NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-07-08

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ELECTION RESULTS
1. Saakashvili wins election outright
2. Georgian leader headed to win; Saakashvili likely to avoid runoff
3. Saakashvili eyes Georgia victory, opposition protests
4. Saakashvili leads according to first preliminary vote count
5. video: Saakashvili leads in Georgia as opposition alleges fraud
6. Georgian leader may win gamble: Mikheil Saakashvili took a risk in calling the election
7. PVT results give Saakashvili a lead
8. Exit polls show Saakashvili victory
9. video: Georgia president heading for landslide win [1] ; [2] ; [3]
10. All eyes on post-election scene as nation braves cold
11. audio: Georgia election results
12. Georgian election tests country's young democracy
13. Georgia voters hand president another term
14. Election results absolutely unpredictable
15. Saakashvili - sharp-tongued Georgian statesman
16. Saakashvili may face run-off after narrow win sparks protest
17. Saakashvili facing runoff as he slips below 50% in Georgia election
18. Exit polling suggests election victory for Georgia’s pro-western president
19. In preliminary results, Saakashvili leads, but opposition candidate claims victory
20. Saakashvili's mandate weakens
21. CEC: Saakashvili leads, little chance for run-off
22. Saakashvili re-elected as monitors declare poll 'fair'
23. Fury in Georgia as Mikhail Saakashvili wins
24. Saakashvili wins new term in Georgia, election officials say, but vote threatens tensions
25. Pro-Western president re-elected in Georgia
26. Saakashvili wins election outright
27. Georgian leader headed to win; Saakashvili likely to avoid runoff
28. Saakashvili eyes Georgia victory, opposition protests
29. Saakashvili leads according to first preliminary vote count
30. video: Saakashvili leads in Georgia as opposition alleges fraud
31. PVT results give Saakashvili a lead
32. Early official results delayed
33. Exit polls show Saakashvili victory
34. Shevardnadze votes in presidential elections, predicts second round
35. Georgians in Azerbaijan vote for Saakashvili and entrance to NATO
36. What happened with NATO?
37. The elections in Georgia
38. Georgia at the polls
39. Stabilising Georgia
40. Burjanadze hopes to avoid confrontation after poll
41. ‘Our duty is to respect election results’ – Burjanadze
OPPOSITION RESPONSE
42. Riot police assemble near government buildings in Georgian capital
43. Thousands protest Georgia vote
44. Masked attackers wreck polling station in west Georgian city
45. Voter with falsified votes detained in Telavi
46. Tqeshelashvili reports about averted rigging
47. About 300 complaints filed, more to come - Georgian electoral body
48. Ballot papers lost in car accident
49. Polling station raided in Kutaisi
50. CEC splits as Saakashvili win confirmed
51. CEC denies opposition report on violations at polling stations in Ponichala
52. Several thousand Gachechiladze supporters rally in Georgia
53. Opposition calls protest as Saakashvili predicts win
54. Opposition claim widespread fraud
55. Opposition supporters disperse, new rally called for 8 January
56. Opposition coalition warns of permanent protests rallies
57. Opposition expects turnout of 100,000 at post-election rally
58. Opposition to rally on January 8
59. Opposition: We are contesting 100,000 votes
60. Opposition presents more "evidence" of election fraud
61. video: Opposition denies Saakashvili’s victory
62. Vote counting underway, as opposition bids for run-off
63. video: Vote rigging claims in Georgia
64. Gachechiladze claims victory
65. Gamkrelidze: Saakashvili and Gachechiladze should meet in second round of elections
66. Gamkrelidze concedes polls, calls for run-off
67. Gamqrelidze not to join opposition rally
68. Maisashvili demands second round of elections
69. Maisashvili says fellow opposition hopeful won election
70. Natelashvili calls for repeat polls
71. Two international observers missing in Georgian elections - Patarkatsishvili campaign staff
72. Campaign staff says Patarkatsishvili will participate in second round
73. Maisashvili deems presidential vote illegitimate

OBSERVERS AND FOREIGN RESPONSE
74. report: Georgia — Extraordinary Presidential Election
75. International observers release interim findings
76. International observers: Georgia’s vote a “triumphant step” for democracy
77. European observers hail Georgian election as democratic
78. audio: Observers say Georgia's election was fair
79. Opposition groups denounce findings of Western observers
80. Maisashvili disappointed by international observers' indifference
81. Georgia's election broadly meets international standards; technical improvements needed
82. Estonian, Lithuanian observers hail polls as democratic
83. Lithuanian observer says Georgian election was democratic
84. Ukrainian observers say Georgian election free, transparent
85. Official Kiev concerned about stability in Georgia
86. CIS observers see no major problems with Georgian presidential poll
87. Russia doubts fairness of elections in Georgia
88. Moscow condemns Georgia’s polls
89. Russian MP suspects vote fraud in Georgia
90. Ombudsman says snap presidential election free
91. US envoy: Polls were most competitive in Georgia's history
92. Notes on election observation
93. U.S. calls for restraint after Georgia election
94. Presidents of Kazakhstan and Poland congratulated Saakashvili
95. Estonian leader congratulates former Georgian president on election victory
96. Polish president congratulates Georgian leader on election victory

NON-ELECTION NEWS
97. EBRD discusses allocation of loan under construction of metallurgic mini-mill In Georgia
98. EBRD to provide mortgage credit facility to Georgian TBC-Bank
99. Georgian army 2007
100. Election returns will not influence UN SC decision – RF FM
101. Russian command refutes Georgian mass media report
102. Acting president pardons two ex-officials
103. Kazakhstan: Georgian accent – investigations
104. Endangered minds [excerpt]
105. Russia and its Post-Soviet neighbors [excerpt]
106. video: Georgian rebel minister waits for French asylum in German prison

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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