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Published on January 12, 2009
KAREKIN II OFF TO AMERICA
On January 10 His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians, left for the United States of America for a working visit. The Supreme Patriarch is scheduled to have meetings with the benefactors of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to to discuss the programs of the Holy See they have undertaken.
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Headlines for January 12, 2009MEDICINE POISONING
Razmik Vardanyan, 2004, resident of Davitashen village, Aragatsotn marz, was sent to a Talin hospital with medicine poisoning at 3:15 p.m. January 11. Doctors say his state is grave.
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A 10-square-metre ...WHO WILL WIN THE PRIZE?
U.S. marketing analysts state that each American spends averagely ten hours in front of a TV-set. Overally, people under 16 usually watch 360 000 ads.
Although the Union of Experts NGO hasn’t conducted ...WILL ARMENIA HAVE GAS TOMORROW?
“The damaged section of the Georgian-Armenian pipeline has been repaired, and the supply of gas to Armenia will likely be restored by January 13,” Press Secretary of ArmRusGasArd Company Shushan Sardaryan ...“CRISIS” IN ARMENIAN SHOPS
Today one can see few people in Armenian shops and supermarkets. Salespeople say trade “stopped” after the New Year holidays. People mainly buy dairy products, bread, mineral water and coffee. Shop ...KAREKIN II OFF TO AMERICA
On January 10 His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians, left for the United States of America for a working visit. The Supreme Patriarch is scheduled to have meetings ...BJNI TO PROTEST CES ACTIVITIES
Bjni Company of mineral waters owned by the Sukiasyans will be put up for e-auction on January 23. On December 30 the Northern Court declared the case hearing of the factory’s bankruptcy closed. But ...ARMENIAN AIRPLANE ROLLED LEFTWARD
An A-320 flying from Sochi to Yerevan on January 11 appeared in a backwash after noting oncoming an A-380 50-70 km away from Tbilisi. This happened at 1:00 p.m. (local time). The oncoming plane was ...PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS ARE ARRIVING
Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) John Prescott and Georges Colombier will arrive in Armenia on January 15.
They are expected ...BAGRATYAN NOTES ECONOMIC BREAKDOWN IN ARMENIA
Today the world is seeking ways to overcome the global financial crisis. Meantime the Armenian Government takes illogical steps doubling the tax burden. Armenia’s ex Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan tried ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1846 The second Russian - Armenian "Kovkas" newspaper was published with the initiative of Father Hakob Karinian and P. Mikayel. It was published until 1848, in Tbilisi.
- 1903 The Tsar confirms the confiscation and nationalization of Armenian Church property and estates.
- 1904 Death of Bishop Mambreh Markosian, painter and monk of Jerusalem.
- 1933 Yerevan's tramway service is inaugurated.
- 1945 Opening of the First Congress of Creative Artists in Yerevan.
- 1945 Opening of the first conference of Armenian composers.
- 1951 Entry into force of the UN Convention on Genocide in accordance with article 13.
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