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GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in an interview aired on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.

For the first time in modern history, a Russian naval squadron is making its way towards Latin America. The nuclear-powered cruiser 'Peter the Great', an anti-submarine ship and two support vessels will sail from the Arctic to the Caribbean to take part in joint manoeuvres with Venezuela.

The global financial crisis is causing tremors in Russia, where trading has again been suspended after the worst falls in almost a decade. Investors have deserted Russia in droves - sparked by global credit crunch fears, plunging oil prices and uncertainty after Russia's brief war with Georgia. Alan Fisher reports.

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US tries to create an 'iron curtain' around Russia

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

As European leaders met in Brussels for an emergency summit on the Russia-Georgia conflict, Russian media released footage showing Premier Vladimir Putin taking on a tigress with a tranquilizer.

With U.S. politicians calling for the international community to isolate Russia, talks on a 'new cold war' have become more frequent in the media. The roots of the strong rhetoric go deeper, though, than the recent conflict with Georgia. Presidential hopefuls are using it as an opportunity to earn some foreign policy credentials.

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.

Part1 Western leaders step up the pressure on Moscow to pull its troops out of Georgia, and honour a French-brokered ceasefire agreement. Part2