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09/12/2018 GMT

Armenia Votes in Snap Parliamentary Elections

BBC World Service - Weekend, Armenia Votes in Snap Parliamentary Elections

We look at the political future of the country after its "velvet revolution" last spring

We look at the political future of the country after its "velvet revolution" last spring.

Armenians are heading to the polls for a snap parliamentary election triggered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation in October. We look at the political future of the country after its "velvet revolution" last spring.

Also in the programme; another White House departure - President Trump's chief of staff John Kelly resigns - and how sex robots have become a little more life-like. 

Pascale Harter discusses these topics and more with Vicky Pryce, Greek-born British economist based in London and Daniel Glaser, a British neuroscientist and writer.

(Photo: Election posters in Armenia ahead of its snap parliamentary elections. Credit: Getty Images)

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