Russia, Georgia face war over separatist provinces
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MOSCOW (CP) - War clouds are gathering over the former Soviet Caucasus region as Georgia&#39;s US-backed President Mikheil Saakashvili moves to re-unite his fractured nation by pressuring two separatist provinces that have close ties to Russia.
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A summit of ex-Soviet republics billed as forging a common front against terrorism after the Beslan school siege descended into acrimony as Georgia accused Russia of double standards.
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At least two Georgian soldiers were  killed and five wounded in artillery fire with separatists in  the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgian officials said  on Wednesday.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- NATO defense ministers faced a tense meeting with their Russian counterpart Friday after the Western alliance angered Moscow by agreeing to deepen cooperation with Georgia.Comment
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia warned yesterday that its plans to close military bases in Georgia were in doubt, and Georgia said Russia was moving troops near their shared border, as relations between the countries deteriorated in one of their worst crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Moscow, Russia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russia has warned the former Soviet republic of Georgia it won&#39;t get involved in the South Ossetia conflict, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday.
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New tensions emerge on Georgia's border with Azerbaijan over claims of smuggling and a rail dispute.
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TBILISI, Georgia  - Georgian forces seized  strategic heights from separatist fighters in rebel South  Ossetia Thursday and President Mikhail Saakashvili promised  more such victories to fulfill a pledge to reunite his  fractious country.
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Georgia offers a partial troop withdrawal from South Ossetia after heavy fighting with separatist rebels.
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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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South Ossetia has been a de-facto independent region of Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Russia threw up a blockade against Georgia on Monday after Tbilisi's release of four Russian soldiers accused of spying failed to defuse the worst crisis in years between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
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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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Georgia held talks with its breakaway region of South Ossetia hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Wednesday, but failed to find any solution to their long-standing conflict.
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Georgian forces seized strategic heights from separatist fighters in rebel South Ossetia Thursday and President Mikhail Saakashvili promised more such victories to fulfill a pledge to reunite his fractious country.
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Russia may intervene in the Georgian region of Abkhazia if a crisis over the disputed election is not resolved.
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SUKHUMI, Georgia  - The breakaway Georgian region  of Abkhazia defiantly voted for a new president on Sunday,  injecting further tension into relations between Georgia and  its former colonial master Russia.