Thousands of protesters are on the streets of Georgia for a second day to demand the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili. Many of the protesters had camped overnight outside the parliament building in the capital, Tbilisi.Russian TV coverage, here via YouTube.
The crowd has swelled during the day, but has not yet matched the 50,000-strong crowd seen on Friday.
The protesters want an early election, accusing the president of leading a corrupt, authoritarian government.
The pro-Western Mr Saakashvili came to power in January 2004 following the peaceful "Rose revolution", which toppled President Eduard Shevardnadze.
The country is still struggling to recover from years of post-Soviet economic decay, instability and civil war."
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
Protests Sweep Georgian Capital
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