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As NATO meets to consider a response to Russia's military actions in Georgia, there is renewed attention on another former Soviet republic that's also on Russia's radar: Ukraine. Some Ukrainians fear they could be next in a Russian drive to reassert control over the nations on its borders.

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Three days after signing a cease-fire, Russian troops have not begun to withdraw from Georgia. They continue to blockade the main east-west links, destroy army equipment and occupy a Georgian base.

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has resigned to avoid facing impeachment. In a televised address, he said he wanted to spare Pakistan of an impeachment battle. The former military ruler was a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.

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Pervez Musharraf's departure leaves the Bush administration without the man it once praised as an "indispensable" partner in the war against terrorism. Many analysts say it's time for the U.S. to adopt a Pakistan policy that's geared to the country and not to a single leader.

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Russia may have decisively beaten Georgia during the recent conflict, but in Moscow analysts are pointing to three areas of failures: military intelligence; an inability to suppress Georgia's air defenses; and the use of massed military force.

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The confrontation between Russia and Georgia has created demands by major Western nations that Russia respect Georgian sovereignty. But the nasty ethnic issue at the heart of the local conflict has been obscured by the big-power wrangling.

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Pervez Musharraf's resignation could require a major revision of U.S. plans. Xenia Dormandy, director of the Belfer Center's Project on India and the Subcontinent at Harvard University, says the U.S. must meld its policy in a way that gains support within Pakistan.

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Pervez Musharraf has resigned as Pakistan's president under threat of impeachment. It may be the final act in a long confrontation between Musharraf and the political opposition that has accused him of illegally seizing power and mishandling the country's economy. Shuja Nawaz, a Pakistani journalist and author, explains issues facing that nation's government.

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Within the century, afternoon highs may reach temperatures that today are found only in the world's hottest deserts, says a new study. Those least able to deal with the increase in extreme heat waves — the world's poor — will be hit the hardest.

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Masha Ma was reminded of her own rejection after she heard Yang Peiyi's story. Peiyi was the seven-year-old told she wasn't pretty enough to be shown singing at the Olympics. Ma was told she didn't have the right look to take part in a pen-pal program writing to students in Canada.

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How can their interconnection affect the United States? Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel and Brookings Institution president Strobe Talbott explain.

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The embattled Pakistani leader left office Monday to avoid impeachment. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the ousted leader should face trial for treason.

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The Southern African Development Community met this weekend, but failed to secure a power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Joel Barkan, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, offers details on Zimbabwe's political crisis.

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The Bush administration loses an ally in its war on terrorism. Musharraf's own future is unclear; after surviving repeated assassination attempts as president, he may now have to go into exile for his own safety.

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For a moment, it seemed as if the rest of the Beijing Olympics would be an anti-climax, as Michael Phelps celebrated his eighth gold swimming medal, but Day 10 of the competition began with new dramas. The U.S. led China in total medals, but the host country held nearly twice as many golds.

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Russian forces have begun to withdraw from conflict areas in Georgia in accordance with a peace plan, Col.-Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn of Russia's General Staff said Monday.

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All eyes will be on the Russian Army on Monday to see whether the Kremlin will follow through on a pledge to withdraw its troops from Georgia.

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Jim Townsend of the Atlantic Council and columnist William Pfaff discuss whether Georgia should join NATO.

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Russia's president says troops will start pulling back from Georgia to South Ossetia Monday. But Russian forces appear to be still tightening their control over Georgian territory.

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American Michael Phelps fulfills an improbable quest with a gold medal finish in his 8th race in Beijing. Phelps now has more gold medals in a single Olympics than any other athlete ever, and some are calling him history's greatest Olympian.

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