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    Eight killed in Armenia protests over presidential vote results

    11:21 | 02/ 03/ 2008

    YEREVAN, March 2 (RIA Novosti) - Eight people were killed in the
    Armenian capital in Saturday's clashes between police and protesters
    unhappy with recent presidential election results, police said on
    Sunday referring to the Health Ministry.

    "The Prosecutor General's Office is investigating the circumstances of
    those people's death. The number of those injured is being verified,"
    police said.

    Armenian riot police used tear gas and electric stun guns to
    disperse thousands of supporters of President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
    who was defeated by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan in the February
    19 vote. Sarkisyan gained 52.8% of the vote against the incumbent's
    21.5%. Protesters said the polls were rigged.

    The president declared a state of emergency late on Saturday over
    violence.
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