Thu, Jan 08, 2004 - Page 7 News List

With new president, Georgians dare to hope

CHANGE COMING A youthful new president of a poverty-stricken nation that is riddled with corruption is giving the people an opportunity to be optimistic about the future

AP , TBILISI

"They came from all over -- Germany, Ukraine, France," said Halil Mamed-Zade, owner of a carpet shop on a nearby street.

"Maybe they'll start coming again," he said.

"And from America, too, because America supports Saakashvili," said his assistant, Vladimir Grigorian.

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