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‘Georgians have no other way than protest’

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Published: 08 April, 2009, 13:06

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As the previous elections in Georgia were fraudulent and the next elections will take place in 2013, the Georgian people have no other way but to protest, says one of the Georgian opposition leaders Salome Zurabishvili.

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