World: Weekly Review
Digest of international stories for the week Aug 9 - Aug 15
Saturday Washington: The US asks Russia to immediately halt hostilities in the breakaway province of South Ossetia as its air planes pounded three Georgian military bases and other key facilities early.
Dhaka: Bangladesh's military-backed government is set to release former prime minister Khaleda Zia soon, a minister says, as part of an apparent deal to secure her party's participation in December polls.
Sunday Beijing: Several explosions rocked the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang early, state media says, citing witnesses who said they saw flashes of fire and sporadic gunshots afterwards.
Kabul: President Hamid Karzai says that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by US and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centres in Pakistan.
Monday United Nations: The UN Security Council witnesses perhaps the fiercest verbal clash between American and Russian ambassadors since the end of the Cold War as the US accused Moscow of seeking regime change in Georgia and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces have stepped up attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north, leaving at least 44 guerrillas dead for the loss of two soldiers, the military says.
Lahore/Islamabad: Pakistan's ruling coalition's move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf gains momentum after the Punjab provincial assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution asking him to quit or seek a vote of confidence in Parliament.
Tuesday Islamabad: At least 14 people are killed and over 10 injured when militants targeted a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) bus with a powerful bomb in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Islamabad: Pakistan is abuzz with speculation that Pervez Musharraf may resign to avert a showdown with the government which is all set to bring an impeachment motion that received the backing of the third provincial Assembly.
Wednesday Moscow: Russia says at least 74 army men were killed and 171 injured in five days of fierce fighting triggered by Georgia's attempt to regain control over the breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
Thursday Lahore: At least eight persons are killed and over 30 injured when a suicide attacker blew himself up near a market in this eastern Pakistani city packed with people who were shopping on the eve of the independence day.
Lahore: Amidst talks of "graceful exit" for Pervez Musharraf, the former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif says that the beleaguered President should not be given "safe passage" even if he steps down.
Friday Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf rejects reports that he would step down before the launch of impeachment proceedings against him, saying he is prepared to face the motion in parliament in a "democratic spirit".
New York: As many as 125 Indian police officers, including ten women, are awarded the United Nations peacekeeping medal at a colourful and spirited ceremony in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the occasion of the India's 62nd Independence Day.
-- Press Trust of India
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