Georgia.... Today's in Pictures

Georgia....Today's in Pictures August 28, 2008 NSI News Source Info A Georgian soldier wiped his eyes while digging a mass grave for unidentified Georgian soldiers killed in fighting over South Ossetia, during a military funeral in Mukhadgverdi, west of Tbilisi. Funerals for 46 soldiers returned to Georgian authorities began with 26 buried on Thursday in graves marked "Unknown Soldier." The remaining 20 will be buried later, a defense ministry spokeswoman said. A woman cried at the coffin of one of the Georgian soldier killed in South Ossetia, during the mass burial ceremony for the 26 soldiers. South Ossetian men comforted each other near the destroyed buildings where they used to live in Tskhinvali. Tensions in the region heightened as Russia tested an intercontinental missile, and France said the European Union could slap sanctions on Moscow over the Georgia conflict. Georgian soldiers threw earth on the mass grave for unknown soldiers killed in fighting over South Ossetia at a ceremony outside Tbilisi attended by a few people, some soldiers and an honor guard.