NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-04-08

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1. Freedom in Georgia takes a step backward in 2007
2. report: Freedom in the World 2008: Georgia
3. report: Trends in conflict and cooperation Oct - Nov 2007
4. Survey shows Saakashvili with strong lead in presidential ballot
5. Urban Georgians prefer Gachechiladze
6. Tajik mission leaves for Georgia to observe presidential polls
7. Lithuanian youth to monitor Georgia’s presidential elections
8. Over 1,000 international observers to monitor Georgian presidential election
9. US Congressman to lead OSCE's observers mission
10. TV ads are the battleground of choice for Georgia’s presidential candidates
11. Burjanadze expects "destabilization" attempts on election day
12. Georgia to ensure ethnic minorities' voting rights, chairman says
13. ‘Do not involve us in politics’ - Georgian Orthodox Church
14. Tkeshelashvili reckons mobilization of opposition supporters at poling stations to be serious threat
15. NGO carries out Anti-Saakashvili agitation
16. Potential presidential spouses debate
17. GYLA states that Saakashvili has made many law-breakings in his pre-election campaign
18. Saakashvili touts success in rebel region before Georgia vote
19. Discontent colors Georgia’s vote crackdown: President's record on poverty stir opponents
20. Facing the choice of 'true or failed' democracy
21. Georgia’s unpredictable election
22. Georgia: democratic beacon?
23. Unpredictable election a democracy test for Georgia
24. Saakashvili, opposition clash over limits of power in Georgia
25. Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia's larger-than-life young leader
26. Saakashvili visits maternity hospital
27. Saakashvili vows to reunite Georgia in final campaign speech
28. video: Georgia's 'Oligarch No.1' challenges ex-President Saakashvili
29. Patarkatsishvili says he would run for president
30. Patarkatsishvili's future in politics, new party
31. Disgraced media baron to remain in presidential race
32. Shock with Russian background
33. Head of Patarkatsishvili's presidential campaign HQ quits
34. Patarkatsishvili promises better relations with Russia if elected
35. Patarkatsishvili to give personal funds to society if elected
36. Burjanadze reckons voters not to support Patarkatsishvili
37. Opposition groups divided on Patarkatsishvili's decision to run for president
38. MP plays down Patarkatsishvili's decision to stay in presidential race
39. Nine-party coalition downplays Patarkatsishvili’s decision
40. New Rights: Patarkatsishvili ‘not serious’
41. Natelashvili welcomes Patarkatsishvili’s presidential bid
42. Natelashvili wants tycoon Ivanishvili as PM
43. Natelashvili met with journalists of neighbour countries
44. United opposition does not trust exit polls
45. Gachechiladze declares mistrust to exit-polls
46. Explosive device said thrown at flat of Gachechiladze's parents-in-law
47. Opposition's post-election rally unlikely to be authorized
48. Gachechiladze unveils program for 200 days
49. Gachechiladze vows no joint protests with tycoon's supporters
50. ‘There will be second round of polls’ - Gamkrelidze
51. “National Democratic Party” appeals to Ministry Of Justice
52. Georgians lay claim to 'first Europeans'
Listed on the www.investingeorgia.org site, the ads boast Georgia has stronger economic growth than France, an easier business climate than Germany, better location than Holland, and more relaxed employment laws than Australia.
53. US Ambassador to Ukraine podcast [excerpt]
54. Tbilisi calls on international organizations to react to terror in Tskhinvali region
55. Tskhinvali's mayor blames Georgians for water cut off
56. De-facto government of Abkhazia prohibited movement on Inguri Bridge
57. More repressions against Georgians in Abkhazia ahead of polls
58. Tbilisi decries treatment of ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia ahead of polls
59. Press summary for Abkhazia 27 Nov-31 Dec 07

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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