AP - For President Bush, it would seem a small gesture to make a big point: Staying away from the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics would send a clear signal of U.S. anger over China’s crackdown against anti-Beijing Tibetan protesters.
AFP - A fire swept through a refugee camp in eastern Chad injuring 10 people and leaving some 3,000 people from Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region homeless, the United Nations said Saturday.