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TBILISI-Georgians prayed for their country on Thursday and buried soldiers killed in a war with Russia as the nation marked a religious holiday in somber mood.In a cemetery on a hill overlooking the capital Tbilisi, the remains of 10 Georgian soldiers were lowered into a single long grave, their metal coffins placed end-to-end, after military band played a haunting funeral march.A gentle wind picked up dust from the fine, dry earth and a six-gun salute rang out. Mourners stood beside the grave, unsure if their loved ones were in the coffins because DNA tests have yet to identify the remains."I don't know which one is my son," cried an elderly woman holding a photograph of a man in military uniform. "We've been waiting for him for two weeks."A pregnant woman stood in the shade as the coffins were carried to the graveside, draped in the red and white Georgian flag. She said her husband had been killed, but she was still waiting for confirmation that he was one of those being buried.More burials were due later on Thursday and the woman said she would return, if the heat did not become unbearable.At least 263 Georgian soldiers were killed in a war with Russia that flared after a Georgian attempt on August 7-8 to recapture the breakaway, pro-Russian province of South Ossetia.In Tbilisi's riverside Sioni church, hundreds of worshippers joined in a three-hour service led by Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the entry into heaven of the mother of Jesus.To read more go to:
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