Georgian Interior Ministry claims "shots were fired" at a convoy including GeorgianPresidentMikheil Saakashvili and PolishPresidentLech Kaczyński on the border of Georgia and South Ossetia. Several witnesses travelling with the convoy say they heard the automatic gunfire, though it was unclear from which direction it came. Polish Parliament spokesman later comments the incident was "not very serious at all", though "unfortunate" as it put the Polish president in an "awkward" situation.(CNN-IBN)(Washington Post)(Moscow Times)
Georgian Parliamentary hearing into the 2008 South Ossetia war marred by "angry exchanges" after the commission member, and a supporter of Mikeil Saakashvili, throws a pen at a high-ranking Georgian diplomat, a former close ally of Saakashvili, in response to his testimony that the "Georgian leadership started the military action first" during the conflict. (Reuters UK)