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| Armenian vote protest continues | |
| (about 8 hours later) | |
| Demonstrators in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, have returned to the city's streets hours after police cleared a protest camp from a central square. | |
| A crowd gathered in the embassy district to continue days of protests against an allegedly rigged election. | |
| Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian won the 19 February vote against opposition challenger Levon Ter-Petrosian. | Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian won the 19 February vote against opposition challenger Levon Ter-Petrosian. |
| Mr Ter-Petrosian said he was now under house arrest and called for peaceful protests to continue. | |
| The new protest came after police cleared Freedom Square of a opposition demonstrators who had been camping there since the election. | |
| Media barred | |
| Scuffles broke out as the police moved in and began forcing the demonstrators onto buses. | |
| Media were kept away from the square as army lorries took away the protesters' tents. | |
| The Armenian authorities had given warnings that the protest was illegal and threatened to use force to end it. | |
| A police official told TV channel Yerkir Media that some arms and ammunition were found in the protest camp. | |
| International observers judged the poll in the ex-Soviet Caucasus republic to be generally democratic. | International observers judged the poll in the ex-Soviet Caucasus republic to be generally democratic. |
| Official results gave Mr Sarkisian 53% of the vote, with Mr Ter-Petrosian, a former president, getting 21.5%. | Official results gave Mr Sarkisian 53% of the vote, with Mr Ter-Petrosian, a former president, getting 21.5%. |