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Headlines for May 23, 2012

RIVER POURS OVER ITS BANKS IN SYUNIK
On May 23, the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations was alarmed by a report that the feeder of the Voghji River flowing through Syunik province had burst its banks and submerged a whole district. ...
DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL CENTER STILL UNKNOWN
The new medical center in Armenia's Gyumri city will likely be put into operation in July. The construction is already completed and the hospital is already being refurbished with new medical equipment. The ...
EGYPT VOTES IN HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Egypt is holding parliamentary elections on May 23. Egyptians are voting in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising. Fifty million people ...
NAMES OF ARF MPS STILL UNKNOWN
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun has not decided yet which of its candidates included on the party's proportional ticket will enter parliament. "As soon as we discuss the issue, ...
HDK TO FORM PUBLIC PARLIAMENT
The Democratic Party of Armenia (HDK) today announced its intention to form a public parliament in order to implement its pre-election pledges and programs. "We have come to the conclusion that the party ...
AZERBAIJANIS DO NOT WANT TO SIT AT THE SAME TABLE WITH ARMENIANS
The 39th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) launched in the Armenian capital on May 23. "The Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic ...
WHO SAID THAT NIKOYAN WILL BECOME NA VICE-SPEAKER?
Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly today dismissed the allegations that he would be appointed vice-speaker in the newly formed National Assembly. "Who said that I shall become vice-speaker?" Samvel ...
HZHK VICE-CHAIR: "HAK WAS LEFT WITH FEWER VOTES"
I predicted the outcome of the May 6 parliamentary elections, therefore I decided to occupy a lower position on the party list and enable other candidates to take leading positions, says Grigor Harutyunyan, ...
ARMENIAN FM: "TURKEY UNLOCKS DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE"
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan participated on May 22 at the opening of Armenian Heritage Park and unveiling of a memorial to the victims of the ...
WOLVES ATTACK VILLAGE IN ARMENIA
Wolves attacked a cattleshed in Archut village in Lori province this night, killing eight sheep and eight lambs. Another ten sheep were injured during the attack. A commission has been set up in the Governor's ...
SERZH SARGSYAN GOES OUT OF CAR AND TALKS TO KOND RESIDENTS
Some 30-40 residents of Yerevan's Kond district today grouped outside the presidential residence with the posters, "Do not cheat us," "State is not business to provide priority needs." According to eyewitnesses, ...
FLIGHT DIVERTED AFTER PASSENGER SAYS SHE HAS EXPLOSIVE DEVICE INSIDE BODY
The crowded US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., had just reached the northeastern tip of Canada when one of the passengers, a French citizen born in Cameroon, handed a flight attendant a ...
GARNIK MARGARYAN: "IT IS IMMORAL"
The Fatherland and Honor Party is not going to leave the ranks of the Armenian National Congress (HAK). "By quitting the opposition alliance we shall betray our principles. It is really immoral to leave ...
ECONOMIST SEES PROGRESS IN ARMENIA
Despite the economic decline reported in Armenia during the pre-election period, economist Tatul Manaseryan sees progress in the country. "There has been double-digit growth in industry, 20 percent growth ...
PRISON INMATE DIES A SUDDEN DEATH
An inmate died suddenly in Nubarashen prison on May 23.Fifty-one-year-old Levon Gevorgyan, who had previously been convicted for five times, died at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. He was last sentenced to 2.5 ...