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    Armenian president declares state of emergency

    ITAR-TASS, Russia
    March 1 2008

    01.03.2008, 21.56

    YEREVAN, March 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
    on Saturday introduced a state of emergency in the country's capital
    of Yerevan.

    The state of emergency will remain in effect for 20 days.

    Police have started dispersing an opposition rally in the square in
    front of the Mayor's Office in Yerevan, eye witnesses told Itar-Tass
    by telephone.

    The square in front of the monument to the first prime minister of
    Soviet Armenia, Alexander Myasnikyan, is surrounded from four sides
    by police. Shooting, explosions and the wailing of police sirens can
    be heard.
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