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Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners

Russian armed forces still occupy Georgia
Kheta, Georgia: A Russian convoy drives past a destroyed tank while heading towards the border of Georgia and Abkhazia Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP
Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners
Igoeti, Georgia: Russian soldiers look on as Georgian prisoners are exchanged Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP
Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners
Igoeti, Georgia: A Russian prisoner of war sits in a Georgian police car awaiting the prisoner exchange Photograph: Marco Longari /AFP
Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners
Igoeti, Georgia: Russian soldiers board a truck following the prisoner exchange Photograph: Darko Bandic/AP
Milliband rice and Kuchner attend at NATO conference on the Caucasus conflict
Brussels, Belgium: Britain's foreign secretary David Miliband, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting to discuss the situation in the Caucasus Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners
Kaspi, Georgia: Russian soldiers release smoke to signal for helicopters to land and take away Russian prisoners after the exchange Photograph: Adrees Latif /Reuters
Georgians flee South Ossetian militia
Kvemo-Achebeti, South Ossetia: An elderly Georgian couple escape from a house set on fire by South Ossetian militia Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Russian armed forces still occupy Georgia
Enguri, Georgia: A horse-drawn cart passes as Russian soldiers secure a bridge on the river Enguri on the border of Abkhazia and Georgia Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki /AFP
Georgian refugees
Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian refugees who escaped from Gori at a refugee camp in an abandoned military hospital Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA
Russian armed forces still occupy Georgia
Zugdidi, Georgia: Russian peacekeeping soldiers transport vegetables Photograph: Vano Shlamov/AFP
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