Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday that the country's troops have begun a military operation in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia to force Georgian troops to cease violence.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 06:42 GMT
Weightlifter Chen Xiexia won China's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, in the women's 48-kilogram category.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 07:28 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that 1,500 people have been killed in South Ossetia since the start of Georgia's attack on the breakaway republic.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 08:37 GMT
Russia's peacekeeping command said on Saturday the country's troops have driven Georgian forces from the capital of the separatist republic of South Ossetia.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 09:53 GMT
Georgia's parliament accepted President Mikheil Saakashvili's declaration of martial law on Saturday, as the country battled with Russia for control over breakaway South Ossetia.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 11:28 GMT
Around 100 homes in western parts of Ukraine remain underwater following heavy rains that struck the region at the end of July, the country's Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 11:32 GMT
United States President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was deeply concerned by the escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia over the separatist republic of South Ossetia.
// Aug. 09, 2008 - 13:00 GMT