Georgian president elected amid protests
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Thousands of Georgian opposition protesters denounced as fraudulent a presidential election that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to a second term, threatening instability in the former Soviet republic once considered a beacon of reform.
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Georgia's President Saakashvili says he is taking charge of the government following the death of his prime minister.
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Exit polls suggest Georgia's President Saakashvili is on track for re-election, in a vote seen as a test for democracy.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama coasted to victory in Georgia over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, riding a wave of support from the state's large black population.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won a snap presidential election outright with 52.8 percent of the vote, election officials said on Sunday.
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Georgia and Russia pledged to repair their tattered relationship on Sunday after Mikhail Saakashvili was sworn in as Georgian president, the first concrete sign of an improvement.
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An opposition leader is preparing to swear himself in as president in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia two months after a disputed election, defying Moscow in a situation that threatens to present the Kremlin with another Ukraine-type crisis.
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Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region holds its first ever multi-candidate elections, in a vote for president.
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President Mikhail Saakashvili headed for victory in Saturday's election, according to an exit poll in this former Soviet republic where he is fighting accusations of authoritarian tendencies four years after coming to power as a champion of democracy.
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Georgiaâs pro-Western president narrowly won re-election, according to official results released Sunday, but the main opposition candidate contested the outcome.
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TBLISI, Georgia (Deutsche Welle) - Contrary to their previous reports, European election observers said voting fraud took place during Georgia's recent election that returned President Saakashvili to power. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which sent election observers to Georgia, initially said the Jan. 5 presidential vote met international standards. But problems with the election continue to surface. "There was crass, negligent and deliberate falsification during the vote counting," German diplomat Dieter Boden said in an interview published in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili appeared on course for a narrow win in the former Soviet state's presidential election on Saturday after the main independent exit poll handed him 52.5 percent of the vote.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili declares a state of emergency after police break up opposition protests.
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Thousands of Georgian opposition protesters denounced as fraudulent a presidential election that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to a second term, threatening instability in the former Soviet republic once considered a beacon of reform
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Election officials counted ballots Monday after Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region held its first post-Soviet presidential election, a race in which all five candidates vowed to keep the separatist Black Sea resort area independent of Georgia.
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BATUMI, Georgia  - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili shrugged off on Monday Moscow's harsh reaction to the arrest of four Russian army officers for spying, that fueled a crisis in relations between the two ex-Soviet states.
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Mikhail Saakashvili has been re-elected president of Georgia after a snap poll, officials declare.