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	Georgia's Rose Revolution: A Participant's Perspective by Giorgi Kandelaki: Special Reports: U.S. Institute of Peace
		In the immediate aftermath of the Rose Revolution, many analysts and political scientists preferred to call it a "coup." Thus they suggested that what happened on November 22-23, 2003, was no more than a group of people ousting the incumbent government.
		One paradoxical feature of both the Rose Revolution and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine is that they did not seek to challenge the existing political regime as defined by the national constitution.
		A variety of factors made the Rose Revolution possible: the incumbent regime's systemic weakness, its history of liberal policies, the National Movement party's success in radicalizing politics and broadening political participation, civic education efforts by civil society members during recent years, free media, and the radical, nonpartisan, nonviolent Kmara.
	www.usip.org /pubs/specialreports/sr167.html (1779 words)

	Rose Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The same day, opposition supporters led by Saakashvili with roses in their hands (hence the name Rose Revolution) seized the parliament building interrupting a speech of President Eduard Shevardnadze and forcing him to escape with his bodyguards.
		While the West considers the Rose Revolution a move towards democracy, its opponents including several Russian and pro-Russian politicians claim the revolution to be a “made-in-America coup” emphasizing the role of the Open Society Institute of George Soros in financing the Georgian opposition.
		The Orange Revolution that followed the disputed November 2004 Ukrainian presidential election is said to have been partly inspired by the Georgian Rose Revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rose_Revolution (7222 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Georgia’s Rose Revolution: Momentum and Consolidation
		Georgia’s Rose Revolution has succeeded in making positive changes in the country’s economic and political direction, said panelists at a recent roundtable, convened to evaluate developments in Tbilisi over the past year.
		A November 18 roundtable — titled Georgia’s Rose Revolution: One Year and Beyond, and co-sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Georgia Forum and the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University — evaluated the successes and shortcomings of Saakashvili’s effort to transform the country from a failed state into a Western-style market democracy.
		While initial developments are encouraging, the Rose Revolution’s ability to meet its goals are far from assured, the panelists said, adding that Saakashvili’s administration faces some difficult decisions in the coming months and years.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav112204a.shtml (1554 words)

	js-2116: Economic Freedom and Georgia’s Rose Revolution John B. Taylor Under Secretary for ...
		Now, at the one year anniversary of the Rose Revolution, Georgia is a very different country.
		The Rose Revolution itself stands as a tribute to the commitment of the Georgian people to peaceful democratic change.
		I believe the Rose Revolution was not only a political revolution, it was also an economic revolution.
	www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/js2116.htm (1917 words)

	Hetq Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Instead, she argues, the "authoritarian modernization of society" was the main objective of the "Rose Revolution." She also believes that that this is why many of those who initially supported the triumvirate of Mikhail Saakashvili, Nina Burdjanadze and Zurab Zhvania are now unhappy and critical of the new administration and of current developments in Georgia.
		"The Rose Revolution in Georgia has shown that there is the possibility for the peaceful change of governments and that those elected by the people can come to power," he says.
		But whatever the reasons for, and problems with, the "Rose Revolution", it is obvious that all three republics face similar problems.
	www.hetq.am /eng/politics/0412-rose.html (2630 words)

	Two mysterious deaths in the Georgia's "Rose Revolution" regime
		The trigger for the revolution was election fraud in the course of parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003, and indignation over growing corruption and suppression of democratic rights by the Shevardnadze regime.
		In Shevardnadze’s “citizen’s union” he rose to the post of chairman of the party and became Shevardnadze’s closest supporter, officiating since 1995 as parliamentary president.
		He rose to prominence as an oligarch controlling a fortune of several hundred million dollars in the 1990s with the privatisation of Russian mechanical engineering enterprises, and was brought to Georgia by Saakashvili to take over the post of economics minister.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/feb2005/geor-f16.shtml (2423 words)

	Roses Bred by Laffay
		He successfully bred more great roses in more official rose classes than any other breeder can claim to have done.
		Most of the roses on this list are beautiful, foliferous, fragrant, and tough.
		If pruned properly, the roses are purple and fragrant like the one shown in the photo.
	www.rosefile.com /Tables/xLaffay.html (173 words)

	Message by the President on the Second Anniversary of the Rose Revolution
		These brave men and women, armed only with roses and the power of their convictions, stood up to claim liberty in their own country.
		Their actions began the Rose Revolution, inspiring those who believe in freedom and democratic reform around the world.
		In the two years since that peaceful revolution, the Georgian people have continued their contributions to freedom's cause and made significant progress in building a vibrant democracy.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/11/20051123-7.html (229 words)

