Yesterday, a survey group of Azerbaijani ANS TV and tens of other journalists were gunned in Georgian Gori city, www.day.az informs referring to ANS TV. According to ANS TV correspondent Nadir Almasoglu, who is in Gori now, Russian militaries at the Gori entry point did not let enter the city.
He stressed that a skirmish started while they were waiting at the entry point, and then “Niva” car came with four Russian soldiers inside.

Russian authorities organized Tuesday a trip to Tskhinvali for a group of western journalists. As Tom Parfitt wrote - correspondent of British The Guardian, who was in the group, the journalists eye-witnessed the city and its suburbs destroyed by Georgian artillery, as well as talked to its inhabitants who hid in basements with no food and water for all that time.

Chief international correspondent of British The Times called Dmitriy Medvedev “a marionette” of Vladimir Putin and “so-called president”. According to the author of the article, the last five days answered the question who in fact rules in Russia.

We were informed yesterday that Russian militaries had beaten Turkish journalists in Georgia, www.day.az informs referring to Azadlig Radio citing head of Russian Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations, Oleg Panfilov who is now in Georgia.

A copy of “Tarikhi-Nadir” book mentioned by Meshadi Ibad in “O olmasim, bu olsun” movie was found at Arkivan villager of Masalli region of Azerbaijan.
As www.day.az informs that the book owner is also Meshadi, not Meshadi Ibad, but Meshadi Hamid, Akhund of Arkivan village in Masalli region. According to him, he bought the rare copy of “Tarikhi-Nadir” book by pure accident in neighbor village of Badalan as early as 30 years ago. He, a connoisseur of Arabic writing, was presented the book by some old man.

American embassy in Tbilisi has specified that a US citizen wounded during military actions in Tskhinvali region, as was reported earlier, is American journalist Winston Fezerly, IA “Novosti-Georgia” informs.

An operator of the Dutch RTL channel died after getting under firing in Georgia, is said in the information placed on the channel’s web site.

Photographer of “Expert” magazine Vyacheslav Kochetkov and correspondent of “Russian reporter” magazine Igor Naydenov, who got missing in Georgia on 10 August, are found, “Expert-Online” web site informs.

Journalists Aleksandr Klimchuk and Grigol Chikhladze died in the zone of Georgia-Ossetian conflict. They entered South Ossetia together with Georgian troops, told correspondent of “Russian Newsweek” magazine Orkhan Jamal in a program of “Echo of Moscow”.

A Turkish journalist was wounded on 10 August during firing in Tskhinvali, Gazeta.ru informs. 33-year-old journalist from Istanbul Guray Irvin Sekints suffered from a mine explosion. South Ossetian doctors showed first aid to the wounded, and then he hitch-hiked to North Ossetia where he appealed for medical aid to the republican clinical hospital.

Since 9 August, Georgia stops broadcasting of all Russian TV channels in its territory, “Vesti” TV informed on Friday evening. As was said on Friday evening, the decision was made by secretary of Georgian National Security Council Aleksandr Lomaya, because of “the information war” which, as they say, is waged by Russian mass media against Georgia in the latter days.

“The Voice of America” Radio redoubles broadcasting in the territory of Georgia, “Interfax” informs.

Press corps coming with the US President George Bush to Beijing Olympic Games was stopped at the customs office for three hours at the Beijing airport, Associated Press informs on Friday.

RIA Novosti redesigned its web site. As said first deputy chief editor of the news agency Natalya Loseva, they had changed the design in order to make it a multimedia one.

The majority of Americans consider that the pre-election campaigns of the US presidential nominees are covered not equally by mass media, the CNN web site informs.