Word: mikheil
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...Tbilisi, supporters of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili, a U.S.educated lawyer, stormed the Georgian Parliament after weeks of demonstrations against blatantly rigged parliamentary elections. The next day President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned, and this month Saakashvili was elected President with over 90% of the vote. TIME's Paul Quinn-Judge caught up with him last week. the events of Nov. 22 seemed very organized. How long had you been planning your strategy? We'd been prepared for the past two years. It was obvious that Shevardnadze would go the oligarchic route of succession - the group around him would transfer power to someone...