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ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We begin with those earthquake, though, George, in China. The strongest registering at 6.9, striking a province near Tibet. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. We begin with the kind of headline that makes us all say "not again." Another huge earthquake, this one, a 6.9 has ripped its way through China. Emergency workers are having to climb 13,000 feet in one region to reach the countless people in shattered homes and buildings. Our correspondent in China, Clarissa Ward, takes us to the scene. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) What's your drink, if you have one? If your liquor of choice is vodka, you probably just know just how flooded the market has become from premium brands to flavor infusion to celebrity endorsements. There is no shortage of bottles to choose from for the vodka drinker. But one bottle does stand out and that is the Absolut truth, as Clarissa Ward reports. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we move on now. The battle of the titans ratcheted up another notch tonight. And we mean the nation of China versus the independent nation of Google. As we told you last night, that giant American company, Google, has mounted an assault on China's wall of censorship, routing all Google searches in China through Hong Kong where criticism is allowed. But today, the Chinese matched Google's breech in their wall with another wall. Game on. Here's Clarissa Ward in Beijing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And finally tonight, by this point in February, most of us have had it with frigid snow and ice. But in one city, these are the days of dreams and creativity. And ABC's Clarissa Ward takes us on a voyage to the ice festival call in Harbin, China. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In Indonesia, the magnitude of the destruction from Wednesday's huge earthquake is becoming increasingly and devastatingly clear, as rescuers reach remote villages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) Good morning, Bill and Kate. Good morning, everyone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Hey, good morning, Bill and Kate. Good morning, everyone. We begin with that arrest overnight of a man authorities say secretly taped nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and posted them on the web. The arrest comes after a months-long FBI investigation. ABC's Todd Conner has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There is a major shift to report tonight at one of the US military's most notorious prisons, the one at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. For the first time, inmates there are going to be allowed to challenge their custody. Clarissa Ward is in Afghanistan tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Chances are that most of what you know about reindeer is that the most famous ones have names like Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen and of course Rudolph. Though it seems reindeer lose their magic for most of us around 9 or so. But deep in the mountains of northern Mongolia there really is a beautiful, almost fantastical place where a people live among these magnificent creatures. ABC's Clarissa Ward found out things even Santa doesn't know in this installment of "Nightline's" "Into the Wild". [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) Our reporter, Clarissa Ward, is in Beijing. She got a glimpse of all this. Clarissa? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There are new clues tonight in the suicide bombings at those two American-owned hotels in Indonesia that killed nine people. Investigators now say they have linked Friday's attacks to other bombings and to Indonesia's most notorious terrorist. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do move on to other news now. And overseas tonight, we're learning more about the deadly suicide bombings that struck two hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia. Eight Americans are among the injured. Nine people are dead. Tonight, ABC News has learned protections put in place after a previous terror attack at that same hotel might have actually made this attack worse. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay. Thank you, Kate, Charlie. Let's turn overseas now to Indonesia where investigators are sifting through damage after two bombs exploded in American hotels, killing nine people. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In Jakarta, Indonesia, the full extent of yesterday's suicide attack has become clear. Nine dead, 52 are injured in coordinated suicide blasts that targeted a pair of upscale hotels, a target rich with westerners. In an instant, a four-year lull in terror attacks was over. Clarissa Ward is in Jakarta. Clarissa? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, President Obama heads to Moscow tonight for high-level talks about nuclear weapons, climate change and the economy. Russia has taken a really big hit in the global financial crunch. In fact, things are so bad that the world-famous Russian nesting dolls need a bailout. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) At a remarkable 115 years old, Gertrude Baines of Los Angeles, California, currently holds the title of the oldest person in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The Georgia native was born in 1894, but while she may be the oldest person, there is a country far away where the average life expectancy is much longer than elsewhere. So what is their secret? Clarissa Ward went in search of an answer. