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A Georgian soldier sits on a tank in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian troops seen near the village of Khurcha in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian troops leave armored vehicles and trucks near the village of Khurcha in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian servicemen head to the town of Gal, 80 km (50 miles) from the regional centre Sukhumi in Abkhazia, a separatist region on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian men hold up pictures of Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a demonstration, against the conflict between Georgia and Russia, in central Madrid August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers arrive at an airbase in Tbilisi from Iraq, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers arrive at an airbase in Tbilisi from Iraq, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers arrive at an airbase in Tbilisi from Iraq, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Russian helicopter secures the area near the town of Gal 80 km (50 miles) from the regional centre Sukhumi in Abkhazia, a separatist region on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian servicemen sit in a truck as they head to the town of Gal, 80 km (50 miles) from the regional centre Sukhumi in Abkhazia, a separatist region on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, August 11, 2008.

A Russian peacekeeper stands by a checkpoint near the town of Gal, 80 km (50 miles) from the regional centre Sukhumi in Abkhazia, a separatist region on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, August 11, 2008.

A Georgian soldier helps to direct a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgians living in Greece take part in a rally outside Russia’s consulate in the northern town of Thessaloniki August 11, 2008.

Russian troops move along a road near the border between North and South Ossetia August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers and their tanks travel through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers and their tanks travel through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgians demonstrate in front of the Russian representation to the EU in Brussels, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian servicemen are seen in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008 – Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Georgian man carries bread at the market in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Georgian man squats in front of his damaged home in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008 – Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian soldiers assist their injured friend near the hospital in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

A volunteer from North Ossetia loads ammunition on the road to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia 10 August 2008. © Yuri Kochetkov/epa

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of Georgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles under a helicopter’s escort near the village of Khurcha as they head towards the border of Georgia in the breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday – Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Russian military transport plane lands in Sukhumi airport in Sukhumi August 10, 2008 – Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Georgian woman refugee cries in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of Georgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Two young women – one of them takes a mobile phone picture – gaze as a Russian armoured vehicle drives through a tiny town of Alagir to Georgia’s South Ossetia, August 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

A Russian military column drives through the township of Alagir to Georgia’s breakaway province South Ossetia August 10,2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Georgian woman carries her belongings and a portrait of her husband, no other details given, in Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

An unidentified Georgian woman shows her damaged appartment in the town of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

People watch Russian tanks head towards Tskhinvali in the South Ossetian settlement of Dzhava August 10, 2008.

Women wave to Russian tanks in the South Ossetian settlement of Dzhava August 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

Russian troops sit on an amoured vehicle in the South Ossetian settlement of Dzhava August 10, 2008. Photo from Reuters Pictures

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