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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE INJURED IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

    http://rt.com/news/armenia-presidential-assasination-attempt-202/
    Published: 01 February, 2013, 02:02

    Breaking news

    An Armenian presidential candidate has been shot in the
    center of Yerevan, the country's capital, late Thursday. The
    64-year-old politician, Paruyr Hayrikyan of the Union for National
    Self-Determination party, was taken to hospital with a gun wound.

    The gunshot wound in Hayrikyan's chest is considered serious, but not
    immediatelly life-threatening. He was taken to the Saint Gregory the
    Illuminator medical center.

    The candidate was shot near his house on Tpagrichneri Street in the
    southeast section of central Yerevan. Police are investigating the
    crime scene, but are not commenting on the incident.

    Hayrikyan is one of eight candidates running for president in the
    Caucasus state's February 18 election. The election campaign was
    launched on January 21.

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