POLICE IN ARMENIA CORDON OFF KEY AREAS

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Aug 1 2008
Yerevan

Currently units of special purpose police equipped with special
hardware are moving along the Echmiadzin-Yerevan road.

The government building of the Republic of Armenia, adjacent territory
to the office of the [ruling] Republican Party of Armenia have been
cordoned off by the police.

By tradition, the police have also surrounded the empty Freedom Square
and has "occupied" all the central cafes.