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Armenia president declares state of emergency

YEREVAN
Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:40pm EST

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, battling to contain rising opposition protests, declared a state of emergency in the capital on Saturday.

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A statement from the presidential press service said Kocharyan had signed a decree declaring the state of emergency until March 20 "to prevent a threat to constitutional order".

(Reporting by Hasmik Mkrtchyan, writing by Michael Stott, editing by Dmitry Solovyov)



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