Sunday, February 17, 2013

Voice of America: After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President
Feb 17th 2013, 21:15

Armenians are voting for president on Monday. In a rarity for the former Soviet Union, Armenia will have a genuine multi-party contest. But the race has been rocky for this landlocked nation of 3.2 million people in the southern Caucasus. Of the eight original candidates, one has dropped out, a second refuses to vote, a third refuses to vote and is on hunger strike, a fourth was shot in an apparent assassination attempt, and a fifth fears arrest after Monday's vote because he knew the ...

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