Georgia swears in new president | BBC

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Georgia swears in new president


Many Georgians have high hopes
for their new leader

The new president of the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, has been sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Tbilisi.

As US and Russian foreign ministers looked on, he took the oath outside parliament where his supporters evicted President Shevardnadze two months ago.

Mr Saakashvili, a 36-year-old US trained lawyer won a landslide victory in elections after the peaceful revolt.

He has been invited to the US to meet President George W Bush next month.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was among the foreign dignitaries in Tbilisi for the ceremony, also declared that his country has no ambition for permanent military bases in Georgia.

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1. a peaceful revolt in Georgia????

We are getting left in the dust.