Pictures Of The Day, August 11

Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei plays a shot against Singapore’s Ronald Susilo during the men’s singles second round badminton match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 11, 2008. Lee won the match 21-13, 21-14.Getty Images

Cheng Chu Sian of Malaysia takes aim during their men’s team 1/4 elimination archery match against Italy at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 11, 2008.Reuters Pictures

Muhammad Marbawi of Malaysia takes aim during their men’s team 1/4 elimination archery match against Italy at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 11, 2008.Reuters Pictures

Wan Khalmizam of Malaysia takes aim during their men’s team 1/4 elimination archery match against Italy at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 11, 2008.Reuters Pictures

Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim of Malaysia competes in the men’s 56 kg group A weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium in Beijing on August 10, 2008.Getty Images

Wong Mee Choo of Malaysia plays a shot against Kerry Lee Harrington of South Africa (not pictured) during their women’s singles second round badminton match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, on August 10, 2008. Wong won the match 21-4, 21-4.Getty Images

A female Georgian refugee cries in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.Reuters Pictures

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of GeorgiaGeorgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.Reuters Pictures

Georgian servicemen are seen in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia on Monday, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.Reuters Pictures

A Russian military column drives through the township of Alagir to Georgia’s breakaway province South Ossetia August 10,2008. Russian troops took most of the capital of the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Sunday after a three-day battle.Reuters Pictures

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