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Article: Authorities in separatist South Ossetia seize passenger buses headed to Georgia
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- June 28, 2004
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AP Worldstream
06-28-2004
Dateline: TBILISI, Georgia
Authorities in Georgia's separatist South Ossetia region confirmed Monday that they had seized three passenger buses carrying about 200 people from Russia into Georgia.
"This was done in response to provocations from Georgian authorities," Irina Gagloyeva, a spokeswoman for the South Ossetian government, told the Associated Press by telephone.
Tensions rose last month after Georgia briefly sent troops into the region and after South Ossetian authorities blocked the motorcade of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's wife and refused entry to the Georgian agriculture minister.
South Ossetia has been de facto independent since a 1992 truce ...
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