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ARLENE FRANCIS Arlene Francis began her acting career working with the Mamoulian Theatre Guild and later as a member of the Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. She worked in radio on the highly successful show, "What's My Name?" Her work in television started with the program "Blind Date." In 1950, Francis became a panelist on TV's "What's My Name?" NBC recognized the charm and wit of Francis and appointed her mistress of ceremonies of its extravaganza "Home" from 1953-1957. Francis didn't confine her talents only to radio and TV. She has appeared in many plays including stints on Broadway in "Tchin-Tchin," "Beekman Place" and the 1966 revival of "Dinner at Eight." She appeared in the movies "One, Two, Three" with Jimmy Cagney and "The Thrill of It All" with Doris Day and James Garner. New York Times drama critic Clive Barnes has called Francis "a comedienne of great talent and versatility" and has praised her "supreme naturalness." Francis said that she has lived by the simple philosophy, "Give your best and your potential will surprise you. The higher you reach . . . the higher you will go."

ALEX & RICHARD MANOOGIAN Alex Manoogian arrived at Ellis Island at 19 and settled in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He began working as a machinist in 1924 at a screw machine factory, learning about metalworking and the tools involved.Five years later, along with 2 partners, he founded Masco Screw Products Company which sold screw products to automobile manufacturers. The company was listed on the Detroit Stock Exchange , but its real success was still to come. The idea of a single-handle faucet had arisen, but it soon faded because it simply didn't work. Manoogian, however, continued to study the idea of a faucet which would permit one-hand control of volume and temperature and that didn't need a washer. He pinpointed the flaws and redesigned the faucet from scratch. Sales of the faucet, under the Delta label, soon exceeded $1.000.000. Manoogian's son, Richard succeeded him as President in 1972, and a year later the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1976, Richard was selected as one of 64 outstanding chief executives in the U.S by Financial World Magazine. The elder Manoogian had served as the life President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union and had contributed generously to various charitable organizations and educational institutions.

LUCINE AMADA On the celebration of her 25th anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera com pany, Lucine Amada was presented not only the William Rockefeller Award, but also a standing ovation from the audience. Amara's musical career began in 1948 when she was awarded first prize at the Atwater-Kent audition. Along with receiving $ 2,000, she also won an appearance at the Hollywood Bowl. Two years later, Amara made her debut at the Met as the Celestial Voice in "Don Carlo." Amara has made several recordings and has performed with symphonies and opera companies around the world including the San Francisco Symphony, the New Orleans Opera. The Rome Opera, and the New York Philharmonic. She has given performances in Venezuela, the USSR, Mexico, Vienna, Paris and the Far East. Amara says her love of music comes from the fact that "independent of space. music is sublimely strong. With great eloquence it can move armies, kindle love, and become one of the most magnificent and delightful presents that God has given us."

MIKE CONNORS He has appeared in numerous motion pictures with such stars as Bing Crosby, Ann-Margaret, Robert Redford, Sir Alec Guiness, Jack Lemmon, and Bette Davis. But it was his eight years on television's "Mannix" for which Mike Connors is most remembered. That role earned him three Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe as Best Actor. Connors grew up in Fresno where he won letters in football, basketball and track. The son of Armenian immigrants, Connors recalls he was often the victim of discrimination in school. "People looked upon us as outsiders. That welded our family into a stonger unit and we all hung in there together with nothing to depend upon but each other." He turned down several athletic scholarships and instead entered the Army Air Corps during World War II. He later attended UCLA and was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout who arranged a screen test for the budding actor. Along with the series "Mannix" Connors also appeared in "Tightrope" and "Today's FBI." His list of movies includes "Stagecoach," "Where Love Has gone," and "Nightkill." Connors has worked on the miniseries "War and Remembrance" based on the Herman Wouk novel.

