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Irakli METREVELI

Police Break Up Georgia Vote Protest As President Mounts Court Challenge

Georgian police officers detain a demonstrator Tuesday during new protests against last month's parliamentary vote (Credit: AFP)

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Tuesday asked the country's constitutional court to annul last month's parliamentary election result, while police in Tbilisi cracked down on a protest against the vote, denounced by the pro-Western opposition as rigged.

The European Union and the United States have called for a probe into "irregularities" during the October 26 election won by the governing Georgian Dream party in the Caucasus country, which has candidate status for EU membership.

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