Police in the Southern Caucasus nation of Georgia used tear gas and water cannons to break up a crowd of peaceful demonstrators outside the country’s parliament building on Tuesday evening. The protests, which have been going on for weeks, are directed against a planned law to control foreign influence in politics. The police pushed the demonstrators away from the parliament in Tbilisi and cleared the capital’s main street, Rustaveli Avenue. Georgian media reported that several people were injured. The police said that the rally was no longer peaceful and that public order had to be restored. …