Rumsfeld call for Russia pull-out: "US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has called for Russia to withdraw its military forces from Georgia.
On a visit to Tbilisi he said Moscow had an obligation to withdraw under the terms of four-year-old accords.
The US has expressed support for Georgia's new leaders since mass protests led to the resignation of the former president, Eduard Shevardnadze.
Emergency US funds have already been pledged to help Georgia prepare for fresh presidential polls next months.
The Americans have also been running a $64m programme in Georgia to train and equip its army.
Correspondents say the US is concerned about Georgia's fragile security, partly because it lies on the route of a pipeline that will take oil from Caspian fields through Turkey to European markets. "

This is one to watch. Closely. While the revolution against Shevardnadze was apparently a great act of people power, we're in there for oil, as this story makes clear.
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