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This is ridiculous! John Edwards' sex scandal shouldn't even be covered for a second compared to whats REALLY going on! This is a distraction and its WORKING! And Bernie Mac's death (May he rest in peace) shouldn't be the number one story on right now either!! so frustrated... "AIG Bailout keeps America Great" - CNBC

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8/9/2008 3:46 PM

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ABC NEWS:

No peace talks until Georgian forces pull back: Russia
Posted 19 minutes ago
Updated 14 minutes ago

Georgian soldiers watch a burning building hit by bombardments in Gori, August 9, 2008. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a "state of war" as his troops battled it out with Russian forces over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes bombed the Georgian city of Gori, killing civilians, Georgia's Public TV reported. (AFP)
Georgia called for a ceasefire on Saturday after Russian bombers widened an offensive to force back Georgian troops seeking control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told CNN Saturday his country was ready to take immediate steps towards a ceasefire in South Ossetia providing Russia stopped its attacks.

"We are willing to do ceasefire immediately, provide the other side stops to shoot and to bomb," the Georgian leader told the US television network.

"And we are willing to disengage, disengage immediately, and as soon as they stop to shoot at us we're willing to take any steps, first steps required for us."

The call seemed to fall on deaf ears, with Russia's leaders saying Moscow's actions were legitimate and that the only way to end the conflict was for Georgia to pull back from the region.

Russian officials said the death toll now stood at 2,000 and 30,000 refugees from South Ossetia had fled over the border to Russia over the past 36 hours.

It said two of its warplanes had been shot down, 13 of its soldiers killed and 70 wounded.

Georgian officials said that on its side, 129 Georgians had been killed and 748 injured.

US President George W 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.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin defended Russia's incursion.

"Russia's actions in South Ossetia are totally legitimate," he said in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, near to the separatist Georgian region.

"We urge the Georgian authorities to immediately stop their aggression against South Ossetia, to stop all violations of all standing agreements on a ceasefire and to respect the legal rights and interests of other people."

A senior US official has stated, Russia has used "disproportionate" force in the South Ossetia conflict with Georgia and must immediately withdraw its troops and agree to a ceasefire with Tbilisi.

"The response has been far disproportionate from whatever threat Russia was citing," the official told reporters in a conference call.

"We are calling for an immediate cease-fire and a stand down of all troops," he added.

Russia's military action dramatically intensified its long-running stand-off with the pro-Western Georgian leadership and has sparked alarm in the West and led to angry exchanges at the United Nations reminiscent of the Cold War.

President Bush, Saakashvili's main ally in the West, said Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected.

"The attacks are occurring in regions of Georgia far from the zone of conflict in South Ossetia. They mark a dangerous escalation in the crisis," said Mr Bush, who is attending the Olympics in Beijing.

In a telephone call with Mr Bush, Mr Medvedev "stressed that the only way out of the tragic crisis provoked by the Georgian leadership is a withdrawal by Tbilisi of its armed formations from the conflict zone," a Kremlin statement said.

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