Georgian villagers leave their houses near the city of Tskhinvali, about 100 km (62 miles) from Tbilisi, August 8, 2008. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgian forces have taken complete control of Tshkinvali and nearby South Ossetian villages. Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

Georgian villagers leave their houses near the city of Tskhinvali, about 100 km (62 miles) from Tbilisi, August 8, 2008. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgian forces have taken complete control of Tshkinvali and nearby South Ossetian villages.

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  5. Leaders of Georgia's disparate opposition coalition, Kakha Shartava, left, and Irakli Alasania, center, seen during their meeting with President Mikhail Saakashvili, right, in the capital Tbilisi, Monday, May 11, 2009. The much-anticipated talks, which followed a month of street protests by demonstrators demanding Saakashvili's resignation, ended without agreement, negotiators said.
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  8. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili (L) speaks with Czech Republic's outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Vondra during the Southern Corridor - New Silk Road Summit in Prague May 8, 2009.
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  12. Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, right, talks with his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili, left, as they meet at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Saakashvili arrived to Prague to attend the Eastern Partnership summit.
  13. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, left, surrounded by his guards enters the military base where a brief mutiny broke out, in Mukhrovani, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Georgia said it had ended a brief mutiny at a military base near the capital on Tuesday that broke out after the arrest of a former special forces commander accused of planning to disrupt NATO exercises. The several hundred soldiers at the base handed over their weapons and surrendered after speaking to President Mikhail Saakashvili, who suggested that force could be used against them if they refused to give themselves up to police, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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  16. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, seen, as he visits the rubble of a collapsed building, in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Sunday, April 26, 2009. A Georgian television station says two of its employees have been found dead in the rubble of the collapsed building that housed contestants in the "Star Academy" show, which chronicles 12 people who live together and take part in concert competitions.

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