Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed a six-point European plan to defuse the crisis in the Caucasus.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili signed the accord on Friday. But, Russian troops are digging in close to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, despite Russian troops dig in in Georgia ...
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Georgia detains 14 Russian troops ... the French-brokered ceasefire, and show no sign of pulling out more than a week after invading Georgia. According to eyewitnesses in the western Georgian town of Poti, Russian troops have also carried off equipment from the town's harbor and air field. Russia, however, has denied reports that it has blown up a key railroad bridge west of the capital. The United States and Germany have called Russia's invasion "an excessive use of force" and have demanded the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory.
(Deutsche Welle)
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