New York Times, NY
March 22 2008
Armenia: State of Emergency Ends
By REUTERS
Published: March 22, 2008
A state of emergency introduced after post-election clashes that left
eight people dead was lifted. Troops left the streets of the capital,
Yerevan, that they had occupied since the March 1 clampdown, but the
police blocked about 1,500 protesters in the city center. No violence
was reported. The country’s departing president, Robert Kocharyan,
declared the 20-day state of emergency after street battles between
the police and protesters, who accused the government of rigging the
presidential election.
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