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    Armenian police clash with protesters

    United Press International
    March 1 2008

    Published: March 1, 2008 at 7:50 AM

    YEREVAN, Armenia, March 1 (UPI) -- Riot police Saturday clashed with
    several thousand demonstrators protesting the results of the Feb. 19
    presidential election in Yerevan, Armenia.

    Police waded into a rally in the capital's Freedom Square, using clubs,
    tear gas and stun guns to clear demonstrators who had been camped at
    the site for the past 10 days, RIA Novosti, a Russian news agency,
    reported.

    Police forced the protesters to board buses and Novosti said there
    were reports opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petosyan
    was detained.

    Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan defeated Ter-Petosyan with
    52.82 percent of the vote to 21.5 percent, Novosti said.

    The opposition accused the government of vote rigging and election
    fraud.

    "These are innocent people," an Armenia woman told CNN. "They just
    want their freedom. They just want to be heard."
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