Two-week standoff at Armenian police base ends
Armed men who barricaded themselves in a police compound in Armenia's capital Yerevan, surrendered after a two-week stand-off, police said. They added that 20 men had been arrested. Earlier, thousands of Armenians took to the streets in support of the arrested men who had been demanding the release of Jirair Sefilian, an Opposition leader accused of plotting civil unrest.