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Georgia demands that South Ossetia release detained Georgian agents
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/30/2004; ; 554 words
; ...The separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Wednesday turned back a Georgian official...aimed at resolving the conflict over South Ossetia, which has been de-facto independent...to restore Georgian control over South Ossetia. The three Georgian agents who were detained...
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In S. Ossetia, Opposition To Georgia Remains
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Things Considered 08-20-2008 In S. Ossetia, Opposition To Georgia Remains Host...Georgia and Russia are fighting over - South Ossetia. That's where the conflict began earlier...little sign of that. The future of South Ossetia is a different story. Russia's actions...
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Backgrounder: Basic facts about South Ossetia issue
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/27/2008; 512 words
; ...Backgrounder: Basic facts about South Ossetia issue BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua...recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Countries like the United...following are some basic facts about the South Ossetia issue. South Ossetia, a breakaway region...
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South Ossetia says Russia intends to absorb region
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, a South Ossetian official said Friday...Kokoity, discussed the future of South Ossetia earlier this week in Moscow, South Ossetian...Gassiyev said. Russia will absorb South Ossetia in several years or earlier, a position...
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Saakashvili in Washington; U.S. should help Georgia on South Ossetia.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/6/2004; 700+ words
; ...Russian-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia. He is counting on Washington because...go home with American backing for South Ossetia's peaceful return to Georgian administration...perhaps 70,000 remaining residents, South Ossetia lies on the south slope of the Caucasus...
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7 killed in South Ossetia blast
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Russian military's headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing seven soldiers, Russian...deadliest single occurrence reported in South Ossetia since the nations fought a war over the...Western-backed cease-fire. South Ossetia's separatist President Eduard Kokoity...
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Georgia pounds S Ossetia fighters.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 8/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...most of the breakaway province of South Ossetia had been liberated in an overnight offensive...and damage to buildings. Most of South Ossetia's territory is liberated and is controlled...separatists in the two enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and has a peacekeeping...
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War in strategic South Ossetia.
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 8/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...soldiers entered with armoured vehicles South Ossetia, a separated territory from Georgia since...Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, with Moscow vowing to protect its nationals...the status quo of the breakaway South Ossetia, while Georgia wants to integrate the...
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Roundup: Georgia, South Ossetia exchange fire again
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/8/2008; 579 words
; Roundup: Georgia, South Ossetia exchange fire again MOSCOW, Aug...militants of the breakaway region of South Ossetia near the regional capital Tskhinvali...overnight Thursday into Friday, and South Ossetia said the number of fatalities is estimated...
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New shooting in South Ossetia
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia came under heavy fire early Friday, just...declared a unilateral cease-fire. South Ossetia's leader denounced Georgia for treachery...government's Web site. Officials in South Ossetia and Georgia could not immediately be reached...
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Ossetia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ossetia or Alania , region of the central Caucasus...Federation. On the northern slope is North Ossetia-Alania (1990 est. pop. 641,000...River. On the southern slope is South Ossetia (1990 est. pop. 100,000), 1,500...
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South Ossetia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
South Ossetia see Ossetia .
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North Ossetia-Alania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
North Ossetia-Alania see Ossetia .
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Ossetes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...of the Georgian Republic; the capital of South Ossetia is Tskhinvali. Besides Ossetia proper there are also Ossetic communities in Kabardino...themselves "Digor." The terms "Ossetes" and "Ossetia" are based on Russian "Osetiny" and "Osetiia...
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Caucasus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cherkess Republic , Krasnodar Territory , North Ossetia-Alania (see Ossetia ), Stavropol Territory , and parts of Kalmykia...Abkhazia , the Adjarian Autonomous Republic , and South Ossetia), Azerbaijan (including the Nakhichevan Autonomous...
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