Word: saakashvili
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DIED. ZURAB ZHVANIA, 41, influential, reform-minded Prime Minister of Georgia and close ally of President Mikhail Saakashvili; of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from a space heater in the apartment of a political acquaintance, who also died; in Tbilisi, Georgia. The bizarre event was a shock--but not unheard of in Georgia, where central heating is scarce and 45 others have died from carbon monoxide in the past three years. A key economic adviser to the President, Zhvania was a leader in the 2003 popular uprising that ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze...
...Vision THE EUROPEAN UNION European Commission President José Manuel Barroso called for a period of "European renewal" as he outlined his five-year work program. Barroso told the European Parliament that his main focus would be promoting economic growth and job creation. Suitor Spurned GEORGIA President Mikheil Saakashvili unveiled an autonomy plan for the breakaway republic of South Ossetia as part of his efforts to reunite the country. Under the proposal, the province would have the right to elect its own local parliament, with control over education, policing and social policies. South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity immediately rejected...
President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced the Georgian symbol this year with a five-cross banner that used to be his party's flag...
...MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, Georgian President
...January he reintroduced a state of emergency and closed the internal border with the rest of Georgia. But Saakashvili, displaying the same artful combination of diplomacy and populism he used in November, forced Abashidze out without firing a shot. Can he repeat the trick in Georgia's other rebellious regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia? Abashidze's undoing began May 2 when the Georgian army carried out maneuvers near the Ajaria border. "He was spooked," says one Russian source close to Abashidze, who spoke to him in the days before his ouster. "He thought they were going to invade...