A Georgian soldier in civilian clothes climbs to the mast as he tries to adjust the Georgian national flag waving in Senaki Military Base, which is occupied by Russian forces and evacuated on Saturday, in Senaki, Western Georgia, August 23, 2008. Russia has hastened Georgia's march toward membership in NATO by going to war with it over its breakaway province of South Ossetia, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Saturday. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (GEORGIA)
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