Rouben Mamoulian Innovative director that was both partial to expressionism and realism in his films. He found new and interesting ways of moving the camera, not only with a dolly but also using simple pans that were not "functional" at the time - such as "space pans"- and seldom used, an industry "no, no". In the contemporary film world these kinds of pans are not only accepted but the norm. Producers were so terrified that the opening sequence to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) would turn out badly - Mamoulian shot it all from the perspective of the protagonist - that the re-release of the film omitted the first few minutes of the film. It wasn't until the 1970s that this was added on again and Mamoulian's brilliance returned to one of his greatest films. In the 1930s when sound was introduced into motion pictures, beginning with 'The Jazz Singer', many directors were left stranded as they could no longer move the camera. The sound of the dolly or the camera itself was recorded on the soundtrack and sounded awful and distracting. Mamoulian was one of the first to introduce the blimp, a box that incased the camera and isolated the sound the camera made, he also refused to let the sound of the dolly or of the camera operators stand in his way and quite often moved the camera regardless. This was rare in the 1930s and made Mamoulian unique in his methods. He'd move the camera even if the audience would hear it on the soundtrack, arguing that they would be so engrossed in the scene they were watching that they would not notice: he was right. The opening moments in the film "Love Me Tonight", in which street sounds and the sound of snoring all blend into a jazzy, syncopated rhythm, was his own idea, and was based on a similar idea that he used in the 1927 non-musical version of "Porgy". The same idea was re-used in Samuel Goldwyn's 1959 film version of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", as a lead-in into the song "Good Morning, Sistuh". His career as a director came to an end when he was fired from his last two films, "Porgy and Bess" (1959) and "Cleopatra" (1963) (which was also started in 1959). Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 710-714. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

James Bagian Jim Bagian is an Armenian-American astronaut who was born on February 22, 1952 in Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronaut, Bagian was an engineer and a medical doctor. Bagian became an astronaut in 1980. He has made two space flights and has logged over 337 hours in space. In 1989, Bagian flew aboard Discovery on a 5-day mission. Bagian became the first person to treat Space Motion Sickness to a fellow astronaut while in space. In 1991, Bagian served on the crew of the Life Sciences Spacelab mission. Bagian performed experiments on how microgravity affects the human body.

Dr. Varaztad Hovnhannes Kazanjian Varaztad Hovannes Kazanjian's pioneering contributions to plastic surgery transformed the new discipline into an esteemed surgical specialty. He recorded his unique treatments and methods in one hundred and fifty journal articles and he co-authored with John M. Converse (1909 - 1981) the classic The Surgical Treatment of Facial Injuries (1949). Dr. Kazanjian was born in Turkish Armenia on March 18, 1879. To escape the civil strife of his homeland, he came to the United States in October 1895. He settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, and began working in a wire mill. It was at the mill that Dr. Kazanjian first displayed the natural dexterity that would serve him so well in the field of plastic surgery. http://www.countway.harvard.edu/rarebooks/...gery/page_2.htm http://www.plasticsurgery.am/kazanjian.html

http://www.khov.com Kevork Hovnanian - Homebuilder. One of top 10 US homebuilders. What began as the vision of Kevork Hovnanian in 1959 has become one of the leading homebuilding companies in the nation. K. Hovnanian® Companies designs and builds a variety of homes to meet the ever-changing needs of today's home buyer. In 1997, the Company was awarded the prestigious National Housing Quality Award and is proud of its reputation for building homes of superior value and quality. In 1999, K. Hovnanian® celebrated 40 years of building better and today, is proud to say over 150,000 families are enjoying a better lifestyle in their K. Hovnanian® home. On March 15, 2001, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. officially began to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HOV. Today Ara Hovnanian, in his role as CEO, continues to build Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. in keeping with his father's vision. Mr. Kevork Hovnanian continues to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Mark Geragos - Attorney. Ranked as a Super lawyer, is at this moment representing Michael Jackson and the other high profile case of Scott Peterson. Mark Geragos has appeared as both guest and legal commentator on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, Larry King Live and MSNBC’s Hardball. Mark is a regular fixture on CNBC’s Rivera Live and CNN’s Burden of Proof. The legal newspaper, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, describes Mark Geragos as “arguably the hottest defense lawyer of the moment” while Investor’s Business Daily tabbed him one of the best white collar criminal defense lawyers in California. The Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association has named him “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” The Los Angeles Times described Mark Geragos as “seemingly unbeatable” and the California Law Business Magazine named Geragos as one of 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California.

