Six dead in Georgia standoff

Article reports that six people were reported dead and six injured, August 208, after three days of skirmishes between Georgian security forces and separatists in the breakaway South Ossetia region.

Russia Today, 4.8.08: Locals flee South Ossetian bloodshed http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/28430

BBC News, 2.8.08: South Ossetia evacuates children http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7539282.stm

ESO: Background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/georgia-row-spirals-as-rice-lands/

OSCE: Press Release, 2.8.08: OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone violence, reiterates invitation for dialogue http://www.osce.org/cio/49977

BBC News, 5.8.08: Russia vows to defend S Ossetia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7543099.stm

Russia Today, 5.8.08: Russia to act if Georgia-Ossetia row worsens http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/28510

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