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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2985 World - McClatchy Newspapers en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:21:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2985 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080820/wl_mcclatchy/3023053 mcclatchy/20080820/3023053 McClatchy Newspapers Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:21:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WARSAW, Poland— The United States will deploy anti-missile interceptors, upgrade Poland's air defenses and modernize its military under a strategic cooperation declaration signed Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080820/wl_mcclatchy/3022608 mcclatchy/20080820/3022608 McClatchy Newspapers Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:20:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The Bush White House and the Pentagon are at odds over whether to station a Navy ship in the Black Sea to demonstrate U.S. support for the embattled Georgian military and government, two defense officials told McClatchy Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080819/wl_mcclatchy/3022554 mcclatchy/20080819/3022554 McClatchy Newspapers Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The United States and its European allies have condemned Russia for its incursion in Georgia, but their options for retaliating against the Kremlin are limited. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080819/wl_mcclatchy/3022449 mcclatchy/20080819/3022449 McClatchy Newspapers Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces raided the provincial government compound in Diyala Province in a chaotic operation early Tuesday, killing the governor's secretary and seizing computers and cars before local police engaged them in a two-hour gun battle, police and local officials said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080819/wl_mcclatchy/3022063 mcclatchy/20080819/3022063 McClatchy Newspapers Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:50:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BRUSSELS, Belgium— NATO declared Tuesday that it cannot have normal relations with Russia while its troops occupy large parts of Georgia, but alliance foreign ministers failed to terminate any cooperative programs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080818/wl_mcclatchy/3021610 mcclatchy/20080818/3021610 McClatchy Newspapers Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:12:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BRUSSELS, Belgium— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday ruled out accelerating Georgia's admission to NATO in response to the Russian invasion. But she warned Moscow that it is playing "a very dangerous game" by resuming Cold War-era strategic bomber patrols close to the Alaskan coast. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080818/wl_mcclatchy/3021532 mcclatchy/20080818/3021532 McClatchy Newspapers Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:15:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD— Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf bowed to domestic and international pressure and quit Monday, but his departure could trigger further instability for the nuclear-armed U.S. ally if the country's fractious coalition government can't hold together without its common enemy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080818/wl_mcclatchy/3021530 mcclatchy/20080818/3021530 McClatchy Newspapers Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080818/wl_mcclatchy/3021530"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nif47.190808040441.photo03.photo.default-512x324.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=AAxlDQA_crzWyzpLe56iIA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A Russian APC manoeuvers outside the flashpoint town of Gori. The world was still waiting Tuesday for proof of Russia's promised troop pullout from Georgia, as Tbilisi accused Moscow of "gravely violating" a ceasefire accord.(AFP/Marco Longari)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - IGOETI, Georgia_ Despite assurances that it would withdraw troops from Georgia starting Monday, the Russian military operated with impunity as its forces moved convoys in and out of the city of Gori and plowed through a police roadblock in this town some 25 miles northwest of Tbilisi, the capital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080818/wl_mcclatchy/3021530"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nif47.190808040441.photo03.photo.default-512x324.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=AAxlDQA_crzWyzpLe56iIA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Russian APC manoeuvers outside the flashpoint town of Gori. The world was still waiting Tuesday for proof of Russia's promised troop pullout from Georgia, as Tbilisi accused Moscow of "gravely violating" a ceasefire accord.(AFP/Marco Longari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080817/wl_mcclatchy/3020694 mcclatchy/20080817/3020694 McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:51:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— The showdown between President Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistan government is set to climax this week, with Musharraf under intense pressure to quit before the formal start of impeachment proceedings that would plunge the U.S. ally into further political turmoil. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080817/wl_mcclatchy/3020680 mcclatchy/20080817/3020680 McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:28:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - TSKHINVALI, Georgia_ As Russian troops pounded through Georgia last week, the Kremlin and its allies repeatedly pointed to one justification above all others: The Georgian military had destroyed the city of Tskhinvali. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080817/wl_mcclatchy/3020603 mcclatchy/20080817/3020603 McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:31:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - ALEOSON, Philippines -- A renegade force of Muslim rebels began slipping into the villages near Aleoson in late June. By the time they were pushed out last week in three days of bloody fighting, the rebels had razed at least 50 houses, pilfered livestock and rubbed emotions raw between Christians and Muslims, according to residents and the Philippines military. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080817/wl_mcclatchy/3020578 mcclatchy/20080817/3020578 McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:34:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - ZUGDIDI, Georgia— Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that troops would begin to withdraw from neighboring Georgia on Monday but signaled that forces would continue to occupy the breakaway province at the center of the 10-day-old conflict. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080816/wl_mcclatchy/3020043 mcclatchy/20080816/3020043 McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:13:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - 02-383-0017 (office), 202-302-4169 (cell) or 703-426-1428 (home) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080816/wl_mcclatchy/3020017 mcclatchy/20080816/3020017 McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:59:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - GORI, Georgia— On the same day that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced he had signed a ceasefire with Georgia, his military reportedly blew up a key railroad bridge and continued to occupy fighting positions along the main road to the capital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019501 mcclatchy/20080815/3019501 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:33:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— President Bush declared Friday that the United States and its allies "stand with the people" of war-torn Georgia against Russian "bullying and intimidation." He then left Washington for a 10-day vacation at his Texas ranch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019440 mcclatchy/20080815/3019440 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Negotiations between the Pakistani government and President Pervez Musharraf, aimed at securing his resignation before impeachment, are stalling, with only days left before proceedings begin in parliament, according to politicians involved in the talks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019438 mcclatchy/20080815/3019438 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:24:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - TBILISI, Georgia— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday persuaded Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to sign a cease-fire agreement calling for Russian tanks to withdraw from much of the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019292 mcclatchy/20080815/3019292 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:15:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - KIEV, Ukraine— Russia's invasion of Georgia has unsettled this former Soviet republic, which like Georgia has applied for membership in NATO but now fears that the U.S. could do little to prevent similar Russian action here. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019265 mcclatchy/20080815/3019265 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:24:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019265"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080808/capt.7c8c1fb520a14fe4a66f5e99ac11c038.bush_asia_chgh115.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=qAXessZJQ80JZGAFG_SvNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="President Bush hugs Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after arriving for a social lunch with other world leaders in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Behind at left is first lady Laura Bush. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— There's no soul-gazing anymore between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3019265"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080808/capt.7c8c1fb520a14fe4a66f5e99ac11c038.bush_asia_chgh115.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=qAXessZJQ80JZGAFG_SvNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="President Bush hugs Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after arriving for a social lunch with other world leaders in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Behind at left is first lady Laura Bush. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcclatchywl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080815/wl_mcclatchy/3018675 mcclatchy/20080815/3018675 McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:56:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— President Bush Wednesday promised that U.S. naval forces would deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Georgia before his administration had received approval from Turkey, which controls naval access to the Black Sea, or the Pentagon had planned a seaborne operation, U.S. officials said Thursday.