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A battle has begun on the border between the Republic of Georgia and Russia. Georgian forces backed by warplanes have launched a full-scale internal offensive in the region of South Ossetia. They're fighting with Russian-backed separatists over control of the breakaway region. Madeleine Brand talks with Lawrence Sheets about the fighting.

Amid pollution, protests and impressive pomp and circumstance, the opening ceremony kicked off the Beijing Olympics Friday. More than 90,000 visitors were in attendance.

Complex diplomatic negotiations are taking place in the volatile region. With the U.S. taking a back seat in the talks, smaller countries such as Egypt and Syria are stepping up and taking leading roles.

Two Muslim members of the Uighur minority are under arrest in connection with Monday's attack in Kashgar, China, that killed 16 paramilitary troops. Washington Post reporter Jill Drew says tensions between Xinjiang Province's Uighurs and Han Chinese are rising.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told a war crimes court in the Netherlands on Thursday that he needed more time to study genocide charges against him before entering a plea. Karadzic also told the court he would defend himself.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been flown from Serbia to The Hague where he faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. He is to make his first appearance before the international war crimes tribunal Thursday.

Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic was extradited Wednesday to The Hague, where he will face war crimes charges. Stefan Niksic, a journalist with Nin — an independent weekly in Belgrade — talks with Renee Montagne.

Radovan Karadzic's arrest on war crimes charges was met with a burst of celebration in the streets of Sarajevo, which suffered a brutal siege at the hands of Bosnian Serb militias loyal to Karadzic during the Bosnian war. But many citizens of Sarajevo are bitter that he was able to live on the lam for 13 years.

As head of the Serbian Democratic Party in 1990, Radovan Karadzic was still expressing moderate views. Hard-line nationalism was the ascendant ideology in Serb circles, however, and soon he was spewing anti-Muslim invective. Whether he believed his own hateful words is another question.

As with many unfounded fears, those questions played out in my head and not in reality. In fact, both the segment's producer and Tom Fudge graciously dispelled the nervousness I experienced beforehand.