07/04/08

"Let me be as clear as I can be. I intend to end this war. My first day in office I will bring the joint chiefs of staff in and I will give them a new mission and that is to end this war," Obama told reporters in his second news conference.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will decide next week whether to attend the opening of the Games, depending on the outcome of talks between Beijing and envoys of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader.

Scientists may finally have discovered the secret of Stradivarius violins.

In front of a reproduction of the Berlin wall, a wax President John F. Kennedy stands next to a video showing his famous "I am a Berliner" speech.