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Georgia warplanes strike S.Ossetia-Interfax
08 Aug 2008 03:19:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Georgian warplanes attacked separatist positions in the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Friday, Interfax news agency quoted the head of Russian peacekeepers in the region as saying.

It quoted Marat Kulakhmetov as saying five Soviet-designed Su-25 planes took part in the strike on the village of Tkverneti. (Writing by Oleg Shchedrov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)


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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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