NEWS: Georgia News Digest 12-26-07

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1. Georgian newspaper’s informal poll suggests three-way tie for first
2. Gachechiladze - 22 per cent, Saakashvili - 16 per cent. Ramaz Saqvarelidze: 'Second round will be held without fail
3. IFES and USAID invite presidential candidates to debate
4. Dieter Boden – Governmental candidate’s share in the pre-election TV campaign is tremendous
5. Advertisements and pre-election messages of presidential candidates
6. Two candidates must withdraw from presidential race
7. Nothing can stop Georgia from holding free election
8. Georgians betrayed again
9. Eduard Shevardnadze: Hard to say whether Saakashvili will be elected president or not
10. Bezhuashvili insists authorities in control of country
11. International observers to monitor presidential election in Upper Abkhazia
12. Four representatives of Azerbaijani CEC to observe elections in Georgia
13. announcement: Media Centre
14. Gurgenidze does not exclude that “Newscorp” will not be interested in “Imedi” TV
15. 6 journalists leave Imedi TV Company
16. Imedi TV management plans statement
17. Imedi News staff undecided
18. One more journalist left Imedi TV
19. video: Georgian tycoon denies election coup plot
20. Kodua-Gelbakhiani and Patarkatsishvili tapes
21. Authorities release another "secret" recording of tycoon
22. Gelbakhiani says secret recordings "provocation against him"
23. Comments on recordings of presidential candidate
24. Gurgenidze praises law-enforcers for publishing covert recordings
25. U.S. envoy on ‘coup plot’ tapes
26. Alleged ‘coup plotter’ remanded
27. Patarkatsishvili forced onto defensive
28. Gurgenidze: No appeal to withdraw Patarkatsishvili from presidential race
29. Goga Zhvania: Patarkatsishvili’s headquarters work in general regime
30. Patarkatsishvili meets with Georgian police official in London
31. Patarkatsishvili supporters appoint new chief campaigner
32. Gamkrelidze speaks of Patarkatsishvili’s mistake
33. Authorities slams opposition of cooperating with Patarkatsishvili
34. "Equality Institute” accuse Saakashvili and Patarkatsishvili of bribing voters
35. Saakashvili promised voters in Racha to restore Ambrolauri airport
36. Saakashvili met with voters in Khobi region
37. Yushchenko, Saakashvili met in same coats
38. Yuschenko arrives in Tbilisi to support Saakashvili
39. Yushchenko endorses former Georgian leader's reelection
40. Gachechiladze meets voters in Samegrelo Region
41. MP Bezhan Gunava speaks about pressure on him
42. Mother of Buta Robakidze supports Gachechiladze
43. United opposition is planning a meeting in Tbilisi
44. Davitashvili says government wary of opposition popularity
45. “New Rights” distrusts exit polls initiated by 4 Georgian TV companies
46. New Rights snub planned exit polls
47. Gamkrelidze to visit Imereti Region
48. Gamkrelidze's supporters hold demonstration
49. Maisashvili went to #53 school
50. Elizbar Javelidze and Merab Jibladze support Shalva Natelashvili
51. Former presidential hopeful says his candidacy helped ethnic Azeris
52. Georgian winemakers want to restart negotiations with Russian sanitation agency
53. UN assessment of Georgian-Abkhaz settlement will not amend peacekeeping format – diplomat
54. Kosovo solution to create precedent for Abkhazia independence
55. video: Georgia frees Russian ex-peacekeepers
56. South Ossetia, North Ossetia may be rejoined in 2008
57. State budget 2008 to allocate gel 9 million to patriarchate of Georgia
58. Ilia II consecrated Annunciation Church inside Parliament of Georgia
59. Special aviation unit carried out rescue operation in Khevsureti, Khakhabo and Ardoti
60. Merabishvili to submit two projects for discussion on cabinet meeting
61. More money coming in from abroad
62. Ferroalloys, cars and oil - lead export from Georgia

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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