US EVACUATES MORE THAN 170 AMERICANS FROM GEORGIA
AP
11 Aug 08
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it has evacuated more
than 170 U.S. citizens from Georgia as the conflict over separatist
areas there intensifies between Georgia and Russia.
A spokesman said Monday that two convoys carrying about 170 private
U.S. citizens along with an undetermined number of family members of
American diplomats based in Georgia have left Tbilisi on their way
by road to neighboring Armenia. The spokesman says more convoys are
being prepared in case other Americans choose to leave Georgia.
On Saturday, the State Department said it would pay for the dependents
of U.S. diplomats to leave Georgia if they wanted.