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Georgia arrests ex-president Saakashvili after return from exile

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Images of a smiling and handcuffed ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili being taken from a police vehicle and escorted by two officers inside a facility, in a video released by Georgian interior ministry. Saakashvili, a flamboyant pro-Western reformer who left the Caucasus country after his second term as president ended in 2013, announced his return in video messages on Friday, a day before closely watched local elections. IMAGES

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