Prime Minister of Georgia Republic found dead in apartment

AFP via Babelfish translation ^

[HAL9000]

DERNIERE MINUTE: 07h01 - the Prime Minister géorgien was found died in an apartment in Tbilissi Zourab Jvania discovered was died, apparently poisoned with gas, in the apartment of a friend in whom it was, announced the Minister of Interior Department géorgien, Nano Merabihvili.(AFP)

[newzjunkey]

Bad heater or "murder"?

[RushCrush]

First Hillary, now this.

It's Bush's fault! /sarc

[sarasota]

Found "in a flat owned by his 'friends'". Uh, sure. Nice friends.

[prairiebreeze]

I can't fault Bush for giving Putin a chance, and offering an olive branch

Agreed! It's not Bush's fault that Poots didn't choose to take advantage of the benefit of the doubt. Too bad for Poots too, he could have possibly become a good leader for his country.

He chose poorly.

[robomurph]

Interesting...connect some dots for me

[Liberty Valance]

"This was an accident caused by a natural-gas leak from an Iranian-made gas heater".

uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh

[MeekOneGOP]

[1Old Pro]

Putin is a thug. Bush should add Russia back on the list of thug nations.

[cake_crumb]

"...the premier of Georgia Zhvaniya is found by corpse in Tbilisi in the apartment of his friend."

Yikes! I thought dead voters walking to the polls on November 2 was bad enough, but they've got them ALL the time over there??

P.S. -- Gas as a murder weapon is SO 70s and 80s....that it was probably murder.

[Mr. K]

yes- the politicians and most rich people I know keep incredible hours- I actually know people who are IN THE GYM in our office building at 6 AM after an hour drive in to work.

I have started doing this (early to bhed and early to rise) and it changes your whole life- I get 300% more done each day.

[cake_crumb]

"But he turned against Mr Shevardnadze and played a prominent role in the 2003 Rose Revolution which swept him from power in a wave of popular protest."

Chillingly familiar. They might have missed Yushenko the first time around, but I hope he remains vigilant.

[bd476]

Mr. K said: "I have started doing this (early to bhed and early to rise) and it changes your whole life- I get 300% more done each day."

Please tell me what is a bhed and how does it work? /just kidding

How many hours do you sleep each night and what time is bedtime?

[The Old Hoosier]

His mistress's apartment?

[highflight]

I agree - the Prime Minister visits a "house belonging to friends" with another "friend" while his security detail is outside.

His security detail awakens him "at 4:00 am" to do what? take him back to his house??????????????????????????

First things first - who was the now dead "friend" and what kind of neighborhood?

Looks like a Bill Clinton moment to me.

[Chad Fairbanks]

The premier of Georgia Zhvaniya is found by corpse in Tbilisi?

The Dead live.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I believe natural gas is odorless, and the odor of gas we all recognize in the U.S. is an additive.

That is correct.

[highflight]

Memo to self - looks like our guess was incorrect...according to the news report below:

"Merabishvili pointed out that Zhvaniya was on a visit to Raul Yusupov, Vice-Governor of Kvemo Kartly territory, who also died of natural-gas poisoning.
The Minister said the Premier's guards, who stayed outdoors, grew worried when the Prime Minister did not respond to telephone calls for a long time. So, the guards decided to break down the door of the apartment at about 04:30. They found the bodies of the Prime Minister and the Vice-Governor. Merabishvili said, "This was an accident caused by a natural-gas leak from an Iranian-made gas heater".

Zhvaniya was married and is survived by three children."

[Destro]

His security detail awakens him "at 4:00 am" to do what? take him back to his house??

Why not? Maybe he said he was only going to be in there for a little while?

[hummingbird]

Found "in a flat owned by his 'friends'"

Do any of the articles identify who the friend or friends are? One article says his friend also died...id'd as an assistant to a governor? Male, female? Which governor?

[Destro]

Why did everyone assume KGB plot Like some bad novel?

To continue to blame the KGB means they would have to have sold the guy the Iranian made gas heater - waited for just thr right moment and then made it malfunction - on que.