Oly London pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory to beat Paris and win the 2012 Olympics, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailing the decision as a "momentous day" for the city. Oly Tears and jubilation sweep through London as thousands of people celebrate the news that the capital will host the Olympic Games in 2012. Oly French President Jacques Chirac wished London "good luck" in staging the 2012 Olympic Games after the British capital beat out Paris for the right to host the event. G8 Masked protesters fought pitched battles with police as the world's most powerful leaders convened on a massively-secured luxury Scottish golf resort to help Africa's poor and curb global warming. G8 Protesters vowed to press ahead with a demonstration near the Group of Eight summit site even after police ordered it cancelled. G8 US President George W. Bush told reporters in Denmark he recognized that human activity contributed to climate change. G8 The Group of Eight (G8) summit is likely to yield only lacklustre promises on climate change, thanks to hardline tactics by US President George W. Bush, green activists said here. Austria Austrian officials said they were checking an accusation -- dismissed as "ridiculous" by Tehran -- that Iranian president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad was involved in s 1989 murder of an Iranian Kurdish leader and two aides in Vienna. Iran An Iranian nuclear negotiator vehemently denied a report by the official agency IRNA that the official in charge of Iran's nuclear programme, Hassan Rowhani, had resigned. India Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon as angry Hindu nationalists staged scattered protests against an attack by militants on a flashpoint holy site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims. Myanmar Myanmar's military junta released 249 people from prisons across the country, including a top aide to pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, her opposition National League for Democracy said.