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South Ossetia shootings heighten Georgia tension

Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia offered differing accounts Friday of a shooting that highlights continued tension between them amid Georgia's NATO ambitions.

Six wounded as blasts rock separatist Georgian region

Two explosions near the central market in the capital of the separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia wounded six people Monday, officials and a news agency said.

Russia outlines solution to Georgia tensions

International powers should stay out of the conflict between Georgia and its two breakaway regions, the Russian foreign minister said Friday.

Russia boosts troops on tense border

Russia is increasing the number of its troops near the region of Abkhazia amid simmering tensions between Russia and Georgia, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.

Georgia denounces Russian 'harassment'

Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.

Georgia turns to U.N. after saying Russia shot down spy plane

Georgia has asked the U.N. Security Council to discuss Russia's "military aggression" after saying a Russian jet shot down one of its unmanned spy planes.

Georgia fears at Russian ties with breakaway regions

Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.

Time.com: Russia Cashes in on Kosovo Fears

Hostility to secession allows Moscow to consolidate its position across much of the old Soviet sphere of influence

Georgia: We fired on Russian plane

Georgian forces fired at a plane they believed was Russian after it violated the Caucasus republic's airspace on Wednesday, a senior interior ministry official said.

Olson a doctor without borders

Dr. David Olson has had patients in a remote region between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He has treated people in the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia near the Black Sea and in a gulag prison hospital in Siberia. He has had patients in a northwest Uganda town called Arua.

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