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    AZERBAIJANI FORCES KILL KARABAKH SOLDIER: SEPARATISTS

    Agence France Presse
    May 21, 2014 Wednesday 12:41 PM GMT

    YEREVAN, May 21 2014

    Azerbaijani troops killed an ethnic Armenian soldier from the disputed
    Nagorny Karabakh region's forces in a fresh clash along the volatile
    frontline, the Armenian-backed region's defence ministry said on
    Wednesday.

    The soldier, "20-year-old Artur Oganjanian, died after he was mortally
    wounded on Tuesday by Azerbaijani troops at the southern sector of the
    line of separation of Azerbaijani and Karabakh forces," the ministry
    said in a statement.

    Recent months have seen an increase in violence along the
    Azerbaijan-Armenia border and at the Karabakh frontline, with both
    sides regularly accusing each other of tit-for-tat raids and at least
    nine soldiers killed.

    Last year, around 20 soldiers from both sides were reportedly killed
    in border shootouts.

    Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in
    a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people. Despite years of negotiations
    since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides have yet to sign a peace deal.

    Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the disputed region by force
    if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia has vowed to
    retaliate against any military action.

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    From: A. Papazian
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