The Beijing Olympics have ended. The U.S. won the most medals. China won the most gold.

The Democratic National Convention begins tonight. Stay tuned. Travis, our man on the ground, will be sending updates.

>><!--top1-->Georgia<!--top1End--> - <!--top1Content-->President Mikheil Saakashvili announced on Sunday that he intends to rebuild Georgia's army and remains committed to keeping Abkhazia and South Ossetia under Georgia's flag. Today both houses of Russia's parliament voted today to request that President Medvedev recognize the independence of the two separatist enclaves.<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->Pakistan<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->The party led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has quit the governing coalition amid arguments over the reinstatement of judges dismissed by former President Musharraf and also who would be nominated as a replacement for the former President. Sharif claims that an earlier agreement had been reached to nominate a non-partisan candidate. The Pakistan People's Party has nominated Benazir Bhutto's widow, Asif Ali Zardari. Analysts believe it's unlikely that the government will fall.<!--top2ContentEnd-->

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