Undercover British soldiers freed from Iraqi prison
basra, iraq, (reuters): BRITISH TANKS SMASHED the walls of an Iraqi prison to free two undercover British soldiers seized earlier yesterday by Iraqi forces, an Interior Ministry official said.

'Rita' threatens Florida Keys
miami, (reuters): TRAFFIC STREAMED OUT of the vulnerable Florida Keys yesterday as Tropical Storm Rita strengthened near the islands and threatened to power its way into the Gulf of Mexico three weeks after Hurricane Katrina cut a deadly path...

Hubby on trial for attempted murder
A HIGGLER ACCUSED of tying his wife's hands and feet and beating her, will have his case of attempted murder continued in the Spanish Town RM Court on October 21.

Body identified
spanish town : POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED the body of a male who was found floating in a canal near Tawes Pen last Monday, with its mouth gagged and two gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

Man tells of son's 'wrongdoings'
western bureau - A 27-YEAR-OLD Montego Bay man accused of breaking into his father's house and stealing a radio and several important documents, was remanded on Wednesday after his father told the RM of his history of wrongdoings.

Developing countries demand sugar reform delay
brussels, belgium (ap) FARM MINISTERS FROM developing countries demanded yesterday that European Union farm ministers reconsider planned cuts in guaranteed sugar prices, arguing that the changes would decimate their sugar farmers.

Former Paymasters Financial Controller sued
ROSEMARIE WHYTE, THE former Chief Financial Controller at Paymasters, has been sued and is now before the Sutton Street RM Court. Whyte, from Forrest Hills, St. Andrew, is being sued by Norma Cooper who accuses her of owing more than $60,000.

Ongoing war linked to man's murder
AN ONGOING WAR in the Cockburn Gardens community is said to be the cause for the killing of a man on the compound of the Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School yesterday.

'Jamaica coailition' proposed in Germany
berlin, (reuters) JAMAICA APPEARED AN unlikely winner of Germany's general election on Monday as a coalition of parties sharing the colours of its flag became a possibility.