President Bush today was in Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, where he delivered a speech before a cheering crowd.

NPR: President Bush Praises Democracy in Georgia

Above the capital, Tbilisi, a giant statue of Mother Georgia holds a sword to ward off enemies and a bowl of wine to welcome friends.

BBC: Discovering wine in Georgia

Georgia fired back at the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali.

ECONOMIST: Russia and Georgia

Russian forces pushed troops from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia out of a key town 50 miles from the Georgian capital Monday, prompting a plea from President Bush that Russia accept Georgia's move toward a peace agreement.

NPR: Why Georgia-Russia Conflict Is Significant For U.S.

Mr Ivanishvili talks of Georgia as if it were a venture-capital project he might run for a year or so, installing an independent judiciary, free media and good managers.

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For the last half century, a twenty-meter high statue called Kartlis Deda, or Mother of Georgia, has stood on a mountain-top overlooking the capital Tbilisi.

CNN: Unearthing Georgia's wine heritage

Many people in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, see Moscow's hand behind the attempted assassination of President Edward Shevardnadze in February and an army mutiny in western Georgia this week.

ECONOMIST: On the Chechen road, to Georgia

Fully 46% of the price of shipping a container from Rotterdam to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, is accounted for by transit through Georgia itself.

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