GEORGIA-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-AKHALGORI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Antoine Lambroschini
Ossetian militiamen rest at the checkpoint of the city of Akhalgori, South Ossetia, on August 26, 2008, after the signature by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev of a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. Georgian officials accused Ossetian militiamen of seeking to move deeper from the town of Akhalgori into Georgia while the Ossetians said Georgian police had taken up threatening positions. AFP PHOTO OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI