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11 hrs ago | The Georgian Times

Election Code Amendments Postponed

Parliament has postponed discussion and voting on amendments to the election code with its third and final hearing for unspecified date, citing the need for further consultations on voter lists.

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Sat Dec 26, 2009

PanArmenian Network

Tbilisi-Moscow, Moscow -Tbilisi flights not to be renewed on New Year's eve

Georgian authorities, as well as Airzena airway company authorities never received Moscow's reply to their request on charter flights.

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Fri Dec 25, 2009

ITAR-TASS

Moscow Mayor names place for replicating memorail destroyed in Georgia

Memorial of Glory blown up at a decision of Georgian government in the West-Georgian city Kutaisi will be replicated on the Poklonny Hill /also known as the Mount of Glory/ in Moscow, Moscow City Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said Wednesday.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

RIA Novosti

Regional governor sacked in Georgia over Kutaisi deaths

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has sacked the governor of Georgia's western Imereti Region after two people were killed in the Saturday's explosion in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, a presidential spokeswomen said.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

The Georgian Times

Ex-PM Nogaideli Meets Putin in Moscow

Georgia's former Prime Minister, Zurab Nogaideli, who now leads the opposition party Movement for Fair Georgia, met with Russian PM, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on December 23.

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

St Petersburg News

Georgia asks for permission to fly into Russia

Georgian Airways has asked Russia's government to allow it to resume direct flights to Moscow.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

People's Daily Online

130th anniversary of Josef Stalin's birthday marked in Georgia

The grandson of Josef Stalin, Yevgeny Jugashvili is interviewed in front of the portrait of Josef Stalin in Gori, Georgia, Dec.

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The St. Petersburg Times

Demolition of War Memorial In Georgia Kills Mother, Girl

A mother and her 8-year-old daughter were killed in Georgia on Saturday when workers blew up a towering Soviet war memorial, Reuters reported.

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People's Daily Online

Georgia purchases China's sightseeing train

A Chinese-made, 12-carriage sightseeing train has been delivered to the Georgian port of Poti, the Chinese embassy's Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office here has confirmed.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

ITAR-TASS

Georgia opposition denounces govt for blasting Kutaisi memorial

Georgian opposition parties denounced actions by authorities on dismantling the memorial Martial Glory in Kutaisi and blasting its main part, which resulted in the death of two people.

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Military-World

Grateful Georgia sends troops to Afghanistan

Georgia is dispatching nearly 1,000 troops to Afghanistan as a sign of gratitude towards the West, President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on Saturday.

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Groong Armenian News Network

TBILISI: Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement as Model for Improved Relns

Date : Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:58:50 PST Georgian Daily, Georgia Dec 19 2009 Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement Seen as Model for Improvement in Russian-Georgian Relations December 19, 2009 Paul Goble Russia and Georgia may gradually overcome their current hostility and eventually restore diplomatic ties if they begin to address issues like flights between ...

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

South Ossetia To Pardon Georgians

TSKHINVALI, Georgia -- The leader of Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia says he will pardon two Georgian teenagers jailed for allegedly entering the territory with explosives.

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Seattle Times

Demolition of Georgian war memorial kills 2

Georgian authorities say a woman and her 8-year-old daughter were killed when a World War II memorial was intentionally blown up.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

RIA Novosti

Tbilisi calls Abkhazia's presidential elections 'illegitimate'

The Georgian Foreign Ministry declared on Monday that the presidential elections held in its former republic of Abkhazia on Saturday were "illegitimate and illegal." The vote was the first since Russia recognized Abkhazia's independence in August 2008 after a brief war with Georgia.

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Today.Az

Azerbaijani embassy in Tbilisi organizes children's art contest

The competition is organized to mark the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

Reuters

Georgia demolishes Soviet memorial, angering Russia

Diggers tore into a Soviet World War Two memorial in Georgia on Thursday to make way for a new parliament in the former Soviet republic, angering Russia and opponents of pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili.

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The Georgian Times

Tbilisi Says 14 Georgians Held in Tskhinvali

Georgia said on December 15 that fourteen of its citizens remain in illegal detention in breakaway South Ossetia.

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Wed Dec 16, 2009

EurasiaNet

Georgia: Tbilisi Hopes to Cooperate with Reelected Separatist Leader

The Georgian government condemned breakaway Abkhazia's December 12 presidential election as invalid, but the Georgian official in charge of relations with Sukhumi indicated that Tbilisi is nevertheless relatively content with the outcome.

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Tue Dec 15, 2009

The Herald

Bombs stop flow of Russian gas to Armenia

Russia halted gas supplies to ally Armenia after bombs were found under a pipeline in the volatile southern region of Ingushetia, but Armenia said it had enough reserves to supply consumers.

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