EU monitors in Georgia confirm Russian withdrawal

Oct. 11, 2008

EU MONITORS in Georgia have confirmed that Russian forces have dismantled 17 checkpoints, one signals post and one military base in zones adjacent to breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Georgia claims against Russia questioned

TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Georgia's claims of self defense against separatist and Russian aggression have been called into question by independent military observers, officials say.

Russia won't field U.S. election monitors

MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Russian officials said Tuesday they won't send any monitors to observe the Nov. 4 U.S. presidential election.

Displaced Georgians returning home

TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- More than 20,000 people displaced by the Georgia-Russia conflict returned to their homes in the South Ossetia buffer zone last week, U.N. officials said.

Russian troops withdraw from Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Russia says it has completed its withdrawal of its peacekeepers from a buffer zone near South Ossetia on Wednesday, an official said.

Russia pulls back from Georgia checkpoint

GORI, Georgia, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Russian troops have pulled back from a key checkpoint in Georgian territory near the breakaway province of South Ossetia, European Union officials say.

EU monitors fan out in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The European Union began sending 200 civilian monitors to Georgia Wednesday, despite threats by Russia to bar them from buffer zones, officials said.

Battle brews over EU cease-fire monitors

BRUSSELS, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A diplomatic dispute is brewing between Moscow and the European Union over access for monitors sent to observe Russia's withdrawal from Georgia, sources say.

Rice, Saakashvili outline cease-fire deal

TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- President Mikheil Saakashvili's signature on a cease-fire agreement means Russian occupying troops must exit Georgia now, the U.S. Secretary of State said.

EU backs cease-fire monitoring in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Foreign ministers of European Union member countries said they support sending monitors to supervise a cease-fire in the South Ossetia region of Georgia.

Cost of border radiation monitors climbs

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- The cost to put new radiation monitors in place at U.S. borders and ports would be far more than the Department of Homeland Security said, budget papers show.

Russian election chief invites monitors

MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The chairman of the Russian Central Elections Commission personally signed invitations to nearly 400 international election monitors.

Saakashvili claims victory in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili has claimed re-election in polls that European election monitors say were largely democratic.

LCD monitors replace chalkboards

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, Ind., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- LCD monitors are the new, high-tech alternative to dusty blackboards in U.S. schools.

Putin: Poll monitors were pressured

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday accused the United States of meddling in his country's Dec. 2 elections, The New York Times reported.