HDNet World Report to Present Exclusive Footage From Inside the Georgian Conflict

 HDNet World Report Journalists Granted Rare Access to Disputed Territories



    DALLAS, Aug. 18 /EMWNews/ -- Tomorrow's "HDNet World Report" will

present an exclusive look inside the conflict currently taking place in

Georgia. "HDNet World Report: Under Siege" will go beyond the current

mainstream reporting of merely the violence and diplomatic posturing, to

detail the roots of this conflict and to give these events critical

context.



    



    HDNet World Report, already in country to report on the tensions before

the latest hostilities broke out, had exclusive access to the breakaway

regions of South Ossetia and Abhkazia, which are now at the center of this

fighting.



    The program will also present exclusive footage of the UN mission in

Georgia, the joint Georgian-American military maneuvers that were occurring

just days before the Russian invasion, so-called Russian 'peacekeepers' in

Abkhazia, and Abkhaz militias.



    A clip for the episode is posted at the following link:



    http://www.hd.net/worldreport.html



    The HDNet World Report team was granted interviews with key Georgian

officials, including Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, and other

principal figures in Abkhazia.



    Cameraman Jason Maloney and producer/correspondent Kira Kay were in the

Georgian capital of Tblisi when the war broke out, having interviewed

Saakashvili only hours earlier. Maloney and Kay have won a 2008 RFK

Journalism Award and been nominated for two Emmys this year for their work

with World Report.



    "HDNet World Report: Under Siege" airs on Tuesday, August 19 at 9:00

p.m. ET with a re-air at midnight ET to accommodate West Coast Prime Time.

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