A major traffic accident in Yerevan this week has focused attention on the chronic problem of overloaded public minibuses, traffic congestion and a transportation system that encourages hazardous practice.

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The Armenian Prosecutors' office has launched an investigation to learn why Yerevan's water supply was contaminated by sewage last week, causing outbreak of stomach ailments and sending some residents to hospital.

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Schools in the Lori region (150 kilometers north of Yerevan) have been closed this week due to an outbreak of parotitis, commonly known as "mumps". Across Vanadazor, Spitak and Stepanavan, more than 200 children have been infected by the contagious childhood disease.

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Testimony has finished in the Tigran Naghdalyan murder trial and the prosecution is asking that Armen Sargsyan and John Harutyunyan each be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Naghdalyan, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Armenian Public Television, was shot to death last December 28. Harutyunyan has confessed to the murder, saying that he was paid to kill the journalist.

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A book released earlier this year confirms that poverty and a pessimistic view of the future are the leading reasons why citizens leave Armenia.

"There is an opinion that emigration is a temporary economic solution as the employment market is not developed in Armenia," says Hranush Kharatyan, president of "Hazarashen", the Armenian Center for Ethnological Researches.

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