A Chinese supporter in the Bird's Nest Stadium reflects the nation's sadness as their poster-boy hurdler Liu Xiang limps out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Russian tanks remain deep inside Georgian territory despite a ceasefire deal. Russian forces are thought to control much of Georgia's main east-west highway.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his decision to resign in a live television address to the nation.
His resignation came as the coalition government prepared to launch impeachment proceedings - the first in Pakistan's 61-year history.
At least 63 people have been killed in twin suicide bombings outside a munitions factory in the town of Wah, near Islamabad, Pakistani officials say.
A fire broke out at Egypt's upper house of parliament. A number of people needed hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.
More than 150 people have died after a plane veered off the runway during take-off at Madrid's international airport.
The jet crashed into a ravine alongside the runway and broke up, setting light to the surrounding dry vegetation.
Bulgarian dairy farmers protesting over a delay in the payment of state subsidies for milk clash with police in the village of Shipka, about 200km (125 miles) east of the capital Sofia.
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