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Published on February 26, 2008
"JOURNALISTS WITHOUT BORDERS" ORGANIZATION CONDEMNS
Well-known international organization demands to punish the persons that committed violences upon the three journalists in February 19 presidential elections.
"Journalists without borders" organization touched upon the OSCE report that RA presidential elections corresponded to international standards though improvements are necessary.
At the same time the organization mentions in detail about the violences upon the journalist of opposition newspaper "Haykakan dzamanak" Lusine Barseghian, reporter of "Hayq" daily Samvel Avagian and operator of "A1+" TV studio Hovsep Hovsepian.
As it is mentioned that the journalists were treated with violence when they tried to fix and gather information about infringements that they had witnessed.
- Translated by L.H.
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Headlines for February 26, 2008FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED
Translated by L.H.On February 24, RA Central Electoral Commission Chairman Garegin Azarian announced the final results of February 19 presidential elections. According to it, Serge Sargsian is elected RA president. According ..."JOURNALISTS WITHOUT BORDERS" ORGANIZATION CONDEMNS
Translated by L.H.Well-known international organization demands to punish the persons that committed violences upon the three journalists in February 19 presidential elections. "Journalists without borders" organization ...VAHAN HOVHANNESIAN RESIGNS
On February 22 the deputy speaker of RA National Assembly and presidential candidate Vahan Hovannesian said to resign. "I did not spear effort to keep competition within a constructive political debate ...STATEMENT OF VAZGEN MANOUKIAN
I am grateful to my voters and supporters whose number is more than the official data. It is the unbiased, principled part of the society, which shares our ideas and is the reliable cream, which may underlie ...OPPOSITION STATEMENT ON SUPPORT OF DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO TRUTH
RA Defense Ministry refuted Levon Ter-Petrosian's statement that the opposition gained support of Manvel Grigorian and Gagik Melkonian. Defense Minister's spokesman, col Seyran Shahsuvarian said that ...LEVON TER-PETROSIAN WOULD NEVER AGAIN GAIN SO MANY VOTES IF WE HAD PROPER POLITICAL SYSTEM
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Today in Armenian history- 1798 Tsar Paul the First's decree on the Armenians.
- 1802 Birth of Gabriel Patkanyan (historian, public figure) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He died in 1889 in St.Petersburg (Russia).
- 1828 Start of the repatriation of Armenians living in Iran to Eastern Armenia and the Transcaucasus.
- 1921 Atarbekian, the notorious Secret Police Chief who murdered countless Armenians during Stalin's purges, heads the anti-patriotic offensive in the Dilijan and Karakilisa (Vanadzor) regions.
- 1924 The Central Executive Committee of the USSR renames Alexandropol to Leninakan.
- 1988 Genocide of the Armenians in Sumgait (third largest city in Azerbaijan and its second largest industrial center). The perpetrators were not apprehended. No prosecutions of the guilty were initiated. Mikhail Gorbachev dismisses this Genocide just as an act of petty hooliganism.
- 1992 Artsakh forces control Khojalu, the regional military headquarters of the Azeri Turk forces.
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