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IFFHS. BARCELONA WORLD'S BEST CLUB
- The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) published the rating of world football clubs. Barcelona remains the first. Real Madrid is in the second , while Velez Sarsfield is ranked the third.
1 Barcelona (Spain) - 359 points
2 Real Madrid (Spain) - 302
3 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) - 271
4 Manchester United (England) - 260
5 Manchester City (England) - 241
6 Santos (Brazil) - 238
7 Universidad de Chile (Chile) - 234
8 Universidad Catolica (Chile) - 230
9 Benfica (Portugal) - 222
10 Schalke 04 (Germany) - 221
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Headlines for February 02, 2012EMIGRATION FROM ARMENIAN VILLAGE STOPPED ONCE TEGHUT MINE OPENED - VILLAGE PREFECT (PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - Out of 3,297 residents of Shnogh village, in Armenia's Lori Region, 370 villagers are working at the Teghut Mine, village's prefect Haykaz Kochinyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his words, ...NUDE TURK DANCING IN NIGHT FRIGHTENED BY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE (VIDEO)
ANKARA. - Road video surveillance registered an interesting scene in the Bolu city of Turkey. Several young people one of whom was nude decided to dance 'zeybek' in the street. However, they were frightened ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROVIDES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR IT SPHERE
Although since 2000 the IT sphere is considered as a priority from an economic point of view it had not been granted a tax exemption. The Armenian Government decided to fill that gap.
According to the ...ARMENIAN COME HOME PROGRAM STARTS IN JUNE
YEREVAN. - Come Home 2012 program which is organized in the framework of Armenia-Diaspora cooperation will start in June 2012 and will continue until October. This is told in the Ministry of Diaspora's ...TURKISH PM SPEAKS ABOUT DERSIM POGROMS AGAIN
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan again criticized the opposition in connection with the Dersim pogroms, during a meeting with the heads of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party's regional structures.
As ...TRIPLET BABIES BORN IN ARMENIA DIE
VANADZOR. - Some days ago a young girl went to Vanadzor's Maternity Hospital in Armenia's Lori region. She gave birth to triplets. Two died on the spot, the other one died 12 hours later.
As the Lori ...ARGUMENT IN WEEK HELPS TO MAINTAIN STRONG MARRIAGE
In order for a marriage to be strong and to last longs couples must argue once a week.
Indian psychologists came to that conclusion. They analyzed the behavior of married couples and found out that 44 ...I DO NOT WANT TO BE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER - ARMENIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY - NEWSPAPER
Hraparak daily conducted an interview with Armenia's National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan. Below is an excerpt.
"In regard to your meetings in Russia, they were saying that you reached ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION COULD RECEIVE 15 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - According to a scenario being discussed at the higher echelons of Armenia's authorities, after the upcoming National Assembly elections they wish to allot the opposition Armenian National ...WHO IS ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S NEW ASSISTANT? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Ever since Armenian National Assembly's (NA) former Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and some of his assistants left, incumbent NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan has a new assistant by the name of Rafayel ..."NOAH'S ARK" IN YEREVAN? - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian Public Council's Cultural Committee plans to discuss, on Thursday, the matter of constructing "Noah's Ark" on the hilltop of capital Yerevan's Victory Park, and overlooking Mt. Ararat, ...CLOSED, DIFFICULT-TO-PASS ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - As a result of blizzard and hidden ice in Armenia, Selim Mountain Pass, as well as the Lusashogh-Lanjar, Akhpradzor-Makenis, Vardenis-Sotk, Sotk-Azat, Vardenis-Shatvan, Vahramaberd-Kaps, Gyumri-Ashotsk, ...THOSE YOUTH SERVING IN ARMY WILL BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR UNIVERSITY EXAMS - ARMENIA'S PM
YEREVAN. - The Government of Armenia, in cooperation with the Ministries of Education and Science and of Defense, is launching a program whereby it will assume responsibility for the post-discharge work ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN
YEREVAN. - A large-scale promotional campaign has launched through the media, ever since Wednesday, to inform the public about the quality of, and the changes in, public services, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MEMBER CONSIDERS "EMPTY TALKS" TO BE NORMAL
YEREVAN. - A positional battle is underway in Armenia's pre-election season, and the political parties are strengthening their positions, former FM and opposition's Free Democrats Party member Alexander ...BIRTHS DECREASED IN ARMENIAN VANADZOR CITY
VANADZOR. - Over 1,710 births were registered in Armenia's Vanadzor city last year, as compared to 1910 births in 2010, head of obstetric and gynecological department of the medical center in Vanadzor ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT FINDS WAY TO OVERCOMING POVERTY?
