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Headlines for January 13, 2007LAW ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ALREADY IN FORCE IN ARGENTINA
By Aghavni HarutiunianYesterday, a law on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, adopted by the Senate and the Parliament of Argentina, came into power. According to the law, April 24 is proclaimed a day of memory of the ..."THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF OPENING OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER" CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN
By Hakob ChakrianAs "Azg" has already reported, on January 13-14, Yerevan, a conference, dedicated to the social and economical issues of opening the Armenia-Turkey border will be held. The report was based ...ROBERT MENENDEZ AGAIN PLACES HOLD ON HOAGLAND’S NOMINATION
By Aghavni HaroutiounianUnited States Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today placed a second hold on the nomination of Richard E. Hoagland, the Bush administration's nominee ...DRAFT RESOLUTION ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY TO BE PRESENTED IN US CONGRESS NEXT WEEK
A group of US Congressmen, including Adam Schiff, George Radanovich, Frank Pallone, Joe Knollenberg, addressed a letter to the members of the US House of Representatives, informing about their intention ...KARABAKH READY TO SET THE PRISONER OF WAR FREE
By Kim Gabrielian, StepanakertAccording to a telegram received from the Nagorno-Karabakh State Comitte for Prisoners of War, the authorities of Karabakh are ready to return to Azerbaijan Eldaniz ogli Nuriev, an Azeri serviceman. The ..."HAYASTAN" ALL ARMENIAN FUND GETS PREPARED FOR NEXT TELETHONE IN NAGORNO KARABAKH
By Nana PetrosianAs a result of "Telethon 2006," we managed to accumulate necessary sum for the development of Nagorno Karabakh’s Hadrut region. "Hayastan" All Armenian Fund has already specified ...NAGORNO KARABAKH ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
By Nana PetrosianMarco Barozotti, UN Commissioner in Azerbaijan, said in the interview to "Day.Az" agency that the aid rendered to Azerbaijan by the international organizations for helping the refugees is euqal ...ARMENIA INDEPENDENCE EXHIBITION OPENS IN SAIN RAFAEL
An exhibition titled Armenia: Fifteen Years of Independence, opened in the French town of Sain Rafael. It will be on display until the end of February. The exhibition has on display around 100 photographs ...SCOTLAND'S UNHAPPY 300TH
By Gwynne DyerA forthcoming television documentary to mark the 300th anniversary of Scotland's union with England is called "A Chip on Each Shoulder," which pretty much sums up the attitude of the Scots ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1832 The first Armenian newspaper of Constantinople "Lragir Metsi Terutian Osmanian" was published until 1883.
- 1858 Publication of "Hyusisapayl" newspaper by S. Nazariants in Moscow (it lasted until 1864).
- 1860 Publication, in Tbilissi, of the "Krunk Hayots Ashkharhi" (Crane of the Armenian World) periodical. The editor was M. Aghabekyan.
- 1865 First publication of the "Sion" Periodical, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem's official organ.
- 1878 Russian forces occupy the district of San-Stefano in Constantinople.
- 1883 First publication of the children's illustrated Eastern-Armenian "Aghbyoor" magazine in Tbilissi (editor T. Nazarian).
- 1887 Birth of the scholar, linguist, professor and author Arakel Arakelian in Askeran.
- 1897 Birth of Anna Aslan (Aslanian), physician, geriatrician, academician, professor in Romania. She founded the geriatric school in Romania.
- 1912 Birth of linguist, philologist Dr. Prof. Sahak Bazian in Western Armenia (Shatakh).
- 1913 Birth of philologist and linguist Dr. Prof. Grigor Grigorian in Ghookasavan (Masseess region).
- 1919 Death, in Western Europe, of K. Kostanian, author, philologist and historian. His works deal with medieval Armenian history, pagan beliefs, and armenology.
- 1920 The publication of Constantinople's Extraordinary Military Court's statement on the perpetrators of the murder and deportation of Kharbert's Armenians.
- 1923 Birth of sculptor Khachatoor Iskandarian in Yerevan.
- 1925 Birth of Marcel Martirosian in Marseilles. He was a Doctor of Technical Sciences.
- 1933 Birth of Dr. Karlen Karamian in Yerevan. He was a civil engineer.
- 1976 Yervand Kochar is awarded the title of Peoples' Artist of the USSR.
- 1990 Start of the massacres and expulsion of 200000 Armenians in Baku by forces of the Baku-Moscow axis.
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