Beyond the sports highlights of the Games, we should also remember the ravaging of a country, sacrificed at the altar of commercialism.

Israel now within Irans' Air Force fighter jet range! Analysis: Major warning sign of possible escalation. Irans' AF Commander admits to these upgrades, which heighten tensions across the board!

The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran. They therefore warned Israel against attacking, saying such a strike would under

a Reuters cameraman and three other civilians, including two children, who were killed in Juhor al-Dik in the central Gaza Strip, on 16 April 2008. The cameraman, Fadel Shana'a, and the other civilians were killed by an Israeli tank crew,

VIDEO:(CNN)-- Georgian leaders may be blaming Russia for the conflict raging in South Ossetia, but former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday "there is no doubt" that Georgia provoked the clash.

BAQUBA -- The crisis over electricity failure grows as summer temperatures climb and a drought plagues Iraq. It is a crisis Iran is using to help Iraqis where the U.S. has failed.

The neoconservatives represent the greatest danger ever faced by the United States and the world. Humanity has no greater enemy.

On Sunday I talked with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the elder statesman who was national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter, about the Russian invasion of Georgia. He long tangled with Soviet power. Now he takes on Putin:

Have a look at how Russia's news is reporting this story. Our Mianstream media is censoring it and turning things around. The main thing it has to do with is Nato, and oil. This is Genocide that Georgia is perpatrating itself. It all needs to stop!!

Amazing story of how Georgian government, media and other websites were attacked by denial of service attacks in mid-July, preceding the actual invasion by Russia. Russia denies involvement, but US technical experts are investigating further.