Satellite image of the Georgian village of Tamarasheni, South Ossetia, taken on 19 August. The red dots represent all buildings sustaining damage (152 structures in total). ? 2009 ImageSat. All Rights Reserved. Produced by the American ...
0527. OPINION Africa's expensive borders By Rod Hunter The world's finance ministers, gathered here this week for the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, will rightly lament the collapse of global trade talks and ...
Separatist authorities open fire on all Georgian checkpoints around the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali at about 23:30, including those located near the villages of Tamarasheni and Kurta. .... Russian civilian and military chiefs honestly warned both the West and the authorities in Tbilisi and Kiev that attempts to ?drag into NATO? (in the words of our diplomats) countries that in Moscow are considered traditional patrimonial estate would lead to a crisis. ...
