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                   At Least 51 Injured in Clashes in Armenia

   by Associated Press

   More than 50 people have been injured in clashes near a police station
   in Armenia's capital where armed men have been holding hostages for
   four days and protesters erected barricades on a nearby avenue.

   Police moved in late Wednesday night to clear out the protest camp. The
   health ministry said Thursday morning that 51 people have been
   hospitalized, 28 of whom were police.

   The country's interior ministry said some 30 protesters have been
   detained.

   The police station in the capital Yerevan was seized on Sunday by a
   group of gunmen seeking the release of an opposition figure who was
   arrested in June for illegal weapons possession.

   Investigators claimed he and his supporters were planning to seize
   government buildings.
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