August 8th 2008
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- Humanitarian crisis possible on both sides of border if conflict escalates, aid agency warns
- World Vision has small amount of pre-positioned emergency supplies in Georgia; more will be needed across the region if crisis worsens
TBLISI, Georgia, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As fierce fighting continues today in Georgia's breakaway ...
August 8th 2008
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in his first interview on international television since the conflict in South Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told Bloomberg "What we have here is a full scale Russian invasion of Georgian territory."
When asked whether Georgia is now at war with Russia, President Saakashvili ...
August 8th 2008
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While the world's media report on the Russian attacks on Georgia, Russia's main wire service, RIA Novosti is characterizing the conflict as Russian self-defense against Georgia's attacks on Russian nationals in breakaway province South Ossetia. Russian jets attacked Georgia positions today in what Georgia officials ...