Election a democracy test for Georgian president
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win a new term in a snap election on January 5, but the vote will have to be squeaky clean if he is to regain his tattered reputation as a champion of democracy.
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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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Georgians voted Thursday in municipal elections seen as a crucial test for President Mikhail Saakashvili during a diplomatic crisis with Russia.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili was on Monday celebrating Orthodox Christmas and victory in a presidential election his opponents called rigged.
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Leaders of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia said Monday they would hold a referendum on independence in November &#151; a move likely to infuriate the government in Tbilisi and stoke already spiraling tensions.
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The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia defiantly voted for a new president on Sunday, injecting further tension into relations between Georgia and its former colonial master Russia.
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Former Soviet Georgia on Saturday voted in a presidential election expected to hand its pro-U.S. leader Mikhail Saakashvili a narrow win but opponents said they may take to the streets in protest.
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Today Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia ends his visit to Ukraine, where he was invited to Carpats by Viktor Yushchenko, the newly elected President of Ukraine.
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Georgia's main opposition leader says the authorities are preparing to rig Saturday's presidential election.
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Georgians began voting in an election on Saturday that pro-U.S. leader Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win but surveys differ on whether his victory will be big enough to avoid a second round.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili hailed his election win as a triumph for democracy on Monday but his defeated opponent said it was rigged and was gearing up to hold mass protests in the capital.
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TELAVI, Georgia -- Before his helicopter touches down, Mikheil Saakashvili already has his hand on the door handle. A bodyguard leans forward but can't restrain him long; within seconds, Misha, as Georgia's former president and now campaigning candidate is informally known, has jumped out, ducked...
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Georgia's presidential election was broadly free and fair but had shortcomings, international observers say.
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The opposition parties are crying foul, claiming that Mikheil Saakashvili has rigged the election. But his position looks secure
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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will have a right to run at forthcoming presidential election in the country.
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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.