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Edmonton Journal, Canada
July 22 2012
Ethnic Armenian leader of Azerbaijan's enclave confirmed as winner of
presidential vote
By The Associated Press July 22, 2012
YEREVAN, Armenia - The election commission in a separatist Azerbaijan
enclave says the incumbent president has won two-thirds of the vote in
Thursday's election. This result, however, is unlikely to affect a
two-decade-old dispute over the ex-Soviet territory's status.
Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous area with a population of about
140,000, has been under the control of Armenian forces and ethnic
Armenian local troops since the end of six-year-long hostilities in
1994 that left about 30,000 people dead and 1 million displaced.
Election officials in the breakaway republic on Sunday confirmed Bako
Saakian as winner of Thursday's election with 66.7 per cent of the
vote.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to regain control of the
territory by force. International talks to resolve one of the former
Soviet Union's "frozen conflicts" have shown little result.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Ethnic+Armenian+leader+Azerbaijans+enclave+confirm ed+winner/6972017/story.html
July 22 2012
Ethnic Armenian leader of Azerbaijan's enclave confirmed as winner of
presidential vote
By The Associated Press July 22, 2012
YEREVAN, Armenia - The election commission in a separatist Azerbaijan
enclave says the incumbent president has won two-thirds of the vote in
Thursday's election. This result, however, is unlikely to affect a
two-decade-old dispute over the ex-Soviet territory's status.
Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous area with a population of about
140,000, has been under the control of Armenian forces and ethnic
Armenian local troops since the end of six-year-long hostilities in
1994 that left about 30,000 people dead and 1 million displaced.
Election officials in the breakaway republic on Sunday confirmed Bako
Saakian as winner of Thursday's election with 66.7 per cent of the
vote.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to regain control of the
territory by force. International talks to resolve one of the former
Soviet Union's "frozen conflicts" have shown little result.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Ethnic+Armenian+leader+Azerbaijans+enclave+confirm ed+winner/6972017/story.html