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Headlines for September 02, 2006

THE IRANIAN ‘CRISIS’
By Gwynne Dyer
The United Nations Security Council deadline for Iran to stop producing enriched uranium expires on 31 August, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annnan arrives in Tehran on 2 September. Washington demands ...
NEW MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS POSSIBLE?
By Gohar Gevorgian
In an interview with Trend agency foreign minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mamedyarov, stated that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may meet by the end of the year. Though there are a lot of talks ...

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Today in Armenian history

1829 The Russo-Turkish Peace Treaty was signed in Adrianople. Akhalkalak, Akhltskha, the eastern shore of the Black Sea, Anapa, and Poti are ceded to Russia.
1837 The Armenian Parish school begins its activities in Yerevan.
1905 Birth of Vardan Achemyan (actor). He died in 1977.
1915 The "Guichen" rescues the Armenian resistance fighters of the 40-day battle of Musa Dagh.
1958 The Bolshoi Theatre performs in Armenia.
1991 The District Councils of Artsakh (Mountainous Gharabagh) and Shahumian meet in Stepanakert and proclaim their statehood on the basis of their right to self-determination as given by the United Nations.
1991 Artsakhs local legislative councils jointly adopt the Declaration of the Republic of Nagorno Gharabagh which declares the independence of Artsakh (including the Shahumian district) from Azerbaijan. This was in conformity with the 1990 04 03 Soviet law titled Law of the USSR Concerning the Procedure of Secession of a Soviet Republic from the USSR which allowed for autonomous regions to become independent of those republics that would declare their independence from the USSR.

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