S. OSSETIA TO CLOSE BORDER WITH GEORGIA

Panorama.am
15:51 05/08/2009

Leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity,
announced the closure of the administrative border with Georgia from
Tuesday midnight, forbidding any vehicles or passengers to cross over.

A statement published on the website of South Ossetia’s news department
said the closure was aimed at "guarding against further provocations
from the Georgian side."

However, Russian news agencies say the closure was due to the threat
of the A/H1N1 flu, as 12 Georgians were reported to have been infected.