(20 Jan 2008)
1. Wide of crowd of opposition protesters
2. Wide of protesters with banner
3. Mid of protesters attaching poster to a concrete pillar
4. Close of hand sticking poster to the pillar
5. Mid of protester holding placard with portrait of opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze
6. Close-up of the poster showing portrait of Gachechiladze
7. Mid of man holding newspaper
8. Close of hands opening paper
9. Mid of woman holding religious icon
10. Close-up of elderly man
11. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Jondi Baghaturia, opposition protester:
"This is not a legitimate inauguration. We had two self proclaimed presidents (Eduard) Kokoiti in South Ossetia, and (Sergei) Bagapsh in Abkhazia, now we have the third one - Mikhail Saakashvili whose legitimacy is as dubious as the others."
12. Wide of the rally
13. Close of white flags
14. Mid of man holding religious icon
15. Close of icon
16. Wide of the crowd
17. Close of placard
18. Wide of protesters clapping and cheering
19. Close-up of female protester
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of opposition protesters gathered in Tiblisi on Sunday, just hours after Mikhail Saakashvili was sworn in to a second presidential term, following a divisive election that his opponents in the ex-Soviet republic claim was rigged.
The protest took place at a local racecourse - about 5 kilometres (miles) from the centre of Tiblisi, after protesters were denied permission to demonstrate on Tiblisi's main avenue.
Holding banners, placards and posters of opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze, protesters demanded a new vote.
"This is not a legitimate inauguration," a protester, Jondi Baghaturia said.
"We had two self proclaimed presidents (Eduard) Kokoiti in South Ossetia, and (Sergei) Bagapsh in Abkhazia, now we have the third one - Mikhail Saakashvili whose legitimacy is as dubious as the others," he told AP Television.
Saakashvili won more than 53 percent of the January 5 vote, according to official results.
The opposition claims fraud pushed him over 50-percent - the threshold for an outright victory - and want a runoff between Saakashvili and opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze, who officially won about 25-percent.
Saakashvili will lead a nation more divided than when he first took office after a peaceful upheaval and a landslide victory.
The new leader called the election a year ahead of schedule after ordering a violent crackdown on opposition protesters in November, moves aimed to maintain his grip on power and stave off a mounting opposition challenge.
International observers expressed serious concerns about the vote but said it met most of Georgia's democratic commitments, and United States President George W. Bush has already congratulated Saakashvili on his victory.
Russia, whose relations with Georgia are badly strained, said that the election campaign could "hardly be called free and fair," but President Vladimir Putin has also congratulated Saakashvili.
A US-educated lawyer, Saakashvili was elected with 96 percent of the vote in January 2004 after leading the peaceful Rose Revolution protests that ousted his predecessor.
But his popularity has faded amid persistent poverty and accusations of authoritarianism, and he has been unable to bring two Russian-supported breakaway regions into the fold.
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