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Georgia official says Russia captured Georgia town
11 Aug 2008 16:14:34 GMT
 Source: Reuters
TBILISI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A Georgian official said on Monday that Russian forces had captured the Georgian town of Gori, 60 kilometres from the capital Tbilisi, but a Reuters witness saw no troops in the empty town.

"They have captured the city of Gori," the secretary of Georgia's security council, Kakha Lomaia told Reuters by telephone.

A Reuters reporter in Gori said: "We are right now driving through the town and I see no trace of troops or military vehicles. It is absolutely deserted." (Reporting by James Kilner and Margarita Antidze)


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