Chatara, Panyangara Unﬁt For Sri Lanka Tests Pakistan A in three 50-over 21-year-old who plays for

Tendai Chatara's leg injury continued to keep him out of the Test squad © AFP Zimbabwe quicks Tendai Chatara and Tinashe Panyangara are unﬁt, and hence have not been picked for the upcoming home Tests against Sri Lanka. Chris Mpofu, who last played a Test nearly ﬁve years ago, and uncapped seamer Carl Mumba were named in the 16-man squad. Another uncapped player - batsman

Tarisai Musakanda - was picked; both Mumba and Musakanda represented Zimbabwe A against Pakistan A earlier this month. Senior batsman Vusi Sibanda still did not ﬁnd a place in the Test squad, and spinner John Nyumbu was also dropped after he went wicketless in the second Test against New Zealand. Malcolm Waller returned to the Test side after scoring four straight half-centuries against

and one ﬁrst-class match. Chatara had fractured his left leg last year and healed to play the ODIs and T20s againt India at home in June 2016. He was named for the two home New Zealand Tests after that but had to pull out because of an ankle injury he picked up in the warm-up game against New Zealanders. Panyangara, on the other hand, failed to recover from his lower-back injury. Michael Chinouya was recalled at the time to play New Zealand and continued to keep his place despite picking only three wickets in three innings against them. Mumba, 21, who represents Rhinos in the domestic circuit, has played 16 ﬁrstclass matches for 59 wickets at an impressive average of 17.37. Musakanda, another

Rhinos, has 12 first-class matches to his name in which he has scored 607 runs at 27.59 and five fifties. Zimbabwe's batting line-up looked more settled as Hamilton Masakadza returned after missing the second Test against New Zealand due to a back injury. But there was no place for Chamu Chibhabha, which meant it was not certain who w o u l d o p e n w i t h Ti n o Mawoyo. Test squad Graeme Cremer (capt.), Tino Mawoyo, Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, S e a n Wi l l i a m s , R e g i s C h a k a b v a , P e t e r M o o r, D o n a l d Ti r i p a n o , C h r i s Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani, Michael Chinouya, Brian Chari, Sikandar Raza, M a l c o l m Wa l l e r , C a r l Mumba, Tarisai Musakanda. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Spurs Crush Warriors, Cavs Win

The Cleveland Cavaliers began the NBA season with a victory as the Golden State Warriors were crushed. The San Antonio Spurs stunned the Golden State Warriors, while the Cleveland Cavaliers

started the NBA season with a win. Kawhi Leonard had a game-high 35 points as the Spurs crushed the Warriors 1 2 9 - 1 0 0 o n Tu e s d a y. Reigning champions the Cavaliers were too good for

the New York Knicks 117-88 as LeBron James had a tripletriple. The day's only other game saw the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 113-104. STUNNING SPURS Leonard was well supported by LaMarcus Aldridge (26 points) and Jonathon Simmons (20). The Warriors shot at just 21.2 per cent from three-point range. Stephen Curry (26 points) was three-of-10 from distance, while Kevin Durant had a team-high 27 points. CAVS CLOSE The Cavs celebrated the night with a ring ceremony and followed that up by beating

the Knicks. James' 19 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds guided Cleveland, while Kyrie Irving ďŹ nished with 29 points. Kevin Love had a doubledouble of 23 points and 12 rebounds. LEBRON STILL AT IT TRAIL BLAZERS WIN Damian Lillard was the star for the Trail Blazers with 39 points against the Jazz. HEAT VISIT MAGIC The Miami Heat will ďŹ nally start to move away from the era of the 'Big Three' as they take on an Orlando Magic team looking to sneak up on people in the Eastern Conference. (SportsMax)