The Washington Post, October 29th, 1999
THE ASSASSINATION Wednesday of Armenia's prime minister and other leading politicians could hardly have come at a worse time. Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan in the Caucasus region of what used to be the Soviet Union had apparently been making progress in peace talks. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, trying to push those negotiations forward, had left the Armenian capital of Yerevan just hours before a handful of gunmen entered the parliament building and began shooting. Now Armenia's fragile and highly imperfect democracy will, at best, be preoccupied with matters other than peace...
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