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Georgia's top defense officers arrested in attempted coup
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-06 00:10 Russia's permanent representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, also called the accusations ridiculous and absolutely unfounded. "Of course we have slowly begun to get accustomed to mad accusations by Georgian political and military authorities that if there is hail or thunderstorms, this is all Moscow's work," Rogozin was quoted by Interfax as saying on Tuesday. A NATO military exercise under the Partnership for Peace program is set to begin Wednesday in Georgia. NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying that the exercise would go on despite the armed revolt. Georgian opposition leaders also called an emergency meeting upon the mutiny, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. The opposition has been staging protests in Tbilisi recently demanding the resignation of Saakashvili.
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