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7,000 Armenians rally against government

JAN. 19 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Thousands of people rallied peacefully in central Yerevan against the Armenian government. Opposition politician Tigran Karapetyan, whose television station the government plans to close, organised the rally. News organisations estimated there were 7,000 people at the protest, the second major anti-government protest of the year.

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(News report from Issue No. 24, published on Jan. 24 2011)

Post-election protests gather pace in Kyrgyzstan

OCT. 20 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — Thousands of supporters of a Kyrgyz party that narrowly missed out on representation in parliament after an election protested
throughout the week in Bishkek. The Butun Kyrgyzstan party, a nationalist grouping, says it has been robbed and has pledged to hold street rallies until the result is changed.

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(News report from Issue No. 12, published on Oct. 21 2010)