Irish Times Jul 16, 2004 World rankings of the 2004 Human Development index The index is based on per-capita income as well as educational levels, health care and life expectancy: 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Australia 4. Canada 5. Netherlands 6. Belgium 7. Iceland 8. US 9. Japan 10. Ireland 11. Switzerland 12. Britain 13. Finland 14. Austria 15. Luxembourg 16. France 17. Denmark 18. New Zealand 19. Germany 20. Spain 21. Italy 22. Israel 23. Hong Kong 24. Greece 25. Singapore 26. Portugal 27. Slovenia 28. South Korea 29. Barbados 30. Cyprus 31. Malta 32. Czech Republic 33. Brunei 34. Argentina 35. Seychelles 36. Estonia 37. Poland 38. Hungary 39. St. Kitts and Nevis 40. Bahrain 41. Lithuania 42. Slovakia 43. Chile 44. Kuwait 45. Costa Rica 46. Uruguay 47. Qatar 48. Croatia 49. United Arab Emirates 50. Latvia 51. Bahamas 52. Cuba 53. Mexico 54. Trinidad and Tobago 55. Antigua and Barbuda 56. Bulgaria 57. Russia 58. Libya 59. Malaysia 60. Macedonia 61. Panama 62. Belarus 63. Tonga 64. Mauritius 65. Albania 66. Bosnia and Herzegovina 67. Suriname 68. Venezuela 69. Romania 70. Ukraine 71. Saint Lucia 72. Brazil 73. Colombia 74. Oman 75. Western Samoa 76. Thailand 77. Saudi Arabia 78. Kazakhstan 79. Jamaica 80. Lebanon 81. Fiji 82. Armenia 83. Philippines 84. Maldives 85. Peru 86. Turkmenistan 87. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 88. Turkey 89. Paraguay 90. Jordan 91. Azerbaijan 92. Tunisia 93. Grenada 94. China 95. Dominica 96. Sri Lanka 97. Georgia 98. Dominican Republic 99. Belize 100. Ecuador 101. Iran 102. Palestinian Territories 103. El Salvador 104. Guyana 105. Cape Verde 106. Syria 107. Uzbekistan 108. Algeria 109. Equatorial Guinea 110. Kyrgyzstan 111. Indonesia 112. Vietnam 113. Moldova 114. Bolivia 115. Honduras 116. Tajikistan 117. Mongolia 118. Nicaragua 119. South Africa 120. Egypt 121. Guatemala 122. Gabon 123. Sao Tome and Principe 124. Solomon Islands 125. Morocco 126. Namibia 127. India 128. Botswana 129. Vanuatu 130. Cambodia 131. Ghana 132. Myanmar 133. Papua New Guinea 134. Bhutan 135. Laos 136. Comoros 137. Swaziland 138. Bangladesh 139. Sudan 140. Nepal 141. Cameroon 142. Pakistan 143. Togo 144. Republic of Congo 145. Lesotho 146. Uganda 147. Zimbabwe 148. Kenya 149. Yemen 150. Madagascar 151. Nigeria 152. Mauritania 153. Haiti 154. Djibouti 155. Gambia 156. Eritrea 157. Senegal 158. East Timor 159. Rwanda 160. Guinea 161. Benin 162. Tanzania 163. Ivory Coast 164. Zambia 165. Malawi 166. Angola 167. Chad 168. Democratic Republic of Congo 169. Central African Republic 170. Ethiopia 171. Mozambique 172. Guinea-Bissau 173. Burundi 174. Mali 175. Burkina Faso 176. Niger 177. Sierra Leone

Argh. Es kkarcen Pakistanic a

Kareli eh mi kich joghovrdakan paher kharnel. @ndarapes arevmtian Evropaciner@ mer Haykakan "folk" misht nmanacnum en Gaelic Irlandakan joghovrdakan erkerin. Nenc mard a petk vor karkin Evropacu tesk ounena, lav ergela amena himnakan ban@ chi. Mardkanc vra inch tpavoroutyun toghni ayn el mez vra eh galu.

Վրացական ֆորումները տեսել էս? Հայերեն եթե չգիտեն, դրա համար միջազգային լեզու կա - Անգելերեն.

