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Georgia has broken diplomatic relations with Russia, heightening hostilities between the neighbours as Moscow also hit back at Western criticism.
30/08/2008
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Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia has won the Olympic freestyle wrestling 84kg championship after defeating the Russian gold medal favourite in an emotional semi-final match and then coming from behind in the final.
21/08/2008
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Germany's Jan Frodeno, who took up triathlon in improve his romantic prospects, won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s triathlon after a dramatic sprint to the finish.
19/08/2008
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The Georgian president has said his country will not give up the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
17/08/2008
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Russia is to sign the EU-brokered peace accord with Georgia, the office of the French president has announced.
15/08/2008
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Gambian police have captured the head of Guinea-Bissau's navy, who had escaped house arrest and had fled his country by boat after he was accused of trying to stage a coup.
15/08/2008
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The US military has begun delivering aid to Georgia as Washington stepped up support for the Georgian government over its conflict with Russia.
14/08/2008
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Irakli Tsirekidze and Manuchar Kvirkelia have completed a golden double for Georgia in the men’s judo and greco-roman wrestling.
14/08/2008
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The Georgian president has said that he has signed a cease-fire pledge proposed by envoys from the European Union.
11/08/2008
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Georgian forces have withdrawn from Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, to positions outside of the city.
10/08/2008
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Georgia's parliament has unanimously approved a decree saying the country is in a "state of war", as hostilities with Russia continued over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
09/08/2008
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An army spokesman says the head of Guinea-Bissau's navy has been fired for allegedly plotting to overthrow Joao Bernardo Vieira, the country's president.
09/08/2008
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Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian president, has said that most of the breakaway province of South Ossetia has been "liberated" in an overnight offensive.
08/08/2008
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At least 87 Palestinians have been transported to the West Bank town of Jericho by Israeli security forces, two days after they fled clashes with Hamas in Gaza.
07/08/2008
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Georgian and South Ossetian officials have agreed to hold direct talks on Thursday for the first time in a decade amid tensions in the mountain province.
06/08/2008
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