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Georgian Orthodox Christian activists shout antigay slogan, before clashes with gay rights activists on the International Day Against Homophobia in Tbilisi on May 17 TBILISI -- Four men have been arrested in Georgia in connection with the violence last week that disrupted a planned gay rights demonstration in Tbilisi.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his country plans to deploy fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles in Belarus within the next two years.

Uneasy neighbors: An Armenian flag provides the backdrop for a bust to the late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev in downtown Tbilisi.

On May 13-17, the average price on AZERI LT, exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports to Italian Augusta port, was about $105.81 per barrel or $1.1 less compared to the previous week.

The EU Delegation to Georgia issued a statement on the May 17 events in Tbilisi.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili discussed the issues of bilateral relations with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra.

In the U.S. election on November 6, while most attention was focused on the presidential race, the western states of Colorado and Washington made their own history by becoming the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Tbilisi City Court sentenced former General Director of JSC "Georgian Railways" Irakli Ezugbaia in absentia to pre-trial detention for a period of two months as a temporary measure of restriction.

The issues of legislative regulation of covert surveillance and recording, obtaining information from communication channels and computer systems, secret video and audio recordings, film and photography used in search operations, as well as the problems of observing the rule of law in this area will be discussed at the joint meeting of two ... (more)

On Friday, a crowd of thousands of people consisting of clerics and parishioners dispersed the police and the action of dozens of LGBT advocates on Rustaveli Avenue, timed to coincide with the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Unrest: Policemen try to stop an Orthodox Christian activist during clashes at rally in Tbilisi on Friday.

A crowd attacks a minibus carrying gay rights activists during an International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia rally in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Cochairmen of the Geneva consultations on security and stability in the South Caucasus are discussing in Tskhinvali the agenda of negotiations due in late June with South Ossetian presidential envoy Murat Jioyev and South Ossetian delegation members, an Interfax correspondent reported.

The Pace Group company together with the companies "APM Terminals - Poti" and "Agricom" will open a wheat processing terminal in the Poti port on Friday.

Georgia should show solidarity with Azerbaijan today more than ever, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with Georgian television companies in Washington.

One quarter of homosexuals surveyed by the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights have recently been attacked or threatened.

An attempt to hold a march against homophobia in the Georgian Tbilisi ended in rioting as hostile protesters attacked participants and police lines crumbled.

Policemen try to stop an Orthodox Christian activist during clashes at an International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia rally in Tbilisi, May 17, 2013.

Georgia has a desire to become a bridge between the East and West, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said at the opening of the international conference "Connections between Asia and Europe - the regional economic integration at the South Caucasus and Asia" in Tbilisi today.

Georgian church clergymen and activists unite to protest against a gay pride rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, May 17, 2013.