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Usain Bolt ran his way to victory in his first major meet of the season cruising to 100m victory at the IAAF World Challenge in Daegu, South Korea. Usain Bolt barely broke sweat as he sauntered home in 9.86 seconds, easing down the gears but still finishing ahead Michael Frater and Mike Rodgers, second and third respectively, to clock the fastest legal time in the world this year. The meet served as a warm-up to Bolt's Diamond League debut on Sunday in Shanghai, where he will compete over 200m, while later in the season he is due to clash with Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.

It was not just fans standing yards from the world's fastest man who were banking on a burst of adrenaline from yesterday's 150m "street sprint" in Manchester, which Usain Bolt completed in a world record 14.35 seconds. In the event, the triple Olympic gold-medallist Bolt did not disappoint, cruising to victory in the fastest time run over 150m, breaking the world record of 14.8 seconds which has stood since 1983. In the lead up to the race, Usain Bolt spoke of the importance of street athletics in spurring young people to take up athletics: "It's unique, something new for the sport and it will help attract youngsters into athletics. I like to please the crowd and show them the person I am. I'm just going to go out there and...

Usain Bolt and partner Kasi Bennett have announced the birth of their twins on fathers day via twitter, Saint Leo Bolt and Thunder Bolt

Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the June 12 Diamond League meeting in New York City because of an Achilles tendon issue, organizers said Monday. Organizers of the meeting said they were notified by Bolt's management team that the world and Olympic triple gold medallist has inflammation in the affected tendon and has been advised to rest. The meeting, the fifth in the 14-event elite Diamond League series, is held at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island, where Bolt first broke the 100m record in May of 2008.

(AP)Jamaica's reluctance to hand over an alleged crime boss is straining relations with the United States, which is questioning the Caribbean nation's reliability as an ally against drug trafficking. The two governments have been negotiating over Christopher "Dudus" Coke since the U.S. requested his extradition in August to face arms and drug trafficking charges in New York. The U.S. Justice Department calls him one of the world's most dangerous drug kingpins. In a report Monday, the State Department suggested corruption could be holding up the extradition request. It noted Coke has ties to the governing Jamaica Labor Party and essentially controls the barricaded Tivoli Gardens neighborhood in west Kingston, the home...

GAYS and lesbians in the US have targeted Jamaican products Red Stripe beer and Myers Rum in a boycott of the Caribbean island to support local homosexuals who they said were being oppressed. Last Tuesday, gay advocates at a New York City inn - the self-styled birthplace of the gay rights movement - dumped the Jamaican liquor products in the sewer and called for continued support to send "a clear message to Jamaican people and their government". According to the group, through their website boycottjamaica, international human rights activists have labelled Jamaica "the most homophobic place on Earth" because homosexuals were being beaten and murdered on the island, while authorities do little to stop the violence. As a reZsult...

(AP) A federal appeals court has upheld Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton's conviction on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges. Banton's attorney, David O. Markus, argued that a government informant had improperly entrapped the Grammy-winning singer. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled last Thursday that the evidence supported Banton's 2011 conviction in Tampa federal court. The panel also agreed with the jury's conviction of Banton on a gun possession charge, which the trial judge had dismissed after the verdict was read. The judges rejected Banton's argument that his right to a speedy trial had been violated. Banton's real name is Mark Myrie. He's serving a 10-year prison...

The informant who helped federal agents build a drug case against Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton has been paid $3.3 million for helping law enforcement in numerous cases over several years. Defense attorney David Oscar Markus told U.S. Magistrata Thomas Wilson this morning that prosecutors have not provided enough information about the informant for him to be prepared to cross-examine him at Myrie's trial, scheduled for April 19. Markus outlined information that the government has given him about the informant: • The informant's name, which Markus did not disclose in court. • He was paid more than $35,000 for his cooperation in the case against Myrie and is also paid on a contingency basis, receiving a portion of...

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- Citing national security concerns, the United Arab Emirates said Sunday that it will block key features on BlackBerry smartphones because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor. An official in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated that it will follow suit. The decision could prevent hundreds of thousands of users in the UAE from accessing e-mail and the Web on their devices starting Oct. 11, putting the Middle Eastern federation's reputation as a business-friendly commercial and tourism hub at risk. BlackBerry transmissions are encrypted and routed overseas, and the measure could be motivated in part by government fears that the messaging system might be exploited by terrorists...

(AP)The UN's refugee agency on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the abduction and slaying of a human rights activist that has increased worry over crime in this Caribbean country. Attorney Clover Graham, who was Jamaica's honorary liaison for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, was found at daybreak Sunday with her throat slashed in tall weeds by the Caymanas Polo Club just outside of the capital of Kingston. Deputy Police Commissioner Glenmore Hinds said detectives are working to establish a motive in the 56-year-old woman's slaying. There have been no arrests. Four years ago, Graham's son and his girlfriend were also found in a field with their throats slashed after they brought crutches and other medical...

