Georgian leader claims poll win as opposition protests
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claimed victory in presidential elections after an exit poll showed him winning outright, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests on Sunday.
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Georgiaâs American-educated and pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili, was leading in polls ahead of an election Saturday cast as a bid to restore his mandate.
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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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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election.
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Election observers said Georgiaâs presidential election was broadly fair and Washington urged the opposition, gathering in the capital to protest, to show restraint.
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Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili narrowly won re-election over the weekend according to official results, but opposition candidates contested the outcome.
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KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian opposition alleged official foot-dragging and a cover-up in the vote count from the presidential elections Tuesday, claiming opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko had in fact taken the lead.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili celebrated victory on Monday in a presidential election which his opponents branded as rigged but which won broad support in the West.
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on  Saturday in the presidential election but fears of rigging  after counting delays ignited ethnic violence across the east  African nation.
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Western election observers said on Sunday Georgia's presidential election was broadly fair and Washington urged the opposition, gathering in the capital to protest the result, to show restraint.
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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on Saturday in the presidential election but fears of rigging after counting delays ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.
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Georgia's main opposition leader says the authorities are preparing to rig Saturday's presidential election.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won the former Soviet republic's presidential election outright, an exit poll showed, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and called for mass protests on Sunday.
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Georgia's opposition were taking to the streets on Sunday to protest over a presidential election they said was rigged to hand victory to Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili beat his opponents in a snap presidential election, early results showed on Sunday, but he faced the prospect of a potentially risky second round run-off.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's  rigged presidential election.