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Headlines for March 19, 2007

ELECTION WILL BECOME PAN-ARMENIAN GAMES
JAMES HAKOBYAN
It should be noted that the statement of the Armenian men’s chess team on supporting the Republican Party in the parliamentary election is not full. Our chess players did not tell how they are going to ...
PRE-ELECTION PERIOD: ONLY INTRIGUES
NAIRA HAYRUMYAN
Frankly speaking, the presidential election in Karabakh overlapped with a difficult period. According to the law, the election will be held 50 days before the president leaves office. The day of the election ...
3 % CRIMES IN YEREVAN ARE COMMITTED BY NON-YEREVANITES
The head of the Police Department of Yerevan Nerses Nazaryan stated March 19 that in the first two months of 2007 19 crimes were committed against citizens of other countries. Only 659 crimes were reported ...
TOOK TO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SCOLDED
The media reported last weekend a skirmish in Erebuni, Yerevan, involving young members of the Republican Party and the Bargavach Hayastan Party. On March 19 Nerses Nazaryan, the chief of the Police Department ...
ALL-ARMENIAN MOVEMENT EXPECTS 20, AT LEAST 10 PERCENT
The All-Armenian Movement expects to get 20 percent votes in the next parliamentary election, stated Aram Manukyan, member of the administration of the All-Armenian Movement March 19 at the Friday Club. ...
IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE WAS OPENED
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad opened the Iran-Armenia pipeline on March 19, and the Iranian gas first flowed to Armenia through the pipeline. The news agencies ...
BUSINESS AT THE EXPENSE OF NATIONAL INTERESTS
HAKOB BADALYAN
The Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, the “project of the century” for Armenia, was opened today. It is a major event, the gas pipeline was opened by the presidents of Armenia and Iran. But great though the ...
INFORMATION BLOCKADE AGAINST HERITAGE STILL IN FORCE
Two television stations have recently phoned the press department of the Heritage Party to invite its chairman Raffi K. Hovannisian to appear on their political programs. It seems fairly bizarre that ...
6 MILLION DOLLARS FROM SMUGGLING
The leader of the Nor Jamanakner Party Aram Karapetyan asked questions to Attorney General Aghvan Hovsepyan in a news conference on March 19 and spoke about the possible political developments at home. ...
NEW WITHDRAWALS
As in mid-March 2007 another 4 candidates running for parliament from constituencies have withdrawn their candidacy and now count 169. According to the Central Electoral Commission, Tigran Nalbandyan ...
ONE MORE ARMENIAN CHURCH WILL SURVIVE
In February 2007, the first stage of the St. Echmiadzin Church reconstruction was completed in Tbilisi. The 200-year-old church was not functioning for the last year. Due to frequent earthquakes and ...