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Armenia president declares state of emergency


    YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, battling to contain rising opposition protests, declared a state of emergency in the capital on Saturday.

    A statement from the presidential press service saidKocharyan had signed a decree declaring the state of emergencyuntil March 20 "to prevent a threat to constitutional order".

    (Reporting by Hasmik Mkrtchyan, writing by Michael Stott,editing by Dmitry Solovyov)