http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/17022-georgia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/17022-georgia.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country's top two officials. After dominating Georgian politics for nine years, pro-Western Saakashvili suffere... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html 2013-05-21T17:31:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092780-gay-pride-rally-georgia-derailed.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there. Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen gay activists and bused them out of the city center sho... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092780-gay-pride-rally-georgia-derailed.html 2013-05-17T13:56:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian ou... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html 2013-05-13T19:07:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2058404-georgia-confirms-sochi-olympics-participation.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia has confirmed it will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Russia. Georgia's participation in the Sochi Games had been under question because of lingering resentment over the short war between the countries in 2008. Sochi is located just north of the separatist Georgian territory of Abkhazia, from which the last Geor... Thu, 02 May 2013 14:05:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2058404-georgia-confirms-sochi-olympics-participation.html 2013-05-02T14:05:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2030996-rally-georgia-backs-embattled-president.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — About 10,000 supporters of Georgia's embattled pro-Western president gathered in the capital Friday for a rally testing their strength before October's election. Mikhail Saakashvili's United National Movement lost October's parliamentary election to the Georgian Dream bloc led by Russia-friendly billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:30:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2030996-rally-georgia-backs-embattled-president.html 2013-04-19T17:30:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2017572-ex-ap-writer-mcarthur-who-covered-vietnam-dies.html Former Associated Press writer George McArthur, who was the quintessential foreign correspondent as he reported from the boulevards of Paris to the sands of the Middle East and jungles of Vietnam, has died. He was 88. His wife, Eva Kim McArthur said he died Friday night in a hospice in Fairfax County, Virginia, of complications from a stroke 17 days earli... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:17:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2017572-ex-ap-writer-mcarthur-who-covered-vietnam-dies.html 2013-04-13T16:17:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2005424-saakashvili-breaks-shoulder-bike-accident.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has a broken shoulder after a bicycle accident in Turkey. A statement from the presidential administration says the accident occurred Sunday during what it describes as Saakashvili's daily bicycle ride. It said he was treated at a hospital in Istanbul but did not give further details. ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:51:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2005424-saakashvili-breaks-shoulder-bike-accident.html 2013-04-08T13:51:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1997856-isotope-seized-georgia-too-small-dirty-bomb.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Three men are under arrest in Georgia on charges of illegally possessing a radioactive isotope that can be used in a dirty bomb, but authorities say they didn't have enough to make one of the devices. Police say the three Georgians were holding Americium-241. That is one of the substances widely seen as a possible component in expl... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:29:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1997856-isotope-seized-georgia-too-small-dirty-bomb.html 2013-04-04T14:29:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1981988-georgian-president-agrees-to-curb-powers.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The speaker of Georgia's parliament says President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed a constitutional amendment that removes from the president the power of naming a new government without the parliament's approval. The parliament unanimously passed the legislation earlier in the week and Saakashvili signed it on Wednesday, said speak... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:51:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1981988-georgian-president-agrees-to-curb-powers.html 2013-03-27T12:51:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/1968160-european-powers-resume-qualifying-with-easy-games.html LONDON (AP) — The European powers resume qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Friday with some of the easiest matches they'll play on the road to Brazil. World champion Spain hosts Finland, Group I's bottom team, hoping to avoid picking up any suspensions or injuries before taking on France next week. France is behind Spain only on goal difference and wel... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:52:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/1968160-european-powers-resume-qualifying-with-easy-games.html 2013-03-20T19:52:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1931910-russia-marks-60th-anniversary-stalins-death.html MOSCOW (AP) — Devotees of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, whose brutal purges killed millions of innocent citizens and made his name a byword for totalitarian terror, flocked to the Kremlin to praise him for making his country a world power Tuesday, while experts and politicians puzzled and despaired over his enduring popularity. Communist Party chief Genna... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1931910-russia-marks-60th-anniversary-stalins-death.html 2013-03-05T15:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1910102-georgian-presidents-top-ally-faces-charges.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian investigators on Saturday filed criminal charges against a top ally of the president, whose supporters condemned the move as politically motivated. Pro-Western President Mikhail Saakashvili's United National Movement lost October's elections to the Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who became... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:14:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1910102-georgian-presidents-top-ally-faces-charges.html 2013-02-23T15:14:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1891446-russia-charges-georgian-deputy-with-plotting-riots.