Russia Seems to Be Hunkering Down in Georgia GORI, Georgia — Russia claimed that it had begun withdrawing its troops from Georgia on Monday, but there was little evidence of it on the ground: Russian soldiers continued digging in to positions along the highway approaching the capital, Tbilisi, showing no sign of pulling back from the severest confrontation between Russia and the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union.Visit New York Times Website
President Musharraf of Pakistan Resigns ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Under pressure over impending impeachment charges, President Pervez Musharraf announced that he would resign Monday, ending nearly nine years as one of the United States’ most important allies in the campaign against terrorism.Visit New York Times Website
Pledging to Leave Georgia, Russia Tightens Its Grip WASHINGTON — Even as Russia pledged to begin withdrawing its forces from neighboring Georgia on Monday, American officials said the Russian military had been moving launchers for short-range ballistic missiles into South Ossetia, a step that appeared intended to tighten its hold on the breakaway territory.Visit New York Times Website
Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles The statement by Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn is the strongest threat that Russia has issued against the plans to put missile defense elements in former Soviet satellite nations. Visit Associated Press Website
Georgia leader signs truce, but will Russia leave? TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president grudgingly signed a truce with Russia Friday, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. A stone-faced Condoleezza Rice...Visit Associated Press Website
Russia to 'sign ceasefire deal' Russia is to sign the EU-brokered peace accord with Georgia, the office of the French president has announced. The statement comes hours after Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian president, signed the ceasefire pact following five hours of talks with Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.Visit AlJazeera.net Website
Russian forces sink Georgian ships Russian forces have sunk several coast guard vessels in Georgia's military port of Poti, Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid has reported from the scene.Visit AlJazeera.net Website
Peace Plan Offers Russia a Rationale to Advance TBILISI, Georgia — It was nearly 2 a.m. on Wednesday when President Nicolas Sarkozy of France announced he had accomplished what seemed virtually impossible: Persuading the leaders of Georgia and Russia to agree to a set of principles that would stop the war.Visit New York Times Website
Bush, Sending Aid, Demands That Moscow Withdraw WASHINGTON — President Bush sent American troops to Georgia on Wednesday to oversee a “vigorous and ongoing” humanitarian mission, in a direct challenge to Russia’s display of military dominance over the region. His action came after Russian soldiers moved into two strategic Georgian cities in what he and Georgian officials called a violation of the cease-fire Russia agreed to earlier in the day.Visit New York Times Website
US can't do much to stop determined Russia The United States saw trouble coming between Russia and Georgia, a former Soviet republic turned nemesis, but didn't have enough leverage, focus or resolve to intervene. Even Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a specialist on the old Soviet Union, may have misjudged the combustible combination of Russian grievance and ambition.Visit Associated Press Website
Taliban: 'Open war' in Pakistan as bomb kills 14 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child. Authorities, meanwhile...Visit Associated Press Website
Georgia says Russia bombed after order to halt war TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Russia ordered a halt to the war in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that sent Georgia's army into headlong retreat and left towns, military bases and homes in the U.S. ally smoldering...Visit Associated Press Website
Russia 'ends Georgia conflict' Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, has ordered the military to cease its operations in Georgia and the breakaway regions of South Osetia and Abkhazia, according to the Kremlin.Visit AlJazeera.net Website
Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia ZUGDIDI, Georgia - Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some townsVisit Associated Press Website
Russians Push Past Separatist Area to Assault Central Georgia TBILISI, Georgia — Russia expanded its attacks on Georgia on Sunday, moving tanks and troops through the separatist enclave of South Ossetia and advancing toward the city of Gori in central Georgia, in its first direct assault on a Georgian city with ground forces during three days of heavy fighting, Georgian officials said.Visit New York Times Website
U.S. and Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a new operation Tuesday aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from the volatile Diyala province, considered the last major insurgent safe haven near the capital.Visit New York Times Website
Bush Praises Pakistan Just Hours After U.S. Strike WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday praised Pakistan’s commitment to fighting extremists along its deteriorating border with Afghanistan, only hours after an American missile strike destroyed what American and Pakistani officials described as a militant outpost in the region, killing at least six fightersVisit New York Times Website
Analysis: US Winning War That Seemed Lost BAGHDAD - The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the U.S. now are able to shift focus from mainly combat to mainly building the fragile beginnings of peace - a transition that many found almost unthinkable as recently as one year ago.Visit Military.com Website
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