AP - Paraguay's new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years as bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating poverty and corruption in one of South America's poorest nations.

AP - Israel will free about 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian government.

AFP - British pair Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter won the lightweight men's double sculls gold medal at the Beijing Olympic rowing competition on Sunday.

AP - Tropical Storm Fay roared toward Cuba on Sunday after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with torrential rains and floods that killed at least four people.

AP - An Afghan official says a roadside blast has killed 10 police in southern Afghanistan.

AP - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.

AP - Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Russian-backed separatists from the province of Abkhazia had taken over 13 villages in Georgia and a power plant.

AP - A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman is denying that troops are withdrawing from South Ossetia, contradicting a general who says some Russian troops are leaving.

AFP - Bangladesh said Saturday it has effectively crushed an Islamic guerrilla group blamed for 400 blasts across the country on a single day in 2005 that claimed 28 lives.

AP - President Leonel Fernandez promised to boost agriculture production but warned of dire economic times as he was sworn in for a third term on Saturday.

AFP - Fernando Torres put a smile back on Rafa Benitez's face as his late goal gave Liverpool a barely-deserved 1-0 win in their Premier League opener at Sunderland on Saturday.

AP - Poland strikes a deal on a U.S. missile defense base. Ukraine tries to limit the Russian navy's movement in its waters. The Czech Republic's leader warns his nation is in danger of being sucked back into Moscow's orbit.