November 14th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 14 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged by the balls a threat made last summer by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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October 26th, 2008 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
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Tblisi/Moscow, Oct 26 (DPA) A high-ranking local politician was killed Saturday in an explosion in Georgia along with another resident of a community just outside the breakaway region of Abkazia, local media ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , Sept 23 (ANI): Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who is said to be having less foreign affairs experience as compared to her Democrat rival Joe Biden, has a busy ...
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September 5th, 2008 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Sep 5 (DPA) Russia's invasion of Georgia has strengthened the need to bring the former Soviet Republic and other countries into the NATO alliance, the White House said Thursday."The desire to ...
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August 30th, 2008 - 4:24 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 30 (DPA) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday called for the European Union to adopt a "reasonable attitude" on the Caucasus conflict at an EU summit next week and not ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Aug 29 (DPA) Russia's actions in Georgia earlier this month had destroyed the order in Europe established after World War II, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told German public radio Friday.The Georgian ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Brussels, Aug 27 (DPA) NATO member states Wednesday called on Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions, warning Moscow that Georgia's security and stability were "important" ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Aug 27 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he will not attend a European Union (EU) summit to address his country's conflict with Russia, as he fears Moscow would ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 27 (ANI): The situation in Russia is reflective of the crisis on the eve of World War I according to Nato ambassador, Dmitry Rogozin.
According to the Mirror, Rogozin said ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Sochi (Russia), Aug 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday signed a decree recognizing the independence of Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia."In the current crisis it became necessary to ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
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Geneva, Aug 19 (DPA) The Red Cross is being denied access to the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia, a spokeswoman for the humanitarian organization said from its headquarters in Geneva.Despite the ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, Aug 18 (DPA) The president of Georgia's pro-Russian separatist region of South Ossetia dismissed his government Monday and proclaimed a state of emergency, days after Georgia and Russia signed a six-point ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 8:32 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Paris, Aug 18 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded that Russian troops withdraw "without delay" from Georgia, adding that "this point is not negotiable in my eyes". In an article to appear ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 2:58 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, Aug 17 (DPA) US President George W. Bush called on Moscow to end the crisis in Georgia as Russian President Dimitry Medvedev signed a six-point European Union-mediated peace plan in the ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Paris, Aug 16 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told French President Nicolas Sarkozy by telephone that he intends to sign the same agreement for a ceasefire in the Caucasus conflict that ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi, Aug 15 (DPA) The residents of the Georgian capital Tbilisi - often loudly - express widely differing opinions on President Mikhail Saakashvili and his failed gambit to invade and overpower the ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, Aug 15 (DPA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on both Russia and Georgia to rein in their armed forces following reports of looting, continued fighting and lack of access ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi, Aug 15 (DPA) Georgian officials have alleged that Russian military and irregular forces were grinding on into the Caucasus republic, while international efforts to halt the conflict continued fruitlessly. Russian troops ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, Aug 14 (DPA) Russia's invasion of Georgia has placed its role in diplomatic and global economic affairs at "risk", President George W. Bush said Wednesday, as he announced that the military ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) Russia has placed its role in diplomatic and global economic affairs at "risk" with the military campaign in Georgia, US President George W. Bush said Wednesday. Bush accused ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, Aug 13 (DPA) Rejecting US criticism, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted Wednesday that Russia's attacks in Georgia had been a "peace mission," the Russian news agency Interfax reported. Even French ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Tbilisi, Aug 13 (RIA Novosti) Georgia and Russia have agreed to a modified version of a French-brokered peace plan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after meeting Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili here. ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tbilisi, Aug 12 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared an end to Russian military operations in Georgia, several agencies in Moscow reported, in a development coming amid Moscow's calls for Georgian ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tbilisi, Aug 12 (DPA) Russia military forces turned up the pressure on their Georgian opponents Tuesday as international diplomats scrambled to bring a ceasefire to the widening war in Ossetia. The sharpest ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington/Tbilisi, Aug 12 (DPA) Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili remained defiant late Monday in the face of Russian attacks into Georgia and accused Moscow of committing "ethnic cleansing" in Georgia's breakaway region of ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Brussels, Aug 11 (DPA) Russia's ambassador to NATO asked Monday to meet the alliance's top officials over the crisis in Georgia and rejected any criticism of his country's actions, drawing parallels with ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 11 (DPA) The conflict between Georgia and Russia looked poised for further escalation Monday as Abkhazia, the second separatist region of the Caucasus state, ordered all Georgian soldiers and ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tblisi, Aug 11 (DPA) Fighting continued overnight to Monday in Georgian capital Tblisi, despite attempts by western mediators to end the conflict between Georgia and Russia and calling for an immediate ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Beijing, Aug 11 (DPA) US President George W. Bush Monday said he had taken a "very firm" line with Russian leaders over the "unacceptable" violence in Georgia.
"I said this violence is unacceptable ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow/Tbilisi, Aug 11 (DPA) The first western mediators in Tbilisi to work for an end to the conflict between Georgia and Russia have called for an immediate ceasefire by all parties. French ...
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