Georgia and South Ossetia have agreed to a ceasefire pending a Russian-brokered meeting Fighting in South Ossetia kills at least 3 ...
Georgia detains 14 Russian troops ... on Friday.
Earlier Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili ordered his troops to cease hostilities which threatened to erupt into a full-scale war. In a televised address the Georgian president suggested that Russian should guarantee South Ossetia's autonomy, but it would still remain part of Georgia. Tensions have soared in recent days in South Ossetia, which broke away from Georgian control during a war in the early 1990s. Russia, which backs the rebels, has sent its special envoy to the Georgian capital Tbilisi for talks.
(Deutsche Welle)
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