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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today.  Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed:
SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. Can [...]

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World News Captured in Photo Roundup

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Captions combine with photos from around the world to tell the stories of competition over some pricey materials — oil, freedom and gold medals.  See the photos below for details.

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Russian Troops Ordered to Stop Assault on Georgia

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

After several days of fighting, Russian troops were finally ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev to stop their military operations against Georgia. Below is a handful of photos chronicling the day’s events in the former Soviet republic:

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Images Show ‘State of War’ in Georgia

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Images from Georgia (below) show evidence of Russia’s continued aggressive push against Georgia, both inside and beyond of the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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