'Saakashvili hit his PM'

Georgian president Saakashvili (photo) allegedly punched his prime minister in the face before throwing a telephone at him. The country's Alia newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying Saakashvili attacked prime minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili. The newspaper did not provide a reason why.

Saakashvili is known for his hot temper, and at times strange antics. BBC footage of the Georgian president chewing his tie while speaking on the telephone during the country's war with Russia this August was widely circulated. A spokesperson for Saakashvili denied Alia's report.
Mgaloblishvili, appointed in November in a Cabinet shake-up that followed the war, handed in his resignation after the incident, but Saakashvili refused to accept it, according to Alia.