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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn left jail on bail on Friday and was whisked to a safe house off Wall Street where he will be held under round-the-clock armed guard.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a 26 billion euro ($36.8 billion) loan for Portugal to help the country recover from a debilitating sovereign debt crisis, saying it would immediately disburse 6.1 billion euros to ease investor concerns over the euro zone member’s debts.
Basseterre, St Kitts – Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket when he made his debut in the 2nd Digicel Test against Pakistan on Friday at Warner Park.
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed for talks in Washington on Friday saying that U.S. President Barack Obama’s vision of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 could leave Israel “indefensible.”
CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed 80 people at a Pakistani paramilitary academy on Friday in revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid and militants in Pakistan vowed to carry out more attacks.
AMMAN (Reuters) – Security forces killed six people in demonstrations across Syria on Friday calling for an end to autocratic rule, rights campaigners said, after the government promised to hold a “national dialogue” in the coming days.
With good music and high energy, there was a successful first staging of this year’s Appleton May Daze series at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, St Andrew, on Friday night. Patrons were ushered into the party…
AN ASPIRING woman police was denied the opportunity of graduating from the Jamaica Police Academy (JPA) because she is pregnant. The woman was served with a dismissal letter one day before graduation last Friday after she informed her superiors of her status….
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by more than $5 a barrel on Friday, deepening a 10 percent collapse on Thursday.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopefuls jockeyed for position and took turns assailing President Barack Obama at an event on Friday that illustrated the wide-open race for the party’s 2012 nomination.
