U.N. confirms Russia's advance into Georgia

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

UNITED NATIONS -- Georgia brought another last-ditch appeal Monday to the United Nations Security Council to stop Russia's advancing army, which U.N. officials confirmed has driven beyond Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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