Georgia shows off force in separatist S. Ossetia, sparks Russian ire
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Georgia withdrew its troops from South Ossetia after pouring in tanks and soldiers in a show of force aimed at winning control over the separatist pro-Russia republic.
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At least four Georgian soldiers were killed and five wounded in overnight clashes in Georgia's separatist, pro-Russian region of South Ossetia, Georgian officers near the frontline with Ossetian forces said early Thursday.
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Georgia's president claimed Thursday that his troops established control over a rebellious region after three days of clashes, but the defiant local leader targeted in the armed operation escaped.
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Clashes with separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia kill two Georgian soldiers.
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Georgia and Russia clashed at the United Nations on Wednesday over an incident in which Georgian security forces killed two Russian officers training insurgents in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
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Officials in Georgia say at least two soldiers have been killed and five wounded in the latest battles with separatist fighters in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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TSKHINVALI. Aug 20 (Interfax) - Russian peacekeepers deployed in South Ossetia plan to collect weapons from militia units in Ossetian and Georgian villages in the self-proclaimed republic.
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Separatists threatened Friday to use force to stop Georgia's government from strengthening its control over a gorge on the edge of a breakaway territory.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Three Georgian soldiers were killed and five wounded in fighting in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Agence France-Presse reported, citing an unidentified Georgian government official.
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Soflan Siukayev has already lived through one war in South Ossetia. Now his family has been caught up in a second.
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Russia suspends the withdrawal of its forces from Georgia, as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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Overnight clashes killed six Georgian servicemen in the rebel South Ossetia region, which Tbilisi is trying to bring back under government control, Deputy Security Minister Gigi Ugulava said on Thursday.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili offered on Monday to patch up differences with Russia. "Nobody wants to alienate Russia," he said.
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The Caucasian republic of Georgia protested angrily at what it saw as a veiled threat of action by its neighbour Russia over the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, now virtually a Russian protectorate.
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As Moscow tightens controls on Georgians, Russian papers warn of the dangers of overreacting.
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Georgia's breakaway region of South   Ossetia said on Monday it will hold a referendum on   independence in November, in a move that is likely to escalate   tensions between Russia and Georgia.
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Three Georgian peacekeepers were killed in overnight shooting in South Ossetia, officials said Wednesday, while Russia scoffed at Georgia's appeal for foreign mediation in the breakaway region where daily exchanges of gunfire have stoked fears of war.