TBILISI, Georgia -- Mikheil Saakashvili strode into Parliament like a returning hero, basking in applause. Five years earlier, he had burst into the same chamber with a rose in his hand and a crowd behind him, toppling the old autocratic regime. Now, as a second-term president, he was back for a...
Georgia, A Nation Stalled On The Road To Democracy
Philip P. Pan, Washington Post: World
Sun, 03/08/2009 - 9:00pm
Sections: world
Topics: democracy georgia mikheil saakashvili
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