Yet to the north, the breakaway region of Somaliland is stable and at peace.

然而在北部，索马里兰这个分离的地区是稳定面和平的。

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The so-called buffer zone is a strip of land that borders Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia.

这个所谓的缓冲区是格鲁吉亚和分离地区南奥塞梯之间的地带。

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A resurgent Russia invaded Georgia in August after Georgian forces entered the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

在格鲁吉亚武力进入已经脱离的地区——南奥塞梯后，正在复兴的俄罗斯于八月份入侵了格鲁吉亚。

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In an audio tape released last week, the spiritual leader of radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, himself from Somaliland, ridiculed the breakaway region's continued attempt at democracy and independent statehood, saying that despite its nearly two-decade quest the region remains isolated and politically divided.

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Before the current crisis, about 30% of the breakaway region's population was ethnic Georgian.

BBC: S Ossetia 'emptied of Georgians'

The conflict quickly spread to other parts of Georgia and to Abkhazia, another breakaway region.

CNN: Georgia signs cease-fire with Russia

It insists that South Ossetia, and the other breakaway region, Abkhazia, must participate in upcoming talks in Geneva on settling the conflict.

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