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LONDON: Demands were made in Britain yesterday for sweeping reform of the way young children are dealt with in the criminal courts after two boys aged 10 and 11 were found guilty of attempting to […] […]

SAN DIEGO — The father of a 14-year-old San Diego-area girl who was raped and murdered backed legislation today to require marked driver’s licenses for registered sex offenders in California. Maurice Dubois announced his support […] […]

In the words of his old associates, Greater Toronto Area mobster Quang Lu was “planted lotus.” That refers to the Asian gangland practice of murdering someone, then dropping the body at the bottom of a […] […]

Embattled Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has not instructed his legal team to strike a deal with the United States, Don Foote, one of the lawyers representing Coke, said yesterday. United States officials also […] […]

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is sending the Public Defender Earl Witter and Political Ombudsman Dr Herro Blair, to visit Tivoli Gardens today, to conduct an independent assessment of the operations being carried out by the […] […]

ADDRESSING parliament today Prime Minister Bruce Golding regretted the loss of life in the ongoing operation by security forces in West Kingston but said that the state would be extending the operation to pursue gunmen […] […]

THE St Andrew North police have recaptured one of seven prisoners who escaped from the Lawrence Tavern lock up this morning. The prisoners, who were charged with robbery, illegal possession of a firearm, larceny and […] […]

Gunmen have carried out a string of gun attacks in sections of St Catherine. Within the last few hours, three men were killed by gunmen in the McCooks Pen community. One person was killed in […] […]

TIVOLI Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is still at large despite a major security dragnet imposed on the volatile community of Tivoli Gardens during a two-day operation by the security forces. National Security Minister Dwight […] […]

A former RUC reservist was one of two men who appeared in court yesterday accused of committing a catalogue of child sex offences in the south Down area. The charges relate to allegations of child […] […]