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11/23/2003: Breaking News

Georgian Leader Signs Resignation Papers
from the Associated Press

TBILISI, Georgia Nov. 23 - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze was signing his resignation papers, an opposition figure told Georgian television on Sunday. Georgi Baramadize, an opposition leader, cited protest leader Mikhail Saakashvili as telling him by telephone from Shevardnadze's residence that the Georgian leader was at that moment signing his resignation.