Newsmaker -- Georgian President Claims Re-Election
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › January 07, 2008
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TBILISI, Georgia - Mikhail Saakashvili won a second term as Georgia's president Sunday in an election that thousands of opposition protesters denounced as fraudulent, threatening instability in this former Soviet republic once considered a beacon of reform.
For the pro-Western Saakashvili, the prospect of unrest is an ironic echo of the mass demonstrations that swept him into office four years ago as a champion of democracy fighting rigged elections.See the full content of this document
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Newsmaker -- Georgian President Claims Re-Election
An observer mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe gave the election a mixed asses...
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