Abkhazians Maintain Siege
<i> Associated Press</i>
TBILISI, Georgia —
Abkhazian separatists rebuffed a Georgian ultimatum on Wednesday and refused to lift their 2-week-old siege of the provincial capital of Sukhumi. Georgia has threatened to launch an offensive in the breakaway Black Sea region unless rebels forces stop shelling the city.
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