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PARIS,  (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he claimed the 99th edition of the greatest cycling race today.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Jack Warner is contemplating bringing back the police marine branch to complement the Coast Guard in patrolling and securing the nation’s sea borders.

(Trinidad Guardian) Colombia is in need of 25,000 English teachers. Colombian Ambassador to T&T Alfredo Riascos made the announcement on the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of the Republic of Colombia on Friday in Newton.

(Jamaica Observer) He has been described by his supporters as fearless, brazen, the bravest prime minister that Jamaica has seen, and some scenarios in which veteran politician-turned-academic Edward Phillip George Seaga, 82, has found himself would, perhaps, add credence to that view.

(Barbados Nation ) In an unprecedented move, 15 police officers, including nine from senior ranks, are going to the High Court to challenge their omission from this year’s promotions list.

(Trinidad Express) An audit by international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that Mohamed Bin Hammam, once a candidate to oust FIFA President Sepp Blatter as head of the world governing body for football, enriched himself and handed out hundreds of thousands of dollars to friends and relatives.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will travel to Colorado on Sunday to visit with families of the victims of a deadly shooting rampage at a movie theater in a Denver suburb, the White House said on Saturday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo today.

President Donald Ramotar this morning met with the Diplomatic Community in Guyana, including developmental agencies and their Heads in order to brief them on developments in relation to Linden, the Government Information Agency said.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating the shooting death of Wayne Ricardo Pilgrim, 37, around 9:50 p.m.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Couva woman has pleaded guilty to bigamy after admitting that she married a man without divorcing her first husband in 1995.

President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma will be a guest of Jamaica during a State visit to mark Jamaica’s Golden Jubilee next month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding says pieces of legislation that will enable Jamaica to subscribe to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final appellate court will be tabled in the House of Representatives before the end of the month.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A veteran economist at the International Monetary Fund has accused the global lender of suppressing information on difficulties in dealing with the global financial meltdown and euro zone crisis.

(Trinidad Express) Two relatives of a 12-year-old boy found locked in a kennel at a house in Cascade on Thursday were expected to be charged over the weekend while another relative was released by police on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers met Thursday with members of the media at the Scarborough Police Station Headquarters to discuss the issue of crime on the island.

(Trinidad Express) Former FIFA vice-president and National Security Minister Jack Warner says he has nothing further to say in relation to the decision and findings of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which linked him to the distribution of US$1 million in “gifts” to Caribbean Football Union officials last May.

(Trinidad Express) Local cinemas have stepped up security for the highly anticipated premiere of the third and final Batman movie, The Dark Night Rises, when it opens next week.

At least thirteen men and one woman are in police custody at the Mackenzie Police after they were held during last night and this morning for having in their possession items believed to have been looted from the Linden Digicel Store and the Mackenzie Post Office.

President Donald Ramotar does not agree with the call for Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to resign over the killing by police of three protesters at Linden on Wednesday.