AFP - A Chinese man stabbed to death the father-in-law of US Olympic volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon in Beijing on Saturday in an attack that left his wife seriously injured, raising new fears about security at the Games.
AFP - Russian warplanes on Saturday carried out bombing raids across Georgia, reportedly leaving scores dead, as a conflict over control of South Ossetia widened well beyond the breakaway region.
Reuters - American fencer Mariel Zagunis led a
U.S. sweep of the women's Olympic individual saber medals on
Saturday, beating compatriot Sada Jacobson 15-8 in the final.
Reuters - South African President Thabo Mbeki
arrived in Zimbabwe on Saturday to mediate power-sharing talks
between the ruling party and opposition amid growing optimism
over an agreement.
Reuters - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who
starred in one of U.S. TV's few black sitcoms and appeared in
the "Ocean's 11" movies, died in Chicago on Saturday after a
bout with pneumonia. He was 50.
Reuters - Georgia may pull its 35-strong Olympic
team out of the Beijing Games because of Russian military
attacks on its territory, the country's National Olympic
Committee told Reuters on Saturday.
Reuters - Georgia called for a ceasefire on
Saturday after Russian bombers widened an offensive to force
back Georgian troops seeking control over the breakaway region
of South Ossetia.
AP - The death toll from a blast in a market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar rose to 25 on Saturday, after four of the six dozen people injured died from their wounds, a security official said.
AP - John McCain doesn't begrudge Democratic rival Barack Obama his weeklong holiday in Hawaii. In fact, the GOP presidential hopeful says he could use a little rest himself.
AP - Backed by his friendly Southern drawl, the practiced charm of a courtroom warrior and a smile bright enough to blind the camera's eye, John Edwards never lacked the confidence to take the big risk.
AP - Nearly three dozen Olympic athletes from Georgia are anxiously following the news of violence in a breakaway region of their country, following a bombardment by Russian tanks, planes and artillery.
AP - Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police.
AP - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.