MOLODETS Death to rabiz and filthy middle eastern/oriental influences in European Armenia.

Our eyin Huyner@, Minoanneri jamanak? Our eyin Hromeatsik, Etruscanneri jamanak? Minoanner@ Hunaren cheyin khosum voch el IE, Etruscanner@ Latin cheyin khosum voch el IE. Nuyn banna. Huynernel ev Italacinernel hamarum en ayt azgerin irenc naxniner inchpes menk Urartacinerin. Voch mi problem chka.

Սաթենիկ ջան, ապրես

Classic

Es amis@ mek partadir temaja a ha? ~~~ Pre-history: 90,000 BC to Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Metsamor civilization. http://www.tacentral.com/history.asp Period 1: Late Bronze Age (a) Hayassa-Azzi (with the addition of Hittites) (b) Rise of Urartians © Arrival of Thraco-Phrygian Armen tribes from Thrace Period 2: Separation of Proto-Armenian language from Proto-Greek and the appearance of Proto-Armenian in the northern areas of Anatolia, associated with Luwians and Hittites, in the period from 2200-1900 BCE. Period 3: The Urartu State Thenative Hurrian speaking people take the role of Western Peasants to the Hurro-Urartian Upper Class while Armen peoples seem to be associated with the Nairi. Period 4: The Scytho-Median overlordship The destruction of Urartu gives the Armen tribes the chance to expand and assume the mantle in the power vacuum of the Urartian state. This is the period in which Hayk becomes acknowledged as the "ancestor" of Hayassa. Period 5: Persian & later Hellenistic Period when the name Armeniya becomes acknowledged. This sees the emergence of Armenian as a literate language with an adapted and modified Aramaean/Greek script, for the first time. End of discussion.

SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS EFFICIENT, SAYS DEFENSE MINISTER LONDON, July 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia, unrecognized republic in Georgia, are performing fine, Sergei Ivanov, Defense Minister, said upon arrival in London. He enthusiastically appraised all 500 soldiers and General Svyatoslav Nabzdorov, their commander. Russians are valiant and efficient in the current critical situation, said the minister. As he pointed out, escalation of South Osset tensions started with Georgia blatantly ignoring the peacekeeping mandate. Though it has a similar peacekeeping quota of 500, Georgia has deployed in the recalcitrant republic close on 3,000 law enforcement officers, so the South Osset response was quite predictable. Russian peacekeepers are doing all they can to keep potential belligerents apart-and are a success, said Mr. Ivanov. He described the current South Osset situation as extremely ominous. There is only one way to bring things back to normal-all involved parties' close compliance with mixed peacekeepers' mandate, and implementation of Mixed Control Commission resolutions to get the opponents to the negotiation table. The commission represents Russia, Georgia and the two Osset republics-South Ossetia and North Ossetia, autonomy within Russia. The minister went on to mention an urgent Russian demand for its military property, confiscated by Georgia. "We must get it back on the spot where it was stolen," Sergei Ivanov angrily said. Georgia has repeatedly promised to restore to Russia the confiscated unguided missiles and pyrotechnic equipment, but is not good on its word. As the minister went over to the latest South Osset developments, he mentioned several occasional skirmishes last night and in the small hours today, which, luckily, killed no one. Tensions have come to an edge through deliberate efforts-the area was calm these last ten years, he pointed out. As our correspondent reported from Georgia today, its President Mikhail Saakashvilialso made a reference to the arsenal, intended for peacekeepers and confiscated July 7. "I'll better destroy those missiles in public with my own hands than put up with the latest weaponry taken to South Ossetia. I said so to Russians today," he said.

