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Bombs rocked Tbilisi early Saturday morning as the fight between Georgia and Russia over a breakaway region intensified and moved into the Georgian capital.
Government buildings, including the Parliament, were evacuated when the bombs fell.


A declaration of martial law was likely within hours, Georgia National Security Council secretary Alexander Lomaia said.

Heavy casualties have reported on both sides since Russian forces moved Friday into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian autonomous region of Georgia.

Georgia's ambassador to the United Nations, Irakali Alasania, said during a special session of the Security Council that the foreign minister had informed him of bombs falling on the Black Sea port of Poti and the Viziani airfield near Tbilisi early Saturday.

Georgian television reported that the port had been destroyed.

Georgia, a former Soviet state, sent troops into South Ossetia on Thursday, aiming to crack down on the separatists, who want independence or unification with North Ossetia, which is in Russia. Russia responded Friday, sending troops into the Georgian province where it had peacekeepers stationed.

"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars," Lyudmila Ostayeva, a resident of the South Ossetia capital, Tskhinvali, told The Associated Press on Friday.

"It's impossible to count them now. There is hardly a single building left undamaged," she said after fleeing to a village near the Russian border, AP reported.


"They are killing civilians, women and children, with heavy artillery and rockets," Sarmat Laliyev, 28, told AP.

One U.S. State Department official called the conflict a "very dangerous situation" and said diplomatic moves are afoot around the globe to stop it.

Georgia -- on the Black Sea coast between Russia and Turkey -- appealed for diplomatic intervention.
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Obama on American Energy Issue
Some real oil issue


In a reversal, Barack Obama proposed Monday that the government sell 70 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum stockpile to help reduce gasoline prices.

The Democratic presidential candidate said in a major energy speech that in the short-run the move could help drive down gasoline prices that now top $4 a gallon. Previously, Obama opposed tapping into the reserve, located in caverns in Texas and Louisiana.

Past releases from the reserve have "lowered gas prices within two weeks," Obama said.
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What Makes one a Shaper and Mover?

August 1st 2008 16:28
The Controversial Stars of Hollywood


They are simple: Be famous, be consistent and be controversial. These are words synonimous with most stars, especially in the US.
It an unpublished fact that a star that is not reputable for a bad act would not be in the news and that is what seems to be taking the order of the day in other entertainment industries. I wonder who will know Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Ann Whitehouse and the rest of the controversial stars if not for their awkward lifestyles that as come to be celebrated especially in Hollywood.
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The High points of the week so far

July 15th 2008 18:05
1. McCain calls Obama's Iraq, Afghanistan policies premature More here Your text goes here

2. McCain praises Romney's surrogate skills; VP stock rising?Your text goes here
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(Bill Hillary) * Obama = Success?

July 1st 2008 17:18
Democrats' Leading Voices


President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama talked by phone Monday morning, representatives of both said, as the Democrats sought to quash rumors that Clinton holds a grudge against the man who knocked his wife out of contention for the party's presidential nomination


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From Mugabe: Go to Hell

July 1st 2008 16:50
At an African Union summit in Egypt, George Charamba said the West had no basis to speak about the situation - and can "go hang a thousand times".

Zanu-PF's Robert Mugabe said he had won the vote, boycotted by the opposition


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John McCain
John McCain Talking Tough


McCain said he believes joint town-hall meetings with Obama are now “very, very unlikely


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Obama's Benevolent Spirit

June 27th 2008 23:49
Obama '08
It's Christmas, in June, for the Obama Camp


Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, each donated $2,300 Thursday to the campaign of his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton, which is millions of dollars in debt. In addition, Obama's national finance chairman, Penny Pritzker, and her husband donated another $2,300 each, said Obama communications director Robert Gibbs. The $2,300 is the maximum individual contribution allowed


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Happy Birthday Mandela

June 27th 2008 23:28
Birthday Boy
Dr. Nelson Mandela


Will Smith led a crowd of 46,664 in a chorus of "Happy Birthday" to Nelson Mandela on Friday at a party for the South African prisoner, president and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Smith introduced Mandela to the London crowd celebrating Mandela's life with the words "The one, the only, the birthday boy, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandelaaaaaaaaaa


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Partners In Crime?


Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off a debt of at least $10 million from her failed presidential campaign, setting the stage for joint appearances by the two former rivals later in the week


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