Israel Has $1 Billion Invested in Georgia 10 Aug 2008 The
Israeli-Georgia connection is estimated to be worth $1 billion, according to a
former Georgian ambassador to Israel. The Jewish state and private investors
have provided military assistance and advisors to Georgia, where
pipelines pump oil destined for Israel. A new pipeline is being
built to bypass Russian territory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that
Israeli companies in Georgia have begun evacuating their staff and that Israeli
tourists are leaving for home.

Peacekeepers say Georgian forces shelling apartments in
S.Ossetia 10 Aug 2008 Russian peacekeepers in Georgia's breakaway
republic of South Ossetia said on Sunday that Georgian forces remain in the
region, and are shelling apartment blocks in the capital. Georgian Interior
Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili earlier said Georgian forces had fully
withdrawn from the separatist province.

Reports: Russia sinks Georgian ship trying to attack Russian navy
ships 10 Aug 2008 Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry claims
to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack Russian navy
ships in the Black Sea. The Defense Ministry refused to comment on the Sunday
reports to The Associated Press and Georgian officials could not immediately be
reached. If confirmed, the incident could mark a serious escalation of the
fighting that has raged between Russia and Georgia over the separatist Georgian
province of South Ossetia.

U.S.: Russia trying to topple Georgian government [Oh.
Would that be anything like toppling Iraqi and Afghan
governments?] 10 Aug 2008 The United States on Sunday accused Russia of
trying to overthrow the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia,
where Russian troops have been battling Georgian forces over the breakaway
territory of South Ossetia. At an emergency session of the United Nations'
Security Council, the U.S. alleged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili "must go."

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