'Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners'

Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on a road between the capital Tbilisi and the flashpoint city of Gori, an AFP correspondent reported.

Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on Tuesday on a road between the capital Tbilisi and the flashpoint city of Gori, an AFP correspondent reported.

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The reporter saw 13 Georgians exchanged for five Russians at a checkpoint 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Tbilisi. The Georgians, two of them wounded, had earlier emerged from Russian helicopters that landed near the site.