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    ARMENIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER PROTESTS

    Japan Economic Newswire
    March 2, 2008 Sunday 1:39 AM GMT

    Armenian President Robert Kocharian declared a 20-day state of
    emergency Saturday as pitched battles continued in the capital Yerevan
    between opposition supporters and police in the wake of the Feb. 19
    presidential election, Russian media reported.

    Reports by Interfax news agency and other news organizations said
    several thousand protesters clashed with police, who used tear gas
    to disperse them.

    Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, under house arrest, told his
    supporters to go home until the state of emergency is lifted March 20.

    The report said one person was killed and more than 30 others injured
    in the Yerevan clashes.

    Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian beat Ter-Petrosian in the election in
    the former Soviet republic but the protesters said the vote was rigged.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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