Clashes persist in South Ossetia
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Heavy fighting is reported in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region after the deaths of two soldiers.
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TSKHINVALI, Georgia  - Explosions and gunfire echoed over this regional capital Thursday as government troops battled South Ossetian separatists over key hills outside town, after a week of near nightly clashes that escalated into some ...
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At least six rebels and four security officers die in clashes in the southern Russian region of Dagestan over the weekend.
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Georgia offers a partial troop withdrawal from South Ossetia after heavy fighting with separatist rebels.
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Hundreds of ethnic Georgians confronted Russian peacekeeping forces in the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Thursday, throwing paint and gasoline on the troops and forcing them to stop blocking a road project, officials said.
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Georgian military officials say at least six Georgian soldiers have been killed and at least seven others wounded in overnight clashes in Georgia&#39;s breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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Papers in Russia and across Europe continue to debate the reasons for the bloody outcome of the school siege in North Ossetia, and the lessons to be learned.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Six Georgian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in a fierce overnight fighting in Georgia&#39;s rebel province of South Ossetia, reports reaching here said on Thursday.
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Following is a selection of comments on the school siege in North Ossetia, where Russian soldiers have battled Chechen separatists to end the two-day standoff.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Three Georgian servicemen were killed while five others were wounded in overnight fighting in Georgia&#39;s breakaway province of South Ossetia, Russian news agencies reported, citing Georgian officials.
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Three Georgian soldiers have been killed and five wounded in clashes in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia, Rustavi 2 television reported, quoting an unnamed official with the Georgian interior ministry.
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The sharp deterioration of the situations in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transdniestria are the direct outcome of the attempts by Tbilisi and Chisinau to resolve the conflicts by the use of force, says a joint ...
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One Georgian soldier was killed and three were wounded in overnight clashes in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgian Interior Minister Irakli Okruashvili told Rustavi 2 television.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in sporadic clashes in the north of the island Monday, the day after fierce battles left scores dead, official sources said.
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Leaders of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia said Monday they would hold a referendum on independence in November &#151; a move likely to infuriate the government in Tbilisi and stoke already spiraling tensions.
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TBILISI  - Armed men abducted eight Georgian civilians in Georgia&#39;s breakaway region of South Ossetia, an area that last month saw fighting between Tbilisi and Ossetian forces, police said.
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TBILISI, Georgia  - A gun battle between rival  forces meant to be keeping the peace in Georgia's separatist  province of South Ossetia killed two Georgian soldiers Monday  and dashed a short-lived cease-fire.