TBILISI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - At least 150,000 protesters cheered President Mikheil Saakashvili outside Georgia's parliament on Tuesday, backing him in Georgia's confrontation with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Speakers denouncing Russia and its prime minister, Vladimir Putin, shouted "Georgia, Georgia!" Posters denounced Putin, the former president, as a terrorist, and one depicted him with the caption "Wanted: Crimes against humanity in the world." Saakashvili has appealed for international support in denouncing Russia's incursion into Georgia after Georgia tried to retake South Ossetia, a mountainous region outside the government's control for more than a decade. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday called a halt to military operations. (Reporting by James Kilner, writing by Ron Popeski, editing by Tim Pearce)
Demonstrators with Georgian flags and placards hold a rally organized by the Swedish-Georgian society outside the Russian embassy to Stockholm August 12 2008. The European Union welcomed Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's ...
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