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In just a few short hours, the attention of over a hundred million residents from 42 European countries will turn to Moscow, Russia where performers, adorned in their most spectacular outfits, will take the stage in a dramatic quest for song supremacy. On the line is national pride and the stakes are higher than you might think. Just ask Abba. As Clarissa Ward now reports. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Oh, cocktail hour. A tradition of relaxation shared by cultures around the globe. Good company, good conversation and a libation of choice served how you like it. Perhaps yours is a martini, shaken not stirred, a fine bourbon, or vodka on the rocks with a twist. But how about a spirit you don't imbibe but rather inhale? For Clarissa Ward Gin Mist is "A Sign of the Times". [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, for decades, nightclubs in Tokyo have famously played host to businessmen seeking the company of attractive young women, geishas, but more and more businesswomen in the workforce there's a new craze sweeping Japan. Clubs offering women the company of male geishas or gigolos. For a fee, they'll become the man of your dreams for a night or several. Clarissa Ward felt the need for a personal investigation in tonight's "Sign of the Times". [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) So, we've been having a little fun playing with spy stuff this morning, but rest assured, espionage, still serious business. Britain's top intelligence agency now has an opening for a brand-new job straight out of a bond movie, a high-tech spymaster. Here's ABC's Clarissa Ward. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we begin with North Korea. Defying pressure from the United States and the international community and launching that rocket. Tensions in the region are high after the launch, especially in nearby South Korea. Our - Clarissa Ward joins us now from Seoul. Good morning, Clarissa. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Kate. We'll turn now to the far east. And the world is watching closely to see if North Korea goes ahead with plans to launch a long-range missile as early as this week. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) The director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, has warned that the global economic crisis is the top threat to our national security. In part because of the way it destabilizes other countries. He pointed to anti-government demonstrations in Russia, where unemployment is up to 8.1% and skinhead violence is on the rise. Clarissa Ward reports from Moscow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There are plenty of people in the world who don't like zoos. Zoo critics. They're morally concerned by the sight of wild animals locked in cages. Well, suppose you lost the cage and you let the beasts, in this case one of the animal kingdom's most ferocious predators, roam among the many visitors supposedly tame. We found one far away place that does exactly that. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Finally, man and beast. Some of the most peaceful people in the world live right alongside some of the wildest animals in the world and many tourists come to see both. ABC's Clarissa Ward went to take a look. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We have been talking about it all morning, now imagine getting up close and personal with man-eating tigers. Well at the Tiger Temple of Thailand, you can actually cuddle with some fully grown tigers. A total of 34 tigers live in harmony with the monks that are there in this very unusual temple. And while the tigers kind of seem to be adorable and popular with the tourists, as you can imagine, this has a got a lot of controversy surrounding it, ABC's Clarissa Ward has more. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) This is, as you know, truly a global crisis, affecting billions of people in ways that are sometimes surprising. Tonight, we have reports from correspondents around the world. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) The US and its European allies are sharply condemning the Russian president's decision today to recognize the independence of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, the latest on that crisis in Georgia. Today, the Russians promised to pull their troops back, but not far enough to satisfy the White House. ABC's Clarissa Ward is in Georgia tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And good evening from Washington, where the escalating crisis with Russia has senior military and administration officials pretty nervous tonight. Today, Russia signed a deal to stop the fighting in Georgia, its next-door neighbor, but that agreement on paper has not yet changed the situation on the ground. President Bush, who is at his ranch in Texas, said Russia must now pull its troops out of Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) From trouble for the US in Pakistan to America's troubled relationship with Moscow. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will consult with NATO allies tomorrow on possibly diplomatic sanctions against Russia for it's attack on Georgia. Russian President Medvedev promised his troops would begin their withdrawal from Georgia today. But there's little evidence he's following through. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. The rapidly cooling relations between the United States and Russia turned downright frosty today. President Bush stepped up his rhetoric saying that Russia's actions in the Republic of Georgia are, 'completely unacceptable". And have damaged Russia's relations with the international community. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHRIS CUOMO (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's begin with the developing situation in Georgia and tensions that go far beyond the battlefield. ABC's Clarissa Ward has the very latest for us this morning from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Clarissa? