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POPSS.Ossetia claims Georgia plans to attack Kokoity said Georgian authorities have been issuing warnings to residents of Georgian villages in South Ossetia that Tbilisi will seize the areas by September. However, he said 'volunteers' from abroad will flood into South Ossetia and defend the province in the event of an all-out Georgian attack.
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POPSINTERNET CENSORSHIP (Or, Ut-oh, I'm screwed!) Blurring the line between libel and valid criticism is actually fairly difficult, but the threat of a law suit, valid or not, is enough to make most smaller businesses cave, since although they'd win in the end and the law is on their side, the costs of fighting it out in court would be business-ending. So as of right now I'd like to clarify: If I gave anyone the impression that I was suggesting that Uzbekistani billionaire Alisher Usmanov was the secret male lover of the late Turkmenistani dictator Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov, here or on any other sight, that impression was mistaken. I was talking about the other Uzbekistani billionaire, Walisher Wusmanov.
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POPSmission of burma This is the first time the monks have explicitly challenged the government in this way, the BBC's Jonathan Head in neighbouring Thailand says. Although the statement falls short of calling for an all-out popular insurrection, it must be what the generals now fear, our correspondent adds.
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POPSFormer British Ambassador Says Terror Alert Is "Propaganda" My belief as well. This I thought was a key point.... "On Monday night it emerged that elements of MI5 wanted the liquid bomb plot to proceed and make the arrests only after the attack had taken place - sacrificing an estimated 3,000 lives and ensuring Britain experienced its own 9/11."