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    FISTS AND ROCKS FLY AHEAD OF ARMENIAN ELECTION

    Russia Today, Russia
    Feb 7 2008

    Tensions are rising in Armenia in the run-up to the presidential
    election. Mass violence has broken out at a rally in support of former
    president Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the city of Artashat.

    A group of young men started throwing rocks and pieces of ice into
    the crowd and at the stage.

    When Ter-Petrosyan's supporters tried to stop them, fighting broke
    out and several people were injured.

    The former president called the incident a 'government provocation'
    aimed at derailing his election campaign.

    Armenian law enforcement officers say that during his speech the
    former president made offensive statements against his opponents,
    which sparked the disturbances.

    The election is due to take place in two weeks.
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