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Georgia News Digest - May 21, 2011

Georgia Says Russia Committed Genocide in 19th Century

New York Times
By ELLEN BARRY TBILISI, Georgia — The Georgian Parliament voted Friday to recognize the 19th-century killings and deportations of ethnic Circassians by czarist Russia as genocide, a move that is likely to inflame tensions between the two countries. ...
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Tbilisi's international book festival in the pipeline
Iran Book News Agency
eleventh pavilion of the Expo Georgia Exhibition Center on Tsereteli Avenue will be the venue for the Tbilisi 13th International Book Festival, which will bring together both literature fans and publishing insiders on May 26-29. ...
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Iran Book News Agency


Georgia Recognizes Circassian Genocide
EurasiaNet
In a jab at Moscow, Georgia on May 20 became the first country to recognize as genocide Tsarist Russia's massive slaughter of ethnic Circassians in the mid-19th century. The decision constitutes part of Tbilisi's ongoing argument that the Caucasus is a ...
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