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News September 6, 2008, 2:39

Nicaragua salutes new states in Caucasus

The Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has officially recognised the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It means the Central American country is the first country after Russia to formally regard the two republics as autonomous states.