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'The odour of death mingles with the smell of charred timber'

CRISIS IN THE CAUCASUS - Part 2: Eyewitness report by John Follet in Tskhinvali

Burnt-out Georgian tanks litter the streets, soldiers' corpses rot under the hot sun and shell-scarred apartment blocks look like they are about to collapse like a pack of cards.