LONDON, England (AP) - People who repeatedly download copyright-protected films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws the British government unveiled yesterday to tackle illegal file-sharing. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms said that previous plans, which would only have restricted users' broadband speed, did not go far enough. That potential punishment remains under the new proposal, but is accompanied by the possibility of blocking offenders' access to download sites as well as banning them from the Internet altogether. Civil-rights groups and Internet service providers criticised the proposal as unnecessarily restricting users' rights without doing much to tackle online piracy. The...

UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron wants to send home prisoners from Jamaica and other nations, when they’re imprisoned, even if they do not consent to be sent home. About 942 Jamaicans head the list of foreigners in the British prison system followed by Nigeria with 727 and Irish Republic with 681. According to the British prime minister, it costs taxpayers £38,000 to keep someone in jail for a year. He said his administration hopes to reduce the prison population to 3,000 by 2014, rather than add 8,000 extra prison cell that the previous government said would be needed. Jamaica Government has signalled that it will not accept any plans by the United Kingdom to unilaterally change the deportee arrangements to suit its purpose...

(AP) Jamaica's mining minister says a Russian-owned aluminum company is restarting operations at a bauxite refinery that it closed nearly two years ago. James Robertson says West Indies Alumina Jamaica Ltd. will reopen a plant in Manchester parish by July. He said Tuesday that some 1,000 jobs will be available. Robertson said the plant produced some 600,000 tons (544,000 metric tons) of bauxite annually and is expected to produce some 250,000 tons (227,000 metric tons) this year. He said the reopening will cost $9.5 million. Parent company UC Rusal is the world's biggest aluminum producer. It also owns Alumina Partners of Jamaica. Jamaica is one of the world's largest producers of bauxite, the main ore used in aluminum.

The U.S. State Department warned Friday of the threat of civil unrest in Jamaica amid reports that criminal gangs were massing in Kingston and the military was mobilizing. "The possibility exists for violence and/or civil unrest in the greater Kingston metropolitan area,"."There are unconfirmed reports of criminal gang members amassing in the Kingston area, as well as mobilization of Jamaican defence forces" the State Department said. The British High Commission posted on its website "Due to ongoing political developments, there is an increased risk of civil disorder and street violence in Kingston and possibly other urban areas in Jamaica. UK citizens are urged to take extra care when travelling away from their homes or hotels,"...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Barbados for a regional meeting of foreign ministers, unveiled the administration's $124 million Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on Thursday, intended to help countries counter the illegal narcotics and arms trade and help prosecute offenders. Caribbean islands had one of their bloodiest years on record in 2009 as they battled drug-fueled crime, with Jamaica, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico hitting or coming close to all-time highs for homicides. Clinton also expressed sympathy Thursday with Caribbean nations about the potential impact of the Gulf oil spill on their shores. Some scientists fear the spill could affect the Bahamas and Jamaica.

The US embassy in Kingston located Old Hope Road, Jamaica, is desperately trying to create a more customer-friendly image. They are said to be unfriendly with applicants of nonimmigrant visa and is only interested in collecting the non refundable application fee. The visa application fee of $131 U.S. dollars and must be paid (in Jamaican dollars at the exchange rate set by the U.S. Embassy) for the nonimmigrant visa interview before they begin to speak with you. Let's do the math 110, 000 * 131 = $14,410,000 US dollars. The US Embassy is collecting over 14 Million dollars per year from poor Jamaican's and is declining majority of the applicants rumored to be about 95% denial rate. US officials have steered clear of providing...

The legendary toaster U-Roy has died at age 78. He was in the hospital for kidney failure and had an heart attack. He burst onto the scene during the heyday of Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s Studio One sound system and record label at a period when reggae music and its now hugely popular offspring dancehall was frowned upon by the wider society and was seen as the music of the uneducated and uncultured. U Roy is also credited for opening the door to allow rap and dancehall artistes to realize huge profits from an idiom he, along with Count Machukie and King Stitt, created and perfected. He was also the owner of the Stur Gav sound system which honed the careers of veteran deejays Charlie Chaplin, Josey Wales and Super Cat among others...

(AP) United States Sprinter Tyson Gay failed more than one drug test this year, recording one of his positives at the US championships in June, where he won the 100 and 200 metres,The Associated Press learned on Friday. Earlier this month, Gay revealed he had tested positive in an out-of-competition test he took May 16. Three people familiar with the case told the AP that Gay had multiple positives this year. One of those people said one positive came at nationals and the US Anti-Doping Agency has notified him of that result. The people did not want their names used because the doping case against Gay is ongoing and the details have not been made public. Gay’s representatives did not immediately respond to attempts by the AP...

Tyga has confirmed that he is now the proud owner of a ginormous 9,279-square-foot mansion in Calabasas for which the Young Money rapper paid $6.5 million. And to think that just 20 miles away we have a Malibu landlord named Gholamreza Rezai who has sued the rapper for not paying rent on his $16k / month mansion. Tyga’s team has dismissed the allegation as 100% false. Tyga new house boasts of 7 bedrooms, 8 baths, a movie theater, pool spa, waterfall, tennis courts, gym and classy interiors with high ceiling rooms. The rapper is evidently worth more than what was previously thought with a deal for signature sneakers with Reebok and an adult video site. Currently, Tyga is working on his new album “Hotel California”.