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Georgians protest against president
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"More than 100,000 Georgian opposition supporters protested against President Mikhail Saakashvili for the second consecutive day, Interfax news agency reported.

The mass protest outside parliament began on Thursday evening and was the biggest since the Rose Revolution in 2003. Demonstrators demand early parliamentary and presidential elections in 2008 and the release of imprisoned opposition activists.

"We will not retreat until our demands are met," said opposition lawmaker Gia Tortladse, one of the protest organisers.

The government has refused to resign. Analysts have accused the government of abusing power, suppressing the opposition and a growing divide between rich and poor." The Age

Mikhail Saakashvili, 36, has built himself the reputation of a "crusader against corruption" and an "enemy of poverty".

He received an LLM from Columbia Law School in 1994 and Doctor of Laws degree from The George Washington University Law School the following year. In 1995, he also received a diploma from the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

After graduation, while working in the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

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