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. In sobering terms, President Bush renewed his call late today for a cease fire in the conflict between Russia and Georgia. Ignoring that and similar calls from US allies, Russian forces moved beyond the break away regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and apparently have moved into Georgia itself. There are reports the Russians have captured the Georgian town of Gori and a military base in Senaki. It is clear the Russians have the upper hand in this conflict. It is not clear how long they intend to carry on the fight. ABC's Clarissa Ward is in Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) President Bush today called on Russia to withdraw its troops from neighboring Georgia, or risk a dramatic and brutal escalation in the conflict. But tonight, Russian tanks and aircraft continued to move deep into the former Soviet Republic, beyond the separatist regions of Abkhazia and Ossetia. Russia clearly has greater military power than its neighbor, so why has it decided to attack? Clarissa Ward now reports from Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And also, now it's time to begin with that breaking news. As we said, the Russian president has ordered an end to military operations in Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) Good morning, Diane and Chris. Good morning, everyone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JIM SCIUTTO (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Russia's ambassador to the UN says Russia is, quote, 'ready to put an end to the war," but there is no sign of that on the ground tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Still overseas, long, simmering tensions between Russia and a former soviet republic, the nation of Georgia, exploded today in a burst of bombs and tank fire. There are reports that as many as 1,400 people were killed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Finally tonight, our "Person of the Week." His life is a study in contrasts. In this country, this money man lives a lavish lifestyle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DEBORAH ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. John, maybe he makes a mean burger. Thank you, John Berman. Well, we turn now to Iraq on this Independence Day and with a look at how US soldiers are spending the holiday. At home, they'd likely be at a barbecue or the beach. But in Iraq, it's work time, holiday or not. ABC's Clarissa Ward has spent some time with the troops. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. Most biblical scholars agree that Jesus himself spoke about coming back to the Earth a second time, what's commonly referred to as the Second Coming. In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus is quoted as saying that 'we shall see the son of man coming in the clouds with power and great glory." But what it doesn't say is that he'll arrive in Siberia, and yet that's where one isolated religious community believes he has landed. Clarissa Ward now reports from the heart of Russia with the latest installment of our series 'Faith Matters." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Global warming is happening much faster in the Arctic, so it's no surprise that many countries are sending their scientists to the top of the world. But is there another reason? ABC's Clarissa Ward headed to the northern-most town on the globe and found it surprisingly busy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Finally tonight, hundreds of runners every year take off across the Sahara Desert in Morocco. They run for a week, the equivalent of six regular marathons, in blazing heat. This year more than 800 runners from 32 countries started the race. ABC's Clarissa Ward went to find out why. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now a journey. Far from anywhere, tourists usually tread. This trip is an intense and grueling battle. It pits man and woman against the elements and against themselves. Now, if you think running a marathon is a challenge, and I do, in a city with friends and food waiting for you at the finish line, imagine running not one, but six marathons and not nearby, but half a world away in the Moroccan Desert. People from all over the world converge to test their courage and have a real adventure. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) Welcome back to Baghdad. And now, a trip to the zoo, something a little lighter here. You know, five years ago, this city boasted one of the biggest, finest menageries in all of the Middle East, but it took a huge hit during the invasion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Russians took to the streets today after Dmitry Medvedev easily won yesterday's presidential election. No one disputes that Medvedev owes his victory to the outgoing president Vladimir Putin. Or that Putin will still call the shots. In Russia today that was cause for both protests and celebration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) Good morning, Kate. Good morning, everyone. (Off-camera) We begin with breaking news from Pakistan. A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of tribal elders in the country's northwest area that borders Afghanistan. RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We have one more note about presidential politics, in this case, Russian presidential politics. Voters there will go to the polls this Sunday to elect the next president, to replace Vladimir Putin who cannot run for another term. And Putin is supporting his favorite candidate. And even without exit polling, we feel certain we already know who will win. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]