AP - Pakistan's ruling coalition teetered on the brink of collapse Saturday as the two main partners squabbled over a successor to ousted President Pervez Musharraf.

AP - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread.

AP - Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area.

Reuters - Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley northwest of Islamabad on Saturday, shortly after a suicide car-bomber killed eight policemen.

AP - The U.S. drug czar appealed to Venezuela's government on Friday to take action against the flourishing flow of cocaine being smuggled through the country.

AP - As of Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at least 4,146 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AFP - India's Kingfisher Airlines has announced it will launch its first international flight from the high-tech southern city of Bangalore to London next month.

AP - Muslim rebels on Saturday urged the Philippine government to halt a military offensive they say threatens a years-long peace process and escalates violence in the archipelago's troubled south.

AP - Residents of the strategic Georgian city of Gori who fled advancing Russian troops two weeks ago began returning to the city Saturday, anxiously wondering what remained of their homes after Russian forces pulled out.

AP - Peace activists in two boats headed toward Gaza early Saturday, bracing for a possible confrontation with Israel's navy as they make a symbolic attempt to break an international blockade of the coastal strip.

AP - Troops backed by helicopter gunships pounded militants in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, killing 37 in retaliation for suicide bombings that have put pressure on the new government, the army said.

AP - Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, balancing his ticket with a seasoned congressional veteran well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues.

AP - The baby humpback whale was starving, injured and hours from death. So despite anguished cries of "Murder!" and "Shame!" from protesters who thought it could still be saved, wildlife officials on Friday euthanized the animal, which had strayed into the waters off north Sydney nearly a week ago.