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Wed 08 Aug 2008Prayers and press cards of little use in this lopsided war
GEORGIA LETTER: MOST OF the passengers on my near empty flight to Tbilisi nine days ago were journalists, which is usually the case when you travel to a country at war.
There were at least three television crews, among them Stan Storimans and Jeroen Akkermans from the Dutch station RTL. Storimans's Bart Simpson-style haircut and mischievous smile were familiar from other reporting trips, but we wouldn't have exchanged more than a nod and hello.
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