WORLD

* Georgian Winter Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died on Friday in Vancouver after a crash during training on Friday, IOC officials said

* Ukraine has no intention of bidding to become a member of NATO, Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday as Western leaders congratulated him on winning the former Soviet republic"s presidential polls

* Even before official presidential vote results have been announced in Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych has received a flurry of congratulations from Western powers and organizations, as they continue to distance themselves from "orange" leaders

* Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has been taken to a New York hospital with a heart complaint

* Sergei Bagapsh was sworn in for his second term as president of Abkhazia, thanking Russia in his inaugural address for helping the republic achieve independence from Georgia

* China once again urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to immediately cancel his meeting with Tibetan

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