YEREVAN.- The most important factor to overcome poverty is availability of education, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
Speaking at the Thursday government session, Sargsyan stressed the ...TURKISH GOVERNMENT DECLINES FROM FRENCH CARS OVER GENOCIDE BILL
ANKARA. - Following France's passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish government declined from the French-made Renault Latitude-model ...NEW PARLIAMENT TO HAVE MORE OPPOSITION SEATS - ARMENIAN POLITICIAN
YEREVAN.- Leader of Armenian Free Democrats Party did not rule out possibility of cooperation with the Heritage parliamentary opposition group.
Speaking during the Thursday press conference, Alexander ...ROAD ACCIDENTS ARE FEWER UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS - ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL
YEREVAN. - No road accident is yet recorded in Armenia, on Thursday, as a result of the current weather conditions, Police Force Road Patrol Service Division Chief, Police Colonel Norik Sargsyan said ...TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT TO ATTACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES - ARMENIAN EXPERT
YEREVAN.- It would be technically difficult to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, said Armenian expert.
The head of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan considers that mutual aggressive statements ...OVER 100 VEHICLES STRANDED BY BLIZZARD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress, on Wednesday, informing that as a result of the blizzard on Aragats-Tsaghkahovit Highway, in Aragatsotn Region, close to thirty vehicles had piled ...I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER SARKOZY IS SINCERE IN HIS INTENTION TO SIGN GENOCIDE BILL - ARFD MEMBER
YEREVAN.- Head of the Armenian Cause (Hay Dat) ARF Dashnaktsutyun Giro Manoyan refrained from commenting whether Nicolas Sarkzoy is sincere in his intention to adopt the Armenia genocide bill ahead of ...10 PEOPLE POISONED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE IN ARMENIA OVER 24 HOURS
YEREVAN. - Several people were poisoned from carbon monoxide over Wednesday in Armenia.
Grigor, 11, Elena, 11 and Galina Sukiasova, 81 were hospitalized in Yerevan on Wednesday, Armenian Ministry of Emergency ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CHESS TEAM IN GIBRALTAR MASTERS
The Gibraltar Masters annual chess tournament is close to its end.
Armenian national team's second number Sergei Movsesian made a draw with David Hauel in the ninth round. Gabriel Sargsyan gained victory ...NO NEED TO GET DISAPPOINTED EVEN IF FRENCH CONSTITUTION COUNCIL CANCELS ARMENIAN BILL - ARFD
YEREVAN. - Regardless of the decision by the French Constitutional Court, even if it is negative for us, we should not get disappointed but should continue the struggle, ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Giro ...DRUG CHAIN DISCOVERED IN ARMENIA'S VANADZOR CITY
VANADZOR. - Armenia registered another case of keeping drugs illegally in Vanadzor city. Searching the 28-year-old Karen Ghukasyan's house, police detained marijuana on Wednesday, police press service ...NEW BURIAL GROUND, FOUND IN DIYARBAKIR, BELONGS TO ARMENIANS MASSACRED IN 1915?
The discussions have heated with respect to the human skeletons found during renovations at the courtyard of a historical building, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, which used to be a prison, and afterwards Turkey's ...ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN GAIN VICTORY IN VALENCIA
Armenian kickboxer Vardan Mnatsakanyan lost to Spanish Jonathan Fabian in the professional boxing and kickboxing Ribeth Team Events tournament in Valencia.
Roman Vardanyan (Matador) gained victory over ...ARMENIAN FILM DIRECTOR CALLS CHARLES AZNAVOUR TO DONATE HOUSE MUSEUM IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Famous Armenian film director Tigran Khzmalyan has sent a letter to world famous singer, Armenia's Ambassador to Switzerland, Armenian national hero Charles Aznavour where he proposes Aznavour ...TURKISH PM IS CONDUCTING FAITH TRADE - OPPOSITION LEADER
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu criticized the country's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan for saying "we are raising a generation of devout believers."
The ...AMERICAN WRITER RESPONDS TO TURKISH PREMIER'S REMARK
The words of Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed to the American famous writer Paul Auster received a quick response.