SOUTH OSSETIA: ANY INCIDENT TO GET VIOLENCE OUT OF CONTROL, WARNS LAVROV MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti) - Whatever considerable incident may trigger off uncontrollable violence in South Ossetia, said Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, while commenting to newsmen on the suspense-laden situation in Georgia's unrecognized republic. Tensions are escalating, and the Russian top is badly alarmed. Skirmishes are on day in, day out, and an avalanche of violence may start any instant. Moscow spares no effort to settle the crisis peacefully. Russian policies are consistent, and proceed from legal premises and methods on which all involved parties have agreed, Georgian leaders being no exception. These premises require South Osset problems settled by the Mixed Control Commission, and mixed peacekeeping forces subordinate to it, said the minister. He was referring to a quadripartite commission established in 1992 on the basis of agreements between Georgia, Russia and the two Osset republics-South Ossetia and North Ossetia/Alania, autonomy within Russia. Each peacekeeping party is entitled to a battalion, 500-strong. Hard facts come as follows: Georgia is blatantly trampling on the agreements. It has unlawfully deployed in the conflict zone several hundred, nay, thousand fighters who cannot be qualified as peacekeepers. They have no identity papers with them. The Georgian contingent is far outside the limits which Tbilisi approved, in its time, pointed out Mr. Lavrov. Russia insists on all involved parties complying with the agreements. These endow the mixed peacekeeping force commander with extensive rights. He can resolutely disband whatever uncontrolled armed formations, promptly settle group clashes, whether armed or unarmed, and introduce and maintain enhanced security measures in the conflict zone and, when necessary, in its vicinity. The commander also ought to stop armed and other uncontrolled formations as they seek to penetrate the area, if their action threatens to enhance instability, the minister wenton. The agreement of December 6, 1994, authorizes the commander to use coercion when necessary. He has not recurred to such measures for today, with all efforts aiming at peaceful conflict settlement. The Foreign Minister came over to military property Georgians have confiscated in South Ossetia. It must certainly be restored to the peacekeepers, he emphatically said. The Mixed Control Commission determined, July 8, 1992, to assign two helicopters to the peacekeeping forces. Georgia signed a respective resolution with the other Parties. The commission confirmed its previous decisions a week ago-at its session of July 2. Georgy Khaindrava, commission co-chair for Georgia, signed it, said Mr. Lavrov as he displayed the signature to his audience. "Georgia has recognized those decisions, and they are valid, so the mixed peacekeeping forces must have their property back," he stressed. Russia's Foreign Ministry has offered assistance to OSCE spokesmen in South Ossetia as they intend to visit the conflict zone. There are few OSCE delegates in South Ossetia. They have no chance to provide exhaustive information about the developments to the Organization top. Whatever reports have come for now are fragmentary and base on Georgian allegations, which far deviate from the actual state of things. Moscow has offered representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe every help for a tour of localities where illegal armed formations are deployed, so that OSCE officers see with their own eyes that Georgia is violating the agreements. It is an essential OSCE duty to make Tbilisi comply with its obligations, said Mr. Lavrov. South Ossetia is understandably apprehensive as those formations stay where they have been, and Tbilisi is the main culprit of present-day tensions. Russia firmly insists on the conflict to be settled by peaceful means. That point is top priority. Russia deems it timely to convene theMixed Control Commission at a high level. Yet sessions and conferences are not enough to settle the conflict-Georgia must put an end to blatant non-compliance with its own pledges, Sergei Lavrov firmly demanded. Represented on the commission are Russia, Georgia and both Osset republics. Each peacekeeping party is entitled to a battalion, 500-strong. Hard facts come as follows: Georgia is blatantly trampling on the agreements. It has unlawfully deployed in the conflict zone several hundred, nay, thousand fighters who cannot be qualified as peacekeepers. They have no identity papers with them. The Georgian contingent is far outside the limits which Tbilisi approved, in its time, pointed out Mr. Lavrov. Russia insists on all involved parties complying with the agreements. These endow the mixed peacekeeping force commander with extensive rights. He can resolutely disband whatever uncontrolled armed formations, promptly settle group clashes, whether armed or unarmed, and introduce and maintain enhanced security measures in the conflict zone and, when necessary, in its vicinity. The commander also ought to stop armed and other uncontrolled formations as they seek to penetrate the area, if their action threatens to enhance instability, the minister wenton. The agreement of December 6, 1994, authorizes the commander to use coercion when necessary. He has not recurred to such measures for today, with all efforts aiming at peaceful conflict settlement. The Foreign Minister came over to military property Georgians have confiscated in South Ossetia. It must certainly be restored to the peacekeepers, he emphatically said. The Mixed Control Commission determined, July 8, 1992, to assign two helicopters to the peacekeeping forces. Georgia signed a respective resolution with the other Parties. The commission confirmed its previous decisions a week ago-at its session of July 2. Georgy Khaindrava, commission co-chair for Georgia, signed it, said Mr. Lavrov as he displayed the signature to his audience. "Georgia has recognized those decisions, and they are valid, so the mixed peacekeeping forces must have their property back," he stressed. Russia's Foreign Ministry has offered assistance to OSCE spokesmen in South Ossetia as they intend to visit the conflict zone. There are few OSCE delegates in South Ossetia. They have no chance to provide exhaustive information about the developments to the Organization top. Whatever reports have come for now are fragmentary and base on Georgian allegations, which far deviate from the actual state of things. Moscow has offered representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe every help for a tour of localities where illegal armed formations are deployed, so that OSCE officers see with their own eyes that Georgia is violating the agreements. It is an essential OSCE duty to make Tbilisi comply with its obligations, said Mr. Lavrov

