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Published on January 14, 2012
TURKEY WANTS TO BUILD 2,500-KM-RANGE MISSILES
- Yucel Altunbasak, Chairman of the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, informed news reporters that they, together with the Institute of Defensive Industry, are continuing the testing of, and the range expansion activities for, Turkish-made long-range missiles.
Altunbasak also noted that this year they will continue to test 300-km-range missiles, and, by the end of the year, they will start testing 500-km-range missiles. He also informed that they will carry out activities toward building 1,500-km- and, subsequently, 2,500-km-range missiles, too, Zaman daily of Turkey informs.
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Headlines for January 14, 2012FRIENDS OF HRANT DINK TO MARCH IN ISTANBUL
Friends of Hrant Dink will hold a march to the Agos editorial office on January 19 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his death, Asbarezreported.
"Hrant Dink was killed on January 19, 2007. Five ...HOW FRENCH SENATE WILL VOTE FOR BILL CRIMINALIZING DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE?
PARIS. - European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE) declared on Thursday in Senate that it will vote against the bill criminalizing denial of all genocides, including the Armenian Genocide in 1915, Nouvelles ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONAL ALSO MAY WANT TO HAVE OLIGARCH SUPPORTERS - RULING MP
YEREVAN. - It is not excluded that Armenian parliamentary opposition Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties stand for the initiative of transferring the parliament into 100% proportional electoral system ...ARMENIA TO DECIDE ON PARTICIPATION IN EUROVISION-2012 SOON
YEREVAN. - Armenia will soon decide on its participation in Eurovision-2012 song contest, scheduled for May 22-26 in Baku, Azerbaijan, head of the Armenian delegation in Eurovision Gohar Gasparyan told ...DEMAND FOR DOLLAR LOANS SHARPLY INCREASES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Ever since the end of last December, there is a sharp increase, in Armenia's financial market, in the demand for US dollar loans. Starting from December 26, the banks provided an average of ...FATAL CRASH IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION (PHOTOS)
A huge fatal car accident just occurred at Gargar village of Armenia's Lori Region.
A Mercedes ML went off road, entered the area of detached houses, and rolled over. The driver died on the spot, Armenian ...RATING OF 9 EUROZONE COUNTRIES IS LOWERED - STANDARD & POOR'S
The American Standard & Poor's (S&P) rating agency carried out its warning, which was made in the end of 2011, and on Friday it lowered the rating of nine eurozone countries.
The AAA rating ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY CHAIRMAN, FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARE SEEN AT ENTRANCE OF MONACO CASINO - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to eyewitnesses, the ruling coalition's Prosperous Armenia Party Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan and his in-law, former National Assembly Speaker and current chief of the campaign headquarters ...FORMER ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S "HELPERS" ARE INCREASING - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former National Assembly Speaker and current chief of the campaign headquarters of the ruling coalition's Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Hovik Abrahamyan's "helpers" are growing ...ARMENIAN MUSICIAN WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Renowned Armenian musician Ruben Hakhverdyan supported the current parliamentary opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party during all National Assembly elections, and he even has songs dedicated ...ARMENIAN COMPANY'S TELEPHONES ARE SWITCHED OFF - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The telephones of the Great Valley Company, which belongs to the family of MP Tigran Arzakantsyan, are switched off, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"When dialing the telephone numbers, which ...AGITATORS ARE SQUALID - ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY MP - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Reflecting on Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan's statement that the political party affiliation and the "thickness" of the detained criminals are not important, in an interview with ...ALL ROADS ARE DRIVABLE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - All of Armenia's motorways are passable as of Saturday 8:30 a.m., the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
But there is hidden ice in the Sevan area. The road cleaning ...CAR COLLISION IN DOWNTOWN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A road accident occurred, in the early hours of Saturday, at a downtown intersection of Armenia's capital, Yerevan, Rescue Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
A VAZ 21074 and a BMW 525 ...FORMER TURKISH CYPRIOT PRESIDENT DIES
Former president Rauf Denktas, of the Turkish sector of Cyprus, died Friday night, at the age of 88, at the hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
Following Turkey's occupation of the northern sector ...ARMENIAN RESCUERS REMOVE HYUNDAI FROM SNOW
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call Friday, from the Gegharkunik Region, that vehicles are unable to travel because of the heavy snowfall at Selim Mountain Pass.
A road cleaning ...CHINESE MOD DELEGATION IS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - A delegation from China's MOD is visiting Armenia from Friday to Sunday.
On Friday, the Chinese delegation held meetings at Armenia's MOD, during which the parties discussed the bilateral military ...OBAMA, ERDOGAN HOLD TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
ANKARA. - US President Barack Obama had a telephone conversation with Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
During their talk, the two leaders discussed the developments unrolling in the Middle East and ...THREE-VEHICLE CRASH NEARBY ARMENIAN VILLAGE (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - GAZ 3110-model car, Gazelle-model minibus, and ZIL-model truck collided Friday on the Yerevan-Yeraskh Highway, at the Ararat village intersection.
