<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Republic of Georgia: News &amp; Videos about Republic of Georgia - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Republic_of_Georgia</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Republic of Georgia from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:29:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Republic of Georgia: News &amp; Videos about Republic of Georgia - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Republic_of_Georgia</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Republic of Georgia from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Russia-Georgia tensions still high one year on from conflict</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/07/goergia.background/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/07/goergia.background/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One year after Russian tanks rolled into the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the conflict that erupted over a breakaway territory continues to stoke tensions in the region, with repercussions around the world.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia, South Ossetia trade jabs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/04/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/04/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The former Soviet republic of Georgia and one of its breakaway territories, Russia-backed South Ossetia, accused each other of violating the cease-fire that ended last year's Russian-Georgian war, days before the conflict's anniversary.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia vetoes U.N. mission in Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/15/un.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/15/un.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The rift between Russia and Western powers over Georgia burst back into full view on the U.N. Security Council when Russia vetoed a resolution that would have extended the U.N. observer mission in Georgia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fears of New War Rise At Georgia's Border</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The crackle of gunfire at night makes sleep all but impossible along Georgia's border with separatist Abkhazia, feeding the fears of so many here that the war they hoped was over may be erupting anew</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dutch: Russian Cluster Bomb Killed Journalist</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852116,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Dutch government investigation has found that a Russian cluster bomb killed a television cameraman in Georgia in August, the Foreign Ministry said Monday</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia blames attacks on 'forces' in Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/06/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/06/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that "some forces in Tbilisi" are trying to provoke new violence in Georgia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian Troops Dismantling Georgia Posts</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847394,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847394,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August's war</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia President Eager to Join NATO</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841162,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841162,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Georgia's president says he hopes a visit from NATO's chief will accelerate his nation's drive to join the Western alliance</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian forces withdraw from key Georgian checkpoints</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/13/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/13/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russian peacekeepers are withdrawing from five checkpoints in western Georgia where they have been since the conflict between the two countries broke out last month, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday, according to the Interfax news agency.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. accuses Russia of waffling on cease-fire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/10/us.georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/10/us.georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States on Wednesday criticized Russia for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement in Georgia and for refusing to remove its military forces.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia police officer slain near Russian checkpoint</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/10/russia.georgia.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/10/russia.georgia.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Georgian policeman was shot and killed on Wednesday near a Russian checkpoint in Georgia, Georgia's Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia agrees Georgia withdrawal deadline</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.georgia.eu.sarkozy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.georgia.eu.sarkozy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Moscow has agreed to withdraw its forces from Georgia outside of its two breakaway provinces within one month, the presidents of Russia and France said Monday following the latest efforts to end the region's territorial crisis.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU Monitors Deploy to Georgia
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839475,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839475,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>European Union monitors will deploy to regions surrounding South Ossetia and Abkhazia by next month and Russian troops will pull out after that President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Pledges $1 Billion to Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pushing back against an increasingly aggressive Moscow, President Bush said Wednesday the U.S. will send an extra $1 billion to Georgia</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US to Give $1B in Aid to Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1838502,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1838502,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pushing back against an increasingly aggressive Moscow, President Bush said Wednesday the U.S. will send an extra $1 billion to Georgia to help the pro-Western former Soviet republic in the wake of Russia's invasion</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3rd US Aid Ship En Route to Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838256,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838256,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Navy ship loaded with humanitarian aid was on its way to Georgia on Wednesday, as the Bush administration prepared to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. aid arrives in tense Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/27/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/27/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia defended its recognition of two independence-seeking Georgian provinces as a U.S. ship carrying aid docked in Georgia on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia condemned for recognizing rebel regions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/russia.vote.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/russia.vote.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Western nations and organizations Tuesday condemned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions in Georgia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush warns Moscow over breakaway autonomy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/25/russia.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/25/russia.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush has urged Russia not to recognize the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, saying he was "deeply concerned" by the Russian parliament's move toward recognition.