China seeks Caucasian crisis windfall

[Published summary:] - The aftershocks of the crisis in Georgia are rocking China. A chill in ties with Russia reflexively prompts Washington to cultivate Beijing. Some signs of it are already there.

12-year-old shocks Fox News by revealing truth about Georgia's aggression in the war

"I was running from Georgian troops, not Russian troops. I'd like to thank the Russian troops for helping out."

Georgia crisis frays web linking Moscow and West

The struggle over a tiny, impoverished part of the Caucasus mountains has erupted into a widening confrontation between Russia and the West, the worst since the Soviet Union collapsed.

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89 Images From the South Ossetian War [WARNING: Graphic Content]

This is circulating on other social networks as a collection of images from a Russian solider.

FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment - Why Russia's response to Georgia was right

For some of those witnessing the fighting in the Caucasus over the past few days, the narrative is straightforward and easy. The plucky republic of Georgia, with just a few million citizens, was attacked by its giant eastern neighbour, Russia.

War in the Caucasus: Towards a broader US-Russia Military Confrontation?

Georgia is an outpost of US and NATO forces, on the immediate border of the Russian Federation and within proximity of the Middle East Central Asian war theater. South Ossetia is also at the crossroads of strategic oil and gas pipeline routes.

South Ossetians describe fleeing from the fighting

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia — Refugees from South Ossetia on Sunday described being shelled and shot at and forced to run for their lives — leaving homes, family members and most of what they had behind.

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