TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgians voted in a parliamentary election on Wednesday that the West says will be a test of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s democratic credentials as he pushes for NATO membership.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition said one of its activists was shot dead with a hunting rifle as he went to vote in Wednesday’s parliamentary election at a polling station in western Georgia.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition vowed to bring about 100,000 people on to the streets of the capital on Wednesday to protest against the parliamentary election which it says is being rigged by the authorities.