Eurasia Press & News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The commander of the 58th Army that spearheaded the Russian counter-attack in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia was injured by shrapnel and is undergoing treatment in hospital, Itar-Tass news agency said.
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10 August
Russia says no plans to block Georgia oil port
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian warships are not planning to block shipments of oil from Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti, but reserve the right to search ships coming to and from it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Sunday.
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10 August
Georgia says troops fighting, not defeated
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Georgian troops have not been defeated and are still fighting in and around the separatist region of South Ossetia to prevent Russian troops from making further advances, a senior Georgian official said on Sunday.
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10 August
Pope calls for halt to fighting over South Ossetia
BRESSANONE, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Benedict called on Sunday for an immediate halt to the fighting between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway South Ossetia region and urged world powers to help find a peaceful solution.
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10 August
Georgian president visits South Ossetia boundary
ERGNETI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visited the village of Ergneti on the very border with South Ossetia on Sunday as Tbilisi said it had withdrawn it forces from the breakaway territory.
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10 August
Georgia, Russia to stay at Games despite conflict
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Georgian and Russian Olympic teams have decided to stay on at the Beijing Games despite Russian military attacks on Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.
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10 August
Afghans check reports foreign forces killed civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities were checking on Sunday reports more than a dozen civilians were killed by a foreign forces air strike in an area to the northeast of the capital, an official said.
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10 August
Jalili meets Iraq’s Kurdish regional government premier
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran will do its best to provide Iraq’s security vital for the country’s development, said Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili as meeting prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish regional government Nechirvan Barzani.
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10 August
Tehran ready to answer 5+1 questions: MP
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (ISNA)-Iran in its letter to the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said it is ready to give an appropriate response to 5+1 countries’ offer as soon as possible.
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10 August
FM deputy: Iran respects territorial integrity of others
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign ministry deputy Manouchehr Mohammadi said the Islamic Republic of Iran’s everlasting approach is on the basis of respect for territorial integrity of all countries.
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