NEWS: Georgia News Digest 12-12-07

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1. Shevardnadze: Globe cannot afford Cold War III
2. Poof: The post-revolutionary disappearing act—and its dreadful consequences [excerpt]
3. video documentary: Georgia: Fragile State
4. book: Caucasus Paradigms: Anthropologies, Histories and the Making of a World Area
5. new editorial-cartoons blog
6. Seven remain in presidential race
7. CEC members clash over voter lists
8. National Council has 3 representatives in CEC
9. Opposition accuses authorities of "manipulating voter rolls"
10. Discouraging signs ahead of an election which must be free and fair
11. Independent Union of Pedagogues to monitor presidential elections
12. Burjanadze met with Kenneth Wallach
13. Elections must be free and transparent: FIDH calls for an immediate end to all harassment against opponents
14. Open letter to the embassies and international organizations accredited to Georgia
15. Tefft interested with the idea of presidency annulling
16. MP explains scope of immunity for presidential candidates
17. Pettition in support of Saakashvili, sent to Georgian nationals living abroad
18. Wife joins Saakashvili on campaign trail
19. Youth wing of Saakashvili’s campaign launched
20. Ruling party expects at least 60% for Saakashvili
21. Saakashvili acquainted Bolnisi electorates with his presidential program
22. Pay gas, electricity arrears – Saakashvili tells government
23. Bezhashvili evaluates accusations of opposition directed against Saakashvili as groundless
24. There should be a halt to the shutting down of libraries
25. Saakashvili's proxy critical of candidate's demand for security
26. Patarkatsishvili to arrive in Georgia to launch election campaign
27. Patarkatsishvili fears arrest on arrival in Georgia
28. Patarkatsishvili due in Tbilisi this week
29. Bezhashvili: CEC can only offer patarkatsishvili guarantees envisaged by law
30. Patarkatsishvili vows usd 1 bln of own money for social assistance
31. Levan Gachechiladze visit Kakheti within pre-election campaign
32. Gamkrelidze to meet with veterans and blinds
33. Gamkrelidze got acquainted veterans with his presidential program
34. Gamkrelidze promises to reimburse the Orthodox Church for past damages
35. Azerbaijanis residing in Georgia to support Labour Party
36. Natelashvili accuses Saakashvili of using government resources
37. Natelashvili met and acquainted ambassadors accredited in Georgia with his presidential program
38. Kovalenko deems that reasonable decisions might settle Georgian-Russian relations
39. Mzia Gadelia accuses government of persecution
40. Imedi TV set to resume broadcasts Wednesday
41. Imedi to resume broadcasting on 12 December
42. Imedi TV to resume broadcasts on December 12
43. Imedi TV to sue Government at European Court of Justice
44. Public defender requests Imedi TV assets sequestrator to be held disciplinarily responsible
45. Magda Anikashvili to become the anchor of "Ghia Eteri"
46. German side discusses issue on giving political asylum to Irakli Okruashvili
47. Okruashvili's extradition to be considered by German court
48. Giorgi Targamadze: "Putin is a teacher and ideologist of Saakashvili"
49. Government to unveil new draft 2008 budget
50. Budget Committee to discuses accompanying draft bills of draft budget 2008
51. Inflation at 1.4% in November
52. Struggle to escape negative trade balance
53. Partners in freedom: Free Trade Agreements herald improved prospects for Georgia
54. Foreign expert: Small fruit can emerge as an agricultural leader
55. Pension to mount to gel 75 from upcoming year
56. New Chief of National Guard appointed
57. Gurgenidze met with heads of commercial banks operating in Georgia
58. PM discusses ‘cheap credit bank’ with bankers
59. Bryza urges Russia not to recognize Georgia’s separatist regions
60. Moscow conference urges benefits for Russians in Georgian, Moldovan regions
61. Legal aspects of return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Abkhazia, Georgia
62. Abkhaz speaker calls for recognition of all republics
63. Abkhaz FM threatens to reject western mediation
64. Explosion of mine injured two people in village Eredvi
65. Georgia commemorates Azeri national leader Heydar Aliyev
66. Alternative models for linking power grids in the South Caucasus
67. Georgia hosts 30th Plenary Session of BSEC
68. Public attorneys helped to release three juveniles
69. NGO wants criminal code amendments ruled unconstitutional

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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