MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTH OSSETIA WASN’T ABRUPT

Gaining the maps of Georgian military, Russian peacekeepers got evidence that military operation in South Ossetia was not abrupt. The attack was planned scrupulously. This afternoon, units of the 58th army freed Tskhinvali. Battles are going on along the responsibility zone of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, land forces commander Vladimir Boldyrev said. Wounded are being evacuated. Special forces are sent to Tskhinvali. Landing and assault battalions of the 76 Pskov division entered the South Ossetian capital, Vesti reports.

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Headlines for August 09, 2008

SAAKASHVILI SUFFERED HEART ATTACK, SOME SOURCES SAY
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According to some unconfirmed data, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has suffered a heart attack and is a grave condition now. He last made an announcement at 6.40 p.m. and vanished from sight of ...
PKK THREATENS FURTHER ATTACKS ON BAKU-CEYHAN OIL-PIPELINE
Kurdish rebels threatened more attacks on economic targets yesterday after claiming responsibility for a blast in eastern Turkey that shut down the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, an agency close to ...
RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS LAUNCHED “PEACE COERCION” OPERATION
Russian peacekeepers launched a “peace coercion” operation in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, RF President Dmitry Medvedev said. “Our peacekeepers and the supporting units are carrying out an operation ...
RA DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS FOR VIGILANCE
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Seyran Ohanyan called on the nation for vigilance in connection with the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. “Tanks, warplanes and infantry were enabled in the attack on Tskhinvali, ...
POLICE INVESTIGATE MEMPHIS CONGRESSMAN STEVE COHEN CLASH WITH JOURNALIST
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Capitol Hill Police and local Memphis law enforcement have launched separate investigations of Congressman Steve Cohen’s forced removal of Armenian American journalist Peter Musurlian from an August 6th ...
RA DEFENSE MINISTRY: RUSSIAN PLANES DON’T TAKE OFF FROM ARMENIA TO RAID GEORGIA
Russian planes don’t take off from Armenia to raid Georgia, RA Defense Minister’s spokesman, colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “This is nothing but provocation and misinformation. ...
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CONGRESSMEN TO ENSURE THAT GENOCIDE DENIAL HAS NO PLACE IN U.S.
Members of the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) met with long time friend and supporter Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA-28) on August 5, 2008 to discuss current issues ...
ARMENIAN CITIZENS DIDN’T SUFFER IN GEORGIAN-SOUTH OSSETIAN CLASHES
Armenian citizens didn’t suffer in the August 8 Georgian-South Ossetian clashes, says a statement by the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the press office said. On August 9, the Armenian Consulate General ...
MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTH OSSETIA WASN’T ABRUPT
Gaining the maps of Georgian military, Russian peacekeepers got evidence that military operation in South Ossetia was not abrupt. The attack was planned scrupulously. This afternoon, units of the 58th ...