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Europe Needs a New Security Structure

Tuesday, 02 December 2008 20:00 | by Vartan Oskanian |

Analysis / Europe

Two events of great consequence – one throughout the globe and the other in our region – have rattled the world's assumptions in the second half of this year.

The first – the global financial shake-up – has been so broad and so deep that even the lame-duck status of George Bush's presidency proved no obstacle to the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gathering in mid-November in Washington to discuss cures.

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Our previous question was: "Do you believe that free elections (one where even an incumbent can be defeated) can change a country?"

Opinions were mostly divided. Of those who answered the question, 53% thought that such elections could bring positive change to the country; 43% thought they could not. Around 4% did not have an answer.

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Recorded crimes/ 1,000 population

	2008	2009

Yerevan	4.5	6.5
Lori	2.8	4.7
Tavush	2.0	3.8
Vayots Dzor	2.0	3.6
Kotayk	2.3	3.5
Armavir	1.8	3.3
Syunik	1.8	3.2
Shirak	1.9	3.1
Gegharkunik	1.4	3.0
Ararat	2.0	2.8
Aragatsotn	2.3	2.8

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