News in Brief:

Georgian wrestler pulls helicopter tied to his ear 26 meters
Lasha Pataraya, a 27 year-old world record holder has achieved his fourth entry into the Guinness Book of Records, by pulling a helicopter tied to his ear for 26 meters.
The record attempt was held at the military aerodrome in Alekseyevka, a suburb of Tbilisi, on Saturday October 27.
The helicopter, an Mi-8 AMT, weighed a total of 7 734 tons, including fuel.
(Black Sea Press)

“State Minister for Conflict Resolution Davit Bakradze leaves for Vienna”
State Minister for Conflict Resolution Davit Bakradze left for Vienna on October 29.
The press service of the Ministry for Conflict Resolution announced Bakradze will meet with former, acting and future chairmen of the OSCE, representatives of the Conflict Prevention Center, and OSCE Director General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut.
(Akhali Taoba)

Several detained by border guards
Georgian border guards have detained three Georgian citizens at Sarpi on the Turkish border. Two were trying to enter the country with forged documents and the third was wanted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
A man claiming to be a Russian citizen was also detained in the border zone, with no documents.
In an unrelated incident a Georgian citizen was arrested at Tbilisi International Airport, having flown in from Paris. He is wanted by the MIA.
(Prime News)

MIA employee arrested on suspicion of corruption
A Ministry of Internal Affairs employee named as Davit Kupatadze has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.
The MIA press office said Kupatadze has been accused of taking a bribe worth USD 200 from a truck driver.
Konstantine Japaridze, reportedly the head of a construction transport company involved in the alleged corruption incident, was arrested on suspicion of possessing forged documents.
If convicted, the official could face up to nine years in prison. The sentence for document forgery can be up to three years.
(Prime News)

Green Party express solidarity with Russian colleagues
The Georgian Green party has expressed solidarity with its Russian colleagues after the Russian Central Election Committee barred them from registering for parliamentary elections.
They have announced that they will inform the Green faction in the European Parliament and the OSCE of their position.
“The Greens of Georgia express solidarity with Greens of Russia and protest the undemocratic regime in Russia, as shown by the political persecution of Greens,” a statement read.
The statement also said that the regimes in both Russia and Georgia are based on a “state system of violence”.
(Black Sea Press)

Territory of Russian military base in Shuakhevi transferred to Georgian Patriarchate
Former Russian military base in Shuakhevi, in the mountains of the Adjara region, western Georgian, will be transferred to control of the Georgian Patriarchate next week.
TV station Mze reported on October 29 that a university, boarding school and cathedral will be built on the 13 000 hectare plot.
Omar Megrelidze, head of the regional administration of Shaubkhevi, told journalists that the Patriarchate had decided how the territory would be developed.
Russian military bases are being dismantled in Georgia according to an OSCE agreement signed at the Istanbul summit in 1999. All Russian bases are due to be removed from Georgia by the end of 2008.
(Black Sea Press)

Ruling party to deliver firewood to IDPs
The ruling United National Movement party will deliver firewood to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The distribution will begin on October 29 to IDPs based in the village of Tskhneti and the Vake and Saburtalo districts in Tbilisi.
Ten truckloads of wood will be delivered, six to Tskneti and the rest to Vake and Subartelo.
(Black Sea Press)

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