--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.
PORT OF SPAIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The opposition People's National Movement (PNM) party led by 65-year old geologist, Keith Rowley, won Monday's general elections in Trinidad and Tobago, according to preliminary returns.
HOUSTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary halt on oil trains.
COPENHAGEN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Port operator APM Terminals, part of Denmark's A.P.
BEIRUT, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters battled government forces on Tuesday at central Syria's Jazal oilfield, the last such facility still partly under state control, a group monitoring the conflict reported.
--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.
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