AP - Russia formally recognized the breakaway Georgian territories at the heart of its war with Georgia on Tuesday, drawing immediate condemnation from the West as the United States dispatched a military ship bearing aid to a port city still patrolled by Russian troops.
AP - Hurricane Gustav struck Haiti on Tuesday and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" even before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
AP - Democrats bickered among themselves Tuesday about how hard to attack John McCain as the party's former dominant couple — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton — took center stage at Barack Obama's political coronation.
AFP - The Russian parliament voted to recognise two breakaway Georgian regions as independent nations, prompting a flurry of diplomatic warnings amid a deepening freeze in relations.
AFP - Barack Obama's wife Michelle on Monday pledged allegiance to the "blessing" of the American dream, as the historic Democratic convention opened in a pageant of political symbolism.
Reuters - California's large-scale tobacco
control campaign has saved $86 billion in health care costs in
its first 15 years, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Reuters - World stocks fell to their lowest in
almost two years on Tuesday as fresh concerns about the
financial sector and growth outlook prompted investors to dump
risky assets.
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice urged Israel on Tuesday to avoid undermining peace efforts
with the Palestinians after a report that it had nearly doubled
construction in Jewish settlements.
Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
convened security chiefs on Tuesday to consider a plea from
parliament to recognize two separatist regions of Georgia as
independent, a move Washington says would be unacceptable.
Reuters - Prospects for political stability in
Pakistan faded on Tuesday, a day after a split in the ruling
coalition, with a battle looming over who will become the next
president of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally.
Reuters - North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop
disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the
Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs,
accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.
Reuters - Hillary Clinton will grab the spotlight
at the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to
mend a lingering party rift and rally her frustrated supporters
to Barack Obama's White House bid.
AP - The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday night.
