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Headlines for March 26, 2012

KARO'S OLIVE ORCHARD: HARD WORK PAYS OFF!
If you are wary of believing in miracles, I'd suggest you go visit Karo Karapetyan's olive orchard in Meghri. It has survived the particularly harsh winter months and is now blooming. Like many others, ...
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS THE BEDROCK OF ANY DEMOCRACY
As writers, artists, intellectuals, and concerned members of the Armenian diaspora (and beyond), we add our names to this petition to express our outrage over the censorship of Hovhannes Ishkhanyan's ...
KRASAR VILLAGE MAYOR: "WINTER LASTS FOR 8 MONTHS OF THE YEAR"
On June 13, 1985, residents of the village of Krasar were awakened by the screams of a snow-driven wind. Villagers were planning to take their livestock up into the mountains for summer grazing. The sudden ...
DEFENDER'S ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN 2011
Shortcomings and problems identified The RA Ministry of Justice has not taken sufficient measures for increasing notary service quality. The notary offices required from citizens different-sized payments ...
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ASSESSES 2011 ACTIONS OF RA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Shortcomings and problems identified Some cases of deaths occurred in the RA Armed Forces were conditioned by the problems resulting from non statutory relations and insufficient effectiveness of the ...
HOVANNISIAN PULLS OUT OF RACE FOR ELECTION DISTRICT #7
Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian has pulled out of the race for Election District 7 in the May parliamentary election. The district became a hot bed of political debate because of the other declared ...
THE ARMENIAN-SPEAKING MUSLIMS OF HAMSHEN: WHO ARE THEY? (PART 5)
By Vahan Ishkhanyan (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Weddings The time had come to take the bride, Julya Karabajakov, from the village of Çamurlu, but her native home is in the Kyzyl-Kiya town ...
RA DEPUTY FM HOSTS STUDENTS FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan today hosted a group of students from the Department of International Relations and Political Science of Cambridge University. Deputy FM Mnatsakanyan ...
UNDP & NCFA FOCUS ON COMMUNITY/TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN TATEV REGION
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA), within the scope of their mandate and mission, largely contribute to the sustainable ...
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ASSESSES 2011 ACTIVITIES OF RA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TELEVISION AND RADIO (NCTR)
Shortcomings and problems identified Especially in case of various infringement of the law in television broadcasting, including lack of pluralism, violations of advertising law, not fulfilling the requirements ...