More than a week has passed since the presidential election in South Ossetia, but protests still continue in the republic’s capital, where supporters of opposition candidate Alla Dzhioyeva demand that the court recognize her as the elected president.
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Mikhail Mordasov
A woman shouts to security forces officers as they disperse on November 30, 2011 supporters of South Ossetia's presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's rebel region.
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A girl holding the South Ossetia's flag in the central square of Tskhinvali
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The crisis in Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia deepened as demonstrators angry about the cancellation of leadership poll results refused to end their protests.
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Inga Djiova, a jobless entrepreneur, is crying during the speech of Alla Dzhioyeva.
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Valik Tedeev, one of the Dzhioyeva's supporters, went on hunger strike against Russia's policy towards elections in South Ossetia.
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Supporters of South Ossetia's presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva rally to demand the recognition of the presidential poll results in Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgia's rebel region, on December 2, 2011.
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Dzhioyeva's supporters cooking dinner at the central square in Tskhinvali
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Dzhioyeva's supporters cooking dinner in a tent at the central square in Tskhinvali
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A man collecting water for the camp of Dzhioyeva's supporters
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A man collecting woods for bonfire lit by Dzhioyeva's supporters
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Dzhioyeva's supporters keep warm with bonfire as they rally to demand the recognition of the presidential poll results.
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Dzhioyeva's supporters warm themselves around the bonfire in the central square of Tskhinvali.
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Security forces watch supporters of South Ossetian Presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva outside the central Election Commision building in Tskhinvali November 30, 2011.
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A court in Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia has thrown out the results of a vote for president and ordered a new election in March.
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A rally organized by supporters of opposition candidate Alla Dzhioyeva in Tskhinvali's downtown
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A rally organized by supporters of opposition candidate Alla Dzhioyeva in Tskhinvali's downtown
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A rally organized by supporters of opposition candidate Alla Dzhioyeva in Tskhinvali's downtown
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South Ossetia's presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva speaks to the journalists in Tskhinvali in press-centre, the capital of Georgia's rebel region, early on November 28, 2011.
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South Ossetian presidential candidate Anatoliy Bibilov votes at a polloing station in Tskhinvali on November 27, 2011.
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Poeple vote at a polling station in Tskhinvali on November 27, 2011. The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia went to the polls to elect a new leader for the first time since Russia recognised its independence after Moscow's 2008 war with Tbilisi.
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Woman walks in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.