Photo: #A Georgian man stands among ruins in front of his damaged home in Gori on August 11, 2008. The conflict has already forced about 40,000 people from their homes in areas around the conflict zone, an International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman told AFP. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accepted 'almost all' of the EU's proposals to end its conflict with Russia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told French radio from Tbilisi.
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A Georgian man stands among ruins in front of his damaged home in Gori on August 11, 2008. The conflict has already forced about 40,000 people from their homes in areas around the conflict zone, an International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman told AFP. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accepted 'almost all' of the EU's proposals to end its conflict with Russia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told French radio from Tbilisi. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)

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Georgia and Russia on verge of all-out war?

Broadcast: Midday, 08/11/2008, 11:00 a.m.

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International organizations including NATO, the United Nations, the G-7 and the European Union, and the United States, all weigh in on the broadening war between Russia and Georgia in the breakaway province of Ossetia.

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  • Nicholas Hayes: Professor of history and University Chair in Critical Thinking at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn.
  • Melor Sturua: Columnist for Russian news service Isvestia. He served as an advisor to former Soviet leaders Nikita Khruschev and Leonid Brezhnev. Sturua is a retired senior fellow at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute.

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