Russian bombing kills 30 Georgians: Saakashvili

Fri Aug 8, 2008 2:08pm EDT
 
[-] Text [+]

TBILISI (Reuters) - Russian bombing killed about 30 Georgians but Georgia's forces now control the rebel South Ossetian capital and the surrounding area, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in a live television address on Friday.

"Unfortunately as a result of the bombardment about 30 people, mainly military men, are dead," Saakashvili said in the five minute statement.

"Tskhinvali and the heights around Tskhinvali and the majority of the villages in South Ossetia are under the control of Georgian forces," he said.

(Reporting by Margartia Antidze and James Kilner)

 
A Taliban fighter poses with weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
Taliban may wait out Washington's "endgame"

Washington's hint of an Afghanistan endgame in saying U.S. troops won't still be there in 2017 might help win over a war-weary public, but there is no guarantee a notoriously patient Taliban won't just wait the Americans out.  Full Article | Full Coverage 

Editor's Choice

A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours.  Slideshow 

Most Popular on Reuters

  • Articles
  • Video
Men transport a pig on a horse cart along a highway on the outskirts of Havana November 26, 2009.  REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
Cubans fear hard times ahead, impatient for change

Cubans are bracing for hard times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts government spending to get Cuba out of crisis -- and they are growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform.  Full Article