Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson said in an interview aired on Sunday he had no interest
in staying in his post beyond January when a new administration
takes office.
Reuters - The millionaire stars of the U.S.
basketball team swept past hosts China in the showcase match-up
of the Olympics, watched by tens of millions on Chinese
television and cheered on by U.S. President George W. Bush.
Reuters - Russian troops took the
capital of the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on
Sunday after a three-day battle as Georgian forces retreated
and the Tbilisi government offered a ceasefire and talks.
AP - Comedian Bernie Mac's daughter says her family had expected him to fully recover from the bout of pneumonia that put him in a hospital three weeks ago. -- read full article
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:41:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - The U.S. military began flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq on Sunday, military officials said, after the Georgians recalled the soldiers following the outbreak of fighting with Russia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. -- read full article
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:48:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy.
AP - A reef of gold buried beneath this vast, parched grassland arcs across some of the world's poorest countries. Where the ore is rich, industrial mines carve it out. Where it's not, the poor sift the earth.
AP - Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops. A suicide bomber struck north of Baghdad, killing at least five people including an American soldier.
AP - Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is claiming to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack Russian navy ships in the Black Sea.
AFP - The death toll from a bombing and the aftermath in China's northwestern Xinjiang province on Sunday rose to eight, with four injured, state media said.
AFP - Georgia withdrew from the separatist region of South Ossetia on Sunday after new clashes with Russian forces as Moscow amassed its military firepower to overwhelm its neighbour.
