By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In tapping Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to be his vice presidential running-mate, Mitt Romney has chosen an ambitious, self-described "young gun" who has staked his entire career on a single issue … Japan's Murata wins men's middleweight gold
Ryota Murata won Japan's first Olympic boxing gold for 48 years when he claimed the middleweight (75kg) title on Saturday with a 14-13 win over Brazil's Esquiva Falcao. Boudia stuns Qiu for platform diving gold
David Boudia became the first American since the great Greg Louganis to win the men's 10m platform gold with a sensational last-dive victory over China's world champion Qiu Bo at the Olympics Saturday. US withholds funds to Honduran police
The U.S. government is withholding funds to Honduran law enforcement units directly supervised by their new national police chief until the U.S. can investigate allegations that he ran a death squad a decade ago, according to a State Department report released this week. Bolt anchors Jamaica to relay record for 3rd gold
Be it a gold medal or a souvenir from a record relay run, Usain Bolt always gets what he wants at the Olympics. EYES ON LONDON: World record for Jamaica 4×100
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:
Putin says Russia to get hundreds of military planes
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia's military will get 1,600 new warplanes and helicopters by 2020, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's armed forces. Putin has worked hard to restore pride in the Cold War-era superpower's military since his first election in 2000. The planned addition of 600 military planes and 1,000 helicopters is part of a 23 trillion rouble ($720 billion)program to re-equip a military still weakened by spending cuts prompted by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. … 
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