A SHOW OF FORCE - Russian soldiers drove yesterday near the city of Gori. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called for negotiations with Russia to prevent relations between the two countries from deteriorating further.
(Dimitar Dilkoff/ AFP/ Getty Images)
Georgia chaos halts nuclear security effort
US was helping track smugglers; Traffickers could take advantage
A SHOW OF FORCE - Russian soldiers drove yesterday near the city of Gori. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called for negotiations with Russia to prevent relations between the two countries from deteriorating further.
(Dimitar Dilkoff/ AFP/ Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - The chaos in Georgia has forced the United States to halt a high-priority program that was helping the former Soviet republic to identify possible smugglers of nuclear bomb components across its borders, long considered a transit point for terrorists seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction, according to US officials. (Full article: 987 words)
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