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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Four years ago, Yohan Blake was just out of school and watched at home in Jamaica as Usain Bolt set the sporting world alight at the Beijing Olympics.

HAMPTON COURT, England, (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins basked in glory, and a bit of sun, as Britain’s most decorated Olympian after he hammered the field in awe-inspiring fashion to claim the London Games cycling time trial on Wednesday.

A moving funeral service and viewing took place at the Square of the Revolution today for Shemroy Bouyea, Allan Lewis and Ron Somerset – the three shooting victims of the Linden electricity uprising as about 2,000 persons paid their respects and called for justice.

(Barbados Nation) LONDON – It’s all over for Bradley Ally at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Senior citizens who receive their old-age pension from the Central Old-Age Pension Fund (AOV) no longer have to go through the annual registration and requirement to submit a Proof of Life document now that the Fund and the Central Bureau for Population Registry (CBB) have matched their data banks.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The revenue service has sent tax assessment forms en masse to entrepreneurs in the gold mining industry, especially those that have put up a lucrative business.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Scrap-metal dealers, who have been in limbo for the last several months, were left fuming on Monday as the Government unveiled tough new regulations for the trade, but left the partial ban in place.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Matthews Lane strongman Donald ‘Zeeks’ Phipps has won his suit against the Government to recover more than J$24 million which went missing after it was seized by the police from his home in Havendale, St Andrew, in May 2005.

(Jamaica Gleaner) LONDON, England World 100m champion Yohan Blake says he is confident of his chances to win both the 100m and 200m here at the Olympic Games in London.

ALEPPO, Syria,  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad told his troops today that their battle against rebels would determine Syria’s fate but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack hit his inner circle.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – American swimmer Michael Phelps is “probably not” the greatest Olympic champion of all time, despite winning a record total of 19 medals, London 2012 Games chief Sebastian Coe said today.

(Reuters) – New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori will miss the second test against West Indies starting on Thursday in Kingston with a groin strain, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) The tight-knit community of Fishing Pond, Sangre Grande was thrown into mourning yesterday when three men who lived mere metres away from each other were killed instantly when their car slammed into a lamp post along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, Wallerfield.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police (CoP) Dr Dwayne Gibbs yesterday said he was not pressured by National Security Minister Jack Warner or anyone to resign and has done it of his own volition.

A Bel Air Village businessman was murdered last evening by three men who turned up at his home posing as Customs officers.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The World Badminton Federation charged eight female players with misconduct on Wednesday after four Olympic doubles teams had attempted to “throw” matches to secure a more favourable draw later in the tournament.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Over the last decade Aamir Khan has saved villagers from an oppressive tax, led a movement against corruption, educated parents about learning disabilities and fought India’s flawed education system.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top diplomat in Nairobi was killed at her home by three intruders and Kenyan police believe a struggle for power at the embassy was the motive, they said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt could lower his 100 metres world record to 9.4 seconds if in shape and the rain clouds stay away from London, International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) president Lamine Diack said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S.