PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP):

Trinidad has extradited a man to the United States charged in the slaying of a Nevada beauty pageant winner, a spokesman for Trinidad's attorney general said yesterday.

David Winfield Mitchell, 60, was sent back to Nevada on Thursday to face a murder charge for the 1982 killing of Sheila Harris, the then-reigning Miss Douglas County, said David West of the attorney general's office.

Mitchell, a Trinidad native who led a quiet life in Port-of-Spain and lived with his teenage daughter, was arrested in August after a review of DNA evidence linked him to the killing. A local magistrate ruled to extradite Mitchell on September 4.

Georgetown (Stabroek News):

With the road death figure at 109 so far for this year, and calls from all sectors of society for more care among road users, particularly those in the public transport system, the Police Traffic Department has announced a rack of measures aimed at curbing the carnage on the roads.

Statistics from the department reveal that there have been fewer accidents this year, than for the corresponding period last year which saw 128 accidents with 141 deaths caused as a result. To date this year, there have been 91 accidents accounting for the 109 deaths, 16 of which were children.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Dr. Denzil Douglas says the Caribbean can help to ease strained relations between the United States and Venezuela.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister noted that the region has vested interests in both countries and should push for Washington and Caracas to settle their differences.

"I believe that the Caribbean can in fact become the broker between the US and Venezuela.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):

Bermuda's Deputy Premier Ewart Brown resigned from the Cabinet on Thursday to fight for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) and the country at the party's annual conference later this month.

Brown, who stepped down as Tourism and Transport Minister, told a news conference his leadership would take Bermuda to the next level.

Premier Alex Scott Scott was not immediately available for comment.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP):

Lawyers for a Dutch oil trader sought by European authorities investigating an elaborate tax fraud scam have appealed a warrant for his arrest, challenging the Netherlands' authority to seek the billionaire's extradition from Bermuda.