Georgia's critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country's democratic standards.

European governments pledged to safeguard bank deposits in a bid to stem financial panic, but they stopped short of a coordinated strategy.

Ahmed Wali Karzai said the accusations against him were "baseless" and represented political pressure on the president following his criticism of a recent U.S. airstrike.

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Russia accused Georgia of "seeking to provoke new hostilities" even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The Dow Jones industrials finished more than 360 points lower, dropping below the 10,000 mark for the first time in five years.