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UN report says Russia shot down Georgian spy plane ... kept up its attacks on Georgia in the early hours of Monday, brushing aside appeals for a ceasefire after its forces swept through the Georgian rebel region of South Ossetia.
An interior ministry spokesman said Russian planes bombed the base of a special forces battalion and an air traffic control centre in the suburbs of the Georgian capital Tbilisi early on Monday. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said late Sunday Russian tanks were on Georgian territory and said a "massive" aerial bombardment of the Georgian city Gori was taking place. The Red Cross says 40,000 people have fled their homes in Georgia. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has arrived in Tbilisi to spearhead mediation efforts. The European Union-backed plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, medical access to victims, controlled withdrawals of troops on both sides and eventual political talks. Kouchner was set to travel to Moscow on Monday, where he hopes to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. European Union foreign ministers are holding a crisis meeting to discuss the bloc's response to the conflict on Wednesday in Brussels.
(Deutsche Welle)
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