World & Nation

Aug. 29, 2008

An Ossetian woman is seen through a bullet hole in the gates of a house in Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia on Tuesday recognized Georgian breakaway republics South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (Dmitry Lovetsky, Associated Press)
Dmitry Lovetsky, Associated Press
U.S. needed Georgia war, Putin says
An Ossetian woman is seen through a bullet hole in the gates of a house in Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia on Tuesday recognized Georgian breakaway republics South Ossetia and Abkhazia.