Voice of America: Georgia Casts Ballots in Test of Democracy

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Georgia Casts Ballots in Test of Democracy Oct 1st 2012, 12:25 Georgians voted under sunny skies Monday in a parliamentary election seen as a political crossroads, for this former Soviet republic, a rare democracy in the region. The hotly contested vote is the biggest challenge yet for the eight-year rule of Mikheil Saakashvili, a close ally of Europe and the United States. Saakashvili's term expires early next year, and  the winning group in today's elections will win the right to appoint a prime minister under a new system in which the nation's ... Media files: 11AD3DF8-50A9-4FFD-B362-63CBE144FB76_cx0_cy17_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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