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...area Democrats began to get their act together as well. Ray Tracy, the chair of the Yellowstone County Democrats, sent out the following call to action: "It's time we fight back! The Tea Party Patriots (so-called) are waging war against our President in our backyard. This Friday when President Obama comes to Bozeman, this group and a few others are planning protests. I say that we can't let this happen!" Tracy said Yellowstone Democrats who wanted to go to Bozeman would be bused in. "With your help, we can welcome Barack back to Montana and drown...
...Tskhinvali. "South Ossetian girls would marry Georgian boys and South Ossetian boys would marry Georgian girls. But today, today there is no connection - it's all been lost." South Ossetia, in northern Georgia, had been a source of tension long before Russia and Georgia fought their brutal five-day war over the region a year ago. Since then, South Ossetia has declared its independence, but Georgia refuses to recognize the breakaway republic. Amid fears that the region is perched on the edge of another war, the once-porous border between the two is now heavily guarded and almost impossible...
...war ended on Aug. 12, 2008, but the emotional and political conflict between Georgians and South Ossetians continues, even among members of the same family. In this intensely traditional and clan-oriented corner of the world, people find themselves pulled together by deep family ties but pushed apart by Russian propaganda that stirs hatred and sews misinformation. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...well up with tears, but, like so many in South Ossetia, she feels the sacrifice is one worth making: "We want a better situation at the border, but we also want our own country. For us, there is no road back. We want our independence." (Read: "A Year After War, S. Ossetia More Dependent on Russia...
...International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), one of the few NGOs still working in South Ossetia, has been trying to find a path through the minefield of identity politics to reunite families that have been split by the war. "Right after the conflict there were lots of requests from people seeking to be reunited with their families," says Marina Tedeti, spokeswoman for the ICRC operating in South Ossetia. Since the end of the war - and with the support of both the Georgian and the South Ossetian governments - the organization has brought 320 people back together with their families through...