International AIDS conference to open in Mexico on August 3
An international conference on combating the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) will be held in the Mexican capital from August 3 through August 8, the forum's organizers said on Sunday.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 07:04 GMT
South Ossetia says Georgia pulls troops close to its borders
Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia said on Sunday that Georgia was pulling troops close to its borders.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 07:41 GMT
Nine killed in Hamas-Fatah armed confrontation in Gaza
At least nine people were killed and over 90 wounded in fighting between the radical Islamist faction Hamas and a pro-Fatah clan in the Gaza Strip, the enclave's health officials said Sunday.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 08:51 GMT
Georgia rejects reports of troops moving to S. Ossetia border
Georgia rejected on Sunday the reports that it was moving its troops close to the border with its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 09:22 GMT
At least 60 dead in temple stampede in north India - TV
At least 60 people died and another 300 were injured in a stampede at a temple in northern India, local TV channels said on Sunday.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 10:40 GMT
Russia says threat of war between Georgia, South Ossetia real
The threat of war between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia is becoming increasingly real, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
// Aug. 03, 2008 - 11:44 GMT