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GEORGIAN ARMED UNITS KILL 8 COSSACKS - INTERIOR MINISTER
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Georgian armed units attacked and overran Ossetian and Cossack positions early on Thursday, blaming the opponents for the nightly gunfire that is increasing tension in the region, Georgian Interior Minister Irakly Okruashvili told Rustavi 2 TV company by phone.He said eight Cossacks were found dead on the seized heights. \"Information about the enemy\'s casualties is being updated, and the death rate may be even higher,\" he said.THREE GEORGIAN SERVICEMEN KILLED IN TSKHINVALI AREA LAST NIGHT - GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
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Contrary to earlier reports, three rather than six Georgian servicemen were killed and seven others wounded in the Tskhinvali conflict area last night, a Georgian Defense Minister official told Interfax on Thursday. The wounded men are in serious conditions, he said. An official in the Georgian Sheeta Kartli area police said earlier on Thursday that six Georgian servicemen were killed and seven wounded when Ossetians shelled Georgian positions Wednesday evening.SOUTH OSSETIA REFUTES GEORGIAN CLAIMS OF ALLEGED DEATH OF 8 COSSACKS
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The South Ossetian authorities have denied Georgian claims that eight Cossacks were killed near Tskhinvali. \"The Georgian interior minister\'s statement that eight Cossacks were killed near Tskhinvali last night is not true. There are no Cossacks in the Ossetian armed units,\" Chairwoman of the South Ossetian Information and Press Committee Irina Gagloyeva told Interfax.PUTIN CALLS FOR COMPROMISE IN SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA
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Speaking to reporters in Sochi on 18 August, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is not taking sides in the conflict between Tbilisi and the Georgian region of South Ossetia, ORT and RTR reported. Moscow is ready to play the role of mediator and to serve as guarantor of any agreements that might be reached, Putin said. \"From time to time we hear the assertion that the conflict is taking the form of a Russian-Georgian confrontation,\" Putin said.Visit also
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