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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Georgia News Digest - May 24, 2011

Georgia: Trademark Travails Hamper Tbilisi's Wine Export Aspirations

EurasiaNet
Wine is one of Georgia's chief exports, with over 14.8 million bottles shipped abroad in 2010. A Russian embargo, imposed in 2006, closed off Georgia's main export destination for wine, forcing Tbilisi to cultivate new markets. ...
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A Street Poet At A Court Poets' Feast: Remembering Bob Dylan's Visit To Soviet ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Georgian musician and actor Kisho Glunchadze managed to snap this photograph of Bob Dylan in Tbilisi in 1985, shouting as he did so, "I love you, Mr. Dylan!" By Salome Asatiani As Bob Dylan turns 70 on May 24, his fans in Georgia are remembering a few ...
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Junior World Rugby Trophy 2011: A statistical preview

Boxscore News
The fourth IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy kicks off in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday with all eight teams involved looking to make a winning start to the tournament. Since the tournament began in 2008 there have been 2629 points scored in the 48 matches ...
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Future of Armenian churches discussed in Tbilisi

Aysor
Armenian Ambassador to Georgia, Hovhannes Manukyan met with Georgian Minister of Culture and Monument Protection, Nikoloz Rurua on May 19. N. Rurua noted that the renovation project of the building of Petros Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theatre ...
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The plight of the Mingrelians

The Economist (blog)
Following the brief war between Russia and Georgia in 2008 their numbers doubled, but the legal basis for their presence dissolved. Moscow now claims they are guarding the borders of independent Abkhazia; Tbilisi says they are illegally occupying ...
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Georgian Opposition May Seek Russian Military Support, RFE Says

Bloomberg
The accusations are "nothing but a black PR campaign from Baramidze," Burjanadze told reporters in Moscow today via video link from Tbilisi. "If any party in Georgia is relying on the Russian army, then it's nothing but betrayal of your own country," ...
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Young Sables succumb to Japan in JWRT opener

NewsDay
... back in the second half, but the damage had already been done as they succumbed to a morale-shattering 37-24 loss to Japan in their first match at the Junior World Rugby Trophy (JWRT) at the Shevardeni Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday. ...
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Junior World Trophy To Be Streamed Live

RugbyMag.com
The IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy kicks off today in Tbilisi, Georgia and for only the second time in the tournament's history, the International Rugby Board will be streaming matches live and on-demand via the official tournament website ...
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