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nacmat
on 2003-11-22 12:00 [#00961251]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker
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anybody listened to the news?
Political chaos grips Georgia Saakashvili hailed a "velvet revolution" Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has declared a state of emergency after opposition forces seized parliament.
He refused to resign and said the armed forces would now take over after what he called a coup attempt.
Crowds led by main opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili stormed the parliament building after weeks of protests over disputed elections....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3229266.stm
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_user
from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-22 12:03 [#00961253]
Points: 1260 Status: Regular
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surely i'm listened and watched to the news......
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_user
from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-22 12:04 [#00961254]
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live on almost every channel...... we're much closer to it.....
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deepspace9mm
from filth on 2003-11-22 12:08 [#00961256]
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Weird to think of a revolution happening while we're sat tapping away to a flickering box.
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naaic
from Uppsala (Sweden) on 2003-11-22 12:10 [#00961259]
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yes, i've been reading about this. sounds like things are really chaotic right now. not much about it over here, but then again i haven't turned the tv on all day. i'll be curious to see how this all pans out.
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REFLEX
from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-11-22 12:14 [#00961263]
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deepspace9mm: oh yeah, funny that just now you mention something like that, when uh people die everyday, needlessly, people suffer, governments topple and yet we tap the fuckin retard boxes in front of us.
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-11-22 12:19 [#00961271]
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doesnt look like anyone cares in au.. no news coverage
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-22 16:46 [#00961525]
Points: 7090 Status: Lurker | Followup to rockenjohnny: #00961271 | Show recordbag
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too busy covering their loss to England today :)
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