Evidence in Georgia Belies Russia's Claims of 'Genocide'

By ANDREW OSBORN in Tskhinvali, Georgia,
and JEANNE WHALEN in Moscow
August 15, 2008

Russia's assertions that it was provoked into war by "genocide" in South Ossetia and that it is observing a cease-fire in Georgia came under new challenge Thursday, as the U.S. stepped up diplomatic pressure on Moscow.

Washington agreed to base missile interceptors on Polish soil, in a new sign of how Russia's invasion of Georgia is redrawing the geopolitical map. the rest

Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles