Georgia signs Russia ceasefire, Bush blasts 'bullying'

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TBILISI (AFP) — Georgia on Friday signed a ceasefire agreement seeking to end its conflict with Russia, as US President George W. Bush accused Moscow of using "bullying" tactics in the standoff.

"With the signing of this accord, all Russian troops, and any paramilitary and irregular troops that entered with them must leave immediately," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Tbilisi.

Despite the accord, brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this week, Russian armoured vehicles and tanks remained deep inside Georgian territory, some even pressing further towards the capital Tbilisi.

Rice, whose visit to Tbilisi was seen as a show of support for President Mikheil Saakashvili's pro-Western government, criticised the Russians for not...