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Russia Invades Georgia, 1,500 Reported Dead
1:26PM ON
08/09/2008
BY
Eric Smith
“The conflict between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia moved toward all-out war on Saturday as Russia prepared to land ground troops on Georgia’s coast and broadened its bombing campaign both within Georgia and in the disputed territory of Abkhazia.” (NYT)
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Moscow on Saturday that some 1,500 people have been killed in South Ossetia, with the death toll rising.” (HuffPo)
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