http://www.google.com…afp
4 days ago
TBILISI (AFP) — Georgia and the United States will on January 4 sign a strategic partnership treaty, the Georgian foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a move that risks again provoking Russian wrath against Tbilisi.

Report: Georgian President Saakashvili Throws Punches, Telephone at Prime Minister…A Georgian tabloid quoted an anonymous source saying Saakashvili physically attacked newly appointed Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili. The story did not explain what provoked the president. [h/t: Danger Room]

In ‘pre-insurrectionary’ mood, riots have begun…Civil protest is breaking out in cities across Russia, China, and beyond. Greece [...]

http://www.breitbart.com…
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allegedly threatened to hang Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili “by the balls” during the August war in Georgia, a report not denied by Putin’s spokesman said on Friday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s diplomatic aide Jean-David Levitte earlier told Le Nouvel Observateur magazine that Putin had told Sarkozy in a meeting: “Saakashvili, I’m [...]

http://www.reuters.com/…
Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:03am EDT
By Brian Rohan
PARIS (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had long planned a military strike to seize back the breakaway region of South Ossetia but executed it poorly, making it easy for Russia to retaliate, Saakashvili’s former defence minister said.