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Headlines for March 30, 2005

REFORMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
SVETLANA KHACHATRIAN
In NKR the law on higher and post-graduate education is to be adopted soon. The bill has already been approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. The bill will also be discussed by the government ...
PROGRAMMES RANKED AS CHARITY
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The March 25 meeting of the central committee for humanitarian aid chaired by the NKR minister of social security Lenston Ghulian discussed the programmes implemented in the republic by the Armenian Relief ...

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