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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    May 29 2006


    Armenia, Azerbaijan report fatalities in disputed border clash
    13:37 | 29/ 05/ 2006


    YEREVAN/BAKU, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia and Azerbaijan both
    claimed fatalities after a shootout between soldiers in the region of
    Nagorny-Karabakh, and accused each other of breaching a ceasefire
    agreement Monday.

    "An Armenian military serviceman was killed as a result of a shot
    from the Azerbaijani side at Armenian positions in the Noyemberyansky
    region at around 8.30 p.m. [Moscow time, 4.30 p.m. GMT] May 27,"
    defense ministry spokesman Seiran Shakhsuvaryan said.

    But an Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman denied the claim, and
    said an Azerbaijani soldier was killed.

    "An Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of shelling by
    Armenian units stationed on mount Lele-Ilahi in Azerbaijan's Fizuli
    region," Ilgar Verdiev said.

    The conflict between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and
    Azerbaijan over Nagorny Karabakh, an Azerbaijani region with a
    largely Armenian population, first erupted in 1988, when the region
    claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.

    Over 30,000 people were reported dead on both sides between 1988 and
    1994, and over 100 others died after a ceasefire was concluded in
    1994, leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenian hands, but tensions
    between Azerbaijan and Armenia have persisted.
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