UPCOMING COVERAGE FOR TUESDAY, AUG. 26:
FRANCE-AFGHANISTAN
PARIS _ French defense and foreign ministers are questioned by a parliamentary commission investigating the deaths of 10 soldiers in Afghanistan. Session at 1300GMT. AP Photos.
BALTICS-GERMANY
TALLINN, Estonia _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits. Joint news conference with Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip at 0930GMT. Merkel then travels to Lithuania.
GERMANY-COURT MARTIAL
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany _ Article 32 hearing for four U.S. soldiers accused of killing Iraqis. Timing uncertain.
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
IRELAND-EARNS-CRH
DUBLIN, Ireland _ Interim results for building-materials giant Cement Roadstone Holdings PLC. 0600GMT.
MOVED MONDAY:
GEORGIA-LOOKING TO RUSSIA
TSKHINVALI, Georgia _ A big poster of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greets visitors to the capital of Georgia's separatist-controlled territory of South Ossetia, in a clear signal of what most residents here want. Most people here say they hope Moscow will recognize them as a soverign nation and perhaps later make South Ossetia a new region of Russia. By Yuras Karmanau. AP Photos.
GEORGIA-AUTUMN OF DISCONTENT
TBILISI, Georgia _ As Georgia takes comes to grips with the damage inflicted by Russia's military campaign, President Mikhail Saakashvili seems likely to face the anger and frustration of tens of thousands of displaced Georgians. By Mike Eckel. AP Photos.
GEORGIA-AFTER THE WAR
TSKHINVALI, Georgia _ While thousands of displaced South Ossetians slowly trickle back to their crippled homeland from refugee camps and homes in southern Russia, tens of thousands of ethnic Georgians, who had fled to Tbilisi from Georgian enclaves inside the breakaway province, battle despair as they are unlikely to return to their homes. By Yuras Karmanau. AP Photos.
SPAIN-PLANE CRASH
MADRID, Spain _ Forensic teams have identified the bodies of more than half the 154 victims of last week's plane crash in Madrid, but some may never be identified because of problems in obtaining DNA from relatives, the interior minister said. By Daniel Woolls.
FRANCE-NAZI MASSACRE
MAILLE, France _ French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a village where retreating Nazi troops massacred 124 people on Aug. 25, 1944, the same day the Allies liberated Paris. By Laurent Pirot. AP Photos.
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
DENMARK-BANK RESCUE
COPENHAGEN, Denmark _ The Danish central bank said it has taken over the nation's 10th largest bank, a 124-year-old institution which had been struggling amid global financial turmoil and mounting losses on mortgage loans as housing prices fell in Denmark. By Jan M. Olsen.
GERMANY-ADIDAS-PUMA
FRANKFURT, Germany _ The Olympic Games not only brought gold for athletes and their countries, but also for the companies that outfitted them with their gear. By Katrin Schiefer.
GERMANY-LUFTHANSA-AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
FRANKFURT, Germany _ Deutsche Lufthansa AG has made a nonbinding offer for a stake in rival Austrian Airlines, a Lufthansa spokesman said.
RUSSIA-TNK-BP
MOSCOW _ A senior TNK-BP executive has quit the Anglo-Russian oil company amid a damaging struggle for control between the British and Russian shareholders, the joint venture said.
The AP
