MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Georgia's parliament has
approved a presidential decree introducing martial law for 15 days in the
country, reports reaching here from Tbilisi said Saturday.
President Mikhail Saakashvili signed the decree
introducing martial law earlier on Saturday.
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An armoured vehicle on fire in the
separatist capital of South Ossetia Tskhinvali is seen in this image from
television footage by RTR Russian Television Channel, Aug. 8, 2008.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Medvedev: Withdrawal of Georgian
troops is unique way to settle crisis in South Ossetia
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The withdrawal of Georgian troops
from the conflict zone of Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia is
the only way to settle the "tragic crisis", Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
told his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush in a telephone conversation on
Saturday. Full story
Abkhazia launches operation to force
Georgian troops out
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Abkhazia's armed forces have
begun an operation to force Georgian troops out of the upper part of the Kodori
gorge, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted foreign minister of the self-proclaimed
republic Sergei Shamba as saying Saturday. Full story
Prospect remains dim to solve South
Ossetia conflict
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua)
-- The escalating clashes in South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia,
have threatened to ignite a wider war in the delicate Caucasus region despite
international calls for a ceasefire. Full story
Georgia calls for ceasefire after Russian troops takes
Tskhinvali
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Georgia's President Mikhail
Saakashvili called for an immediate ceasefire in the breakaway province of South
Ossetia, reports reaching here from Tbilisi said on Saturday. Full story
Georgian president to impose martial
law
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Georgian President
Mikhail Saakashvili said Saturday that martial law will be imposed in the country.
Full story
Russian troops take control of South
Ossetian capital
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Russian army on Saturday took full control of the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of
South Ossetia from Georgian forces, Russian news agencies quoted the
head of the Russian ground forces as saying. Full story
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Georgian troops fire rockets at a South
Ossetian territory near a settlement in Ergneti, 95 km (59 miles) from
Tbilisi, Aug. 8, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Russian paratroops enter South
Ossetia
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Units of the Russian Airborne
Forces have entered the region of South Ossetia, confirmed Russian Army
Assistant Commander Col. Igor Konashenkov on Saturday. Full story
Georgia, South Ossetia exchange fire
again
MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Georgian armed forces traded gunfire with militants of the breakaway region of South Ossetia near the regional capital Tskhinvali overnight Thursday into
Friday, and South Ossetia said the number of fatalities is estimated
at over 1, 000. Full story
Georgia declares all-out mobilization
of reservists
MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said in A televised address on Friday that he had declared all-out mobilization of reservists,
the Itar-Tass news agency reported. Full story
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