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Headlines for February 12, 2012HERITAGE SUPPORTS SASUN MIKAYELYAN
Armenia's Hrazdan city is electing a mayor on February 12, 2012.
Local residents have to choose between the candidates of the ruling Republican Party (HHK), incumbent Mayor Aram Danielyan, and member ...EACH CITIZEN RECEIVED 5000 DRAMS
These elections far from being the free and fair elections our authorities promised to hold, Heritage MP Armen Martirosyan told A1+. The opposition parliamentarian, who is personally following the mayoral ...CAROUSEL VOTING DOCUMENTED
The polling stations closed in Hrazdan city at 8 o'clock. The counting of votes in presently under way, with the electoral commissions counting the ballots cast for each candidate. The commission at 25/04 ...PROXIES LIE ON BALLOT BOXES
As soon as the elections ended in Hrazdan city, the lights in three polling stations and at the pre-election office of mayoral candidate Sasun Mikayelyan went off for ten minutes. In the meantime, Mikayelyan's ...FIRST RESULTS: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WINS AT TWO POLING STATIONS
According to preliminary information received from Hrazdan city, incumbent Mayor Aram Danielyan has won at two polling stations. The Republican candidate has received 436 votes at polling station N26/19, ...POLICE RECEIVED TWO REPORTS
Elections to local self-government bodies were held on February 12 in Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Lori, Kotayk, Shirak, Syunik and Tavush. No major incidents were reported during the elections. ...INCUMBENT MAYOR TRIUMPHS IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
According to preliminary information, the incumbent Mayor of Arshaluys village [Armavir marz] Zarzand Grigoryan, has won the local elections. Grigoryan received 1460 votes while his contender Grigor Grigoryan ...WHITNEY HOUSTON DIES AT 48
Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at the age of 48. She was found dead in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she had been staying as a guest.Houston died on the eve ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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