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Headlines for March 13, 2012TWO TURKISH JOURNALISTS RELEASED AFTER ONE YEAR IN JAIL
Two Turkish journalists were released yesterday after having spent 375days in jail on charges that they had connections with Ergenekon, a network alleged to have plotted political mayhem in Turkey.
Ahmet ...YEGISHE CHARENTS: BORN 115 YEARS AGO TODAY!
Today marks the 115th anniversary of Armenian poet, writer and public activist Yeghishe Charents.
A series of commemorative events will kick off with a march from the Charents House-Museum towards the ...MASHTOTS PARK ACTIVISTS SET MARCH 16 DEADLINE FOR STORE DEMOLITION ORDER
In a lengthy statement addressed to the police, Mashtots Park activists have called on the cops to stay away and not prevent them from peacefully protesting against what they describe as the unlawful ...SENATORS BOB MENENDEZ AND MARK KIRK TO INTRODUCE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
Washington, DC - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), a long-time champion of Armenian issues and powerful voice for justice, along with Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), who previously served as Co-Chair of the Armenian ...BURBERRY TAKES JAZZVE COFFEE TO COURT OVER TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
Burberry Ltd., the British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories, says that Jazzve Ltd in Armenia is using its distinctive tartan pattern trademark without permission.
The ...PARTIAL COLLAPSE AT MOZROV CAVERN NEAR YEGHEGNADZOR
A civic group claims that the entrance to the Mozrov cavern, located near Yeghegnadzor, has collapsed.
The group, "We Will Not Be Silent", reports that Sargis Hovhannisyan, President of the Young Cavern ...ARCHBISHOP ATESHYAN TO ADDRESS CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION
Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Constantinople, will speak before the Turkish Parliament's Constitutional Commission, this according to a report in the Turkish Star.
Archbishop ...51% OF REFUGEES IN ARMENIA ARE WOMEN
According to a report released by the Women's Resource Center, 51% of those registered as "refugees" in Armenia are women.
The Center will hold a discussion entitled "Refugee Women" on March 14.
Photo: ...DOZENS MISSING AFTER FERRY CAPSIZES IN BANGLADESH
CNN - Rescuers searched frantically for survivors Tuesday after a packed ferry carrying more than 150 people capsized in south Bangladesh.
The ferry sank in the Meghna river after it collided with another ...EDWARD SHARMAZANOV - RULING GOVERNMENTS ALSO MAKE MISTAKES
Parliament Vice-President Edward Sharmazanov, during a meeting with students at the Yerevan Linguistics University and Yerevean State University, confessed that ruling governments also make mistakes.
Sharmazanov ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1261 Treaty between the Byzantine Emperor Michael and the traders of Geneva (Italy). The successful Armenian traders of Smyrna are first mentioned in this treaty.
- 1797 Agha-Muhammad occupies Shooshee but is later killed there.
- 1809 The English-Persian agreement is signed. England promises to help Persia during the Russian-Persian war.
- 1817 Birth of Kerovbe Apenian in Constantinople, researcher of Classical Armenian, philologist, linguist, clergyman and member of the Mkhitarist Congregation.
- 1823 The Turkish-Persian reconciliation treaty was signed in Karin (Erzroom, Western Armenia). Bayazet is again ceded to Turkey.
- 1837 Senator Gun comes to Transcaucasia to examine the situation and to develop an outline for reforms.
- 1864 Birth of National ethnologist, archeologist, and ethnolinguist Yervand Lalayan in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He founded Armenian Ethnological Society and its museum.
- 1876 Birth of Aram Zardaryan in Sebastia. He was active in the American workers' movement. His remains were moved from the USA to Yerevan and laid in the City Pantheon.
- 1897 Birth of Yeghisheh Charents (writer) in Ghars (Western Armenia). He was murdered in 1937 by the Soviet Secret Police.
- 1907 Birth of engineer Sargis Tevosyan in Davalu (Ararat Region). He played a vital role in the development of Armenia's chemical industry. Kirovakan's Chemical College is named after him.
- 1955 Death of Dr. Artashes Abeghian.
- 1959 Death of Ashot Ter - Mkrtchyan, professor, mathematician, and mechanical engineer. He was prominent in science and technology.
- 1989 James Balyan was the first Armenian who flew in space on the "Discovery" spaceship. He was a doctor of medical sciences.
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