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Headlines for February 29, 2012

CONGRESS DISCUSSED ELECTION LIST
On February 28, the political board, central office and regional structures of the Armenian National Congress had a joint meeting conducted by the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan.The list ...
HOW TO COUNTER APPEALS COURT'S RULING AGAINST INSURANCE CLAIMS
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The federal Court of Appeals issued a shocking decision last week. In a unanimous ruling, it struck down a California law that had allowed heirs ...
AYAS NEW PROJECTS
"Ayas" Nautical research club "Ayas" Nautical Research Club was founded in 1985. The range of its activities is quite wide, including historical aspects of World and Armenian navigation and shipbuilding, ...
RUTHLESS AND MINDLESS VOTING
On February 29, the consideration of the draft law on 100% proportional representation will be discussed in the parliament. The Republican Party is against it, which means the OYP is against too. Heritage ...
REPRESENTATIVES OFFER CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS MARKING SUMGAIT MASSACRES
Representatives Gary Peters (D-MI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and have offered U.S. House floor statements over the past week marking Azerbaijan's pogroms and massacres ...
WAY FOR FOREIGN FORCE INTERVENTION
Yesterday, the opposition parties united in an action calling the parliamentary majority to vote in favor of the elimination of the majoritarian system. The draft law on this topic is under discussion ...
AT LAST ARMENIANS WERE REFUSED IN HUMAN RIGHTS
The French Constitutional Council struck down the draft law penalizing the Armenian genocide and thereby drew the centennial line between the Armenians and the Western civilization. In other words, they ...
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REJECTED
A short while ago, the National Assembly of Armenia rejected the draft law on amendments to the Election Code and 100% proportional representation introduced by the parliamentary opposition. The draft ...
MOMENT FOR TER-PETROSYAN'S WITHDRAWAL
In a conversation with Tert.am, Chairman of the Armenian Pan-National Movement Aram Manukyan said the analyses and comments saying Levon Ter-Petrosyan will leave politics after the parliamentary elections ...
ATTENTION, JUST ON MARCH 1
National Assembly is continuing the discussion of the draft law on the "Legal basis for State of Emergency". The consideration of the bill will end by this evening, the voting is scheduled tomorrow. MP ...
SEYRAN OHANYAN MET WITH NATO DELEGATION
On February 29, the Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan met with the NATO delegation headed by the Assistant Secretary General Defense Policy and Planning, Hüseyin Diriöz. This visit is connected ...
ARE U.S. CLAIMS TO ARMENIA POSSIBLE?
It is hard not to notice the U.S. has not made any claim to Armenia for the period of 1995-2011 for the development of its relations with Iran. Americans were interested in a number of issues of the Armenian ...
GURGEN ARSENYAN JOINS BHP
Today, in the 8th congress of the party, the Head of the United Labor Party Gurgen Arsenyan stated about joining the Bargavach Hayastan party as well as about running in the next parliamentary elections ...
22 FAMILIES IN DESTROYING BUILDING
A part of the former dormitory building of Lentextil combine of Gyumri is destroyed, but 22 families live there. The building is in the center of Gyumri near Marzpetaran and City Police. People live here ...
THE END OF A TWENTY YEAR OLD STATE
Our interviewee is singer Karen Hakobian, president of "Hope" NGO and member of the "Army in Reality" initiative.Karen, you have been actively involved in political initiatives since 2004, especially ...