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Russia Opens Second Front in Georgia

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 11, 2008 11:57 AM CDT

(AP) – Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia today, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials told the AP. Meanwhile, the US State Department evacuated more than 170 American civilians to... Read full story »

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