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More than 1,000 demonstrators in Georgia protested for a third consecutive day on Monday, calling for the ex-Soviet country's Western-backed President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign.

Accusing Saakashvili of authoritarianism and failing to tackle widespread poverty, they maintained their round-the-clock rally outside the Georgian public television studios in the capital.

Many were armed with sticks after brief clashes on Sunday when police used rubber bullets and tear gas against demonstrators who attacked cars.

"We will stay here until they throw us out," protester Lasha Oniani told AFP.

Former parliamentary speaker turned opposition leader Nino Burjanadze has said that a "revolution" has started in Georgia, while another leader has called for a "Day of Rage" on Wednesday, referring to uprisings in the Middle East.

"It will not take a long time to unseat Saakashvili," Burjanadze told AFP.

Despite poor social conditions and the country's disastrous defeat in a war with its arch-foe Russia in 2008, the current protests have so far failed to attract,17283,68659,86540,44660,80445,90762,28336,67330,92910,17909,90152,74667,39671,62435,75745,53316,13121,37005,39930,13723,47676,12792,73554,24805,69369,32152,41472,47451,10579,34668,42475,76682,87752,38048,65086,51405,13137,96803,33600,73552,16215,77165,32157,93072,65090,85429,94473,90041,57573,56174,18588,21877,25977,88712,94945,72532,62000,52311,94206,61806,14414,84818,97084,95158,32258,44876,28435,92829,10075,16423,95327,60334,27557,16592,24533,26538,73985,11762,47441,44059,16521,87525,16892,97951,72496,80974,59574,51325,21104,47411,22359,71587,88916,58537,63574,36170,89231,73871,52294,25691,94934,97878,41470,23423,42524,87859,51502,84609,54340,56108,93471,19945,95851,14834,31149,28509,66053,11388,98211,43103,62285,53143,90391,48635,15382,53016,22210,25348,75756,15510,26333,56976,68251,80223,57782,92943,22357,31851,29000,97858,12363,55185,54143,69307,74814,36652,99926,98732,81889,14121,78645,75449,97744,85693,46697,64667,59613,78066,80801,67154,31032,14668,85052,36131,84069,54588,33024,99983,43804,68778,39701,28131,23294,47834,49180,82021,46991,20483,91314,76365,75997,20823,36888,76623,17130,72566,84385,93184,86283,51514,61008,75288,71221,16192,26787,59954,79696,31612,21160,48333,25974,29396,60329,24338,70618,71594,19891,39496,88403,99152,33534,58485,30411,24521,10895,69480,51742,35412,45878,34595,70692,28994,35186,26102,45284,24842,80938,97430,88838,65648,62186,76683,40532,55921,15104,67459,69805,39048,19374,98311,16728,16926,62903,66220,69588,19140,45282,83953,97877,43146,62042,30890,46209,41822,61071,87371,79056,53760,38471,59462,15509,50832,20277,10978,89700,19479,35842,47861,45297,88899,53206,64541,12742,37537,25880,77420,22239,83731,52070,54662,91007,24441,72368,26429,58190,41699,31814,31705,87298,79828,45320,25027,36269,83441,95303,84535,72117,37795,89021,72819,60547,89136,94717,83519,43200,28999,30003,26537,77097,21813,86627,43578,29458,44479,39012,98670,76591,37651,30113,62820,70830,77163,44272,40618,44272,52532,35781,78116,88189,93576,96544,16842,96451,54361,72019,45511,84276,37348,93680,28425,23546,35520,88289,74414,97224,59631,22536,71614,74091,98886,11694,77644,34134,94968,84687,43590,13110,63336,75071,43619,37934,38077,28603,31235,62490,72177,70809,37575,69738,46023,71379,61870,34296,34597,62701,96793,77699,65024,58651,69294,82463,10450,98143,57821,64728,37399,12615,76123,67321,10351,74534,85594,92706,34715,56888,34461,96602,22560,38092,51966,89683,22680,54918,59264,93414,98657,70496,22078,70188,53924,63623,99570,25047,67190,83796,58508,66047,29265,45738,47288,11992,85785,69806,80564,16015,58974,99253,80085,68884,34315,13773,13713,97451,48457,25276,18491,74806,20095,10713,40881,68654,75688,50020,25663,39466,62485,84450,45166,78146,88131,47957,46224,96100,15597,45920,33490,59813,78360,42406,33313,91761,51082,16705,11305,49819,80528,21676,69036,66021,86163,90805,60852,81499,67096,27006,73737,11534,69894,54033,19552,94574,84935,76258,82129,97321,38895,35980,10586,79900,86781,82611,52623,73296,42638,15093,26724,99353,47408,44238,51935