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Fri 08 Aug 2008Georgia claims capture of South Ossetia capital
Georgia has claimed it has regained control of the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia as it teeters on the brink of all-out war with Russia.
President Mikheil Saakashvili said about 30 Georgians have been killed in daylong fighting between separatist forces and the Georgian military.
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