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The U.S. military could have plans to use Georgian air bases to launch air strikes against Iran, according to Russias envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin. He pointed out that Georgia would be the perfect base for a potential U.S. operation in Iran.

McCain's neocon foreign policy adviser has been a lobbyist for arms companies & Saakashvili's Georgia

The Georgian government has admitted dropping cluster bombs in its military offensive to regain control of South Ossetia, reports Human Rights Watch.

Europe's top human rights official has arrived in war-ravaged South Ossetia on a fact-finding mission. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg from the Council of Europe Human is being accompanied by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin. They say their goal is to gather evidence from all sides and to compile a report on their findings.

Several thousand protesters waving Georgian flags approached Russian military positions on the outskirts of western Georgia's Black Sea port city of Poti on Saturday, asking Russia to leave Georgia

A Georgian official says a train carrying oil products has hit a mine and at least two tanker cars were burning. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Georgia's Interior Ministry blamed Russia for the blast.

Did US officials know about Georgia's plans to attack its breakaway region? The issue deserves a special hearing in the US Congress, according to American political commentator Pat Buchanan.

Several western newspapers claim that even though the Georgian offensive against South Ossetia failed, it is still managing to win the media war. In this sort of modern warfare, Georgia has to rely heavily on foreign assistance. RT met a Brit who's working for the Georgian government as a media adviser.

Russian troops are leaving Georgia and will arrive in the peacekeepers' zone of responsibility by tomorrow evening. The statement came during a regular briefing from Defence Ministry in Moscow.

There are those who say nations should move their disputes from the battlefield to track and field events. While official relations between Georgia and Russia are still in turmoil, athletes from both countries are united in showing the world what true Olympic spirit is about.

Days after a shaky ceasefire between Russia and Georgia, South Ossetians progressively are making their way back to their capital Tskhinvali, to discover a town scarred by battle. By R. Goguelin, A. Pokrovsky "Kekhvi is deserted - every house battered, burned and looted." - Romain Goguelin, Alexeï Pokrovsky, Gulliver Cragg,

Russia's President has promised to punish those behind war crimes against ethnic South Ossetians. Dmitry Medvedev made the remark during a visit to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia, where most refugees are heading.

There is little evidence that Russian forces in Gerorgia are withdrawing, despite assurances from Moscow that the troops are to pull back. Georgia and its Western allies insist the Russian militry must pull back completely and leave only a small peacekeeping force in South Ossetia. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.

The conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia has become a genuine issue in U.S. presidential campaigning. The situation is very welcome to Republican contender John McCain, says Alexander Cockburn, an American political journalist.

Human right organisations have accused armed groups of looting and burning Georgian homes in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

Shortly after Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, signed a ceasefire agreement with Georgia, a contingent of Western officials travelled to the frontlines to see whether Russian forces were indeed withdrawing from Georgian territory. Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports.

Aid is finally getting through to some of the areas at the heart of the fighting over South Ossetia between Russia and Georgia, including the Geoirgian city of Gori. But as Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports, there are still plenty of Russian soldiers around.

More than a week of fighting between Russia and Georgia has left thousands of refugees on both sides of the conflict. Some are beginning to return to what remains of their homes, even if it means living among the rubble. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from South Ossetia where she spoke to some of those who were been caught up in the conflict.

A 12-year-old American girl visiting relatives during the conflict in South Ossetia has thanked Russian soldiers for saving her from the Georgian attack. However, America's Fox News attempted to cut her and her aunt off air.