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BENGHAZI, Libya – Libya’s rebel military commander was shot dead in an incident shrouded in mystery, dealing a blow to the Western-backed forces struggling to topple Muammar Gaddafi. Rebels said Abdel Fattah Younes, long a member of the veteran leader’s inner circle before defecting in February, was shot by assailants on Thursday after he had been summoned from the battlefield for unspecified talks with other rebel leaders. The killing of such a senior figure is an embarrassment and a setback for the rebels regardless of who was responsible — Gaddafi agents apparently able to strike deep in rebel inner circles, or his own side. There are known to be stark divisions between Gaddafi defectors and those who never worked with him.

Curacao-A 42-year-old Curaçao resident, who was involved in a traffic accident on July 19th at the intersection of Bongoweg and Bentaweg, died yesterday afternoon. He is the 15th traffic fatality this year. On the day of the accident, the man had an altercation with his twenty-year old nephew, whom he apparently mistreated. The nephew angrily drove after him and slammed into his car.

CURACAO-232 contractors believe they are entitled to 4.5 million guilders from the Curaçao Dry Dock Company (CDM). The contractors say they are not being paid enough compared to permanent employees at CDM. They have retained a lawyer, Roelof Bijkerk, who has put a 10.6 million guilders lien on CDM. Judge Beukenhorst has approved the lien.

CURACAO-The hunger strike by Earl Esseboom, director of the Taams Clinic was resolved within hours yesterday thanks to the intervention of Health Minister Jacinta Constancia. Yesterday morning Esseboom announced his hunger strike out of frustration with the clinic’s financial uncertainty. Constancia handed him a ‘letter of comfort’ in the afternoon during a press conference. With this letter the Taams clinic can approach a financial institution in the very near future for a loan to bridge them over as a stopgap measure. Esseboom expressed his approval of the solution that was reached and indicated that he would end his hunger strike. Constancia added that she is aware of the problems with Public Health, but also stated   the government can not immediately react everywhere. She acknowledged however that  the Taams Clinic’s need was great.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have delayed a vote on Speaker John Boehner’s proposal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it would fail to reduce as much spending as advertised. The vote was to have taken place Wednesday but has been postponed until Thursday at the earliest, a congressional source told CNN on condition of not being identified. The Congressional Budget Office said Boehner’s proposal would cut spending by $850 billion rather than the $1.2 trillion its proponents claimed it would save. Boehner, R-Ohio, says he will revise the plan, which faces opposition from some conservatives and Democrats.

OSLO – Jittery Norwegians tried to restore some normality after mass killings by a far-right zealot traumatized the nation, but a security alert forced the evacuation of Oslo station, keeping nerves on edge. Norway’s domestic intelligence chief said she believed Anders Behring Breivik had acted alone in killing 76 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree, and contested an assertion by the killer’s lawyer that his client was probably insane. Oslo’s central station was evacuated after a suspicious suitcase was found on a bus, and all train and bus services were halted. Police cars, fire trucks and ambulances ringed the station, but police said later the suitcase was harmless.

SEOUL– A landslide near the South Korean town of Chuncheon killed 32 people and injured 24 others, authorities said today. More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight, according to the Central Disaster Relief Center. About 400 families have lost their homes and more than 14,000 were left without power. The hillside gave way during a summer of record-setting rainfall, which has caused flooding and major traffic disruptions across portions of the country. Chuncheon is about 75 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of the capital, Seoul, which has seen more than 400 millimeters (15 inches) of rain since Tuesday. Sixty households in the capital have been cut off by high water, and six people are missing, the disaster center reported.

WASHINGTON-US President Barack Obama warned of a “deep economic crisis” if the United States fails to raise its debt limit and urged Americans to pressure Republican lawmakers to compromise to avert a default. In a televised addresss late Monday only eight days before Washington begins to run out of money to pay its bills, Obama called the weeks-long debt talks stalemate “a dangerous game” that the country “cannot afford to play.”As the president spoke the dollar plunged to a four month low in Tokyo amid growing jitters as the impasse between Republicans and Democrats over the US debt crisis deepened. Obama cast the blame for the stalemate on the Republicans’ refusal to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling unless there is agreement to make deep spending cuts without increasing taxes on the wealthy. If Congress fails to raise the ceiling by August 2, the resulting economic disaster could include higher interest rates for the US government as well as for consumers.

CURACAO-There is still much work to be done regarding the pension scheme in Curacao and the rest of the Caribbean parts of the Dutch kingdom. This is the opinion of unionist Oscar Semerel who is representing the senior’s association, Kopamko. Semerel feels that all parts of the kingdom must become equal and should maintain the same pension scheme. In Curacao alone, there are at least 33,000 people who do not have proper pensions, according to Semerel.

CURACAO-There is more than 1.3 meters of ‘filth’ underwater on the bottom of the Schottegat and the St. Anna Bays, Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte said yesterday during a press conference. This is due to years of leaks at the refinery. Schotte wants the oily residue cleaned up and say’s It’s incredible that nothing has been done about this problem for so long. He added this government doesn’t only want to identify problems, but also wants to resolve them.

ST MAARTEN-Dutch police officers are reportedly falling over themselves to apply for a job on St Martin. Daily newspaper AD reports that many hundreds of policemen and women have applied for 20 vacancies on the island open to personnel from the Netherlands. The vacancies have arisen due to the recent change in the status of St Martin. As a result, the police force will be scaled up from 189 to 389 by 2017. Most of the additional police officers will be recruited locally. The newspaper states that maintaining law and order in a Caribbean island paradise may sound like a walk in the park, but the successful candidates may get more than they bargained for. The paper uotes one policeman heading for St Martin as saying “the number of murders and armed robberies a month is high for a population of 30,000”.

CURACAO-On Friday suspended sentences plus community service were requested for seven employees accused of committing fraud in the use of Kranshi’s official stamps.  Authorities say a sum of two hundred thousand was lost.  During the investigation police raids were made on a number of homes and at Kranshi itself,causing them to close the offices for an entire day. The Prosecutor’s Office is calling for prison sentences varying between eight and eighteen months, partial suspended sentences but with community service of 60 to 240 hours for the four women and three men accused.  Two of the five suspects deny any guilt in the matter. All have been placed on non-active duty – some having been employed at Kranshi for more than 25 years.

CURACAO- A 20 year old student of the Caribbean Medical University – the CMU – stabbed a fellow student and a doctor on Friday evening. A young female student died at the scene.  The suspect has been arrested.  The incident took place at the University’s apartment complex in the Van Leeuwenhoek street. Police have confirmed the murdered woman was a 24 year old student born in New York.  The suspect is a 20 year old Arab born in Dubai.  The other victim attacked by the suspect is a 25 year old woman who has been hospitalized with serious injuries.

CURACAO-After A week when many accusations were flung back and forth, the coalition leaders took part in fruitful discussions on Sunday morning.  The conclusion was reached that communication between the coalition could be improved upon.  It was also decided that in order to clear up the ‘situation surrounding the UTS/CTEX’ that this will be put in the hands of the AVA and the UTS Board of Commissioners. This decision is made due to new elements which have come to light, added the party leaders in a short explanation Sunday afternoon.According to Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte there was a good rapport between coalition partners yesterday. Pueblo Soberano leader Helmin Wiels was also satisfied with the outcome saying they had spoken openly and amongst other things have decided to sit down and hold discussions more often.