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[ last updated 17:29 ] The Armenian government’s unprecedented crackdown on the opposition continued unabated on Wednesday, with law-enforcement bodies arresting 12 more supporters of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and searching the offices of a major opposition party.
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[ last updated 17:31 ] Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday that he will make sweeping and unexpected personnel changes in his government after taking over as Armenia’s new president early next month.
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[ last updated 17:33 ] President Robert Kocharian said on Wednesday that he will partly lift the controversial ban on independent news reporting stemming from a state of emergency in Yerevan which he declared on March 1.
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[ last updated 17:34 ] The Armenian government angrily rejected on Wednesday a senior U.S. official’s criticism of its post-election crackdown on the opposition, accusing him of “contributing to an escalation of political tension” in the country.
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[ last updated 17:35 ] An Azerbaijani soldier crossed into northeastern Armenia and surrendered to Armenian troops stationed there at the weekend, claiming to have been ill-treated by his commanders, the Defense Ministry in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
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