In full: President George Bush?s statement on Georgia (Times Online)
?Good morning. I?ve just met with my national security team to discuss the crisis in Georgia. I?ve spoken with President Saakashvili of Georgia and President Sarkozy of France this morning....more...British journalist in brush with death in Georgia (Times Online)
One minute we were driving past a column of Russian armour that, according to Moscow, wasn't supposed to be there, the next we were being held up at gunpoint and plunged into that sudden moment when it flashes in your mind that your life is in real danger....more... Ethnic violence warning as Georgia and Russia swap atrocity claims (Times Online)
Russian-backed forces were accused of burning and looting villages in Georgia today as the United States and humanitarian groups warned that the conflict in the Caucasus could be unleashing ethnic violence between Georgians and natives of South Ossetia, the breakaway province....more... South Ossetia: superpower oil war (Online Journal)
The war in the Georgian province of South Ossetia is a classic superpower proxy war, pitting an aggressively US-backed regime, a member of NATO?s regional GUUAM (Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldava) military alliance, against Russia....more... Bulletin board (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
Check out classes, concerts, groups, volunteer opportunities and more. ...more... Change here, and here, and here ... (Guardian Unlimited)
Travel: Andrew Jackson on the joys of taking the slow train from London to Venice...more... |