NEWS: Georgia News Digest 11-28-07

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1. Georgia unplugged
2. Jan Kubiš - Resumption of Imedi will be indicator how healthily political processes are being developed in Georgia
3. Giorgi Targamadze – Government tries to make Imedi TV as submissive as the rest of the channels
4. Opposition politician calls on Burjanadze to act on Imedi TV
5. Grigolia, Khoperia and Targamadze have to leave Imedi?
6. Government targets bank with links to media tycoon
7. Saakashvili says opposition TV to resume broadcast
8. Patarkatsishvili’s assets targeted
9. Opposition MP beaten in Tbilisi
10. Beaten opposition MP suspects political "score-settling"
11. Patarkatsishvili's supporter beaten in Tbilisi
12. Several persons suspected of intentional health injury of Merab Khurtsidze arrested
13. Police arrest alleged assailants of MP
14. United opposition candidate campaigns against "violence, injustice"
15. Voting against someone or conscious choice?
16. Security Council discusses threat of "provocations" ahead of poll
17. Zurab Tkemaladze: Mikheil Saakashvili has very little chance of winning the presidential election!
18. Saakashvili gave consent to participate in TV debates
19. Salome Zurabishvili completes her European tour today
20. Gamkrelidze to hold meetings with medics and young supporters
21. Vice-Speaker Jemal Inaishvili to step down as an MP
22. Georgia on my mind
23. Memorable quotes from last week
24. Some speculation on the crisis
25. Two-faced Janus
26. Article in Washington Times
27. National Security Council to hold weekly meetings
28. Office of Civil Registry Agency opened in Batumi
29. U.S. uses double standards over protests: Russia
30. Russian Duma deputy responds to US criticism over Kasparov's detention
31. Russia ready to attack Georgia
32. Saakashvili attracts most Russian media coverage after Putin and Bush
33. Georgian, Russian Foreign Ministers may meet in Madrid
34. Minister slams Russia’s plans to open polling stations in Georgia’s region
35. Bezhuashvili deems inadmissible to hold elections of Russian “Duma” in conflict zones
36. Tbilisi slams CIS Council decision on chief Russian peacekeeper
37. Russian chief peacekeeper stays in Abkhazia for Now
38. Georgian side refuses to recognize Sergey Chaban as commander of CIS peacekeepers
39. Mandate of peacekeeping force commander extended
40. Abkhazian Deputy Defense Minister: we will be side by side with South Ossetia and Karabakh
41. Letters from Сухуми
42. USD 8 000 ransom demand for Gali resident
43. Momentous implications of Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey railroad (part one)
44. Baku–Tbilisi–Kars brings new hopes for (most of) the South Caucasus
45. Political situation in Georgia not to affect economic projects with Azerbaijan –opposition candidate
46. Tsiskarishvili paying three-day official visit to Byelorussia
47. NATO MAP chances ‘complicated’ – ruling party MP
48. Slovak Foreign Minister to visit Georgia
49. Interim administration appointed at Standard Bank
50. Many Georgians are wary of possible wiretaps
51. Gigi Ugulava opened renewed metro station “Varketili” today
52. Three years have passed since the murder of Amiran Robakidze
53. Georgia uncorked

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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic), jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814