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The Nation Newspaper (Daily Nation)

Published on: 1/3/09. ABOUT 20 visitors from England stepped from a cruise ship and into the pages of history yesterday. Guests of cruise liners Braemar and Boudicca listened to tales from cricket icon, the Reverend Wes Hall, as they took part in a special Cricket Legends of Barbados promotion.

Keeping Their Eyes on the Ball (Soccer365)

After watching the U.S. national team move through the semifinal phase of World Cup qualification with seeming ease, some folks appear to be of the opinion that the upcoming Hexagonal round will be a mere formality.

These 50 years have been ones of the resistance and strength of the people (Granma Internacional)

• Interview with General of the Army Raúl Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, by Talía González Pérez, from Cuban Television’s News System, December 31, 2008, "Year 50 of the Revolution."

Jisselle Salandy, a bright boxing light goes out (The Nassau Guardian)

The boxing world is saddened. Jisselle Salandy, considered in some quarters as the brightest female boxing star since the rise of Laila Ali, was involved in a fatal car crash in Trinidad on Sunday.

The Andalusia Star-News (The Andalusia Star-News)

Peeping through my Venetian blind, I fell to thinking of 2008 and its memories, happy and sad, and of 2009 with all its promises. I prayed silently in the Lord’s Name for God’s guidance and help for those I know and for me, especially salvation for the lost and healing for the ill.