IT was "the first day of war", Russia's main state-run television channel said last night. The presenter, looking suitably gloomy, might have added that it was the beginning of an undeclared war to protect an unrecognised nation.
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An undeclared war to protect a nation unrecognised for 20 years
ANALYSIS: The escalation in conflict in South Ossetia may have its roots in the Balkans.
