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                         Arminfo news agency inform 
Internal troops and police create obstacles to mourning action by 
several hundreds of oppositionists 

Yerevan, March 21. ArmInfo. Internal troops and police have fully 
surrounded the Liberty Square in Yerevan trying to prevent several 
hundred strong opposition action in commemoration for March 1 
casualties. 

Levon Ter-Petrosyan's supporters attempted to enter the Liberty 
Square however the troops ousted them from the Square to the nearby 
Tumanyan Street.  The action consists mostly of women. Over 500 
people participate in the action. Part of the participants managed to 
leave lighted kindles in flowerbeds. Others carry posters of the 
oppositionists arrested after the unrest of 1 March, including 
portraits of the leaders of New Times and Armenian Pan National 
Movement parties.  At present, the oppositionists are pinning 
mourning ribbons around the Sqaure. ArmInfo correspondent on the spot 
reports that police try to lead journalists and participants in the 
action to the Northern Avenue.

Yesterday in the evening the troops left the Liberty Square with the 
expiry of the State of Emergency, however they again surrounded the 
square today in the afternoon.  At 3:50 police officers started 
liquidating the mourning ribbons. The event has no organizers. The 
participants told journalists they just want to pay homage to the 
casualties of 1 March in Yerevan. 
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