Thai premier vows not to resign, despite protests
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said that he would not resign in the face of continuing protests and a disruption of rail and air service.

Georgia and Russia sever diplomatic ties
The move marked the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that Russia had severed formal diplomatic ties with one of the 14 other autonomous republics that became independent states in 1991.
- Putin suggests U.S. role in Georgia clash
- Security group refuses to back Russia's actions
- An embattled enclave yearns to be free (and Liechtenstein)
- Bush ready to scrap Russia nuclear deal

Campaigns shift as McCain choice alters the race
Both parties are trying to gauge the risks and opportunities of having a young, relatively inexperienced woman on the Republican ticket.

Hurricane Gustav strengthens to Category 4
Thousands of residents in the New Orleans area were fleeing without waiting for mandatory evacuation orders.

Drug violence alters the flow of Life in Mexico
Life in Mexico is changing in subtle ways as the possibility of drug-related violence lurks everywhere.

Zimbabwe lifts ban on aid groups, but its effects linger
The suspension of the groups' field operations deprived more than a million Zimbabweans of basic assistance, according to the nations that donated the aid.

Millions are displaced by floods in India
More than 21 million people and over 394 square miles have been affected by the flooding, according to the government.

Energized, Obama and Biden take their show on the road
Barack Obama and John McCain headed across the country, campaigning for the first time with their new running mates.
- From the theater's balcony to a seat at the edge of history
- Text: Barack Obama's speech
- Obama's acceptance speech: Fiery, specific, combative
- Politics, spectacle and history under open sky
- Text: Obama's speech
- Top black donors see Obama's rise as their own
- Veterans of 1963 march reflect on a changing America
- Biden begins with attack on McCain

Karadzic refuses to enter pleas in war crimes case
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, appeared in court Friday in The Hague and refused to enter pleas to all 11 charges against him. He dismissed the tribunal as "a court of NATO."

Despite high gas prices, Europeans find driving a hard habit to break
That raises questions as to how effective high prices by themselves can be in achieving the ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions that European leaders have committed themselves to meeting.

The Olympic flame, for now, burns bright in Britain
The giddiness surrounding those acclaimed as Britain's Olympic heroes reflected a peculiarly British attitude - a reworking of the adage ascribed to Euripides that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.

As U.S. presses drug war, Bolivian president is an uneasy ally
President Evo Morales, a former grower of coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine, is both an antagonist and an active partner in American anti-drug policy for the region.

Culture of surveillance may contribute to delusional condition
The Truman Syndrome has drawn attention as psychiatrists describe patients who describe their lives as mirroring that of the main character in the 1998 film "The Truman Show."