World IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : Shevardnadze Heads Top State Council
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze was appointed chairman of a new top state body in his native Georgia, according to a decree read on Georgian Radio. Shevardnadze is to head the State Council, vested with executive and legislative power in the aftermath of a monthlong civil war in the Caucasus republic.
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