Unix Timestamp: 1219795200
Wednesday, August 27. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

22 are killed after Hurricane Gustav makes landfall over Haiti. //news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather (AP via Yahoo! News)

The United States condemns the decision by the Russian President to recognize as independent states the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. //rustavi2.com/news/news_text.php?id_news=27640pg=1im=mainct=0wth= (Rustavi 2)