WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 26th, the Republic of Georgia passed legislation to mandate and enforce seatbelt use on city roads and highways.

COVER: Cheap Oil Forever (All overseas editions). Contributor Ruchir Shamir examines the historic and current trends of the rise and fall of the prices of commodities, like oil, copper, grains and gold.

TBILISI, Georgia, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Media freedom in Georgia suffered another blow today when it was announced that Imedi, formerly the country's only independent TV station, is to be sold to RAK Georgia Holdings, an affiliate of the United Arab Emirates' owned property development company, Rakeen. Imedi TV was the subject of a long running dispute between the Georgian government and the late businessman, Badri Patarkatsishvili, until his death in February last year.

By Ellen Barry New York Times News Service MOSCOW -- The European Union prepared Tuesday to deploy 200 civilian monitors throughout Georgia, though Russian military officials said they would not allow the Europeans to begin work in the buffer zones that surround the separatist enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Text of report by state-controlled Russian Channel One TV on 26 September [Presenter] "Ossetia condemns", a rally with this name began today in the capital of the young republic, Tskhinvali.