Staff Editor

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Spain stunned the  Netherlands to win their first World Cup today in  sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra  time.

A police constable was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who then turned the weapon on himself at the Springlands Police Station just after midnight today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Uruguay beat Ghana in the  cruellest of circumstances to end African hopes at the World Cup  today and Netherlands knocked out perennial favourites  Brazil in yet another shock of a fascinating tournament.

A massive fire is raging through Mahdia’s main commercial district and latest reports say many businesses have been destroyed in the hill-top mining town in Region Eight.

Guyanese Abdel Nur this morning pleaded guilty to aiding a plot to blow up New York’s John F.

Despite the valiant efforts of the medical staff at Linden the premature baby girl who was found in a garbage heap has died.

Mae’s Under-12 student Sonia Ghir has topped this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Thirty-year-old police officer Quancy John was this morning charged with the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kelvin Fraser three weeks ago at Patentia, West Bank Demerara.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin  Christopher “Dudus” Coke was extradited to the United States today, after waiving his right to a trial in Jamaica.

Marriott International today announced that it will open its first Marriott-branded hotel in Guyana in 2013.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is now being held in a secure facility according to the police.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born American  citizen defiantly pleaded guilty today to attempting to set  off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square, saying that Islamist  extremists would continue to attack the United States.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  vowed tonight to compel BP Plc to pay damages for its  “recklessness” in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and sought to  harness public outrage over the disaster into support for his  bid to cut U.S.

73-year-old Rudolph Moonsammy was battered to the head and chopped by a drunken employee on Monday.

Dear Editor, ALL FINANCIAL MEMBERS OF THE GUYANA GOLD & DIAMOND MINERS ASSOCIATION (GGDMA) MUST ATTEND THE MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY THE 10TH OF JUNE, 2010 AT 4 PM AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH ROAD, TO VOTE & ELECT A “STRONG” PRESIDENT OF THE GGDMA.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – At least 114 people were killed  in a fire that razed a crowded, centuries-old Dhaka  neighbourhood overnight as rescue workers scrambled today  to pull bodies, many charred beyond recognition, from  smouldering debris.

WHITEHAVEN, England, (Reuters) – A gunman killed at  least 12 people in a rampage through quiet towns in and around  the scenic Lake District of northwest England today in  Britain’s worst shooting spree for 14 years.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli commandos stormed a  convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships today and more than 10 of the  mostly international activists aboard were killed, provoking a  diplomatic crisis and Palestinian charges of a “massacre”.

VENICE, La./HOUSTON, (Reuters) – BP Plc said today the complex “top kill” maneuver to plug its Gulf of  Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to  the largest oil spill in U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) police have issued a new photograph of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and gun trafficking charges.