![US President Bush and Georgian President Saakashvili clasp hands in front of large crowd in Freedom Square in Tbilisi. U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili clasp and US President Bush and Georgian President Saakashvili clasp hands in front of large crowd in Freedom Square in Tbilisi. U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili clasp and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3PEC6/us-president-bush-and-georgian-president-saakashvili-clasp-hands-in-front-of-large-crowd-in-freedom-square-in-tbilisi-us-president-george-w-bush-r-and-georgian-president-mikhail-saakashvili-clasp-and-raise-their-hands-in-front-of-a-large-crowd-of-georgians-gathered-to-hear-bush-speak-in-tbilisi-georgia-may-10-2005-bush-the-first-us-leader-to-visit-the-ex-soviet-republic-while-in-office-spoke-to-the-crowd-in-the-capitals-freedom-square-the-rallying-point-for-a-2003-rose-revolution-that-installed-a-reforming-western-looking-government-reuterskevin-lamarque-2D3PEC6.jpg)
US President Bush and Georgian President Saakashvili clasp hands in front of large crowd in Freedom Square in Tbilisi. U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili clasp and
![An opposition supporter holds an old Georgian national flag at the Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on An opposition supporter holds an old Georgian national flag at the Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1ME0F/an-opposition-supporter-holds-an-old-georgian-national-flag-at-the-holy-trinity-cathedral-in-tbilisi-may-26-2009-tens-of-thousands-of-opposition-supporters-rallied-in-georgia-on-independence-day-on-tuesday-to-demand-the-resignation-of-president-mikheil-saakashvili-whose-government-cancelled-a-military-parade-to-avoid-confrontation-the-opposition-accuses-41-year-old-saakashvili-of-monopolising-power-since-the-2003-rose-revolution-that-ousted-the-ex-soviet-old-guard-of-eduard-shevardnadze-he-has-come-under-renewed-pressure-since-a-disastrous-war-with-neighbouring-russia-in-august-last-ye-2D1ME0F.jpg)
An opposition supporter holds an old Georgian national flag at the Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on
![Opposition supporters march on the street in Tbilisi May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Mikheil Opposition supporters march on the street in Tbilisi May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Mikheil](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E6REBM/opposition-supporters-march-on-the-street-in-tbilisi-may-26-2009-tens-of-thousands-of-opposition-supporters-rallied-in-georgia-on-independence-day-on-tuesday-to-demand-the-resignation-of-president-mikheil-saakashvili-whose-government-cancelled-a-military-parade-to-avoid-confrontation-the-opposition-accuses-41-year-old-saakashvili-of-monopolising-power-since-the-2003-rose-revolution-that-ousted-the-ex-soviet-old-guard-of-eduard-shevardnadze-he-has-come-under-renewed-pressure-since-a-disastrous-war-with-neighbouring-russia-in-august-last-year-reutersdavid-mdzinarishvili-georgia-po-2E6REBM.jpg)
Opposition supporters march on the street in Tbilisi May 26, 2009. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Independence Day on Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Mikheil
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