POTI, Georgia (Reuters) – Up to 1,000 Georgians protested angrily on Saturday against the presence of about 20 Russian soldiers at a post just outside the strategic Black Sea port of Poti, insisting they had no right to stay there.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s former culture minister, believed to be in hiding since last year, has been sentenced to death by hanging for involvement in the killing of another politician’s two sons, a court spokesman said on Friday.

GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgia said on Saturday Russian forces planned to establish checkpoints at eight locations skirting South Ossetia and Georgia’s main East-West highway.