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Official: 2 killed at polling station in Georgian separatist regionFeb 29 2008, 12:05 TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - An explosive device hidden in a television detonated in the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia Thursday, officials said, killing two police officers at a polling station set up for South Ossetians to vote in Russia's presidential election. At least 11 other people were injured in the blast, said Irina Gagloyeva, a spokeswoman for South Ossetia's unrecognized government. The police officers were guarding the polling station in the village of Kokhat, 35 kilometers (2 miles) east of the region's capital, Tskhinvali, police spokesman Mikhail Mindzayev said. The blast raised the prospect of more violence as South Ossetians vote early in the Russian elections, set for Sunday. Russian news agencies said that early voting was under way when the polling station was hit by the explosion. South Ossetia broke from Georgia central government control in a war in the early 1990s and has had de facto independence ever since. No country recognizes South Ossetia's government, though Moscow has granted Russian citizenship to most residents in South Ossetia, and in another separatist region, Abkhazia, and has stationed peacekeepers in both areas. Armed skirmishes between Georgian forces and South Ossetian militants are frequent. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who came to power in 2003, has vowed to bring South Ossetia and Abkhazia back under the control of the Georgian government. |
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Serbs cautioned by US against any partition attempt in KosovoFeb 29, 12:06 Putin urges Russians to "make conscious choice" in Sunday's presidential voteFeb 29, 12:06 US, Poland discuss possible US help in modernizing Polish military as part of missile defenseFeb 29, 12:06 Official: 2 killed at polling station in Georgian separatist regionFeb 29, 12:05 Even with Medvedev's win assured, Russian authorities pressure citizens to vote, groups sayFeb 29, 12:05 Russia, Hungary sign South Stream pipeline dealFeb 29, 12:05 US, Czech Republic close to anti-missile radar deal; talks sour on environmental standardsFeb 29, 12:04 Moscow's friendship with Serbia part of a power play rooted in economic interestFeb 29, 12:04 US House panel endorses suggestion that Russia had hand in ex-spy's deathFeb 29, 12:03 Medvedev travels to Serbia to sign key pipeline dealFeb 25, 12:59 |
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