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Armenia president declares state of emergency

Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:40pm EST
 
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YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, battling to contain rising opposition protests, declared a state of emergency in the capital on Saturday.

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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