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Georgia School Math Assignment References Slavery, Beatings

Figuring out how many oranges were picked by slaves and how many beatings per day Frederick Douglass received was allowed to help teach elementary students their multiplication and division tables at one school.

Georgian president unveils monument to Reagan

Georgia's pro-Western president has unveiled a monument to Ronald Reagan in the capital of the ex-Soviet state praising the 40th U.S. president for "destroying the Soviet Empire."

Inmates could staff fire stations in Georgia county

Officials in southeast Georgia are considering a money-saving program that would put inmates in fire stations. The program would put two inmates in each of three existing firehouses in Camden County.

Georgia executes inmate; supporters claim injustice

Defiant until the end, Troy Davis was executed Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer. He convinced hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but not a single court, that he was innocent.

Dog eats $10K worth of diamonds

Jennifer Banks WSMV 08/24/2011
World's oldest person marks 115th birthday in Georgia

About 15 to 20 friends and relatives have gathered in Georgia to celebrate the birthday of Besse Cooper, who is listed as the world's oldest person. Cooper turned 115 Friday.

Dog eats $10K worth of diamonds

A Georgia dog apparently has a taste for the finer things in life. The pooch dined on a meal of $10,000 worth of diamonds.

Boy Killed Great-Grandma With Sword, Also Wounded His Grandmother

A Georgia teen killed his great-grandmother and wounded his grandmother with a sword before cops took him down with a stun gun, officials said.

Georgian woman cuts off web access to whole of Armenia

An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday.

Georgia claims it has world's oldest person, 130

MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI Yahoo! News 07/08/2010
Georgia claims it has world's oldest person, 130

SACHIRE, Georgia – Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia claim a woman from a remote mountain village turned 130 on Thursday, making her the oldest person on Earth.

Hillary Clinton gets earful from Moscow on 'occupation' remarks

Moscow dismissed on Wednesday the U.S. state secretary's remarks about Georgia's occupation by Russian troops as "baseless."


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