AP - Russia recalled its ambassador from Georgia on Thursday and announced a partial evacuation of Russian personnel and their families from the former Soviet republic, the Foreign Ministry said.
AFP - India and South Africa will sign agreements on railways, education and science and technology to boost bilateral ties during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's four-day visit beginning Saturday.
AP - The money transfer company SWIFT has for years secretly supplied U.S. authorities with massive amounts of personal data for use in anti-terror investigations, violating EU privacy rules, a Belgian commission said Thursday.