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France: EU monitors in Georgia could be armed (AP)

 
AP - EU observers being sent near Georgia's breakaway regions could be armed for security reasons, France's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, despite earlier pledges that the monitors would not carry weapons. (link)

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