Members of the U.S. Army Old Guard place a flag at each of the over 220,000 graves of fallen U.S. military service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, May 24, 2012. Memorial Day will be commemorated this weekend across the United States.    REUTERS/Jason Reed  (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY)

Reuters Photojournalism

Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography.  See more | Photo caption 

Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Fleet Week

The U.S. Navy takes Manhattan for a week.  Slideshow 

Students show emotions at the 2012 Joplin High School commencement ceremony inside the Leggett and Plant Athletic Center at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri, May 21, 2012.           REUTERS/Larry Downing    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

The Class of 2012

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FACTBOX: Developments in Georgia

Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:08am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are developments in Georgia at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday:

-- Railway bridge on main line west of Georgian capital Tbilisi is destroyed, residents say it was blown up by Russian soldiers but Moscow denies it is responsible.

-- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signs ceasefire pact already signed by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will start pulling out troops after additional security arrangements there are put in place.

-- Russian forces continue to move around in parts of Georgia far outside separatist areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia where they have peacekeeping forces.

-- In South Ossetia, Russian military says it faces some "diversionary groups and snipers" but that "in general, the situation is under the control of our forces".

OTHER EVENTS:

-- Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder blames Tbilisi for sparking hostilities and says breakaway regions are unlikely to remain part of Georgia, a stance at odds with current German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the United States.

-- Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Georgia conflict poses grave threat to world energy supplies.

-- Senior Russian general says Poland's agreement with United States to host parts of missile defense shield make it potential target of nuclear attack.

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