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Georgian Protesters, Journalists Allegedly Beaten By Police

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Georgia, Georgia Protests, Georgia Protesters, Georgian Protesters, Saakashvili, Mikhail Saakashvili, Mikheil Saakashvili, Images, Georgian Journalists, World News

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgian police clashed with opposition activists in the capital Monday, arresting dozens and beating demonstrators, along wi...

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The Shooting, Anti-Semitism and Blogging

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Christians, Stephen Tyrone Johns, Rahm Emanuel, Georgia, Progressives, Holocaust Museum, Russia, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Huffington Post, Russia Georgia War, Politics News

It is good to see so many progressive voices condemning this bigoted and twisted act of violence. However, much of the analysis of this incident seems to skirt a more troubling and confounding question.

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Georgia Secretary of State: Bring (The Misinformation) On

Media Matters Action Network | Media Matters Action Network | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Georgia, Home News

In a petition linked to conservative blog Redstate on June 5, 2009, Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel asks President Obama to "bring it on" - an...

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Budget Cuts Trim Mortgage Complaint Resources

ProPublica | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Fraud, Mortgage, Budget, Georgia, Subprime Mortgages, Forclosure Crisis, Foreclosure News, Business News

In Georgia, most of the state workers handling mortgage-related complaints have been laid off. Now, just one staffer -- working "more than full time" -- handles all of the complaints.

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Roy Barnes Wants His Old Job Back

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roy Barnes, Georgia, Ex-Governor Roy Barnes, 2010 Elections, Georgia Governors Race, Politics News

ATLANTA — Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes is asking voters to give him his old job back. Barnes made the announcement Wednesday. The Democrat pl...

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Speaking Out on Segregated Proms

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Ethical Leadership, New York Times, Racism, Education, Social Justice, Prom, Segregation, Georgia, Living News

What happens if you have a tradition that by its very nature makes people in your community feel alienated?

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50,000 Georgia Protesters Call For President Saakashvili Resignation

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Georgian Opposition, Saakashvili, Tblisi, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mikhail Saakashvili, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

More than 50,000 Georgian opposition supporters packed the national sports stadium for an antigovernment rally in the capital, Tbilisi, on Tuesday, re...

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The New Power Dispensation at the UN Security Council

Carne Ross | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Georgia, Russia, Diplomacy, UN Security Council, Un, Us, China, Power, Foreign Policy, p5, P2, Parag Khanna, World News

Changes are afoot in the way power works in the world. New axes of power are emerging.

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Suspected Georgian Mutineer Killed By Police

New York Times | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Ghia Krialashvili, Foreign Affairs, Georgia Protests, Levan Amiridze, Saakashvili, Georgia, Georgia Mutineers, Georgia Opposition, Mikheil Saakashvili, Koba Otanadze, Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia Mutiny, Advocacy, World News

The Georgian police shot three former military commanders suspected of planning a brief mutiny earlier this month, killing one, the authorities announ...

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Georgia To Get $36 Million In Stimulus Funds

examiner.com | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: State of Georgia, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Spending, Eric Holder Attorney General, Criminial Justice Coordinating Council, Public Safety, Georgia, Economic Stimulus, Department of Justice, Atlanta-Georgia, Business News

ATLANTA (Map, News) - Georgia law enforcement will receive a boost from more than $36 million in federal stimulus funds for public safety programs. F...

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Interview with Singer and Songwriter Meiko: "They're Not Gonna Lick Themselves"

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jewel, Myspace, Perez Hilton, Songwriter, Ingrid Michaelson, Los Angeles, Facebook, California, Grey's Anatomy, Jon Chattman, Georgia, Singer, Itunes, Meiko, Hotel Cafe, Denny, Entertainment News

"There will always be people saying, 'Oh my God, you sound just like Jewel', because I'm a girl playing guitar, but it doesn't bother me -- I know there's a difference, and I know that people who actually 'get it' know it too".

