Second anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution marked

Thousands of Georgians jammed the main streets and squares of the capital Tbilisi today to mark the second anniversary of the Rose Revolution protests that drove out the country’s longtime leader and brought Mikhail Saakashvili to office.

The protests over fraudulent parliamentary elections, which culminated when demonstrators rushed into the parliament, forcing President Eduard Shevardnadze to flee and then resign, were the first of the so-called “colour revolutions” in former Soviet republics.