Article: Urgent: Russia to back any status decision by South Ossetia, Abkhazia

Article: 1st LD: Russia to back any status decision by ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 14, 2008 ;     398 words ... ... LD: Russia to back any status decision by South Ossetia, Abkhazia MOSCOW, Aug ... Georgia's breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia on their status ... any decision the people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will make in ...

Article: 7 killed in South Ossetia blast
AP Worldstream;  October 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Russian military's headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing seven soldiers ... deadliest single occurrence reported in South Ossetia since the nations fought a war over ... fragile Western-backed cease-fire. South Ossetia's separatist President Eduard Kokoity ...

Article: Blast kills 7 Russian soldiers in South Ossetia
AP Online;  October 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Russia's military headquarters in South Ossetia, and Russian authorities charged it ... troops from Georgian territory around South Ossetia and another Kremlin-backed separatist ... deadliest single incident reported in South Ossetia since Russia and Georgia fought a five ...

Article: Russia asks South Ossetia to voluntarily disarm; ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune 08-18-2009 Russia asks South Ossetia to voluntarily disarm; Call to disarm is a test of confidence in South Ossetia Byline: ELLEN BARRY Type: News ... Russia guaranteeing its security, South Ossetia is asking residents to turn in ...

Article: Saakashvili in Washington; U.S. should help Georgia on ...
The Washington Times;  August 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Russian-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia. He is counting on Washington because ... should go home with American backing for South Ossetia's peaceful return to Georgian administration ... perhaps 70,000 remaining residents, South Ossetia lies on the south slope of the Caucasus ...

Article: New shooting in South Ossetia
AP Worldstream;  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia came under heavy fire early Friday ... declared a unilateral cease-fire. South Ossetia's leader denounced Georgia for treachery ... government's Web site. Officials in South Ossetia and Georgia could not immediately be ...

Article: Russian tanks enter South Ossetia.
Aljazeera.net;  August 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... carriers and other vehicles have entered South Ossetia to back the breakaway region against ... Russian military convoy had entered South Ossetia on Friday, quoting witnesses. 'Ethnic ... separatists in the two enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and has a peacekeeping ...