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LONDON, (Reuters) – Mexico won the Olympic men’s soccer title for the first time when they stunned favourites Brazil 2-1 in front of 86,162 fans at Wembley Stadium today.

NORFOLK, Virginia,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Saturday he has chosen Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, a move that will bring the debate over how to reduce government spending and debt to the forefront of the race for the White House.

Broadcaster and international civil servant Hugh Cholmondeley has passed away at the age of 73.

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Justice Herbert Volney is promising “sweeping operational and systemic changes” within the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service which has now been placed under his Ministry.

The Office of the President this evening said it views with dismay the events of today in the township of Linden.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries late today, but a Jordanian source said no one on Jordan’s side appeared to have been killed.

(Reuters) – CNN host and Time magazine contributing editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria was suspended by his employers today after he acknowledged copying material for a recent column he wrote about gun control from another writer.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has described the performance of students in the most recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations as shocking.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is now under a Tropical Storm watch because of a tropical depression that appears to be strengthening.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India named Yuvraj Singh in their squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka today, marking the all-rounder’s return to international cricket following his cancer treatment.

LUCKNOW, India,  (Reuters) – A minister in India’s most populous and politically crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, has said bureaucrats can steal a little as long as they work hard – sparking national outcry in a country whose ruling class has long been mired in corruption scandals.

BERNE,  (Reuters) – FIFA has formally opened a new investigation into former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam, less than one month after his life ban for bribery was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – He can be unassuming and sometimes grumpy, but Glen Mills’s Jamaican athletes call him the messiah of sprint coaching and the world is finding out why.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The United States smashed a 27-year-old world record in the women’s 4×100 metres relay today, running a sizzling 40.82 seconds to win gold at the Olympics for the first time since 1996.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Bahamas took gold in the men’s 4×400 metres relay final today after overhauling favourites the United States in a thrilling final leg.

Following chaos in Linden this morning and a spate of arson, the Joint Services this afternoon denied that it had mounted an early morning operation to clear barriers in Wismar and other parts of Linden.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Poor Mathematics performance at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level is worrying those who administer the exams.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Mobile phone company Digicel Jamaica yesterday announced the appointment of its fifth chief executive officer in eleven years following the promotion of Mark Linehan to a regional position.

Abrams Zuil Secondary student Sarah Hakh is the top student for Guyana at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Olympic double-double achieved and his “living legend” status in the pantheon of great sprinters now secure, Usain Bolt plans to think long and hard about just how long he can remain master of his domain.