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<\/center><\/p>\nThese are the headlines that I’ve been reading this afternoon:<\/p>\n
The New York Times: On Slog to Safety, Seething at West <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n One soldier, his face a mask of exhaustion, cradled a Kalashnikov.<\/p>\n \u201cWe killed as many of them as we could,\u201d he said. \u201cBut where are our friends?\u201d<\/p>\n It was the question of the day. As Russian forces massed Sunday on two fronts, Georgians were heading south with whatever they could carry. When they met Western journalists, they all said the same thing: Where is the United States? When is NATO coming?<\/p>\n Since the conflict began, Western leaders have worked frantically to broker a cease-fire. But for Georgians \u2014 so boisterously pro-American that Tbilisi, the capital, has a George W. Bush Street \u2014 diplomacy fell far short of what they expected. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n BBC: Georgia move fails to halt raids <\/a><\/p>\n The Washington Post: Georgian Web Sites Under Attack<\/a><\/p>\n AP: Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships<\/a><\/p>\n The New York Times: Russians Push Past Separatist Area to Assault Central Georgia <\/a><\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal: Russia Widens Attacks on Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n Le Monde: Le conflit en Oss\u00e9tie du Sud, jour par jour<\/a> [Also, check this sweet map<\/a>]<\/p>\n