Brussels, 22/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 December, the Finnish Presidency of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed that the observation mission to Georgia was to be withdrawn at the start of January 2009, after Russia opposed the extension of its mandate which runs our on 31 December. The 200-strong OSCE mission was deployed in 1992 to monitor peace-keeping forces in Ossetia. On 19 December, the Russian government asked the OSCE to divide its...