Pressure grows on Russia amid sabotage charges

GORI: The United States ramped up the pressure Thursday on Russia to pull out of its conflict with Georgia, amid charges that Russian forces were sabotaging military targets prior to an agreed withdrawal. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, while emphatically ruling out the use of US military force, warned that relations between the United States and Russia could be "adversely affected" for years unless Moscow adjusted its "aggressive posture and actions".