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Russia said Tuesday that it has finished its five-day assault against Georgia and agreed to a French peace plot by which most Russian forces would return home and international mediators would work to settle the conflict between Georgia and Russian-backed South Ossetian separatists. “The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses,” said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking to his defense minister in a meeting aired on state television. “If there are any emerging hotbeds of resistance or any aggressive actions, you should take steps to ruin them.” Georgian authorities and foreign journalists reported that Russian forces continued to attack after Medvedev’s words were broadcast, bombing the city of Gori inside undisputed Georgian territory. There were reports of South Ossetian paramilitary fighters killing Georgian civilians, unrestrained by Russian troops.

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AP – Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and have scrapped plans for an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.

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AP – The Bush administration may have ceded mediation duties between Russia and Georgia to Europe but is holding firm to its support for Georgia’s pro-Western leadership and demands that Moscow withdraw its troops from the former Soviet republic.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back