日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Georgians mourn Prime Minister amid probe
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-06 09:53

Mourners streamed into a cramped living room where Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania's body lay in a coffin Saturday, two days after the man widely credited as one of the country's most honorable politicians was found dead.

Zhvania's death was officially attributed to carbon-monoxide poisoning from an improperly ventilated gas space heater at the apartment of a friend who also died. Though such deaths are not uncommon in Georgia, where central heating systems went out of service a decade ago amid the post-Soviet economic collapse, doubts continued to swirl among Georgians.

Georgians pay tribute to late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania as they pass his coffin with his body covered by a Georgian flag in the Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, late Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005. The stunned ex-Soviet republic struggles to come to grips with the unexpected death of the man who had been expected to champion the government's ambitious anti-corruption program and efforts to peacefully rein in separatist regions. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)
Georgians pay tribute to late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania as they pass his coffin with his body covered by a Georgian flag in the Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, late Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005.[AP]
Georgia has a history of political intrigue that sometimes turns violent and the climate of mistrust of officials is strong.

Reports linking a government official who committed suicide Friday to Zhvania's political party added to the air of suspicion. Officials later said the man had no ties to Zhvania and apparently had been confused with another man who had the same name.

Georgy Khelashvili, a member of the presidential clemency commission, died Friday night in what police said was a suicide by gunshot. Otar Khotidze, head of the clemency division, said Zhvania had no connection to the commission and that Zhvania made no applications for pardons of any prisoners.

Georgians carry the coffin with the body of their late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania to the Holy Trinity cathedral Tbilisi, late Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005. The stunned ex-Soviet republic struggles to come to grips with the unexpected death two days earlier of the man who had been expected to champion the government's ambitious anti-corruption program and efforts to peacefully rein in separatist regions. Zhvania's death was officially attributed to carbon-monoxide poisoning from an improperly ventilated gas space heater at the apartment of a friend who also died.(AP Photo/George Abdaladze)
Georgians carry the coffin with the body of their late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania to the Holy Trinity cathedral Tbilisi, late Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005.[AP]
Authorities on Saturday released no new details about the circumstances of Zhvania's death.

"Who knows? Maybe in a couple of weeks we'll know what happened," said mourner Saza Todashvili, who said he and Zhvania studied biology together at Tbilisi University in the 1980s. "He was one of the smartest, very erudite," Todashvili said.

Zhvania's body, covered with a white cloth bearing Orthodox church inscriptions, lay in a coffin in the center of his mother Rima's small living room.

The 41-year-old Zhvania was a key figure in attempts to lift the country out of its economic and political turmoil. He also was one of the leaders of the 2003 "Rose Revolution" protests that propelled President Mikhail Saakashvili to power and brought down his predecessor, Eduard Shevardnadze.

Maia Nikoleishvili, an independent forensics expert, told The Associated Press that officials had stated the cause of death more quickly than would be appropriate, just hours after the bodies were found.

"It's hard for me to take (the rumors) seriously, but I can't dismiss them," said Davit Usupashvili, a political analyst who was among the mourners.

Another mourner, Bishop Malkha Somgulashvili of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia, said Zhvania had done much to promote the rights of religious groups in a country where only the Georgian Orthodox Church has official standing.

"Minority religious groups ... felt comfortable with him," he said.

Zhvania's initiatives as premier included working to seek negotiated settlements to the separatist tensions in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The body was to be moved Saturday night to Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, where a public requiem was to be held Sunday ahead of a state funeral later in the day.



 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

China sets no timetable on currency change

 

   
 

China could be world's No. 3 auto producer

 

   
 

All 104 aboard Afghan jet believed dead

 

   
 

Direct flights a hit with New Year passengers

 

   
 

China to attract more foreign experts: Premier

 

   
 

Nine dead in Japan, apparent group suicide

 

   
  All 104 aboard Afghan jet believed dead
   
  Attacks kill 3 US troops, 33 Iraqis
   
  Call made from phone of abducted Italian in Iraq
   
  Solana: Military strike on Iran would be a 'mistake'
   
  Five terror suspects surrender in Kuwait
   
  Nine dead in Japan, apparent group suicide
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Georgia's PM found dead in gas leak tragedy
   
Apparent gas leak kills Georgian premier
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲欧美另类视频 | 亚洲天堂精品一区 | 一级国产黄色片 | 欧美xxxxwwww | 日韩有码在线播放 | 欧洲综合网| 综合国产精品 | 青青草原伊人网 | 日韩毛片一级 | 米奇7777狠狠狠狠视频 | 精品在线播放视频 | 国内精品久久久久久久 | 男人av网 | 成人午夜免费观看 | 看av网址 | 欧美激情综合网 | 天天天天天天天天操 | 99视频在线免费观看 | 在线毛片网| 国产高清精品在线 | 91视频看片 | 加勒比在线一区 | 69xxx免费| 国产成人麻豆精品午夜在线 | 国产成人在线网站 | 中文在线免费观看 | 日本成人免费在线视频 | 91偷拍精品一区二区三区 | 午夜精品三级久久久有码 | 欧美一级片网站 | 精品久久综合 | 91精品国产欧美一区二区 | 999国产精品视频免费 | 国产激情视频一区 | 最好看的2019年中文在线观看 | 手机在线观看av | 久久久www成人免费毛片 | 国产美女在线观看 | 国产精品自拍偷拍 | 日韩aaa| 国产成人传媒 |