TBILISI. Sept 5 (Interfax) - The U.S. military command ship Mount Whitney is due to enter the territorial waters of Georgian on Friday. The U.S. ship is due to arrive at the Poti port, a source in the Georgian defense and security structures told Interfax.

Text of report by private Georgian TV station Rustavi-2 on 3 September [Presenter] Demining efforts are under way at the Vaziani military base [outside Tbilisi]. Unexploded bombs dropped during the Russian intervention remain on the territory of the base.

Text of report by private Georgian news agency Kavkas-Press Tbilisi, 31 August: Russian aggressors have released 48 tonnes of petroleum products into the Black Sea, severely contaminating coastal waters, Georgian Environment and Natural Resources Protection Minister Irakli Ghvaladze said today in Poti.

By Gerri Peev RUSSIA has issued a stark warning over what it says is a build- up of Nato ships in the Black Sea, as tensions rise to their highest level since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia.

TBILISI. Aug 24 (Interfax) - A Georgian firefighter train was battling a fire that engulfed 13 railway tanks filled with gasoline and diesel at a Georgian military base on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.