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Russian forces battle Georgians
Russia engages in fierce clashes in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, reports say, amid fears of all-out war.

Spectacular opening for Olympics
China opens the 2008 Olympic Games with a lavish ceremony in Beijing, watched on TV by more than one billion people.

Repossessions rise by 48%
The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders in the UK rose by 48% in the first half of 2008, to 18,900.

RBS hit by £691m half-year loss
Royal Bank of Scotland posts a six-month pre-tax loss of £691m, the second-biggest loss in UK banking history.

Fannie Mae unveils loss of $2.3bn
US mortgage finance company Fannie Mae plunges $2.3bn into the red as a result of housing market woes.

Hooligans get suspended sentences
Four Middlesbrough fans who attacked a group of Chelsea supporters on a train are given suspended sentences.

Seven dead in Czech train crash
Seven people die and around 70 are hurt as an international express train hits a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic.

Life term for 'dirty look' killer
A 16-year-old is given a life sentence for stabbing to death a schoolboy he felt had given him a "dirty look".

'Peeping Tom' rapist imprisoned
A man who spied on his neighbours with a hidden camera in their bedroom is sent to prison for an indefinite period.

Hollywood star Matthew Rhys becomes druid Matthew Taf
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys says he is honoured to become a bardic druid, Matthew Taf, in his home city of Cardiff.