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UN: Georgians effectively blocked from their homes (AP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia. The Russian prime minister is also warning Europe not to the bidding of the United States. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - The U.N. says Russian soldiers are telling thousands of refugees in Georgia who want to return to their homes that their security can't be guaranteed.


Massive evacuation as millions hit by India floods (AFP)

Flood-affected villagers sit in a rescue boat after they were rescued by the Indian army in Sitpur, in India's northern state of Bihar, August 28. More than 300,000 people trapped in India's worst floods in 50 years have been rescued but nearly double that number remain stranded without food or water, officials said.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - More than 300,000 people trapped in India's worst floods in 50 years have been rescued but nearly double that number remain stranded without food or water, officials said Saturday.


Gaddafi, Berlusconi meet in "friendship pact" (Reuters)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to reporters after a cabinet meeting in Rome, August 28, 2008. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met in Libya on Saturday to sign a "friendship pact" under which Italy will pay billions of dollars in investments and compensation for its colonial rule of the North African country.


US military: More than 11,000 Iraqis freed in 2008 (AP)

A U.S. soldier holds a piece of samoon, a type of local bread, while guarding an opening of a government school building, in Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad August 30, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)AP - More than 11,000 Iraqis have been released from American detention centers this year, leaving nearly 20,000 still in custody, the U.S. military said Saturday.


Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba (AP)

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Gustav taken at 6:55 a.m. EDT Saturday Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami called the storm 'dangerous' and said it had reached the status of a major hurricane, the second one of this Atlantic season after Bertha in July. 5 a.m. EDT Saturday, Gustav's eye had left the Caymans behind and was about 255 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It was moving northwest near 12 mph. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry Saturday on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina.


Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza Strip (AP) AP - Egypt opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave the coastal territory in a goodwill gesture before the holy Muslim month of Ramadan begins, officials said.
Blast rocks Sri Lanka's capital, wounding 45 (AP)

A Sri Lankan army officer stands guard, as police investigate at the site of an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka's capital Saturday, while renewed fighting in the embattled north killed 18 rebels and three soldiers, the military said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka's capital Saturday, while renewed fighting in the embattled north killed 19 rebels and six soldiers, the military said.


Mugabe party shuns new opposition demand: report (AFP)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (centre) and army generals inspect an honor guard in Harare on August 26. Mugabe's party has rejected new demands by the opposition following meetings with South African mediators to get power-sharing talks back on track(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party has rejected new demands by the opposition following meetings with South African mediators to get power-sharing talks back on track, state media said Saturday.


Bombs, sectarian tensions still scar Iraq's Diyala (AP)

A boy walks down a street as U.S. army soldiers attached to Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment patrol a street in southern Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. A month into a U.S.-backed Iraqi security operation, the Diyala provincial capital and surrounding towns remain scarred by sectarian tensions and violence. Diyala has proven one of the toughest pieces of Iraqi real estate to control. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The government offices in Iraq's Diyala province are encased in thick blast walls, a shield against suicide bombings. Nearby buildings are pockmarked from fighting between U.S. troops and Sunni insurgents.


Australian police clear Indian doctor of involvement in terror (AFP)

Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, at a press conference in Bangalore in early August. Australian police have cleared Haneef of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.