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative agency on Thursday charged a lawmaker from the former Soviet republic of Georgia with plotting anti-government riots. The Investigative Committee said that Givi Targamadze, an ally of Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, has been charged in absentia with conspiring with Russian opposition activists to stage mass... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:52:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1891446-russia-charges-georgian-deputy-with-plotting-riots.html 2013-02-14T16:52:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1866794-russia-mulls-resumption-georgian-wine-imports.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian official said Monday that Moscow may soon resume imports of Georgian wine, mineral water and fruit after a seven-year ban, the first tentative step toward repairing the ruptured ties between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's top sanitation official, said a first round of talks between delegations from both ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1866794-russia-mulls-resumption-georgian-wine-imports.html 2013-02-04T12:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1852984-russia-signals-georgian-wine-return.html MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian health official is signaling that imports of Georgian wine could resume nearly seven years after a ban that aggravated relations between the countries. The ban came amid tensions over two Russian-backed Georgian separatist regions. Although the ban was imposed on the grounds of sanitary concerns, Georgia saw it as politically m... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1852984-russia-signals-georgian-wine-return.html 2013-01-29T07:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1833002-protest-held-georgia-to-demand-presidents-exit.html TBILISI, GEORGIA (AP) — More than 1,000 people protested outside of the Georgian president's residence in Tbilisi on Sunday to demand that he immediately resign and hand over executive power to the speaker of parliament. Presidential elections are due to take place in October, but this schedule in effect will give President Mikhail Saakashvili, who was el... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1833002-protest-held-georgia-to-demand-presidents-exit.html 2013-01-20T14:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1824376-police-top-russian-mafia-boss-slain-moscow.html MOSCOW (AP) — One of Russia's top crime lords was gunned down Wednesday in Moscow in what police described as a war between two powerful mobs over lucrative construction projects, allegedly including ones for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Police said an unidentified gunman fired seven shots from a sniper gun at Aslan Usoyan near a restaurant in centr... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1824376-police-top-russian-mafia-boss-slain-moscow.html 2013-01-16T15:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1817170-190-georgian-political-prisoners-walk-free.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Nearly 200 people considered political prisoners by Georgia's new parliament walked free Sunday under an amnesty strongly opposed by President Mikhail Saakashvili. Many of the 190 prisoners had been arrested during anti-Saakashvili protests in May 2011, while others had been convicted of trying to overthrow the government or of spy... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1817170-190-georgian-political-prisoners-walk-free.html 2013-01-13T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1813474-survivors-suffering-concordia-disaster.html ROME (AP) — One can't stand being in a mall: It feels too much like the ship, with no visible exits. Another dreams she's walking on a tilt — a memory of having crawled up walls as the cruise liner rolled onto its side. A 4-year-old boy talks obsessively about the meal he had to leave behind when plates started to fly across the dining room. As if the nig... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1813474-survivors-suffering-concordia-disaster.html 2013-01-11T18:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1813826-ex-minister-acquitted-freed-ex-soviet-georgia.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's former defense minister has been freed following his acquittal on extortion and money-laundering charges, after witnesses in his previous trial said they had been pressured to testify against him. Supporters of Irakli Okruashvili claim the charges against him are politically motivated. He threw the ex-Soviet nation into p... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1813826-ex-minister-acquitted-freed-ex-soviet-georgia.html 2013-01-11T14:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1810678-georgia-1m-people-sign-petition-to-oust-president.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Activists in Georgia say they have collected over one million signatures on a petition calling for the immediate resignation of outgoing President Mikhail Saakashvili. Saakashvili's term is due to expire on Jan. 21 but the country's Constitution states that the presidential election can only be held in October. Saakashvili won his ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1810678-georgia-1m-people-sign-petition-to-oust-president.html 2013-01-10T08:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1791666-body-georgian-soldier-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The body of a Georgian soldier who is believed to be the first member of the international coalition in Afghanistan to have gone missing in more than three years was found in the country's south, NATO said Sunday. The coalition said he had been captured, without providing further details. A statement said Afghan police found the ... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1791666-body-georgian-soldier-afghanistan.html 2012-12-30T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1781828-stalins-birthday-marked-russia.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — People across the vast territory where Josef Stalin once imposed his terror have marked the 133rd anniversary of the dictator's birth, some in hatred but others in reverence. In Moscow, several hundred Russian Communists led by their leader Gennady Zuyganov laid flowers at Stalin's grave at the Red Square Friday, while smaller rall... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1781828-stalins-birthday-marked-russia.html 2012-12-21T16:50:00Z