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WASHINGTON -- A man alleged to be a major Colombian cocaine kingpin and more than 50 drug traffickers have been arrested on U.S. drug and money-laundering charges, capping a five-year international effort to stem the flow of drugs to the United States through the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - With his shaved head, pale skin and velvet-soft voice, Tilmann Otto looks anything but a reggae artist.

George Phang, whose attempted over-throw as the 'don' of Arnett Gardens is said to have been behind a month of sporadic violence in that community, was yesterday briefly detained and questioned by the police and his legal firearm seized for ballistic testing.

Businessman Ragkumar Persad was forced to make a choice Monday night - sacrifice a son to protect his three other children.

National Security Minister Martin Joseph last night declared war on illegal guns, saying the national security agencies were aware that they were now being shipped to this country in containers.

What a way to recover from a car crash. Fifth Element recording artiste, Chuck Fender, showed how one rises from the ashes with a rousing birthday bash in Burnt Savannah, St Elizabeth, on Saturday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A frail 89-year-old Trinidadian man left his apartment for the first time in eight years this week after broken lifts in the government-owned building were finally replaced.

The British queer rights group OutRage! has called on the London Metropolitan Police to investigate and if necessary take action to prevent Jamaican dancehall deejay Beenie Man from performing in London next week.

Brazen gunmen yesterday invaded a yard in Craig Town and shot dead two men who were in the premises, despite a heavy police presence in Arnett Gardens and adjoining communities in South St Andrew.

Fleeing casino thieves reached speeds of more than 100 miles an hour in their bid to escape Highway Patrol officers yesterday were caught after falling for a trap outside the Freeport police station.