Aug 12 (Reuters) - Following are developments in Georgia at 0530 GMT on Monday: ** denotes new or updated item: ** French President Nicolas Sarkzoy heads to Russia and Georgia on Tuesday to use his good relations with Moscow and his country's presidency of the European Union to broker a ceasefire. ** Georgia's western separatist region of Abkhazia has launched a military offensive to force Georgian troops out of the upper part of the disputed Kodori gorge. ** Georgia's acting head of its embassy in London called for U.N. peacekeepers to halt the conflict. ** Russia dismisses as unacceptable a French draft resolution calling for a ceasefire. ** - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama tell Russia it faces severe, long-term consequences from its conflict in Georgia. -- NATO will hold an emergency meeting with Russia on Tuesday at Moscow's request.
A man from Georgia waves a Georgian flag during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague August 12, 2008. He is protesting against Russia's military campaign in Georgia. ...
