RALPH WENGE, CNN ANCHOR: In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, President Eduard Shevardnadze is asking voters to give him another chance to end poverty, corruption and unemployment. Mr. Shevardnadze is best-known internationally for helping to end the Cold War. He did it as foreign minister under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The Georgian president is hoping to win a second term in office in this weekend's presidential election. Georgia's MIR Television looks at some of the main candidates in the race.</s>EKA BURJANADZE, MIR TELEVISION REPORTER (voice-over): As time draws closer to the election scheduled for April 9th, the presidential race becomes hotter, and from 17 candidates in the beginning
Shevardnadze Asking for Second Term as President in Georgian Election