Friday, August 08, 2008

PHOTOREPORT: War breaks out between Georgia and South Ossetia

Heavy shelling overnight in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia wounded at least 20 people, officials said Thursday. The South Ossetian separatist government said that the provincial capital, Tskhinvali, and nearby areas came under heavy shelling from Georgian-controlled territory injuring 18 people. But Georgian authorities said that South Ossetian separatist forces started firing on Georgian troops in the area and they had to retaliate.

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