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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he has no doubt that a planned U.S. missile defense shield for Central Europe is aimed against Russia, but Moscow is ready to continue talks with all parties concerned.

The Iranian Navy is more capable than ever in protecting our waters in the Persian Gulf, says Iranian Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

Georgia's attack on South Ossetia was likely approved by the United States, says Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin while former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze said that "the new Cold War has been instigated by the USA."

The US is to send troops to embattled Georgia in the form of a humanitarian aid exercise, President George Bush announced today.

According to Ivan Hotoulev, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria, the conflict in Georgia was the result of a planned military action on the part of Tbilisi, whose name "Clean Field" simply spoke about the action's goal, adding that Russia was going to collect evidence of Georgian genocide in the area.

Three more US warships are reportedly heading towards the Persian Gulf amid ongoing tension in the region.

Cheney said further Russian aggression would have serious consequences for U.S.-Russian relations and the international community.

Russian tanks and troops moved through the separatist enclave of South Ossetia and advanced on the city of Gori in central Georgia on Sunday night, for the first time directly assaulting a Georgian city with ground forces after three days of heavy fighting.

Georgia says it has withdrawn its troops from the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, where Georgian forces have been fighting Russian troops for control.

German deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler accused Georgia of violating international law by triggering a military conflict with Russia in the separatist Caucasus region of South Ossetia, the press reported Saturday

AFP reports that according to Gernot Erler, deputy to german foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Georgia is breaking international law by launching military action to reclaim South Ossetia.

The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under international law) around Iran. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a war with Iran.

A Georgian government minister says Georgian troops have captured five villages in the pro-Russian breakaway region of South Ossetia and are surrounding the region's capital, Tskhinvali. Earlier reports said the city was under heavy shelling from Georgian-controlled areas.

Georgia's leader is calling for an immediate cease-fire in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes carried out new airstrikes against Georgian military targets Saturday, as fighting between the two sides reportedly spread to another disputed region. Emma Stickgold reports from Moscow.

Fierce fighting is continuing between Russian and Georgian forces in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, forcing hundreds of civilians to flee their homes.