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Published: 24 March, 2010, 21:26
Edited: 25 March, 2010, 23:10


Georgia, Tbilisi: A man passes by a logo of the Imedi television station in Tbilisi on March 14, 2009. (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov)

NATO’s official spokesman, James Appathurai, called the false news report that Russian troops were in Georgia and President Saakashvili had been killed, by Georgian Imedi TV channel, ‘unwise’ and ‘useless’.

 
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Kihnu March 25, 2010, 05:25 quote
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Could be that NATO is having second thoughts about admitting Saakashvili's Georgia into the organization.

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