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Windsor Star, Canada
Sept 1 2012
Armenians torch Hungarian flag to protest repatriation of Azerbaijani
who killed Armenian
YEREVAN, Armenia - Demonstrators in the capital of Armenia have set a
Hungarian flag on fire to protest Hungary's decision to repatriate an
Azerbaijani military officer who murdered an Armenian soldier in 2004.
The officer was pardoned shortly after returning to his homeland of
Azerbaijan on Friday. He had been sentenced to life for killing the
Armenian while both were attending a NATO course in Hungary.
Hours later, President Serge Sarkisian of Armenia announced it was
breaking diplomatic relations with Hungary.
Tensions are strong between Armenia and Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the
control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian forces since 1994.
About 150 demonstrators gathered in Yerevan Saturday to set the
Hungarian flag ablaze and demand an end to talks on resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Armenians+torch+Hungarian+flag+protest+repatriatio n+Azerbaijani/7179168/story.html
Sept 1 2012
Armenians torch Hungarian flag to protest repatriation of Azerbaijani
who killed Armenian
YEREVAN, Armenia - Demonstrators in the capital of Armenia have set a
Hungarian flag on fire to protest Hungary's decision to repatriate an
Azerbaijani military officer who murdered an Armenian soldier in 2004.
The officer was pardoned shortly after returning to his homeland of
Azerbaijan on Friday. He had been sentenced to life for killing the
Armenian while both were attending a NATO course in Hungary.
Hours later, President Serge Sarkisian of Armenia announced it was
breaking diplomatic relations with Hungary.
Tensions are strong between Armenia and Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the
control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian forces since 1994.
About 150 demonstrators gathered in Yerevan Saturday to set the
Hungarian flag ablaze and demand an end to talks on resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Armenians+torch+Hungarian+flag+protest+repatriatio n+Azerbaijani/7179168/story.html