The fighting in Georgia marks a new downturn in US-Russian relations. The Bush administration is calling for an immediate ceasefire. But as The World's Matthew Bell reports, Washington's leverage is limited.

China had been pushing hard to make its martial art, wushu, an Olympic sport. Now only an exhibition event and no medals will be presented. Some Chinese see this as cultural affront because Japan's judo and Korea's taekwondo became official Olympic sports when those countries hosted the Games. Others say wushu isn't ready for prime time. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports.

Actor Jet Li is a former wushu champion

Anchor Marco Werman gets the highlights so far from the Games in Beijing from Olympics expert David Wallichinsky.

The fighting between Russian and Georgian forces is the first big military operation on foreign soil for Russian forces since the fall of the Soviet Union. The World's Katy Clark reports on Russia's military might.

Video: Victory Day parade in Moscow 2008

On May 9, 2008 tanks and missile launchers featured in Russia's Victory Day parade for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks to the BBC's Sarah Rainsford about how Moscow is justifying its military operation against Georgia.

Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest on the clashes between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia from Tblisi, Georgia's capital.

Today on The World: Russian forces advance their attacks in the former Soviet state of Georgia, despite calls for a ceasefire; A WWII U.S. air force pilot who witnessed Hiroshima's devastation becomes an advocate for peace; China's push to get the martial art known as Wushu into the Olympic Games.

As Democratic Barack Obama vacationed in Hawaii, Republican John McCain flexed his foreign policy muscles today. He used a routine campaign stop in Erie, Pennsylvania to issue a lengthy statement about the Russian attacks on Georgia. He called on the Western world to unite in condemnation of Russia, saying the existence of the ancient Caucasus country and its democratic government were at stake.

McCain and Democratic opponent Barack Obama both have condemned the Russian military action that began after Georgian forces sought to retake control of South Ossetia. That region, like Abkhazia, another breakaway district inside Georgia, has become virtually autonomous in the 17 years since Georgia gained independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Video: McCain statement on Georgia

We lead this week with news that a major global group of cybercriminals has been busted for identity theft. We'll dig deep into that story, and we'll dig deep into electronic waste in the West African nation of Ghana. Then, our semi-regual check in with the folks at the AfriGadget blog. And we end this week with a fun take on some new research on, yawn, boredom.

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