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Tue 08 Aug 2008Ruined Tskhinvali full of bitterness at Georgian offensive
THE WINDOWS were blown out of the old synagogue here, and the wooden bimah (platform) splintered and partially collapsed. Shattered glass covered the floor, and parts of the ornately painted walls were ripped off.
But the old building held, and it protected 40 people who took shelter in its spacious basement as the neighbourhood above them was reduced to rubble.
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