'Bombed' Tblisi airport welcomes foreign ministers
Published: 11 August, 2008, 06:29
Pictures broadcast all over the world on Sunday show Georgian officials greeting French and Finnish foreign ministers arriving at Tbilisi International airport. The images showed no sign of damage to the building or its airstrips. Earlier, Georgia claimed
In another development, the Georgian government has backtracked on an earlier accusation that Russian planes bombed two military bases near Tblisi overnight. A new statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that bombs were dropped on uninhabited areas.
Russia insists its airforce has only attacked military targets.
11.08.2008, 05:24
Revealed: the brutal reality of warThe conflict in South Ossetia has already claimed the lives of at least 2,000 people. More than 30,000 have been displaced. Many of those have no idea where their families and friends are. Or even if they’re alive. They |
11.08.2008, 06:58
Georgia to drown ruined city – South OssetiaThe government in South Ossetia claims Georgia has reconnected water supplies to Tskhinvali in order to flood the war-ravaged city. |
