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Suspected terrorists in China have struck three times in the past 10 days. More than 25 people have died in the violence in China's far west, which has prompted extra-tight security across the country during the Beijing Olympics.

The U.S. president spoke after his Georgian counterpart said Russian forces were still burning and looting towns in Georgia a day after the two sides agreed to a cease-fire. Russian officials have denied having any troops in the key town of Gori.

Russia and Georgia have agreed to a provisional cease-fire that ends five days of conflict in a truce negotiated by France's president. But Georgian officials have made disturbing allegations about the activities of Russian militias and say Russia is still occupying Georgian territories.

Bombs Away

The war between Russia and Georgia is based on the territorial claims of two ethnic groups, but it's also a reassertion of Russian power along its borders.

Georgia says Russian forces have taken a key town outside the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says the conflict is part Russian attempts to reassert its dominance.

The battle between Russia and Georgia shows no sign of letting up. The conflict was triggered by a Georgian ground offensive into the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia. Now Georgia's president says he's withdrawing forces from the area and publicly calling for a cease-fire. But Russia continues its bombardment of Georgian territory.

The former Soviet republic's government presses for a truce in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Georgian troops retreated Sunday under heavy fire from Russia. The civilian ethnic Georgian minority in South Ossetia also was fleeing.

Georgia this weekend prepared for increased ground attacks as Russia sent more troops and hundreds of tanks into the breakaway province of South Ossetia on Saturday. President Bush urged Russia and Georgia Saturday morning to declare a cease fire.

The opening of the new airport in the Iraqi city of Najaf highlights plans to turn this holy city into the "Baghdad of the south" for Shiites. What does the economic boom mean for a country that is trying not to split up along ethnic and religious lines?