An investigation is launched, Police ...DIESEL FUEL TRUCK TIPS ON ARMENIAN HIGHWAY
...FIRE BREAKS OUT AT APARTMENT IN ARMENIA'S BYUREGHAVAN CITY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force received a call, on Friday, informing that there was fire at an apartment in Byureghavan city, and as a result the apartment's sole resident, Hakob Tovmasyan, 63, was ...GEORGIAN CITIZEN ROBBED PEOPLE IN YEREVAN DOWNTOWN
YEREVAN. - Georgian citizen Mikhail Muradashvili, 33, was arrested in Avan district, Yerevan, suspected in robbery on Friday.
Muradashvili confessed a range of robberies made in Yerevan downtown, police ...TURKISH SCHOOLS NOT TO INCLUDE QUESTION ON ARMENIANS' ‘CRUELTIES' IN EXAM QUESTIONNAIRES
ANKARA. - The question on Armenians' 'cruelties' is not included in the Turkish schools exam questionnaires due to numerous complaints.
The question offending Armenians, sent by National Education department ...MAN STEALS GOLDEN CHAIN IN MINIBUS IN ARMENIA
GYUMRI. - Hayastan G., 36, was called to Akhuryan, Gyumri police department at 1.40 p.m. on Friday
He confessed of having stolen a golden chain from a woman's bag in Azatan-Gyumri minibus on Dec. 16, ...ARMENIAN POLICE STOPPED ILLEGAL HUNTING
YEREVAN. - At 5.0 p.m. on Friday Baghramyan's police station received information that shooting has been heard in Mirzakhan region.
The operative group who had gone to the scene detained two young men. ...ARMENIAN ARYANS MARK RACE RELIGION DAY
YEREVAN. - Armenian Aryans are marking Saturday the Armenian Race Religion and Race Religion Day. And the Armenian Aryan Union released a statement, on this occasion, which specifically reads.
"We wish ...AT OUTSET OF 2012, AZERBAIJANI MILITARY WAS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE AT LINE OF CONTACT…
STEPANAKERT. - In the early days of 2012, the adversary's vanguard subdivisions were particularly active around the entire length of the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.
Through ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR HOLDS MEETINGS IN SWITZERLAND
Armenia's Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour attended on January 11 in the traditional reception for the heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Switzerland.
Ambassador exchanged wishes with ...ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM DEPLOYED IN TURKEY IS FOR DEFENSE - TURKISH FM
Turkey has no intention to attack any of its neighbors, said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during his visit to Tehran.Speaking about the necessity of anti-missile system deployment in Turkey, ...INVESTIGATION STARTS AGAINST TURKISH DOCTOR FOR WEARING SANTA CLAUS COSTUME TO ENTERTAIN SICK KID
BURSA. - The surgeon of Turkish Bursa city children's hospital Ilker Shahin dressed up like Santa Claus, took presents and visited 8-year-old Zeynep on New Year. She had been under the surgery during ...MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN MAY LEAD TO THIRD WORLD WAR - EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Israel may attack Iran, but there is little likelihood, military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan said at a press conference on Saturday adding that it may cause serious circumstances for the region ...RUSSIA TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY BASE IN ARMENIA-EXPERT
YEREVAN. - Armenia and Russia cannot stay aside if Israel attacks Iran, military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan told journalists on Saturday.
If U.S. and Israel decide to launch war against Iran, they can ...TURKEY WANTS TO BUILD 2,500-KM-RANGE MISSILES
Yucel Altunbasak, Chairman of the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, informed news reporters that they, together with the Institute of Defensive Industry, are continuing the testing ...COMMITTEE ON ETHICS THE BEST INSTITUTE TO RAISE CIVILIZATIONAL LEVEL OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
YEREVAN. - Committee on ethics is the best institute to raise civilizational level of the Armenian Parliament, Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vardan Bostanjyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Vardan Bostanjyan ...POISONING IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received Saturday a distress call, informing about a poisoning, from the residents of an apartment in the capital Yerevan.
The said apartment's resident, Sofya Matevosyan, ...YEREVAN CITY MAYOR FOLLOWS CHESS TOURNAMENT DEDICATED TO HIS FATHER, ARMENIA'S FORMER PM
YEREVAN. - Yerevan city Mayor Taron Margaryan and Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan visited Armenia's Chess Academy and followed the 8th round of the chess tournament dedicated to Armenia's former ...ARMENIAN REPUBLICAN PARTY SUMS UP COMPETITION RESULTS OF ANALYTICAL WORKS
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia summed up on Saturday results of the analytical works competition on 'Analyses of reasons and preconditions of the revolutionary events in the Islamic world', ...MARIHUANA DOES NOT HURT LUNGS BUT CAUSES HEAD PROBLEMS
As it turns out marihuana does not hurt the lungs but causes problems with the smokers' head.
An investigation proved that smoking marihuana does not hurt the lungs. The reason is that hemp lovers train ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1832 The opening of Yerevan's Provincial School.
- 1899 Death of the Egyptian diplomat and philanthopist Noobar Pasha. He was born in 1825.
- 1912 Yerevan's water-mains system is inaugurated.
- 1916 Carl Liebknecht said in the Reichstag: "The Turkish government organized horrific massacres of the Armenians. The whole world knows about this and for this crime the whole world blames Germany".
- 1921 Opening of the first meeting of Yerevan's and Echmiadsin's provincial teachers.
- 1922 Death of Anton Gosh, a participant in the assassination attempt of Yildiz.
- 1930 Birth of Edgar Hovhannissyan (composer).
- 1969 Creation of the Masseess region in Armenia.
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