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Georgian president signs cease-fire pledge

By SPA,

Tbilisi, Georgia : Georgian president says he has signed a cease-fire pledge proposed by envoys from the European Union.

President Mikhail Saakashvili says he signed the document together with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his Finnish counterpart, Alexander Stubb.

Saakashvili says the EU mediators will head to Moscow later Monday to try to persuade Russia to accept the cease-fire.