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Saakashvili Meets With Georgian Opposition, Refuses To Resign

AP | CATRINA STEWART and MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Georgia, Saakashvili, Mikhail Saakashvili, Mikheil Saakashvili, Russia Georgia War, Georgia Protests, Saakashvili Opposition, World News

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's opposition vowed Monday to take protests nationwide after refusing a power-sharing offer from the president, who th...

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Washington-Birmingham Rail Could Pay For Itself

ajc.com | Johnny Isakson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Trains, Atlanta, Atlanta Light Rail, Moving America, Light Rail, Georgia, Green News

Over the last 30 years, Atlanta and Georgia have led the way for economic success and growth across the New South. This growth, however, has come at a...

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George Zinkhan: Georgia Professor Suspected In Killings Found Dead

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

Read More: George Zinkhan, Georgia, University of Georgia George Zinkhan, Home News

ATHENS, Ga. — Cadaver dogs found the body of a wanted professor "beneath the earth" in the north Georgia woods Saturday, two weeks after police ...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Npt, Middle East, Nepal, Nato, Sri Lanka, Swat Valley, Georgia, Afpak, Taliban, Israel, China, Afghanistan, Weekly Roundup, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : AfPak War and Understanding Facts: Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani officially announced a military offens...

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Georgia Secession: Another Red State Flirts With Leaving Union

The New Yorker | Posted by Hendrik Hertzberg | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Georgia Independence, Tx Independence, Georgia, Ga Secession, Red Secession, Texas Independence, Georgia Secession, Politics News

My most recent Comment was a series of small jokes riffing on a big joke, namely a moronic suggestion by the governor of Texas that his state might se...

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Georgia: Army Mutiny Over

AP | MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Georgia Russia, Russia, Tbilisi, Nato, Georgia, Georgia Army Mutiny, Foreign Affairs, Georgia Troop Rebellion, Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia Mutiny, World News

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia said hundreds of rebellious soldiers surrendered Tuesday after a brief mutiny, but officials backed away from initial...

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Georgia leads the nation in bank failures

AP | RUSS BYNUM | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Failures, Banks, Banking Crisis, Georgia, Georgia Banks, Georgia Bank Failures, Business News

GIBSON, Ga. — The banner above FirstCity Bank still reads "Celebrating 100 Years of Service," but the 690 residents of this rural community aren...

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The World In Photos: April 28, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Outcasts United: African Refugees in Georgia, And The Coach Who Created A Miraculous Team

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Luma Mufleh, Fugees, Refugees, Soccer, Georgia, Clarkston GA, Atlanta-Georgia, Style News

The boys are really the lesser story, because without the commitment and self-sacrifice of this exceptional coach, their team would never have lasted a year.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Russia, South Africa, Richard Holbrooke, Nato, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iran, Taliban, Iraq, Israel, China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs The Taliban's Advance Facts: This week, the Pakistani Taliban spread its reach, taking control of Buner dis...

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Saakashvili Link To American Masseuse 'Dr. Dot' Used By Youth Opposition

GlobalPost | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Saakashvili Dr. Dot, Foreign Affairs, Georgia Protests, Georgian Protests, Saakashvili, Georgia, Russia Georgia War, Georgian Conflict, Dr. Dot, Advocacy, World News

If Georgia's opposition succeeds in driving President Mikheil Saakashvili from office, they will have a buxom, effusive, celebrity masseuse partly ...

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Georgia Protests: HuffPost Blogger Feet On The Ground

Huffington Post Contributors | Jirair Ratevosian & Amy Hagopian | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Saakashvili, Tblisi, Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

By Jirair Ratevosian and Amy Hagopian Tbilisi, Georgia -- We arrived in Tbilisi late at night April 21 and encountered a 24-hour occupation outside t...

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Dear Rick Perry, If You Don't Like This Country, Leave

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secession, Georgia, Oklahoma, Teabagging, South Dakota, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Politics News

You know what? Leave! Reactionary, white supremacists have been yelling this line to minorities forever: "If you don't like this country, leave." Time to flip the script.

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