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Waving, from left, separatists Abkhazian, South Ossetian, and Russian flags Abkhazians celebrate Russian President’s Dmitry Medvedev’s signing of the decree recognizing the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in downtown Sukhumi, capital of Abkhazia on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP) |