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney Sent to Georgia on Diplomacy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835716,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835716,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush is dispatching Vice President Cheney to Georgia, setting up a high-ranking diplomatic mission to an ally reeling from a short, intense war</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Warship with Aid Reach Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835586,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835586,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A U.S. Navy warship carrying humanitarian aid anchored at the Georgian port of Batumi on Sunday</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Huge fire as Georgian train hits landmine</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A train carrying fuel hit a mine and burst into flames near the Georgian city of Gori Sunday morning, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tbilisi: Russian troops hold Georgian checkpoints</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/23/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/23/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most Russian troops have withdrawn from eastern and western Georgia, but they still maintain some checkpoints in the country, a spokesman for Georgia's Interior Ministry said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil Prices Fall Below $119 on Stronger Dollar</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1835094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1835094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Oil prices fell back below $119 a barrel Friday, a day after a huge rally, as the dollar strengthened against its rivals and Russian troops began a long-awaited pullback in Georgia</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia: Troops to withdraw Friday, could take 10 days</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/21/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/21/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russian forces will be moving out of Georgia by Friday night, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. getting aid to Georgia but not to South Ossetia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/21/georgia.us.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/21/georgia.us.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States has sent 25 planeloads of humanitarian assistance to Georgia even as aid experts try to determine the full extent of the crisis.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Israel Lost in the Georgia War</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834785,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834785,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>When hostilities broke out, the Israeli government rushed to limit its defense industry's ties with Georgia. That's because the Jewish State can't afford to annoy Russia</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interview: Georgia's President Keeps Firing</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Mikheil Saakashvili says he will not stop trying to get the Russians out of Georgian territory and continues to insist the war was Moscow's fault</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Ethnic Toll in Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833920,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833920,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Refugees recount how neighbor turned against neighbor and why some Ossetians can no longer live with Georgians</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fanning Ethnic Flames in Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834182,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834182,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Now that Georgians have fled south, some pro-Russian locals want to ensure that they'll have no homes to return to</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian president slams Georgia's 'morons'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/18/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/18/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia's president launched a verbal volley at Georgia's leaders on Monday, as Georgia hit back with renewed accusations that the Russian invasion was premeditated.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Strategic Lessons of Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833503,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833503,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>What the lopsided conflict is teaching military strategists, policymakers and soldiers about fighting wars</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/18/cyber.warfare/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/18/cyber.warfare/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The next large-scale military or terrorist attack on the United States, if and when it happens, may not involve airplanes or bombs or even intruders breaching American borders.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmaker hints at long stay in Georgia, despite cease-fire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/17/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/17/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Though Russia says it will begin pulling back its troops from Georgia on Monday, it's unclear how long the redeployment will take, and a Russian lawmaker has compared the situation to the U.S. presence in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia accuses Russia of cutting rail line, starting fires</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/16/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/16/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgia accused the Russian army of destroying a key railway bridge Saturday and starting massive fires in the scenic Borjomi Gorge, in violation of a new cease-fire agreement between the two countries.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Separatists seize 13 villages, Georgia says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/16/georgia.separatists/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/16/georgia.separatists/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russian-backed militia members in western Georgia have seized control of 13 villages and a power plant in the region, the Georgian government said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia Signs on to Cease-Fire</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russian soldiers dug foxholes Saturday on a hillside near the capital of war-battered Georgia as a cease-fire went into effect</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish journalists attacked in Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/journalists.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/journalists.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Video that aired on a Turkish television network Thursday showed reporters from two stations ducking for cover and saying their last prayers as their vehicle came under attack in Georgia.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia Signs Cease-fire, Reluctantly</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833255,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833255,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A reluctant Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he
  signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia and declared in the presence
  of the chief U.S. diplomat that the West had behaved in ways that
  invited the invasion</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N.: 115,000 displaced by Georgia conflict</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that the number of people uprooted by the conflict in Georgia is approaching at least 115,000.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia to U.S.: Choose us or Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/us.russia.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/us.russia.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia pressed the United States on Wednesday to choose between "a real partnership" with Moscow or an "illusory" relationship with U.S. ally Georgia.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Farber: No blood on the sand here</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/michael_farber/08/13/russia.georgia/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/michael_farber/08/13/russia.georgia/index.html</guid><description>BEIJING -- I went to a beach volleyball match, and a truce broke out.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil gains $3 on supply drain</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/13/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/13/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices soared Wednesday after the government reported a surprisingly sharp decline in the nation's petroleum inventories.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian Convoy Heads Into Georgia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832291,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832291,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Russian military convoy thrust deep into Georgia and Georgian officials said Russian troops bombed and looted the crossroads city of Gori</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia agrees to Russian-French plan to settle conflict</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The presidents of Georgia and Russia have agreed to a six-point plan to calm the conflict over Georgia's separatist territories, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said late Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders of ex-Soviet republics support Georgia at rally</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.rally/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.rally/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The leaders of a former Eastern Bloc nation and four former Soviet republics showed support for Georgia in its conflict with Russia at a massive rally in Georgia's capital Tuesday night.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russians Continue Hacking Georgian Sites
