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Georgian, Russian Forces Enter South Ossetia


More than a thousand people are reported dead in fighting involving Georgian and Russian forces in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Both sides accuse the other of being the aggressor.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he ordered an all-out offensive to regain control of South Ossetia, after Russian tanks entered the region. He accused Russia of waging war on Georgia.

Russia said its troops were responding to a Georgian assault to retake South Ossetia.

A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman, Shota Utiashvili said Russian shelling of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, forced Georgian troops from part of the city, which the Georgians captured earlier in the day.

Russian authorities reported at least 12 Russian peacekeepers killed and at least 50 wounded in the fighting. South Ossetian officials said the number of civilian dead exceeded one thousand.

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