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1. reading_is_dangerous 03.02.08 / 2pm

   let’s hope
   everything will be fine.
2. Onnik 03.02.08 / 3pm

   Eight killed in Armenia protests
   Armenian soldier and armoured vehicle in central Yerevan - 02 March 2008
   Soldiers are patrolling the centre of Yerevan
   Eight people were killed in clashes in Armenia’s capital Yerevan on Saturday between police and protesters alleging election fraud, police say.

   The government has declared a state of emergency and troops and armoured cars are patrolling the centre of Yerevan.

   TV pictures showed burnt-out cars and smashed shop windows in the city.

   There have been 11 days of protests over the 19 February presidential vote which gave a convincing win to Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.

   Appeals for calm

   Outgoing President Robert Kocharian declared the state of emergency late on Saturday after police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to break up a crowd of thousands of opposition demonstrators.

   A police spokesman said that eight people were killed and 33 police officers injured in the clashes. He said several officers had been injured by gunfire.

   By Sunday morning, calm had returned to Yerevan, with the city centre under tight security.

   […]

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7273497.stm
3. Onnik 03.02.08 / 3pm

   Armenia opposition backs down after violent clashes

   By Margarita Antidze Sat Mar 1, 6:42 PM ET

   YEREVAN (Reuters) - Most of the opposition supporters locked in a standoff with police in Armenia’s capital ended their protest on Sunday but a group of around 60 refused to go home and set fire to abandoned police vehicles.

   Most of the crowd, which numbered about 2,000, headed away from a square in the Armenian capital where they had been demonstrating after a message was read out from opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan urging them to go home.

   […]

   In a message read out by one of his supporters, Ter-Petrosyan told the demonstrators to go home until the 20-day state of emergency had expired.

   “I do not want any victims and clashes between police and innocent people. That is why I am asking you to leave,” said the message from Ter-Petrosyan, who has been barred by police from leaving his home.

   […]

   A Reuters reporter at the scene of the protest said about 60 people refused to go, with some accusing Ter-Petrosyan of being a traitor. They set fire to police jeeps left there following the clashes on Saturday.

   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080301/wl_nm/armenia_protest_dc_10

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