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    Police crack down on opposition rally in Yerevan

    ITAR-TASS, Russia
    March 1 2008

    01.03.2008, 07.04

    YEREVAN, March 1 (Itar-Tass) - Police have cracked down on the rally
    by opposition protesters in the centre of Yerevan.

    The unauthorised round-the-clock rally was called by oppositional
    forces that refuse to recognise the outcome of the February 19
    presidential election.

    According to police officials the demonstrators number 6,500.

    At dawn police surrounded the Opera Square where opposition protesters
    gathered for their rally. According to witnesses, the protesters have
    been given an opportunity to go away along the Severny Avenue.

    At present, the square is surrounded by policy. Several dozens of
    tens have been demolished that the protesters built at the square.

    The area around the Opera Square is encircled by road policy and it
    does not allow transport to approach the site of the events.

    Earlier in the week, policy and city authorities called on protesters
    to stop unauthorised rallies and marches, and sit-down protest
    actions. The protest actions, which were organised by first Armenian
    President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his supporters, took place on
    February 19. They insist Ter-Petrosyan and not Prime Minister Serzh
    Sarkisyan won the elections. But according to the latest results,
    Ter-Petrosyan took the second place.

    At the same time, police stressed that it "will take decisive measures
    in compliance with law in order to protect constitutional order and
    security in the country". Sarkisyan who was elected Armenia's president
    confirmed that the authorities "will be tolerant until one is trying
    to abuse this tolerance and this could lead to bad consequences".

    The situation is normal in Yerevan. Neither the authorities nor the
    opposition made any statements.
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