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Many bloggers attended a protest in Armenia's capital Yerevan where people voiced their dismay at a new construction site in the city's center: a huge hole is being dug 300 meters away from the municipal authorities - but no one, not even the mayor, knows what's really going on there. Onnik Krikorian rounds up the bloggers' reactions and posts several photos of the event.

Posted by Ben Paarmann

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