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Protesters demanding the resignation of Armenia’s Prime Minister blocked main streets in the capital city and other parts of the country.
The police said 196 people have been detained in Yerevan.
Protests have roiled the country for weeks, sparked by the government's return of four border villages to Azerbaijan
Armenia
Armenia is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.
It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.
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