Showing posts with label President Mikheil Saakashvili. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Mikheil Saakashvili. Show all posts

26 May 2011

GEORGIA: 2 Dead, 40 Injured On 6th Day Of Tbilisi Protests.

BBC/ Includes :45 video...following :30 advert!

     A policeman and a protestor have died during the 6th day of protests in the capital Tbilisi.
    Both victims were killed by a speeding car.
    Nearly 40 people were injured as police cleared the streets with water cannons and rubber bullets.
    Protests began Saturday when 10,000 gathered in central Tbilisi.
    They charge President Mikheil Saakashvili with failing to reduce poverty and with authoritarian-like behavior.
   Some are calling it a "silver revolution"...because many protestors are older, struggling with low pensions and rising food prices.

TO SEE LONGER 1:06 English EURONEWS VIDEO REPORT :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smWJ7VrXWHs&feature=relmfu

22 May 2011

GEORGIA: Protesters Clash With Police In Tblisi; Saakashvili's Ouster Demanded.

A mob violently attacks an unmarked police car-- in English: EURONEWS :50 Video Report

    About 2,000 anti-government protesters clashed with tear-gas, rubber bullet firing police in Tbilisi.
    They want President Mikheil Saakashvili ousted for stalling democratic reforms promised in 2003, poverty and unemployment.
    The NYTimes reports 2 were arrested and five people, including the three police officers in an unmarked car in the video suffered minor injuries.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/europe/23georgia.html