Georgia to hold early elections

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Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili says a presidential election will be brought forward to January, after a week of anti-government protests.
Mr Saakashvili also said a state of emergency imposed on Wednesday, after riot police broke up demonstrations, would soon be lifted.

The opposition welcomed the election call as a "victory of the people", and predicted the president would lose.

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According to Saakashvili, Moscow is behind this unrest.