Eduard Shevardnadze
![Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze is seen in this television picture with cuts and bruises after escaping an apparent assassination attempt August 29, 1995.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bd873b8a-06ed-4c9b-a5f9-34c1bde6c66b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze is seen in this television picture with cuts and bruises after escaping an apparent assassination attempt August 29, 1995.
![بازگشایی پیست اسکی بین المللی توچال. عکس: مهدی بلوریان، فارس](https://gdb.voanews.com/d6c00091-bdf0-4363-a51f-acd41614808e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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بازگشایی پیست اسکی بین المللی توچال.
عکس: مهدی بلوریان، فارس
عکس: مهدی بلوریان، فارس
![Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbechev and President Fidel Castro sign a friendship and cooperation treaty as Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze and Cuban Politburo member Juan Almeda shake hands, Havana, April 4, 1989.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ec05ef50-ab1a-4e23-b9bd-c4d1d334cce2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbechev and President Fidel Castro sign a friendship and cooperation treaty as Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze and Cuban Politburo member Juan Almeda shake hands, Havana, April 4, 1989.
![U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze wave from a rubber raft after they went fishing in Snake River, Wyoming, Sept. 24, 1989.](https://gdb.voanews.com/34523ccf-6a49-4402-b56e-89b937a2cb80_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze wave from a rubber raft after they went fishing in Snake River, Wyoming, Sept. 24, 1989.