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Police wielded batons and used rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse some 500 demonstrators in Baku...protesting alleged abuse in the nation's army.
Dozens of protesters were arrested.
A watchdog group claims 77 soldiers died in 2012 from non-combat related activities.
http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/10/protesters-arrested-in-azerbaijan-demo/
Also...the government claims an Azeri soldier was killed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory by forces backed by Armenia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-rop-azerbaijan-armenia-idUSBRE92A0LM20130311
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