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RIYADH (Reuters) - With inflation rising across the Gulf Arab region, Saudi Arabia's perennial problem of unequal distribution of wealth has never been so obvious.

PARIS (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Saturday China was mistreating and torturing civilians in Tibet while the Olympic Games were going on.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July, his campaign said on Saturday, nearly double that of his Republican rival John McCain.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday he plans to meet with Chevron Corp officials and lawyers for 30,000 jungle residents who are suing the U.S. oil giant for up to $16 billion over environmental damages.

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, after meeting with his national security team, said on Saturday some progress has been made in resolving the Georgia crisis but Russia still needs to withdraw its troops.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday when the U.S. Congress returns next month from its summer recess, Democrats will offer legislation that could give oil companies drilling access to more offshore areas.

MINSK (Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Kozulin, considered in the West to be the ex-Soviet state's most prominent political prisoner, was released on Saturday and is on his way home, his daughter said.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police arrested 10 people on Saturday who they said were behind bomb attacks which killed at least 45 people in the western city of Ahmedabad last month.

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region has agreed to withdraw troops from a neighboring Iraqi province and hand over security in the area to forces of the central government, a Kurdish official said.

COSTA MESA, California (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday criticized Russia's military operations against Georgia, arguing the conflict poses a grave threat to world energy supplies.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebels accused Sudan's government of more attacks on Saturday, saying Khartoum was not serious about peace and was pursuing a military solution to the conflict.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling coalition has prepared impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf focusing on violation of the constitution and misconduct, a coalition official said on Saturday.

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in Indian Kashmir on Saturday to pay homage to a separatist leader killed by police in violent protests over a land row that is testing New Delhi's hold on the troubled region.

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims poured into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, defying bomb attacks across the country to attend a rite that has become an annual show of strength for the Shi'ite majority.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's campaign fundraising continues to grow, with July's contributions hitting $27 million as his race against Democratic rival Barack Obama enters a crucial period, a top aide said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government's aid agency said on Friday.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 90 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The author who put Democratic Sen. John Kerry on the defensive over his military record during his 2004 presidential run has turned his attention to 2008 White House hopeful Barack Obama with a new bestseller.

PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, facing a sodomy charge and a fractious alliance, officially kicked off his drive to seize power when he filed papers on Saturday to run for parliament.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian and Thai troops started to pull their troops back from a disputed border area on Saturday, Cambodian army officers said, after a month-long stand-off centering on a 900-year-old temple.