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Title:Georgia: Shevardnadze Is Elected Parliament Chairman
Date:11th October 1992
Summary:Former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze was elected overwhelmingly as Georgia's new leader on October 11, according to preliminary results. The voting was held against a background of ethnic fighting in Abkhazia, where hundreds have been killed in clashes between loyalist forces and local rebels backed by forces from Russia's north Caucasus.
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Location:GEORGIA GRUZIYA TBILISI TIFLIS ABKHAZIA
Reuters ID:LDL0011W7ACCN
Aspect Ratio:4:3
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