| 1 | "Tskhinvali is much destroyed, " he said. | |
| 2 | Talibov says he regularly sold goods in the Tskhinvali market. | |
| 3 | By early evening Friday, a Georgian Cabinet minister said the country's forces have taken control of Tskhinvali, Interfax reported. | |
| 4 | The capital, Tskhinvali, is a mess of crumbling apartment blocks, their facades pocked with bullet holes. | |
| 5 | Across here is South Ossetia - its capital Tskhinvali less than two kilometers up the road. |