The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16th, 2003
In Georgia, election becomes showdown for Shevardnadze
Longtime leader at center of deepening political crisis
By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI Associated Press
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Tbilisi, Georgia -- This month's parliamentary election was supposed to have been a dry run for Georgia's next presidential vote, testing the strength of candidates who could replace President Eduard Shevardnadze when his term expires.
Instead, it became a referendum on Shevardnadze himself and sparked this former Soviet republic's biggest political crisis in years.
Shevardnadze, who has refused to step down,...
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