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    Reuters, UK
    4 May 2004

    Armenians rally to demand president resign


    YEREVAN, May 4 (Reuters) - About 6,000 Armenians braved heavy rain on
    Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Robert Kocharyan in
    the latest in a series of mass protests in the capital.

    The Armenian opposition, which accuses Kocharyan of rigging last
    year's presidential election, has hoped to emulate the example of
    neighbouring Georgia, where protesters overthrew the president last
    November in a bloodless revolution.

    "We must decide in what country we want to live: in an isolated one,
    ruled by force; or in a developed democratic country," Stepan
    Demirchyan, leader of the Justice Party and runner-up in the
    elections told the rally in Yerevan.

    "The size of this meeting in such weather shows that we support
    democracy," he said, while supporters waved flags and chanted
    "Kocharyan resign".

    Kocharyan has dismissed any suggestion that Armenia might follow
    Georgia in overthrowing its leader. The authorities used water
    cannons to disperse a similar meeting last month.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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