After Hillary Rodham Clinton closed the book on her 2008 presidential bid with an emphatic plea for party unity, the Democratic convention spotlight turns to her husband, as former President Bill Clinton takes to the prime-time television stage Wednesday evening
AP - A U.S. military ship loaded with aid docked at a southern Georgian port Wednesday, and Russia sent three missile boats to another Georgian port as the standoff escalated over a nation devastated by war with Russia.
Reuters - An air strike killed 30
Taliban in southeastern Afghanistan close to the border with
Pakistan and Afghan police killed 18 more militants in the
south of the country, officials said on Wednesday.