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Title:Georgia: President Gamsakhurdia Flees Tbilisi After Two-Week Rebel Bombardment
Date:6th January 1992
Summary:The President of former Soviet republic of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, fled the capital Tbilisi before dawn on January 6, after spending two weeks under rebel siege. The rebels accused him of trying to impose a dictatorship on the republic of 5.4 million people. More than 200 people are believed to have been killed and hundreds more wounded in the final battle to topple Gamsakhurdia began on December 22.
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Location:GEORGIA GRUZIYA TBILISI TIFLIS
Reuters ID:LDL0011UXK19B
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