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  • New battle looms over S Ossetia ( International Court of Justice begins hearings September 8th )

    08/21/2008 6:08:54 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 5 replies · 142+ views
    Al Jazeera ^ | Thursday, August 21, 2008 01:20 Mecca time, 22:20 GMT | Nick Spicer
    Long after the guns fall silent in the Georgia-Russia conflict, the two countries' legal artillery is still likely still be firing away in an attempt to have the each other publicly judged guilty of war crimes, even genocide. On September 8th, the International Court of Justice begins hearings in a case filed by Georgia.The case seeks to halt Russian military action in Georgia, and accuses the Kremlin of conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing there.Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian president, has called the Russian forces in his country "21st century barbarians."Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has had even harsher words...