Russia halts military operations

Finally, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a halt to the military operations in Georgia on Tuesday. He said Russia had achieved its objectives of punishing the aggressor. Medvedev also agreed to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy for peace talks at the Kremlin.
Medvedev said, "The aim of the operation to punish the aggressor has been achieved. The aggressor has suffered considerable losses."

Racist Scotland Yard to be sued

Britain’s most senior Asian police officer, Tarique Ghaffur, is to sue Scotland Yard for alleged racial discrimination. He claimed that racism in the police force was more widespread than it is normally believed. He also said that senior Asian and black officers had to work in a 'hostile' and 'poisonous' atmosphere.

Georgia begs for ceasefire, 2000 dead

More than 2000 people are reported killed in the war with Russia as Georgia called for a ceasefire on Saturday. Russian bombers have widened an offensive to force back Georgian troops seeking control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
US president George Bush said Russian attacks on Georgia marked a "dangerous escalation" of the crisis and urged Moscow to halt the bombing immediately. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev told Bush the only solution was for Georgian troops to quit the conflict zone.
Russia said it had seized the rebel capital, Tskhinvali, but Georgia denied the claim on the second day of fighting. Russian officials said the death toll now stood at 2,000 and 30,000 refugees from South Ossetia had fled to Russia over the past 36 hours. Russia said two of its warplanes had been shot down, 13 of its soldiers killed and 70 wounded.
"I call for an immediate ceasefire," Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said in Tbilisi. "Russia has launched a full scale military invasion of Georgia."
Russia’s military response to the crisis dramatically intensified a long-running stand-off between Russia and the pro-western Georgian leadership that has sparked alarm in the west and led to angry exchanges at the United Nations reminiscent of the Cold War.

Russia toughens against Georgia

Russia has toughened its position further against Georgia. After declaring a war against the latter.After declaring war, Russia now says it will not negotiate with Georgia unless the latter withdraws its troops from the frontlines in the Caucasian region of South Ossetia.
Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said there would be no negotiations unless Georgian troops return to their positions prior to the conflict in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
'They must retreat to the place where they were before, three days ago.' Rogozin told reporters in Brussels.
'Before diplomats can sit and discuss on the issue, there must be preconditions, some military ones,' he said.
Rogozin accused Georgian authorities of "ethnic cleansing" in the breakaway region, where majority of the residents hold Russian passports.