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Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh: Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over the region.
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Despite the fighting, residents of the town of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh celebrated a wedding at the Holy Savior Cathedral, also known as the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral and which was badly damaged during earlier Azerbaijani shelling.
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Hovhannes Hovsepyan, who serves in the region's military, took a two-day leave from the frontline to marry Mariam Sargsyan. The couple planned their wedding before the latest outburst of fighting began.
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"I wish the war ends and everyone comes back and joins ceremonies like this one," Hovsepyan said. "Glory to heroes that are alive, and I wish new heroes are born and they don't see wars."
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Soldier Hovhannes Hovsepyan, left, and Mariam Sargsyan walk after their wedding ceremony.
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Newlyweds release pigeons after wedding ceremony.
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