Georgia News
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Washington -
A Democrat came close to outright victory in Tuesday's closely watched US congressional primary in Georgia, heading to a run-off in a race which Democrats tout as an early test of resistance to President Donald Trump.
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Washington -
A 30-year-old Democrat hopes to capitalize Tuesday on Donald Trump's lackluster popularity by seizing a Georgia congressional seat held by Republicans for decades, in an election seen as a litmus test of the president's first 100 days.
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Brussels -
European Union member states on Monday approved visa-free travel for Georgia, after agreeing safeguards to prevent any upsurge in arrivals from the former Soviet satellite.
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Tbili -
Georgia's Orthodox Church was rocked Monday after police announced the arrest of a priest over a suspected poisoning plot targeting a high-ranking Church figure.
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Toronto -
“Liv Stein” is like an edgier “All About Eve”, set in the classical music world, with a climax that takes cues from “Saw”. If that description is hard to believe, it suits a play about how the desperate believe anything they want to be true.
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Atlanta-based charity the Not Alone Foundation recently announced its fifth annual Diamond Awards, featuring a special live performance by the legendary Dionne Warwick. Digital Journal spoke to her.
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Madrid -
Spanish police have arrested 45 suspected members of a Georgian burglary ring that broke into more than 100 homes, a force spokeswoman said Wednesday after a coordinated nationwide sweep.
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Tbili -
Georgia's acting prime minister on Tuesday pledged to meet security and economic challenges in the fervently pro-Western nation as he named a new cabinet following his party's landslide re-election victory.
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Kiev -
Georgia's pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday announced plans to create a new opposition movement in Ukraine that aims to topple the current leadership and force early elections.
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Kiev -
Georgia's pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili announced his resignation Monday from his post as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region out of frustration at allegedly being reined in from fighting corruption.
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Tbili -
Georgia's ruling party has scored a landslide win in disputed parliamentary polls, official results showed on Monday, as the main opposition cried fraud.
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Tbili -
Georgia voted in the second round of contested parliamentary polls Sunday, with the ruling Georgian Dream poised for a landslide victory, prompting opposition parties to cry foul.
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Moscow -
An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned TV centre in Abkhazia, a tiny Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, local officials said."A man blew himself up on the territory of the TV centre.
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Tbili -
The ruling Georgian Dream party won Georgia's parliamentary polls, results showed Sunday, though accusations of vote fraud from the opposition sparked fears of political instability in the Caucasus nation.
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Tbili -
The ruling Georgian Dream party was projected to win Georgia's parliamentary elections, two rival exit polls commissioned by pro-government and pro-opposition TV stations showed Saturday.
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Tbili -
Georgians voted Saturday in bitterly contested parliamentary polls that have sparked fears of political instability in the Caucasus nation, with two pro-Western parties tied after a fraught campaign.
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Tbili -
Georgia was investigating Wednesday the attempted murder of an opposition lawmaker whose car exploded in central Tbilisi just days before a key parliamentary poll.
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Tbili -
Pope Francis on Saturday called for Christian unity as he visited the seat of Georgia's ancient Orthodox Church on the second day of his peace mission to the volatile Caucasus region.
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Tbili -
Pope Francis called Friday for respect of national sovereignty and "coexistence" as he arrived in Georgia but seemed to dodge potential Russian ire at the start of a visit to the volatile Caucasus region.
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Tbili -
Pope Francis arrives in Georgia on Friday for a three-day visit as part of a broader tour of the Caucasus region.Here are some key points about Georgia's ancient Christian tradition.
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Madison -
This year Drew University professor Patrick Phillips published a very detailed and horrific account of one the most brutal racial attacks of the early 20th Century.
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Tbili -
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Georgia on Saturday for talks on boosting the defences of the ex-Soviet nation aspiring to join NATO despite Moscow's objections. "Georgia has a mission to join the Alliance," Le Drian told reporters.
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One of bro-country's hottest double acts, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are about to enter the fray once again with 'Dig Your Roots,' released worldwide on August 26. How does this record compare to its predecessors? Digital Journal found out.
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The southern boy "went country" in 2009 when he signed with MCA Nashville, after having begun his career playing rock and blues. His latest album is the follow-up to his country debut, 2011's 'Georgia Clay.'
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Tbili -
The United States and Georgia signed a security deal Wednesday designed to shore up the former Soviet republic's defences against Russia as it waits to join NATO.
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Moscow -
Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia will hold a referendum on joining Russia next year, its president and parliament speaker said in a statement Thursday.
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Moscow -
Russian foreign ministry on Friday accused NATO of seeking to destabilise the Caucasus region with upcoming joint exercises in Georgia, where US soldiers will train together with Georgian forces this month.
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Tbili -
Georgia has arrested three of its nationals and three citizens of Armenia for trying to sell the radioactive substance uranium-238, the ex-Soviet country's security services said Monday.
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Vatican City -
Pope Francis will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan later this year, the Vatican announced Saturday, amid tensions in the region following a flare-up of violence over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.
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Tbili -
Georgia's eccentric billionaire, former premier Bidzina Ivanishvili, has come under fire from environmentalists for uprooting a rare giant tree and transporting it by boat to his private park.
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Customers of all ages were at Byrd's Cookie Shop on National Cookie Day. Savannah, Ga.
Birthday party guests of all ages enjoyed Leopold's Ice Cream. Savannah, GA August 18, 2012
Georgia redneck speaks out on why the gov'mint is going to ruin the country. izismile.com
Liz Johnson, candidate for Georgia Insurance Commissioner, marches in the MLK Parade in Savannah, GA. 1/20/14
Line of guests leading from the Leopold's Ice Cream front door out onto Broughton Street. Savannah, GA August 18, 2012
Toys and other children's items in the Head Keepers Cottage at the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum. Tybee Island, Ga.
Looking medieval, the flag of Georgia.
A view of the Savannah River as seen from River Street. Savannah, Ga.
Kitesurfing on Tybee Creek. Tybee Island, Georgia
Samples of all 20 varieties of Byrd's products are available in the Cookie Shop. Savannah, Ga.
Savannah Botanical Gardens. Savannah, Georgia.
Savannah State University. Savannah, Ga.
Spring has sprung in Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. 3/21/14
Kitesurfers, kites, and onlookers on Tybee Creek at Tybee Island, Georgia. 8/25/13
Urban Christian Academy's patriotically-themed float in MLK Parade in Savannah, GA. 1/20/14
Byrd's Cookie Shop decorated for the holidays. Savannah, Ga.
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) forages for food on and around North Beach jetties. Tybee Island, Ga.
Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, and We Are Water, at the Savannah Book Festival. Savannah, Ga. 2/15/14
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