1.
Poll: Almost half in U.S. creationist
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia urged Russia Thursday to recognize its independence, the republic's president says.
Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh said he expected South Ossetia, another secessionist republic in Georgia whose efforts at independence from Georgia triggered an attack by Russia to quell matters Aug. 8, to send a similar request in a few days, Novosti reported.
In Sukhumi, Abkhazia's capital, more than 47,000 people gathered on the central square to show support for the appeal.
"It has become clear that Abkhazia will not live in the same state with Georgia," Nugzar Ashuba, the parliament speaker told the rally.
Russia was asked to recognize Abkhazia "as a sovereign and independent state and sign a treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance," the Novosti report said.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (UPI) --
A group investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart concluded she died on an uninhabited Pacific island where her plane made an emergency landing in 1937.
|
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
|
If you're in the market for a car or truck it might make more sense to consider a new vehicle this year rather than a used one.
|
LAKE PARK, Fla., June 3 (UPI) --
A Florida man says he wants to install a 341-foot flagpole at the car dealership he owns in memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, victims and first-responders.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
