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Georgia protesters again press president to resign

Tbilisi, Georgia – About 20,000 demonstrators Friday kept up the pressure on Georgia’s president to resign, with some pelting his residence with cabbages and carrots on a second day of protests. President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected their demands and called for talks. The crowd was smaller than on Thursday, a national …

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Moldova Has “Proof” Romania Involved In Riots – President Voronin

CHISINAU, Moldova Moldova has “proof” of Romanian involvement in the riots this week against the Communist victory in legislative elections, President Vladimir Voronin said Friday. He said liberal opposition parties had held talks at the highest level with the Romanian embassy while Romanian “citizens and combat specialists” had taken part …

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Moldova president orders vote recount

Moldova’s president on Friday ordered a recount of disputed elections won by the Communists that sparked bloody riots by their opponents and a diplomatic crisis with Romania. The Communists cemented their eight-year dominance of Moldovan politics in the weekend polls, gaining 60 of the 101 seats in the new parliament …

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