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SOCHI, Russia (CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, voting activists are bracing themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters.

Joseph Biden has accepted the US Democratic party's vice-presidential nomination, just hours after Barack Obama's selection as presidential candidate was approved at the party's convention in Denver.

Western condemnation has continued to mount over Russia's support for independence in Georgia's two breakaway republics, Abhkazia and South Ossetia.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of three-way talks aimed at a Mid-East peace agreement.

US Democrats have launched their national convention in Denver, with ringing endorsements of the party's White House hopeful Barack Obama.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party says it will boycott the formal opening of parliament by President Robert Mugabe.

North Korea says it has stopped disabling its nuclear facilities, accusing the US of reneging on a six-party disarmament deal.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama's pledge to supporters that they would be the "first to know" his running mate turned out to be a savvy but unworkable communications strategy.

ABOARD THE U.S.S. MCFAUL - A Russian general suggested that U.S. ships in the Black Sea loaded with humanitarian aid would worsen tensions already driven to a post-Cold War high by a short but intense war between Russia and Georgia.