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Headlines for May 21, 2012NUMBER OF VICTIMS IN ITALY GROWS
Three thousand people in northern Italy bedded down in tents or temporary accommodation on Sunday night after a strong earthquake in the early hours killed six people, injured scores more and toppled ...N. HOVHANISYAN: MONEY WAS GATHERED MAINLY FOR PARTY
"Around 40 000 pupils this year are to finish the general schools," said Narine Hovhannisyan, the head of General Education Department today at press conference. She mentioned that on June 1 the pupils ...SCHOOLGIRLS BIT EACH OTHER AT SCHOOL
"There are few such cases between 500 000 pupils and there can be more," said Narine Hovhannisyan, the head of General Education Department, speaking of video found in internet where to schoolgirls bit ...ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS IN US CHAMPIONSHIP
Grand Master Varuzhan Akobian finished 4th in the U.S. Chess Championship in Saint Louis, scoring 6 points out of 11. Hikaru Nakamura won the Championship with 8.5 points. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan finished ...EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ASHOTSK REGION
National Seismic Protection Service of Emergency Ministry reports that a 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Armenia today, 08:45 local time.
The quake occurred 7 km northwest of Ashotsk town. The earthquake's ...BORIS TADIC LOST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Incumbent Boris Tadic has lost the presidential elections in Serbia to his opponent, Tomislav Nikolic from the Serbian Progressive Party. Nikolic has won 49.2% of the votes in the runoff of the Serbian ...BAKO SAHAKYAN SIGNED A DECREE APPOINTING NEW JUDGES
On 21 May President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree appointing David Avanesyan and Karen Melkumyan judges of the NKR First Instance Court of general jurisdiction, the Press Office of the Artsakh Republic ...TERRORIST ATTACK KILLED 96 IN YEMEN
Yemeni officials say a suicide bomber attacked a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sana'a on Monday, killing at least 96 troops and wounding more than 200 others. Officials say the bomber was ...GABRIEL SARGSYAN IN CHICAGO OPEN
Olympic champion Gabriel Sargsyan will take part in the big open to be held in Chicago city in the US, the official site of the Armenian Chess Federation reports.ONE OF CULTURAL VARIETY PARADE PARTICIPANTS ARRESTED
Today during the Cultural Variety Parade, in front of the Union of Painters the police have arrested one of the participants of the Parade.
The police officer has explained it saying that the arrested ...RAFFI HOVHANNISYAN HOSTS US AMBASSADOR
Today US Ambassador John Heffern called in Raffi K. Hovannisian. They exchanged views on post-election Armenia, American-Armenian relations, and regional developments. The interlocutors underscored the ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1805 The Khanate of Shakoo (Nookhee) is annexed to the Russian Empire.
- 1864 Founding of the "Armenian Humanitarian Association" in Baku.
- 1889 The Turkish political organization Union and Progress (formerly known as the "Ottoman Union Organization") was created. It's ethnocentric fanaticism led to the implementation the Armenian Genocide in the First World War.
- 1915 The Turkish government proclaims the law (consisting of three points) on the Armenians' penalties and deportations from military areas.
- 1917 Death of writer Mkrteetsh Atjemyan.
- 1920 The 11th Army enters Artsakh and moves towards Tartar-Martakert. Start of the tyranny over this Armenian land.
- 1920 The establishment of Soviet power in Dilijan.
- 1921 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR is reorganized as the Council of People's Commissars, headed by Alexander Miasnikyan.
- 1967 Death of composer Barsegh Kanachyan. He was born in 1885.
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