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| Mongolia Capital In State Of Emergency As Protesters Riot |
| 2008-07-02 |
| Mongolia's leader, President Nambariin Enkhbayar, placed the capital under a state of emergency for four days on Tuesday to stop violent protests against the results of Sunday's parliamentary election. A 10 p.m. curfew and ban on public assembly and independent broadcasts took effect here following two days of rioting by 6,000 supporters of the losing Democratic Party. The protesters burned and looted the headquarters of the former communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), which they claim rigged the elections to win. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on protesters, who threw rocks on firemen who came to put out the burning MPRP building. Protesters also attacked a police station to free their arrested colleagues. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Kickin Ass and breakin glass! They really know how to party in Mongolia. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-02 10:23 |