Georgia calls on EU for independent inquiry into war

Luke Harding in Moscow

Wednesday November 19 2008 00.01 GMT

The Guardian
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A Russian soldier walks past destroyed Georgian tanks in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali during August. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Smart Aid

By DAVID L. PHILLIPS
OCTOBER 22, 2008
Wall Street Journal Europe
With the collapse of last week’s Geneva Conference on postconflict Georgia, the mantle of leadership on economic and humanitarian aid in Georgia falls to the European Union, which plans to raise €1 billion at its donors conference with the World Bank today in Brussels.