Astvats chani! Mer amboghj azg@ k'khaytarakvi. K'karcen arab a kam turk.

Joghovourt isk vortegh kareli a lsel ays nor ergichnerin/ergchuhinerin? Husam arevelyan erajshtutyun chen xarni...

Իրենց հրամանատարներն են ապաստարան փնտրում :lol: Azerbaijan investigates officer's disappearance BAKU (AFP) Jul 09, 2004 Azerbaijan's defence ministry said on Friday it was looking into the whereabouts of one of its senior officers, who was reported to have applied for political asylum while studying on a NATO course in Belgium. Unconfirmed reports in the local media say that Lieutenant Colonel Firuz Gassymov went absent without leave from his course in Brussels and approached an unnamed foreign embassy to ask for asylum. Defence ministry spokesman Ramiz Melikov declined to confirm the reports but said: "Things are unclear at the moment. We are conducting an investigation." If the reports are confirmed, it will be a serious embarassment for Azerbaijan, an oil-rich former Soviet republic which prides itself on the strength of its armed forces. But it is not the first time that the military has created awkward moments for the country's leaders. Last year, almost the entire student faculty at Azerbaijan's most prestigious military academy went absent without leave in protest at their living conditions. And earlier this year, an Azeri officer on a NATO course in Hungary was charged with murder after an Armenian officer studying alongside him was hacked to death with an axe as he slept. The Azeri officer is now in jail in Budapest awaiting trial. Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a war in the early 1990s over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a dispute which is still unresolved. http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040709163855.0e95g0af.html

Banner a petk sarkel. No dogs. No georgians.

Georgian peacekeepers, who were detained and disarmed by South Ossetian forces, are seen somewhere at an undisclosed location in the breakaway region, Thursday, July 8, 2004, in this image from television. Forces of the breakaway South Ossetia region on Thursday detained and disarmed a group of Georgian peacekeepers and began searching an ethnic Georgian village in the region, Georgian authorities said. The moves sharply heightened tension between Georgia's central government and South Ossetia, which has run its own affairs without international recognition since a 1992 truce ended separatist fighting. (AP Photo/RTR Russian Channel) Georgian peacekeepers, who were detained and disarmed by South Ossetian forces, seen somewhere at undisclosed location in the breakaway region, Thursday, July 8, 2004, in this image from television. Forces of the breakaway South Ossetia region on Thursday detained and disarmed a group of Georgian peacekeepers and began searching an ethnic Georgian village in the region, Georgian authorities said. The moves sharply heightened tension between Georgia's central government and South Ossetia, which has run its own affairs without international recognition since a 1992 truce ended separatist fighting. (AP Photo/RTR Russian Channel) South Ossetia residents stage an anti-Georgia demonstration last month. A group of separatists in South Ossetia raided a village in Georgia's disputed province and disarmed Tbilisi's peacekeepers stationed there. South Ossetia wants reunification with North Ossetia which is now part of Russia, and has refused closer ties with Georgia. Brave South Ossetian special forces ready to protect their Land...The direct descendants of the ancient mighty Scythians! South Ossetian special forces