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Headlines for April 13, 2007

WHAT IS ARKADY GHUKASYAN AFRAID OF?
HAIK ARAMYAN
The political forces of Nagorno Karabakh started consultations over the presidential election of July 19, 2007. And the most striking thing on these days is the obvious self-restraint of the pro-government ...

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Today in Armenian history

531 The Persian army defeats the Byzantine forces.
1386 Tamerlane occupies Tabriz (Iran) then conquers the Armenian provinces of Syooneek, Ararat, and Nakhitchevan. Fort Yerngak is besieged.
1800 Birth of Karapet Papazyan (composer and conductor).
1827 Russian forces enter Echmiadsin.
1866 Birth of Vrtanes Papazyan (writer) in Van (Western Armenia). He died in 1920 in Yerevan.
1889 Death of Gabriel Patkanyan (historian, public figure) in St. Petersburg (Russia). He was born in 1802.
1917 Death of Alexander Tsatoorian, writer and translator.
1918 A telegram of complaint is sent by the Soviet Russian government concerning the advance of the Turkish army in Transcaucasia and the atrocities committed against civilians.
1920 Start of Dro's 45-day campaign in Artsakh.
1942 The Armenian 408th Artillery Division was formed in Armenia.
1984 The People's Permanent Tribunal's Special Meeting takes place in Paris from April 13 to16. It discusses the Question of the Armenian Genocide. A decision is taken to condemn the Armenian Genocide .