Moscow/Tskhinvali - Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia on Saturday once again accused Georgia of violating the ceasefire that ended August's five-day war with Russia over the region.

The Georgians fired on a South Ossetian sentry post Saturday morning, South Ossetian Interior Minister Mikhail Mindsayev was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying in the capital of Tskhinvali.

No one was injured in the attack.

The shots were fired from a machine gun located in the Georgian village of Nikosi as the South Ossetian guards were taking up their posts, he said.

South Ossetia and Georgia have traded accusations of violating the ceasefire since the conflict ended.

Geneva - More than 20,000 Georgian residents displaced by their country's war with Russia in August have returned home, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.

Brussels  - Russia's withdrawal of its soldiers from parts of Georgia outside the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is a good start, but it is not enough for EU member states to re-open talks on a strategic deal with Russia, EU leaders agreed Thursday.

Brussels - The European Union will do anything in its power to facilitate direct talks between Georgia and Russia following the collapse of talks in Geneva, but the chances of a quick breakthrough are slim, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Thursday.

"After the big tension in August, it is very difficult to get face-to-face talks. But we will do everything possible," Solana said on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels.

Solana's comments came a day after talks between Russia and Georgia in Geneva - the first since the Russian-Georgian war in August - were suspended amid mutual recriminations.

Geneva - The first talks between Georgia and Russia since their five-day war in August have been suspended without resolution at a United Nations meeting in Geneva Wednesday, a UN representative said.

Representatives from the United States, European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were taking part in the talks.

The Hague - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is due to rule Wednesday on Georgia's claim against Russia concerning the alleged violation of its territorial integrity in August.

Georgia says Russia violated international law by entering the province of South Ossetia on August 7.

It also claims Russia previously caused unrest in South Ossetia, as well as in the breakaway province of Abkhazia.

Georgia, which filed its case against Russia in the ICJ on August 15, also claims Russia committed genocide and ethnic cleansing in South Ossetia.

Russia has rejected all allegations and says it entered Georgia's South Ossetia region to protect the civilian population from violence committed by the Georgian Army.