According to Turkish Hurriyet, in response to Erdogan's remark that he is not ...NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT TO INCLUDE SEVEN POLITICAL FORCES - POLITICIAN
YEREVAN.- Either the ruling Republican Party (RPA) will rig elections, or they will reach a "mandate" deal with the opposition, former Karabakh Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan told the journalists on ...ARMENIA'S SOCIAL PACKAGE CAN COVER HEART SURGERIES
YEREVAN. - Next week Armenia's Finance Ministry will start distributing special coupons, whereby the social package will be put into effect, Finance Minister Vache Gabrielyan informed news reporters on ...YOUNG MAN SELLS ARMENIAN SCANDALOUS ACTRESS' PORN PHOTOS ON INTERNET
YEREVAN. - Young man tried make money on selling Armenian actress Anzhela Sargsyan's pornographic photos. 32-year-old Ararat city resident offered a package of Sargsyan's porno photos (50 photos) for ...ARMENIA'S ARONIAN RULES OUT PARTICIPATION IN CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT IN AZERBAIJAN
The FIDE world rating number two, Armenian chess-team leader Levon Aronian wrote a letter to FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and FIDE Presidential Board Members.
"Dear Mr. President,
Dear Presidential ...YEREVAN, UKRAINIAN CITIES HAVE LARGE COOPERATION PROSPECTS - YEREVAN MAYOR
YEREVAN. - Armenian capital Yerevan's Mayor Taron Margaryan met with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Armenia, Ivan Kukhta, and presented the main development directions for Yerevan.
Margaryan gave a high ..."SITRONICS ARMENIA" TO BECOME FREE ECONOMIC ZONE ADMINISTRATOR
YEREVAN. - Sitronics Armenia Company will become the administrator of Armenia's first-ever free economic zone. The Government of Armenia adopted a decision to that effect on Thursday.
The free economic ...5TH PAN-ARMENIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN AUGUST
YEREVAN. - The 5th Pan-Armenian Education Conference will be held in Armenia on August 10-14, 2012, and the Education and Science Ministry has already commenced preparations for the event.
The objective ...ARMENIAN FM WILL HEAD TO GERMANY
...IFFHS. BARCELONA WORLD'S BEST CLUB
The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) published the rating of world football clubs. Barcelona remains the first. Real Madrid is in the second , while Velez Sarsfield ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENT APPOINTS MEMBERS OF COMMISSION ON ETHICS
STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree appointing lawyers, members of the commission on ethics formed under the Karabakh Attorney General.
According to the decree, deputy ...ARMENIA TO OPEN POLLING STATIONS TO VOTE AT RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Russian citizens in Armenia can vote at the Russian presidential elections. Armenia will open polling stations for those Russian citizens who are in the territory of Armenia to realize their ...ROMAN BEREZOVSKY JOINS RUSSIA'S DYNAMO
Armenian football goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky has signed a 1.5-year contract with Russian Dynamo FC, official website of the club reports.
Berezovsky was the goalkeeper of Dynamo in the period from 2002 ...DOLLAR RAPIDLY GAINS VALUE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) sharply increased in Armenia's financial market, as a result of stock exchange trading.
The average USD/AMD exchange rate made ...US AMBASSADOR GIVES HIGH ASSESSMENT TO ARMENIA'S ECONOMIC COMPETITION COMMISSION
YEREVAN. - US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, and Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (ASCPEC) Chairman, Artak Shaboyan, had a meeting at ASCPEC, the latter's press ...TODAY'S DYNAMO IS EUROPEAN HIGH-CLASS CLUB - ARMENIAN GOALKEEPER
YEREVAN. - Goalkeeper of the Armenian squad Roman Berezovsky says he is happy to join Russia's Dynamo FC.
"Dynamo is not a new club for me. I spent there six years. Today's Dynamo is a high-class European ...YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Young man threw himself off the bridge in Armenia's Kotayk Region on Thursday. Rescuers arrived at the scene and found out it was Vahan Ghazaryan, 29, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIAN MINISTER OF FINANCE MAY JOIN RULING PARTY
YEREVAN. - The office of the Armenian Minister of Finance is on ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) quote, however, the incumbent Minister does not belong to the RPA, the Minister Vache Gabrielyan ...ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI FMS NOT TO MEET IN GERMANY
YEREVAN. - Armenian and Azerbaijan FMs will not meet in Munich, Germany, diplomatic source informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
To note, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov will participate in the annual ...UN APOLOGIZES INSTEAD OF AZERBAIJAN
It was found out on Wednesday that Azerbaijan as a regional conference hosting state had showed a film on the state during the break at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) annual non-official ...ARMENIAN WRESTLERS HEAD TO BULGARIA
YEREVAN. - Armenian team of Greco-Roman wrestlers will participate in the international tournament after Nicolay Petrov in Bulgaria scheduled on Feb. 4-6.