	"Rose Revolution" Blossoms : February 2004 : Peacework
		Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them.
		David Berdzenishvili, leader of the opposition Republican Party and a political analyst told IWPR, "The people began besieging Shevardnadze on November 2." Street demonstrations, a caravan from the countryside to the capital, and a mass takeover of Tbilisi’s central square increased the pressure on Shevardnadze for weeks leading to the confrontations of November 22-24.
		The Tbilisi newspaper, 24 Hours, called the takeover "The Rose Revolution," after the red rose that radical opposition leader Mikael Saakashvili held aloft as he and his supporters stormed into the parliament building on November 22.
	www.afsc.org /pwork/0402/040205.htm (988 words)

	Georgia: Flags used during the Rose Revolution (November 2003)
		The so-called 'rose revolution' led to the ousting of former President Shevernadze.
		The revolution started in the beginning of November following elections considered as rigged by the opposition and ended on 22 November with taking over of the Parliament by the opposition and Shevarnadze's resignation.
		Ms Burjanadze came to notice outside Georgia during the "Rose Revolution" when she acted as President after the resignation of President Shevardnadze.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ge}rose.html (401 words)

	Georgia's "Rose Revolution"
		During the electoral campaign KMARA urged the population to vote in the elections.
		November 23: the Birthday of the Rose Revolution and the Death of the Shevardnadze Regime
		On November 24 the world was informed that a Rose Revolution had taken place in Georgia and that Shevardnadze had resigned.
	www.marxist.com /georgia-rose-revolution-2.htm (3580 words)

	IWPR: Rose revolution loses key backers \| The Tharwa project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The outburst was a rarity in a country where Saakashvili, who led demonstrations that eventually swept Shevardnadze from power on November 23 last year, is still widely admired for his fight against corruption, and his promises to restore control over all Georgia's territory and revive its devastated economy.
		However, some leaders of non-government organisations, NGOs, journalists, and other civil society activists who were Saakashvili's biggest supporters during the so-called "Rose Revolution" are turning into a new opposition.
		He singled out the pro-government stance of Rustavi-2 television - a station that was once in strong opposition to Shevardnadze and has been credited with making the "Rose Revolution" possible - as indicative of the general trend.
	www.tharwaproject.com /node/457 (1153 words)

	Don't Let the Rose Revolution Wilt
		For it was in Georgia in November 2003 – before the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, or the purple-fingered elections in Iraq – that a frustrated population took to the streets to demand the ouster of a corrupt and autocratic government.
		The result of those street protests was Georgia's "Rose Revolution," a peaceful regime change that has inspired others to refuse to accept a deeply unsatisfactory status quo.
		Georgia's peaceful revolution is a source of great inspiration, but the legacy of that revolution hangs in the balance.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=6166 (1520 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - Constitutional coup took place in Georgia simultaneously with "rose revolution"
		MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - A constitutional coup took place in Georgia simultaneously with the "rose revolution," Malkhaz Gulashvili, a leader of the Georgian opposition movement Forward Georgia, told RIA Novosti.
		The leader of the opposition party noted that despite the active promotion of the "rose revolution" in the world, certain facts testified to "serious regress in the progress of Georgia." He said that after the "rose revolution" three television companies and six newspapers had been closed due to government pressure.
		The other negative consequences of the revolution include "the depressing state of the energy industry, frequent flouts in the regions, and the growth of unemployment by 100,000 during the new administration."
	en.rian.ru /world/20050607/40483559.html (435 words)

	FOR MEDIA: GEORGIA & USA VISIT
		It was the fact that the leaders of the revolution, with the assistance of Shevardnadze, arranged a dignified transfer of power.
		Thus it does not appear that there was any procedure available for resolving strictly in accordance with the law the crisis of legitimacy which was created by the government's evident complicity in committing and sanctioning election fraud in November.
		I think an honest person is obliged to admit that the events which we are calling "the revolution" involved at least some hiatus of legality, however brief.
	www.georgiawelcomesusa.com /rose_revolutions.htm (5070 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| How the Rose revolution happened
		"And the roses of course which people had with them, which Misha carried with him into the parliament hall, that was the moment when people said that it was a rose revolution."
		In the first year after the revolution, dozens of former government officials were jailed on corruption and embezzlement charges.
		One of Mr Saakashvili's two main allies in the Rose Revolution, Zurab Zhvania, became prime minister.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4532539.stm (421 words)

	Color revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aram Karapetyan, leader of the New Times political party, has declared his intention to start a "revolution from below" in April 2005, saying that the situation was different now that people had seen the developments in the CIS.
		On March 25, 2005, activists wearing yellow scarves held protests in the capital city of Ulan Bator, disputing the results of the 2004 Mongolian parliamentary elections and calling for fresh elections.
		She also said that her party is collaborating with the youth organization Shiddat, and that she hopes it can evolve to an organization similar to Kmara or Pora.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colour_revolution (2191 words)

	Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment two years after the "Rose Revolution"
		Many cases still do not come to light because police cover up their crimes and detainees are often afraid to complain or identify the perpetrators for fear of repercussions.
		When the government came to power following the “Rose Revolution” in November 2003 it inherited a system in which torture and ill-treatment were widespread and perpetrators routinely went unpunished.
		Ten police officers sentenced since the “Rose Revolution” are believed to be serving prison terms in connection with crimes amounting to torture or ill-treatment.
	www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGEUR560022005 (976 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - Rose Revolution crucial for democracy in S. Caucasus -- speaker
		TBILISI, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's Rose Revolution is crucial for the democratic development of the South Caucasus, the Georgian parliamentary speaker said Wednesday.
		"The Rose Revolution in Georgia has played a major role in the democratic development of the South Caucasus," Nino Burdzhanadze said.
		She noted that the revolution took place on the same day Georgia celebrates it patron saint.
	en.rian.ru /world/20051123/42187215.html (182 words)

	The rose revolution shows its thorns. Progressive, The - Find Articles
		It's now more than a year and a half since Georgia's much vaunted "Revolution of Roses." It isn't so much that the rose has faded, but rather that well-hidden thorns are beginning to draw blood.
		His challenge to the dinosaur Shevardnadze, effectively ousting him after fraudulent elections and literally chasing him out of parliament in the middle of a speech, made him a national hero at thirty-six.
		Yet, while Saakashvili makes the rounds of European capitals, brandishing the word "revolution," many of the social evils he inherited are still in place while others have worsened.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1295/is_10_69/ai_n15928084 (870 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Georgiaâs Rose Revolution grapples with dilemma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A lack of transparency in the governmentâs operations is prompting people to believe that instead of cleaning up corruption, the government is merely redistributing the loot.
		Revolutions - starting with France in 1789 and stretching past Russia in 1917 - invariably reach a stage where those seeking to establish a new order must face the question: Do the ends justify the means?
		Georgia seems to have reached this point almost a year after President Mikhail Saakashvili led the âRose Revolution.â Civil society activists now are criticizing Saakashviliâs administration for using arbitrary methods in the attempt to establish the rule-of-law.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10073 (1306 words)

	Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment. Still a concern after the "Rose Revolution"
		When the government came to power following the so-called "Rose Revolution" in November 2003 it inherited a system in which torture and ill-treatment were widespread and perpetrators routinely went unpunished.
		In the months following the "Rose Revolution" human rights groups documented scores of cases involving allegations of torture and ill-treatment and passed them on to the authorities urging them to open thorough and independent investigations into the allegations.
		The organization is concerned that officers of the special police unit have apparently been exempted from the requirement to wear ID tags even though they have been implicated in ill-treating detainees when conducting arrests in numerous cases.
	www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGEUR560012005 (17320 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Georgia remembers Rose Revolution
		Throughout the day - a public holiday to mark Georgia's Rose Revolution - the live broadcast of the festivities was interrupted by coverage of the demonstrations in Kiev.
		Then on 23 November, leading the crowd and holding a long-stemmed rose in his hand, Mr Saakashvili burst into the parliament.
		Their assets were confiscated and their savings moved to state coffers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4036145.stm (637 words)

	Dan O'Huiginn: Wine, water and the Rose Revolution: background to the Georgia-Russia dispute
		Wine, water and the Rose Revolution: background to the Georgia-Russia dispute
		Then in 2003 came the Rose Revolution, bringing in the Kremlin-baiting, West-loving Mikheil Saakashvili, and the course was fixed.
		Putin is seeing his 'near abroad' crumble as hte 'colour revolutions' remove pro-Russian elites, and as the CIS (a loose political union of the former Soviet states) is replaced by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Central Asia, and GUAM further West.
	www.ohuiginn.net /mt/2006/10/wine_water_and_the_rose_revolu_1.html (1121 words)

	Georgia : The Rose Revolution has wilted
		I hoped that he would usher in a new era of a government trying to win the trust of the people, and that he would want to be judged on the merit of his performance, not on his age, height and appearance.
		The government is planning a giant bash to mark the anniversary of the "Rose Revolution." But after just a year, the revolution's promise has already begun to fade.
		While the United States has been unable to spur democracy in the Middle East, Georgia's revolution still stands as a powerful example of peaceful democratic change.
	www.iht.com /articles/2004/12/08/edkhidasheli_ed3_.php (635 words)

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