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Internet Edition. February 21, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

PM wins Armenia presidential vote

AFP, Yerevan

Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian has won the country's presidential election, the central election commission said Wednesday, but his opponents cried foul and vowed to stage a mass protest.

A final preliminary count of the vote gave Sarkisian 52.9 percent, elections commission chairman Garegin Azarian said.

He was trailed by former president Levon Ter-Petrosian with 21.5 percent and former parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian with 16.6 percent, Azarian said.

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