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Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2010 French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a "liar" during negotiations with Moscow following the August 2008 conflict with Georgia, according to a US memo released by WikiLeaks. Sarkozy negotiated the ceasefire agreement that brought an end to the war, which saw Russian troops pour into Georgia to repel a Georgian military assault on Moscow-backed South Ossetia. "...Sarkozy caught the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by the lapel of his jacket, and called him a liar...," an American diplomat reported in a memo released by the whistle-blower website and quoted by French daily Le Monde. "Sarkozy seems to have warned Russia that its position as a 'major power' had been seriously damaged by its refusal to respect its obligations," said the document. The incident in early September 2008 was recounted to US diplomats in Moscow by a French diplomat involved in negotiations.
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Outside View: A nation not at warWashington (UPI) Dec 1, 2010 The United States is many things, great and good. But, despite last week's teapot-sized tempest over full-body scanners and intrusive patdowns by the Transportation Security Agency to neuter terrorist airline bombing threats and zealous rhetoric to the contrary, America isn't a nation at war! Parts of the nation however are engaged in what to them is surely the real thing. The Pentagon ... read more |
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