AP - Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pyrotechnics and pageantry topped by the unworldly sight of a flying gymnast, traversing the heights of the stadium to light the flame and begin the Summer Games.
August 8, 2008, 10:12 am
AP - An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics.
August 8, 2008, 9:19 am
AP - Police shut down a bustling bazaar in the capital of China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang Friday, tightening security there after an Islamic group seeking independence for the area threatened to attack buses, trains and planes during the Olympics.
August 8, 2008, 11:58 am
AP - President Bush, the first U.S. president to attend an Olympics abroad, blended political messages for China and Russia with high fives and hugs for American athletes Friday.
August 8, 2008, 12:42 pm
AP - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.
August 8, 2008, 12:31 pm
AFP - Scottish Premier League club Dundee United signed Sunderland striker Roy O'Donovan on a season-long loan on Friday.
August 8, 2008, 12:46 pm
AP - Iraqis powered their generators and gathered with friends Friday as excitement grew over the Olympics. But many were disappointed that their national team was represented by only four athletes after a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.
August 8, 2008, 10:36 am
AP - The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Hernan has formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to remain far from land.
August 8, 2008, 12:39 pm
Reuters - Five suspects will stand trial in
Khartoum on August 17 accused of murdering U.S. diplomat John
Granville and his driver, state media said on Friday.
August 8, 2008, 12:48 pm
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed a new five-year, $17 billion plan to increase the size of the Afghan army by about 50,000 troops.
August 8, 2008, 1:31 am
AFP - Australian Customs and police said Friday they had seized 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy tablets worth nearly 400 million dollars, describing it as the biggest haul of the illicit drug anywhere in the world.
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