Hundreds of women and children have fled Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia to neighbouring Russia after fresh fighting again provoked fears that a full-scale war is about to break out in the troubled region.
South Ossetia broke away from Georgia after a war in the early 1990's. Georgia accuses Moscow of propping up the rebel leadership in South Ossetia and another separatist territory, Abkhazia, notably through large Russian peacekeeping contingents that are based in both areas. Russia says the peacekeeping force is needed to avert a new war. Georgia, which aspires to join NATO, accuses Moscow of trying to annex South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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