Article: Backgrounder: Basic facts about South Ossetia issue

A cowherd follows cows at the North Ossetia and ...
Getty Images;  May 29, 2008 ;     271 words ... ... 29-2008 A cowherd follows cows at the North Ossetia and South Ossetia ... Full Size JPG (666 KB) A cowherd follows cows at the North Ossetia and South Ossetia border near a village of Kvaisa some 230 km ...

Article: South Ossetia intends to merge with Russia's ...
Xinhua News Agency;  September 11, 2008 ;     266 words ...South Ossetia intends to merge with Russia's North Ossetia MOSCOW, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Ossetia intends to join the Russian republic of North Ossetia and become part of Russia, Interfax ...

Article: Tensions heighten as Georgia and South Ossetia ...
AP Worldstream;  June 12, 2004 ;     483 words ... ... 150 trucks crossed into South Ossetia from Russia's North Ossetia region on Friday, some ... for his efforts to join South Ossetia with North Ossetia and make it part of Russia ... was needed because "South Ossetia had essentially been ...

Article: Georgia vows to secure release of 4 servicemen detained in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 8, 2008 ;     467 words ... ... Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke from central rule in ... In 1992, Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia and North Ossetia set up a joint supervision ... formed by Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia was sent to the conflict region ...

Article: EU/GEORGIA: PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR WIDER INVOLVEMENT IN ...
European Report;  November 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fighting in the early 1990s as South Ossetia proclaimed independence, and ... settlement talks. The current South Ossetia negotiating format features Georgia, Russia, South Ossetia and North Ossetia (part of Russia). The Prime ...

Russia Georgia South Ossetia
AP Images;  August 8, 2008 ;     257 words ... ... head towards the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, in North Ossetia, Russia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A surprise ... ally, to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia reportedly killed hundreds of people Friday ...

Article: Georgian villagers block highway in South Ossetia ...
AP Worldstream;  November 4, 2004 ;     343 words ... ... Thursday running between the capital of breakaway South Ossetia and North Ossetia across the Russian border, to protest the alleged ... the police chief for the Shida Kartli region of South Ossetia. Georgian state television reported that ethnic ...