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Article: Three Georgian soldiers killed in South Ossetia, Russia scoffs at foreign mediation
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- August 18, 2004
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MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
08-18-2004
Dateline: TBILISI, Georgia
Three Georgian peacekeepers were killed in overnight shooting in breakaway South Ossetia where daily exchanges of fire have stoked fears of war, Georgian officials said Wednesday, but Russia scoffed at Georgia's appeal for foreign mediation.
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to world leaders Tuesday to convene an international conference on the escalating conflict in South Ossetia and deploy Western peacekeepers in the region.
Russia, which has the only foreign peacekeepers in South Ossetia and is wary of Saakashvili's pro-Western course, bristled at the initiative. Russian ...