Chief Coach of the team Levon Julfalakyan decided ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CHANGE STATE BUDGET
YEREVAN. - Armenian Government has no intentions to review the State Budget-2012 or to shift economic policy despite existing problems in Euro zone, Armenian Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan told ...ARMENIAN SINGER ACCUSES RUSSIAN PAINTER IN RAPE
MOSCOW. - Singer Meri Voskanyan charged painter Nikas Safranov with raping her. She made her statement at 'Let's talk and show' talk-show on Russian NTV channel on Wednesday. As a proof, she introduced ...RUSSIAN FM FRIGHTENED BY ‘COLORFUL RITUAL' IN FIJI (VIDEO)
Fiji people held traditional meeting ceremony for Russian FM Sergei Lavrov wearing him a local dress and treating him with local juice just as any honorable guest is treated. The FM had on bright-blue ...TRANSITION PERIOD VERY IMPORTANT FOR ARMENIAN GOALKEEPER
The transition period is very important for me as it means I am trusted. I believe the team will get benefits from the Championship race, Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky told Armenian News-NEWS.am ...ARMENIA PARTICIPATES IN EUROPEAN ASTRONOMICAL COUNCIL IN SWITZERLAND
The Council of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) took place in Rolle, Switzerland on January 31-February 2. Armenia also participated in that council.
The aim of the council was to discuss the work ...ARMENIA, ISRAEL ESTABLISH DIRECT AIR COMMUNICATION
Israeli Eshet Tours company has signed a deal with the Armenian national carrier Armavia to represent the Armenian company in Israel.
The direct flights between the states will be operated starting from ...RUSSIAN ROSTELECOM PURCHASED ARMENIAN OPERATOR GNC-ALFA
MOSCOW. - Russian national telecommunications operator Rostelecom CJSC purchased 75% shares of the Armenian operator on main Internet and data transmission GNC-Alfa for $22.5 million, Russian company's ...ARMENIAN MINISTER DISCUSSES LAND ISSUES WITH OPPOSITION
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Minister of Energy and Natural recourses Armen Movsissyan met with the parliamentary opposition Heritage group and Kadjaran community members.
The aim of the meeting was to discuss ...FRENCH FM ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL: I MUST KEEP SILENCE OR QUIT
PARIS. - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe refrained from commenting on disagreement between him and President Nicolas Sarkozy concerning the Armenian Genocide bill.
Juppe quoted French politician, ...FIRST ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN SCHOOL ENDED
YEREVAN. - The first Armenian-Georgian winter school for students ended in Yerevan on Thursday. 80 students participated in the program: 40 were from Georgia and 40 were from Armenia. The delegation which ...SKULL FRAGMENTS OF ARMENIAN POET CONCEALED IN YEREVAN'S KOMITAS PANTHEON
YEREVAN. - A ceremony dedicated to the memory of beloved Armenian poet Petros Duryan took place in Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon on Thursday.
During the Ceremony Armenia's parliament speaker Samvel Nikoyan ...YOUNG ARMENIAN COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE OF DEBTS?
GYUMRI. - Vladimir Karapetyan, 26, Shirak village resident, committed a suicide in Armenia's Gyumri city on Wednesday, Jajur community leader Sokrat Suvaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, ...BLIZZARD CONTINUES IN ARMENIAN REGION
YEREVAN. - There is a blizzard in some important roads n Armenia's Shirak region. More than 20 cars have stayed on the road because of the blizzard. The drivers and passengers had to leave the cars and ...SPACE TOURISTS TO VISIT MOON IN 2017
Space tourists may visit the Moon in 2017, Interfax reports quoting Space Adventures website, which deals with marketing services organizing space touristic flights on Russian Union spacecraft.
"We have ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES IN REGARD OF FOOTBALL TRAGEDY IN EGYPT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a condolences telegram in regards of the tragedy on Port-Said's football field in Egypt.
As the press service of the Armenian president informs Armenian ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY PARTICIPATE IN CONCERT
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and First Lady Rita Sargsyan participated in the concert given by Karin Traditional Dance and Song Ensemble in Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.
The concert ...TRACTOR TRANSPORTING SICK CHILD IN ARMENIA GOT CAUGHT IN BLIZZARD AND RETURNED
A call came to Armenia's Emergency Service at 18.53 p.m. on Thursday informing that in Armenia's Aragatsotn region a tractor, which was transporting a sick child, was caught in a blizzard. As the Emergency ...
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