SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News 1:
The 95-year-old iconic American brand Greyhound is taking to theBritish roads. FirstGroup, Britain's largest bus and train operator, and ownerof the Greyhound coach brand in the U.S., said the buses would start runningfrom London, Victoria, to Portsmouth and Southampton on September 14. Ticketswill cost as little as a ￡1, with the average journey costing ￡7. It plans toroll out more routes next year. The hourly bus service will take just under twohours non-stop and will offer free Wi-Fi, power sockets for each passenger, airconditioning, complimentary newspapers and leather seats.

News 2:
Greek firefighters planned to continue to work through the night tocontain dozens of wildfires, including a massive blaze outside Athens,authority said. Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis called for calm onSaturday and said ground forces "will continue their superhumanefforts" until dawn, when air operations and water drops will resume. Authoritiesreported 75 fires across the country. The fires began late Friday inGrammatiko, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of the capital. Wind whipped asingle blaze into three fires, which joined again Saturday. No injuries werereported. Authorities mobilized units from the navy, air force and marines toassist the firefighters in Grammatiko, the state fire department said."The fire is particularly complex given the weather, the large quantity offuel, the terrain and the proximity of residential areas," a statementfrom the fire department said. The cause of the original fire, which belchedclouds of heavy dark smoke, was unknown, and officials were investigating.Forest and brush fires are common during Greece's hot, dry summers. Sixfirefighting aircraft were helping firefighters, according to the Athens NewsAgency.

News 3:
The Mexican economy went off a cliff in the second three months of2009, with the gross domestic product dropping 10.3 percent from the sameperiod last year, according to government figures. Analysts say the main causeof Mexico's nosedive is that the nation's economy is tied strongly to that ofthe United States, which is mired in the deepest economic downturn since the1930s. Other factors dragging the Mexican economy down include a tourismdecline caused by the H1N1 flu outbreak, declining oil and tax revenues, andfewer Mexicans abroad sending money back home. Oil revenues, long Mexico's mainsource of money, are being hurt by lower global prices and decliningproduction. Remittances from Mexicans working abroad, most of them in theUnited States, also have fallen victim to the economic downturn. Fewer jobs inthe United States means fewer opportunities for Mexicans to find work and sendmoney home. Remittances rank after oil in terms of revenue for the country. Thatrevenue fell from $26 billion in 2007 to $25 billion in 2008, Mexico's CentralBank said, and is expected to decrease even more this year. Tourism, Mexico's third-largestsource of revenue, has declined steadily since an outbreak of the H1N1 flu wasfirst discovered in Mexico in April.