Georgia poll winner asks supporters to end vote-rigging protests

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TBILISI (Reuters) - The winner of Georgia's parliamentary election urged his supporters on Thursday to end street protests against alleged vote rigging by rivals allied to President Mikheil Saakashvili. The billionaire leader of the Georgian Dream coalition sought to calm tensions after his supporters protested outside local election commission offices and were accused by their opponents of making threats to officials. "I'd like to ask you to stop all street protests," Bidzina Ivanishvili said in comments to reporters. ...




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