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Headlines for June 19, 2006MATTHEW BRYZA TO VISIT KARABAGH CONFLICT REGION
YEREVAN (Yerkir)--Newly appointed American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group will pay a visit to the Karabagh conflict region, said Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov. According to Mamedyarov, the ...CZECH SENATE TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION IN FALL
YEREVAN (Armenpress/PanArmenian)—Members of the Czech Senate committee on foreign and defense issues said during an official visit to Armenia Monday that they hope the Senate will adopt a resolution recognizing ...ARMENIAN PLANE ‘DID NOT MALFUNCTION BEFORE CRASH’
(AP)--The Armenian airliner that crashed into the Black Sea last month killing all 113 people aboard was intact, had its engines operating normally, and had enough fuel to land, a Russian commission said ...STATUE OF ARCHBISHOP ASHJIAN UNVEILED IN ARMENIA
A life-size statue of Archbishop Mesrob Ashjian was unveiled Sunday in the Armenian village of Moughni, in honor of the man known for his charitable work and devotion to the church. The statue, designed ...IMF PRAISES ARMENIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)--The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo de Rato, praised Armenia for continuing “impressive” growth of its economy, which looks set to remain in double ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Norwegian Friedhof Nansen (public figure). He died in 1930 after helping countless Armenian refugees, who had survived the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks. He created the "Nansen Passport" for these stateless refugees.
- 1911 Death of Petros Simonian, national figure, publicist in Tbilisi and editor of the "Meghoo Hayastanee" periodical.
- 1918 The first Armenian delegation arrived in Constantinople to start reconciliation talks with Turkey.
- 1935 Opening of the State Historical Museum of Armenia in Yerevan.
- 1954 Death of Smbat Boroyan, participant in the 1921 February rebellion and the volunteer movement of the Sassoon rebellion of 1904. He was born in 1882.
- 2001 Death of Sargis Baghdasarian, sculptor, artist and teacher. His "We are our mountains" - "Gharabaghthsiner" sculpture (1967) became a symbol of the national movement of Artsakh. He was born in 1923.
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