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Camouflaged police patrol a street in Tbilisi, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, as news outlets were shut down at the start of a state of emergency ordered after clashes between police and opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili. About 200 riot police were visible in the city center, where police had fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of demonstrators on Wednesday.
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A woman walks her dog past Georgian soldiers as they patrol a street in central Tbilisi, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Camouflaged police patrolled the Georgian capital on Thursday at the start of a state of emergency ordered after clashes between police and opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Riot police officers stand at a deserted area near the parliament, background, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007, after a confrontation with anti-government protesters. Georgian security forces fired tear gas and water cannons into a crowd of hundreds of anti-government protesters, driving them from a central street in front of parliament and beating several with truncheons.
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Security forces put on their gas-masks as they prepare to confront anti-government protesters outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007. Daily demonstrations in the capital over the past week were part of the worst political crisis that President Mikhail Saakashvili, a staunch U.S. ally, has faced since he was propelled to power in the 2003 Rose Revolution mass protests.
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Riot police officers advance toward anti-government protesters in downtown Tbilisi, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007, driving them from the central part of the capital.
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A Georgian opposition supporter falls down as special police forces disperse protesters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. Baton-wielding riot police in used tear gas and a water cannon to push back thousands of anti-government protestors blocking the center of the capital.
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A Georgian security forces officer fires tear gas at anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007, driving them from the central part of the capital.
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People watch Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's televised address in Tbilisi, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007. Saakashvili accused Russia of staging opposition protests in Georgia.
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Georgia's opposition supporters shout as they hold a national flag during a rally in front of parliament in the center of Tbilisi, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Several thousand people held anti-government protests in the Georgian capital. The mass protests are the biggest challenge to President Mikheil Saakashvili's authority since he swept to power in Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution and won a landslide election victory in 2004.
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Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks during a meeting in his office in Tbilisi, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Thousands of people held anti-government protests in the Georgian capital, chanting for Saakashvili to resign.
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Troops cordon a square in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. A day after President Mikhail Saakashvili called for early elections and promised to quickly lift a state of emergency, far fewer police and security troops could be seen in the center of the city - where riot troops clashed with anti-government protesters earlier in the week.
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Troops rest in a bus as they wait their turn to cordon off a square in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007.