Patrick Chappatte, International Herald Tribune

Night one at the Republican National Convention got off to a slow start. The World's Jason Margolis and Matthew Bell talk to the foreign press about what they're - not - sending back home.

U.S. military veterans from Iraq staged a protest march against the war on the first day of the Republican National Convention in St.Paul.

Hurry Cain

Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

Cam Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen

Monterrey, Mexico's punk-funkers, Plastilina Mosh keep music fans on their toes. The World's Marco Werman reports.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Isla de la Juventud, south of mainland Cuba. This weekend, the island was directly in the path of Hurricane Gustav, the powerful Category 4 hurricane with its screaming 140 mph winds. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana.

Gustav hits Cuba

Ramadan starts today with the sighting of the crescent moon. For the next month, practicing Muslims won't eat or drink anything during daylight hours. And the dawn to dusk fast will be more challenging that usual. For the next 10 years Ramadan will fall in the late summer months...the days are longer and the heat greater. The World's Quil Lawrence reports from Jerusalem.

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