Thousands of people gather in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, to protest against a government decision to cede land to arch-foe Azerbaijan. The agreement between Baku and Yerevan -- which will see territory held since the 1990s handed over -- comes as the two seek to secure a peace deal and avoid another bloody conflict, following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in a lightning offensive last year. Artak Bshtikyan, a former serviceman says "it's a disease of begging for peace at any cost." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES