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15th UWI Invitational Meet on today World champion Yohan Blake to test where he is at the UWI Invitational Meet. The 15th staging of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Track and Field Invitational Meet, which will have an overseas flavour to it, will be contested today at the Usain Bolt Track at the Mona Campus, starting at midday with field events, followed by the opening ceremony at 2:00 pm. Jamaica’s top clubs and universities, such as Racers, MVP, UWI, Akan, Sprint Tech and Cameron Blazers, are set to go up against teams from Guyana, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago in what is expected to be approximately four hours of intense competition. The meet is one of many that will give Jamaica’s athletes a chance to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the National Senior Championships in June, and by extension the Rio Olympic Games in August. Three individuals will be honoured during the ceremony. They are Olympian Federick Dacres and Trevor ‘TC’ Campbell, whi

Kenya Garissa attack: Memorials for victims one year on  Garissa hosted a memorial run for the victims People across Kenya are marking the first anniversary of the massacre of 148 people at Garissa University. Thousands gathered at the college on Saturday, with about 100 taking part in a run to commemorate the victims. Prayers and candlelight vigils will be held later in Garissa and in the capital Nairobi, where President Uhuru Kenyatta expected to attend. Four al-Shabab militants shot students in their dormitories before rounding up and killing dozens more. It was the deadliest attack in Kenya since al-Qaeda's bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998, which killed 213 people. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, which is based in neighbouring Somalia, has carried out a number of attacks against Kenyan targets. The group says it is retaliating for acts by Kenya's security forces, which are part of the African Union's mission in Somalia against al-Shabab. It took security

Anti-apartheid veteran Kathrada calls for Zuma to resign A South African anti-apartheid veteran has called on President Jacob Zuma to resign following a scandal over improper spending at his private home. Ahmed Kathrada, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela, said that Mr Zuma's resignation would end a "crisis of confidence" in the government. Mr Zuma said on Friday he would repay the money but would remain in his post. He has faced widespread calls for his resignation from South Africa's opposition. South Africa's highest court ruled that Mr Zuma had failed to uphold the constitution by ignoring instructions to repay some of the $16m in state funds spent on renovations at his private residence. In a televised address on Friday, Mr Zuma made no reference to the calls for his resignation. The leadership of Mr Zuma's party, the African National Congress, said it was united behind its leader, but the intervention of 86-year-old Mr Kathrada, a party veteran,

Palmyra: 'Mass grave' in recaptured Syrian city The grave containing the bodies of men, women and children was uncovered on the north-eastern edge of the city.Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from the Islamic State (IS) group, state news agency Sana reports. Some had been beheaded while others had been shot, a military source told AFP. He said they were officers, soldiers, members of pro-regime militia and their relatives. Twenty-four of the victims were civilians, including three children, the source added. The bodies have been transferred to a military hospital in the provincial capital Homs. Some have reportedly been identified. Last Sunday, the Syrian army, backed by Russian forces, recaptured Palmyra and its world-famous complex of ancient ruins, which IS overran in May last year. IS militants executed at least 280 people during their occupation of the city, according to the Syrian Observato