FACTBOX: Georgia's state of emergency
(Reuters) - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili declared a state of emergency in the former Soviet state on Wednesday after riot police used tear gas and water cannons to put down six days of street protests and special forces shut down an opposition television station.
This is what the Georgian state of emergency means:
* Parliament has to officially approve the state of emergency within two days, but until then emergency conditions still apply.
* The emergency conditions will last for 15 days, in this case until November 22.
* Receiving and spreading information is banned for local television and radio stations. The public broadcaster is the only television station allowed to broadcast news.
* Meeting in large groups is banned.
* Strikes are banned.
(Writing by James Kilner in Tbilisi)
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