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Headlines for April 08, 2011WATER LEAKS AT JAPAN'S ONAGAWA NUCLEAR PLANT
A fresh earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook northeast and eastern Japan on Thursday, April 7, piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami.
Water leaked out ...NEW APPOINTMENT
...ARMENIANS AND TURKS TO GATHER IN PARIS ON APRIL 10
On April 10, Armenians and Turks living in France will gather near the Monument to Komitas in Paris to show their allegiance to the principle of mutual respect and understanding, Nouvelles d`Arménie ...PALESTINE AND ISRAEL SIGN TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE
The Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist movement Hamas has declared a temporary ceasefire with Israel to prevent the escalation of violence in the in the Gaza Strip. The truce was signed in Moscow at midnight.
Over ...TRAVEL TO YEREVAN AGAIN RESTRICTED
Public transport between Yerevan and nearby regions has been halted on Friday ahead of the major rally organized by the opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (HAK). Bus stations in Sevan, Vanadzor, ...MINIBUSES STOPPED EN ROUTE AND TAKEN TO IMPOUND LOT
Residents of Shirak Marz (a province in the north-west of Armenia) are unable to get to Yerevan today due to absence of transport.
"The local police have intimidated minibus drivers and instructed them ...HAK: "AUTHORITIES RESORT TO MEAN METHODS"
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) has issued a statement condemning the authorities' chase against media outlets.
The HAK raises concerns over the lawsuits against opposition-run newspapers, including ...EUFOA WELCOMES EP RESOLUTION ON EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY
European Friends of Armenia (www.EuFoA.org) strongly welcomes the new European Parliament (EP) resolution on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
The plenary adopted the text yesterday, 7 April 2011, ...POLICE PREPARING FOR OPPOSITION RALLY
Scores of police officers have gathered near Matenadaran institute in the center of Yerevan where the Armenian National Congress (HAK) is set to rally its supporters at 6:00.
Police officers have cordoned ...PROTESTS CONTINUE FOR THREE YEARS
It is already three years the wives of political prisoners have been staging protests outside the General Prosecutor's Office in Yerevan.
"All our protests proved effective otherwise the authorities would ...NATO DELEGATION VISITS YEREVAN
NATO delegation is visiting Armenia from April 4 to 9 to assess the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) for 2010 and the Planning and Review Process (PARP) and to discuss the Armenia-NATO ...MINISTER OHANYAN RECEIVES NATO REPRESENTATIVE
On April 8, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received Frank Boland, Head of the Force Planning Section of NATO's Defense Planning and Operations Division.
During the meeting Frank Boland presented ...ZIL-157 FALLS INTO GORGE, TWO INJURED
Two passengers were injured as a ZIL-157 veered off the road and fell into a gorge near the village of Getahovit on Thursday.
The wounded passengers were taken to hospital, the RA Police said.
An investigation ...EIGHTEEN THEFTS REPORTED IN ARMENIA IN TWO DAYS
Eight traffic accidents occurred in Armenia on April 7 which left eleven people injured, the RA Police reported.
Eighteen thefts and one burglary were reported in the country on April 7 and 8.
The police ...POST-SCRIPTUM TO HOST ASHOT ZAKARYAN
On April 8, the program "Post-Scriptum" will Ashot Zakaryan, Head of the Gyumri territorial body of the Armenian National Congress (HAK.
You can send your questions to ps@a1plus.am or call at 58 54 ...HAK RALLIES SUPPORTERS NEAR MATENADARAN: INCIDENT BREAKS OUT BETWEEN RALLIERS AND POLICEMEN
The rally of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) kicked off near Matenadaran at 6:30 p.m. The number of HAK ralliers is increasing near Matenadaran amid government's efforts to hinder the attendance ...WATER CARRIERS PARKED NEAR NAIRI CINEMA
A great number of people have gathered near the Nairi Cinema, trying to attend the HAK rally near Matenadaran. Police officers grouped outside the cinema are not allowing their entry to the site and suggest ...ERVAND MANARYAN "IN NO CASE SHOULD WE ABANDON THE SPIRITS OF STRUGGLE"
"You can find the truth and hope here. I thought fewer people will attend today's rally but I was wrong in my speculation. We must believe in our future and continue the struggle," People's artist Ervand ...RALLIERS HEADING FOR LIBERTY SQUARE
"Liberty Square belongs to Armenian people," Coordinator of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Zurabyan announced during the HAK rally urging the participants to head for Liberty Square. The HAK ...STEPAN DEMIRTCHYAN: "REGIME SHOULD RESIGN"
"The regime's policy of the recent three years has driven the country into a sorrowful plight," Leader of People's Party of Armenia (HZhK) Stepan Demirtchyan said in his opening speech at the HAK rally ...HAK RALLY RE-LAUNCHES IN LIBERTY SQUARE
The participants of the HAK rally led by opposition leaders entered Liberty Square after fruitful negotiations between HAK Coordinator Levon Zurabyan and policemen.
The ralliers are presently waiting ..."REVOLUTION IS INEVITABLE"
Power change is possible in Armenia only through revolution, Armenia's former prime Minister and HAK activist Hrant Bagratyan said during the HAK rally on April 8.
In his speech he dwelt on the country's ..."OUR DESPOT IS NOT MORE POWERFUL THAN MOUBARAK OR GADAFFI"
"It is already three years we are struggling against the regime whose anti-Armenian policy and illegitimate actions are alien to us," Armenia's former Military Prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan said on April ...WATCH HAK RALLY LIVE
...LEVON TER-PETROSYAN SETS DEADLINE
During the opposition's March 1 rally we adopted a package of 15 demands. During the opposition's rally on March 17, we singled out three major demands urging the authorities to release political prisoners, ...NEWLY APPOINTED VICAR OFF TO PARIS
The newly appointed vicar of the Swiss Armenian Diocese Archimandrite Mesrop Parsamyan left for Paris on Friday.
On April 9, Parsamyanis scheduled to meet with the head of the Western American diocese ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Ahekan was the 9th month in the old Armenian calendar (April 8 to May 7). The name of this month is connected with fire and the awakening of spring.
- 1880 Death of Gabriel Aivazovski in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1810 in Feodosia (the Ukraine).
- 1907 Death of Reteos Berberian, public figure and teacher. He was born in 1848.
- 1958 Death of historian Garnik Kizalian. He was born in 1893.
- 1975 The House of Representatives (USA) accepts a resolution (number 148), designating 1975 04 24 to be a National Commemoration Day of Man's Inhumanity to Man.
- 1997 US Congressmen George Radanovich and David Banner present a legislative project to the Congress. They call to accept a special motion condemning the Armenian Genocide.
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