- In China, only gold matters
- French town honors its soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- Fay heads for Alabama, kills 11 in Florida
- Kenya's Wanjiru breaks Olympic marathon record
- Kashmir under curfew ahead of fresh protests
- US destroyer reaches Georgian port
- Lyon, Marseille snatch lead from wee Grenoble
- Last gold medal hope for French boxing vanishes
- Beijing Olympic Games come to a close
- French 'Experts' grab gold in men's handball
- Eight missing in Mont Blanc avalanche accident
- US basketball team back to old winning ways
- Brazilian Felipe Massa wins European Grand Prix for Ferrari
- Biofuels, food crops straining world water reserves
- Fire at Spanish nuclear plant
- Algerian forces kill 10 militants
- Spanair prudent over technical fault
- US regrets Afghan civilian deaths
- Stay the course in Afghanistan?
- Khamenei urges Ahmadinejad to plan for second term
- Kyrgyzstan plane crash kills scores
- Suicide bomb blast kills 21 at dinner party