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Armenian protest leader set to be elected PM

by Irakli Metreveli Agence France Presse YEREVAN, Armenia (AFP) — The Armenian parliament is due to elect a new prime minister Tuesday with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan set to take the post after spearheading weeks of mass protests against the ruling party. The vote will be Pashinyan’s second attempt to get elected as premier after the ruling Republican Party narrowly blocked his first bid on May 1, despite initially promising not to stand in the […]