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  captionIndia will destroy some 20 billion "expired" banknotes India's central bank will have to destroy, by one estimate, some 20 billion "expired" banknotes after it scrapped two high-value denominations - the 500 ($7.60) and 1,000 rupee notes - this month to crack down on "black money" or illegal cash holdings. To give some idea of the amount of the currency that represents - there were more than 90 billion banknotes in circulation in India last March. Most central banks destroy soiled and mutilated banknotes on a regular basis and replace them with new, crisp ones. The Reserve Bank of India, similarly, shreds such notes and makes briquettes of them. But they are not your usual briquettes. Briquettes - usually made of farm waste in India - are used for cooking, lighting and heating. They are cheaper than coal, have lower ash content, are less polluting, and easier to store and pack. They are mostly used as fuel in factory boilers. But briquettes m

Dear Pastor, The lady living next door to me has two sons. None has reached the age of 10. They both have different dads and these children really love me. The second child's father lives there too. Sometimes, even before I wake up in the morning, the children would come knocking on my door to wake me up. These children are always saying that they are hungry and asking if I have anything to eat. If I have I will share with them, but even when I say I don't have it, they would say I am lying. I don't like that. I have a guava tree in my yard and they pick even the green guavas and eat them with salt. Some weekends when they're home, I make breakfast for the three of us. After eating, they go home and I would hear them being beaten. I don't know if it's because I gave them food, but even my boyfriend says I must not be mean to them with food as long as I have it to give to them. Pastor, this lady and I live the way neighbours should live, but I wonder if they secr

The police high command are aware of price tags being placed on the heads of members of warring factions within the Area Four police division which comprises of Kingston and St Andrew. Information reaching THE STAR is that the race to kill is on, and according to the police, gangsters have issued $1 million dollar bounties against each other and wished good luck in the hunt for each other's lives. Assistant Commissioner of Police Devon Watkis made the disclosure yesterday during a press conference at the Office of the Commissioner of Police. race to kill "We are also aware that gangsters themselves have issued threats against specific members of each faction, consistency of $1million for each person. The police are being threatened but the gangsters are also issuing threats against themselves reminding people good luck as the race to kill is on," ACP Watkis said, THE STAR understands that these threats were issued to specific persons. The police also told our news team t

    Superstar entertainer Sean Paul has caused a massive Internet firestorm following his response to a question about whether he does oral sex. Sean Paul was being interviewed on the Breakfast Club, a renowned New York Hip-Hop and R&B media platform. Ads “Yes, I eat p*m p*m but ...,’ Sean Paul said. He quickly recanted stating: “It is a rumour that I eat p*m p*m," a laughing Sean Paul said. "No, I don’t eat p*m p*m,” he then said. When pressed, Sean Paul said: "No sah, it don't have a wrapper. You have to pull off the wrapper. It has to be fresh."