- 21:58 12/08/2008
Russia has announced the end of its "peace enforcement" operation in Georgia, but reserves the right to take further military action in the event of any Georgian attack on South Ossetia. 
- 21:31 12/08/2008
Abkhazia's operation to force Georgian troops from the upper part of the Kodori Gorge has been completed, the Abkhaz deputy defense minister said on Tuesday.
- 21:13 12/08/2008
NATO refused on Tuesday to rule out the prospect of Georgia joining the military alliance in the future, despite recent fighting in its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
- 20:11 12/08/2008
At least 112 people have died and another 45 are missing in floods and landslides in northern Vietnam, the center for flood and typhoon prevention said on Tuesday.
- 20:06 12/08/2008
The presidents of Russia and France agreed Tuesday on six principles to resolve the situation in the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
- 18:28 12/08/2008
Russia has announced the end of its "peace enforcement" operation in Georgia, but reserves the right to take further military action in the event of any Georgian attack on South Ossetia.
- 18:09 12/08/2008
Georgia's president gave a speech in front of thousands of flag-waving supporters outside parliament on Tuesday, denouncing Russia and declaring his country's withdrawal from a post-Soviet alliance.
- 17:46 12/08/2008
Israel's prime minister has offered the Palestinians a state including 93 percent of the West Bank and some land currently part of Israel, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
- 16:56 12/08/2008
Around 70% of buildings in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, have been damaged or destroyed since Georgia attacked its rebel republic early last Friday, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.
- 16:19 12/08/2008
Russian Greco Roman wrestlers Nazyr Mankiev and Islambek Albiev clinched Russia's first two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing on Tuesday.
- 16:08 12/08/2008
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed on Tuesday Russia's decision to halt its military operation in Georgia, and called on both countries' troops to return to their pre-conflict positions.
- 16:04 12/08/2008
Russian security forces have arrested a top Georgian intelligence officer on charges of collecting data on Russian troops in the North Caucasus and breakaway South Ossetia's president, the FSB said on Tuesday.
- 15:30 12/08/2008
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- 15:16 12/08/2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey on August 14 to discuss the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 14:51 12/08/2008
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Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the country rules out negotiations with Georgia's president, and insisted that Georgia must no longer have a peacekeeping presence in breakaway South Ossetia.
- 14:23 12/08/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that he had ordered an end to the 'peace enforcement' operation in Georgia, after five days of fighting.
