Georgia.... Today's in Pictures

Georgia....Today's in Pictures August 26, 2008 NSI News Source Info Acting a day after Russia's Parliament unanimously supported the request of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to secede, President Dmitri A. Medvedev announced that he had signed decrees recognizing the two territories' independence, and some residents in both regions celebrated. He blamed the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, for causing the bloodshed and forcing Moscow's hand. A South Ossetian fired his weapon from a bullet-riddled car in Tskhinvali as celebrants drove through the streets with flags. People in Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, embraced during a celebration of Russia's recognition of the region. People there took to the streets carrying Abkhazia flags. Georgian refugees from surrounding villages are seen in the central square in the town of Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and near the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Gori was occupied by Russian troops until late last week.