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Headlines for May 17, 2006YEREVAN TO HOST SITTING OF WAC’S SUPREME COUNCIL
Yesterday, the sitting of the supreme council of the World Armenian Congress (WAC) kicked off in Yerevan. Report 2004-2005 of WAC’s chief bureau and the issues of this year’s Armenian-Diaspora ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT OPTS OUT OF NATO PA SITTING
President Robert Kocharian of Armenia will not be able to take part in the sitting of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in Paris May 26-30 due to heavy working schedule. Besides the celebration of the ...EU CAN POSTPONE CONFIRMATION OF ACTION PLANS WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS
On May 15, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European commissioner for external relations and European neighborhood policy, stated in Brussels that the European Union can postpone confirmation of Action Plans for ...MILITARY INTERVENTION WILL BE DISASTROUS FOR REGION
"It will be very dangerous indeed if the USA sets on breaking the Iranian nuclear standoff militarily. Iran is our partner in all issues, and it’s important that Christian Armenia manages to ...CONTRACT FOR $699,000 SIGNED
On May 16 at the US Embassy in Yerevan, a contract for $699,000 for development of the Police Computer Network was signed. The company AEAI (Advanced Engineering Associates International) with its Armenian ...TIGRAN TOROSIAN READY FOR DISCUSSION
The issue of the candidates for the post of RA National Assembly Chairman can be discussed, only when this position is vacant. Tigran Torosian, vice-speaker of RA National Assembly, said at a press conference ...IT’S A MATTER OF 2-3 DAYS TO RECOVER BLACK BOXES
The necessary hydroacoustic equipments for recovering the flight data recorders of the Armenian A320 jet crashed in the Black Sea May 3 are already at the accident site. RT-1000 equipment for deep-sea ...CLASSIC OF OUR DAYS GETS VAHAN TEKEYAN AWARD
The classic of our days, People’s Artist of Armenia, professor of Yerevan Conservatoire, Tigran Mansurian, will receive today Vahan Tekeyan annual music award of the Tekeyan Cultural Association. ...NATIONAL LIBRARY DISCUSSES PERSPECTIVES OF HAVING AN ANTHEM
By Gohar Gevorgian2007 marks the 175th anniversary of foundation of the Armenian National Library. On this occasion the library’s staff has embarked on creating its own anthem. Librarian and composer Lusine Grigorian ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Departure of the First Armenian Voluntary Brigade from Tbilissi for the front.
- 1851 Greegor Otyan (in Scutaree) founded the "Subscription Company". In his "Arshalooys Araratian" periodical's supplement he encouraged people to establish a boarding school for the free education of the poor.
- 1871 Birth of Nikoghos Adonts (armenologist) in Brnakot, Sisian province. He died in 1943.
- 1978 Death of Armin Wegener (soldier, humanitarian). As a German soldier in the Near East, he surreptitiously photographed scenes of the 1915 Armenian Genocide as it was being implemented by the Turks. He unsuccessfully tried to warn governments of possible future genocides. He was born in 1886.
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