• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Georgia says Russian planes bomb near Tbilisi

Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:20pm EDT
TBILISI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Russian planes bombed a military base and radar installation near Tbilisi early on Monday, Georgia's Interior Ministry said.

"There were two bombings. One at the Kojori military base and another on Mt. Makhata. As far as I know there are no casualties," Georgian Interior Ministry Spokesman Shota Utiashvili told Reuters.

The explosions were both heard in Tbilisi's city centre. (Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Writing by Chris Baldwin; Editing by Jerry Norton) (christopher.baldwin@reuters.com, Moscow Newsroom +7 495 775 1242))


More from Reuters

Photo

Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety. | Video

» More Top News
A young Kamchatka brown bear plays in its enclosure at the 'Tierpark Hagenbeck' zoo in Hamburg September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

The return of the Russian bear

Jason Bush

As Russia's memories of crippling economic times fade, are reforms disappearing along with them?  Commentary 

Breakingviews
Surgeons extract the liver and kidneys of a brain-dead woman for organ transplant donation at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Berlin January 12, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Desperate, duped, or both

One of the world's largest organ trade hubs is moving to stop the living from cashing in their body parts.  Full Article 

Health