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Fighting continues in Gori despite a supposed ceasefire in Georgia

Updated on 13 August 2008

By Sue Turton

Despite a ceasefire in Georgia, Channel 4 News has received eyewitness evidence of continued fighting in the town of Gori.

On the diplomatic front a "cold war" of words has broken out.

Former Soviet republics and Eastern European states, such as Ukraine and Poland, have joined the Georgian president in accusing Russia of not respecting a ceasefire, drawing parallels to the second world war.

Sue Turton reports.

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