Teen arrested too
South Bureau
Tuesday, June 3rd 2008
Fifty-four-year-old Ricky Ali appeared in court yesterday, charged with the rape of an eight-year-old girl.
A neighbour, a 16-year-old schoolboy, was also charged with raping the girl on a separate date.
Both were refused bail when they appeared before Magistrate Ramraj Harripersad in the Mayaro Magistrates’ Court.
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By Raffique Shah
June 01, 2008
For many decades Scandinavian countries-Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland-have ranked highest in the world in economic and social indices. Far from being endowed with an abundance of natural resources, these countries wisely used what little they had (except Norway, which became oil-rich in the 1970s) to develop societies that are at the upper spectrum of global rankings in just about every field. They rank among the top ten countries in income distribution (rich-poor gap), per capita gross national income (GNI), and several other globally accepted indicators of successful countries.
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