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831893,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831893,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil falls despite Georgia strife</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/12/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/12/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices declined Tuesday as investors wrestled with ongoing concerns about falling global demand and worries about supply disruption in Eastern Europe.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil Steady on Dollar, Georgia Conflict</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831830,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831830,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Oil prices fluctuated Tuesday as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China balanced concerns about the Russia-Georgia conflict and its potential to disrupt crude supplies in the region</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia to leave alliance of ex-Soviet states</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.out/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.out/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgia's president said Tuesday his nation would withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an alliance of former Soviet republics.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia Halts Military Action

</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia Tuesday, saying it had punished Georgia and restored security for civilians and Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Failing the Georgia Test
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1831761,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1831761,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russia's lightning invasion of its neighbor is proving that U.S. diplomacy is inflexible and campaign politics a distraction</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian military pushes into Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, heading toward cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian military dwarfs Georgia's</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.russia.forces/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.russia.forces/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russian troops advanced out of two breakaway Georgian regions on Monday as the outnumbered and underequipped troops from the former Soviet republic retreated to defend the capital of Tbilisi.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Humanitarian effort begins in Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/un.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/un.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of people displaced by the warfare in Georgia is approaching 100,000 and the figure could rise, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush, Cheney signal support for Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/10/us.russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/10/us.russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush condemned the escalated violence between Russia and U.S.-backed Georgia on Sunday, while Vice President Dick Cheney said aggression against Georgia "must not go unanswered."</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgian President: Moscow picked fight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.oped/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.oped/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili argues in an op-ed column in Monday's Wall Street Journal that Russia picked the fight with Georgia in South Ossetia to crush Georgia's pro-Western democracy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia trying to crush democracy, Georgia leader says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia is attacking Georgia to achieve "regime change" and crush Georgia's pro-Western democracy, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia and Russia claim 'mass arrests'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.conflict.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.conflict.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Both Georgia and Russia claim that ethnic Georgians and ethnic Russians are wrongly being detained in the conflict over South Ossetia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Georgia's major miscalculation?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.russia.oakley/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.russia.oakley/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There has been no doubt of Europe's priority in the conflict between Georgia and Russia: Bringing about a ceasefire on both sides and minimizing further bloodshed. Beyond that, nothing in this conflict is simple.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia: Russians Have Split Country</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831650,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831650,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russian forces seized several towns and a military base deep in western Georgia on Monday, opening a second front in the fighting</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Violence in 2nd Georgian breakaway territory concerns U.N.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/10/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/10/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As fighting continued Sunday between Russia and Georgia over the separatist province of South Ossetia, U.N. officials expressed concern about violence in another Russian-backed breakaway territory in Georgia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin Assails US on Georgia Conflict 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is criticizing the United States for airlifting Georgian troops from Iraq</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama, McCain urge restraint in Georgia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/09/candidates.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/09/candidates.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama both spoke to Georgia's president Saturday and continued to call for an end to Russia's bombing of the former Soviet republic.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Has Georgia Overreached in Ossetia? 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: By tackling Russia, Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has picked a fight he can't win without more Western support than he's likely to get
</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush meets Putin over Georgia fighting</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/08/georgia.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/08/georgia.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S., European Union and international security organizations Friday called for an end to fighting between Georgia and militant separatists that has dragged in Russian forces.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia: More Air Attacks by Russia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830807,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830807,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Intense fighting reportedly raged for a second night in the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia on Saturday and Georgia's interior ministry reported air attacks on three military bases and key facilities for shipping oil to the West</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Ossetia shootings heighten Georgia tension</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/04/georgia.ossetia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/04/georgia.ossetia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia offered differing accounts Friday of a shooting that highlights continued tension between them amid Georgia's NATO ambitions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia denounces Russian 'harassment'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/23/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/23/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Soviet state Georgia Wednesday accused Moscow of "harassment" for allegedly shooting down of one its spy planes, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia turns to U.N. after saying Russia shot down spy plane</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/22/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/22/georgia.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgia has asked the U.N. Security Council to discuss Russia's "military aggression" after saying a Russian jet shot down one of its unmanned spy planes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia fears at Russian ties with breakaway regions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/07/georgia.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/07/georgia.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Georgia sought the backing of NATO and the European Union on Friday after Russia stepped up pressure by announcing intensified ties with two separatist Georgian regions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>