Tskhinvali
Sep 10 2008, R.M.Paulraj

South Ossetia, a region which is legally a part of Georgia, is almost fully under the control of separatist groups that want to cede from Georgia and join the Russian region of North Ossetia. The nights here regularly see intermittent gun and mortar fire.

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Tskhinvali:

Russian soldiers stand on guard at the Russian military’s headquarters after a car explosion in Tskhinvali, capital of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. A car exploded outside the Russian military’s headquarters in...