Georgia President Saakashvili 'punched' prime minister in the face
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili allegedly punched his prime minister in the face before throwing a telephone at him.
Russian media widely picked up the report by Georgia's Alia tabloid newspaper, which cited an unnamed source as saying Mr Saakashvili attacked Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili, without providing a reason why.
Mr 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.
Mr 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.