Aug 16, 2008 15:29
The move came a day after the Georgian president signed a French-backed cease-fire proposal during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. <br/><br/> IGOETI, Georgia -- Russia and its allied forces today destroyed a key railway bridge linking war-weary Georgia's capital to the Black Sea coast, effectively severing all east-west transportation routes within the small country, the Georgian Foreign Ministry announced.<img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~4/366536323" height="1" />