In a television address recorded for broadcast later the same day, President Mikheil Saakashvili demanded
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared on August 17 that troops who stormed in after a failed Georgian attempt to retake the pro-Russian breakaway region of South Ossetia, would begin pulling out around midday.
The 10-day confrontation has killed about 200 Georgians, dealt a blow to the Georgian military, damaged the country's economy, disrupted road and rail links and drew Western criticism of Saakashvili's handling of the crisis.
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