CNN reports here: “TBLISI, Georgia - Georgia’s president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.” At the same time as China opened the 29th Olympic Games, see this story here on the Olympic Opening Ceremony.
BBC News reports here: “Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, has advised other men not to follow his example and marry 86 women.” wow! 
CNN reports here: BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. President George W. Bush expressed “deep concerns” over religious freedom and human rights in China on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a wide-ranging Asian policy speech delivered Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand.
CNN reports here: WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy submarine leaked trace amounts of radioactive water for two years as it made port calls in Japan and other Asian nations, the Navy said Thursday.
Broccoli may help ward off prostate cancer, BBC News reports here: Eating broccoli could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels, research suggests.
AP reports here at CNN: The celebutante thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain has issued a tart rebuttal, in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way.
CNN reports here: BEIJING, China - Chinese paramilitary police beat two Japanese journalists Monday night in the border city of Kashgar, where a deadly attack targeting police officers had occurred hours earlier, journalist groups said.
CNN reports here: LONDON, England - Almost 50 percent of the world’s primates are in danger of extinction, according to a report from an international conservation group that cites habitat destruction and hunting as the two greatest threats.
BBC News reports here: Oil prices touch $118 a barrel, the lowest price for three months, as figures indicate supplies are rising.