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President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced the Georgian symbol this year with a five-cross banner that used to be his party's flag...
...Russian Security Council, Igor Ivanov, arrived to tell Abashidze it was time to go, and they soon left for Moscow. As Abashidze flew into exile, fireworks flared over the regional capital, Batumi, and celebrations erupted on the streets. Chalk up another bloodless victory for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's "rose revolution." Last November, crowds of determined but peaceful demonstrators, protesting against poverty and corruption, convinced Shevardnadze that he had lost control of Georgia, and the former Soviet Foreign Minister stepped down to allow Saakashvili to take over without violence. Saakashvili, 36, a U.S.-trained lawyer, vowed to reclaim...
...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...
...LITHUANIA The Constitutional Court found that President Rolandas Paksas had violated the constitution in awarding citizenship to Russian businessman Yuri Borisov, who helped finance his election campaign. The ruling paves the way for an impeachment vote in parliament as early as this week. A Tightening Grip GEORGIA President Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement-Democrats party is set to dominate parliament after winning 67% of the vote in the general election. The New Right-Industrialists was the only other party to clear the 7% electoral minimum required to have a parliamentary presence. Mounting Crisis SUDAN The U.N. said it would send...