Georgia leader claims poll win as opposition cries foul
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claimed victory in Saturday's presidential election after an exit poll showed him winning outright, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests.
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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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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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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 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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TBILISI, Georgia -- President Mikhail Saakashvili appeared poised for an election victory on Saturday, according to early exit poll results in this former Soviet republic where the former hero of democracy now faces accusations of authoritarian leanings.
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko rang in the New Year with Georgia's leader in central Kiev, hours after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich resigned and all but admitted losing a presidential rerun vote.
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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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Georgians began voting in an election on Saturday that President 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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The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for its first new leader in a decade, amid simmering tension between the separatist regime here and the central government in Tbilisi.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- The old white Zhiguli fairly flew down the highway, skimming precariously over the potholes as Garri Nersesov clutched the wheel and declared victory in the war on corruption.
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The parliament of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region says the opposition candidate won presidential elections.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili was heading for a landslide presidential election victory, early results showed on Sunday, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and vowed street protests.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won a snap presidential election with 52.8 percent of the vote, election officials said on Sunday.
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Opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh said Monday that the election commission in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region has declared him the winner of the province's disputed presidential election.
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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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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win this Saturday's snap presidential election but most analysts and polls say it is unclear if his victory will be decisive enough to avoid a second-round run-off.