August, 2008

• 28 August

  More than 30 Taliban killed or wounded in Afghanistan

  KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and international forces killed or wounded more than 30 militants in fighting in the south and southeast of the country, the Defense Ministry and the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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• 28 August

  Pakistani lawyers press government to reinstate judges

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Thousands of lawyers blocked roads across Pakistan on Thursday to press the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, as militants attacked police in the northwest, killing 11 people.

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• 28 August

  Israel reopens Gaza crossings after two-day closure

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israel on Thursday reopened its border crossings with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, two days after they were shut in response to rocket attacks.

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• 28 August

  Britain says “no question” of war with Russia

  LONDON (Reuters) – There is no question of launching “all-out war” against Russia, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday, while condemning Moscow’s “invasion” of Georgia.

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• 28 August

  Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills 11

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country’s northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said.

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• 28 August

  Medvedev and Sarkozy discuss Georgia crisis by phone

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy that Georgian troops must return to their barracks in line with a French-brokered ceasefire, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

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• 28 August

  Georgia’s Saakashvili safe for now despite losses

  TBILISI (Reuters) – Despite leading Georgia into a disastrous war with Russia and losing two of the country’s provinces, President Mikheil Saakashvili looks politically secure for now as Georgians unite in adversity.

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• 28 August

  Moscow gets limited support over Georgia

  Russia has received limited backing from the East over its role in Georgia. At an Asian regional security summit, Russia’s fellow members of the Shanghai Cooperation Council – China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan – expressed support for what they called Moscow’s efforts to restore stability in the Caucasus.

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• 28 August

  US and Russia flex their military muscles.

  Russia has sent a missile cruiser and two other ships to Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, after a US military ship docked at a southern port in Georgia.The show of force coincides with the escalating standoff between the West and Moscow, over its conflict with Tbilisi. There was an effusive …

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• 28 August

  Prisoners exchanged but mistrust remains

  Another prisoner exchange has taken place between Georgia and South Ossetia, after the short war earlier this month.A total of 85 Georgians who had been held in Tshkinvali have been transported across the border. They are said to be the last of a group of civilians who were captured during …

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