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Casualties and damage in the S Ossetian conflict - 09 Aug 08
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Aug 13 08
Witnessed: 1654 times
Regions: Georgia, Russia
Issues: Armed conflict
Tags: Bush, Georgia, Ossetia, Russia, Saakashvili
Georgian troops have poured into South Ossetia and the Georgian president has appealed to the international community for assistance.
Russian troops have been shown on Russia's television channels being treated in hospital, and claim that 15 of their soldiers have died.
More than 30,000 people have tried to flee the fighting, but civilians have been caught up in air raids.
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