Word: gory
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...people. That rash action was perhaps unwise, but it is evident from Russia's military response that Moscow was waiting for such an act to provide a pretext for the use of force. Large Russian contingents quickly swept into South Ossetia and then into Georgia, sending tanks to Gori and bombing Gori and the capital, Tbilisi...
...Russian tank squats across the main road heading into the town of Gori, its turret pointing east toward the capital, Tbilisi. Three armored personnel carriers seal off the rest of the thruway; one churns up the asphalt and repositions itself in the bushes. A handful of Russian special forces crouch next to their rocket propelled grenade launchers and eye the Georgian positions a few hundred yards away. In the valley behind the Russian units, in Gori itself, a column of thick black smoke billows skyward...
...peacekeepers," explains Russian Sergeant Vasili Schevchenko, from Stavropol, dragging on a cigarette and eyeing the aid workers and journalists wanting to get through. "All we want is peace." He does not know what is causing the big plume of smoke in Gori, he says. When will the Russians pull back? "We are just taking orders," he growls...
...hill and fired incendiary bombs into the wheat field. Villagers ran for cover. It was the second attack in less than 12 hours. In the early hours of this morning, a group of Russian jets bombed a cement factory and railway line in a neighboring village. In nearby Gori, the hospital was attacked; a Dutch journalist was killed...
...what once was Europe's richest football league. Having spent years paying players hugely inflated salaries from TV money, Italy's top 18 clubs last year declared an operating loss of $764 million. Already this year Serie A club Fiorentina has been declared bankrupt, after owner Vittorio Cecchi Gori failed to meet deadlines on debts of $22 million; Fiorentina was demoted to Serie C2. Even top-flight teams are struggling. Rome's Lazio, the 2000 champion, had bids for three new players annulled after admitting it couldn't pay even 30% of the transfer fees. League president Adriano Galliani believes...