CWS Emergency appeal: Georgia crisis

Bombing and hostilities earlier this month in the disputed Caucasus region of South Ossetia, Georgia, has led to tens of thousands of people fleeing, causing a humanitarian emergency. North Ossetian authorities estimate that there are 35,000 displaced from Tshinvali in South Ossetia and its outskirts who have managed to get to North Ossetia; Russian officials say the number officially registered with them is about... [read full story]