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    ARMENIAN POLICE DISPERSE RALLY PROTESTING AGAINST SAAKASHVILI'S VISIT

    Interfax
    June 26 2009
    Russia

    Armenian police clashed with people protesting against the Armenian
    visit of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili near the Armenia
    Marriott Hotel in downtown Yerevan on Thursday.

    Natives of the Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, who currently
    live in Armenia, held the protest. They demand that Saakashvili must
    respect the rights of national minorities and give the official status
    to the Armenian language in Samtskhe-Javakheti.

    The police dispersed the unauthorized rally and had a brawl with head
    of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun political
    bureau Kiro Manoyan.

    The latter has made no comments.

    In all, the action involved about 50 people.

    Saakashvili paid a two-day visit to Yerevan.
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