Thursday, October 25, 2012
Georgia's parliament building in Kutaisi, some 250 km (155 miles) west of Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Georgia's parliament has approved billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as the country's new prime minister. Ivanishvili's coalition won the Oct. 1 parliamentary election. Lawmakers voted on Thursday 88-54 to endorse him and his government.
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