Russian withdrawal "in progress"

*Russia says it will complete pull-back by the end of Friday. *Russia to re-establish permanent check-points in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. *U.S. general says Russia is moving at a "snail's pace." *Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has written to Russia's leaders urging them to end occupation. * U.N. deadlocked over Georgia resolution.

Reuters | August 22, 2008

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