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Russia, Georgia Exchange Prisoners Of War

Aug 19, 2008
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But Still No Signs Of Promised Russian Withdrawal As Rice Warns Moscow Against Playing "Dangerous Game" A wounded Russian pilot is carried to a helicopter following a prisoner swap in Igoeti, Georgia, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Aug. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (CBS/AP) Russia and Georgia exchanged 20 prisoners of war Tuesday, a move that could bring a substantial reduction in tensions and that Georgia hopes will expedite a Russian troop withdrawal from its territory. Yet as NATO foreign ministers prepared to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels over a unified response to Russia's invasion of its tiny neighbor, there still was no sign of the Russian troop pullout from Georgia that was supposed to have begun Monday. Meanwhile the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Tuesday that Russia had... [read full story]                    

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(anonymous) Aug 30, 2008 Ossetians are over 65%, Georgians over 20%  >>
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