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Georgia and S.Ossetia agree truce until talks-Ifax
07 Aug 2008 17:18:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Georgia and South Ossetian separatists agreed on a truce in the troubled province until they hold Russian-mediated talks, Interfax news agency quoted the head of Russian peacekeepers in the region as saying.

Earier on Thursday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili offered the separatists an immediate ceasefire after several days of clashes which fuelled fears of an all-out war and said he had ordered government forces not to return fire. (Writing by Oleg Shchedrov; editing by Andrew Dobbie)


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Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks to a patient during a visit to a military hospital in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 7, 2008. Georgia does not want ...



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