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News: Georgia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Georgia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Georgia – overview

Georgia: news

Abkhazia votes in poll

Sunday, March 4th 2007, 18:52

Abkhazia, a Black Sea region which has been trying to split from Georgia, votes in parliamentary elections.
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Six die in US college bus crash

Friday, March 2nd 2007, 14:48
related countries: United States United States

A bus with US college baseball team crashes in the state of Georgia, killing at least six people, officials say.
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Georgia and US foil uranium plot

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 12:35
related countries: Russia Russia, United States United States

Georgia gives details of the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of weapons-grade uranium.
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Russia seeks to mend Georgia ties

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 0:21
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Moscow, Tbilisi

Russia's newly-returned ambassador to Georgia says Moscow wants to normalise its ties with Tbilisi.
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Russia to return envoy to Georgia

Friday, January 19th 2007, 2:28

Russia's President Putin announces his ambassador will return to Georgia after last year's diplomatic row.
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Fruit cargo blocks Russian border

Monday, January 8th 2007, 13:41
related countries: Russia Russia

Lorries laden with tangerines block a major Georgia-Russia border crossing on the fourth day of a protest.
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Stars turn out for Brown funeral

Saturday, December 30th 2006, 22:42

Michael Jackson and Don King join fans to pay last respects to soul star James Brown at his funeral in Georgia.
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Public burial for soul star Brown

Wednesday, December 27th 2006, 10:24

James Brown, the singer known as the "Godfather of Soul", will have a public funeral in Georgia.
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Georgia 'agrees Russia gas bill'

Friday, December 22nd 2006, 15:08

Georgia agrees to pay twice as much for gas from Russia, ending a bitter dispute between the two.
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Competing for votes in South Ossetia

Saturday, November 18th 2006, 11:31

Two referendums in this tiny area of Georgia have only exacerbated divisions in a region which has seen much violence, reports Matthew Collin.
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S Ossetia votes for independence

Monday, November 13th 2006, 9:38

Officials in the tiny ex-Soviet region of South Ossetia say more than 90% of voters back independence from Georgia.
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Gazprom to double Georgia charges

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 11:30
related countries: Russia Russia

Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it will more than double the cost of gas to Georgia from 2007.
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Georgia seeks Russia partnership

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 22:21
related countries: Russia Russia

Georgia's top diplomat urges Russia to be a partner ahead of the first high-level talks since the current crisis began.
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S Ossetia 'kills armed Georgians'

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 10:39

Officials in breakaway South Ossetia say their forces have killed four "Georgian saboteurs".
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Putin attacks Georgia 'war plans'

Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 11:33

President Putin tells Russians that Georgian leaders are trying to settle territorial disputes by force.
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Georgian art smashed in Moscow

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 11:08
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Moscow

An exhibition by an ethnic Georgian artist at a top gallery in Moscow is destroyed by a gang of masked men.
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Georgian anger at Putin war claim

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 18:00
related countries: Russia Russia

Georgia's leader dismisses Russian claims that it is readying for war in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Georgian deportee dies in Moscow

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 18:30
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Moscow

A Georgian man dies from an asthma attack at a Moscow airport while awaiting deportation from Russia.
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