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Published on February 08, 2012
CHICKEN LAYS GIANT EGG IN COLOMBIA
A chicken laid a giant egg, which weighs 245 grams in Columbia. Its owner intends to apply for making the egg into the Guinness World Record Book.
The farmer is sure, that the egg which appeared on his farm is record-holder, prior to it the largest egg (175 grams) appeared in China.
According to the farmer, Franciscana is a usual five-year-old chicken fed by corn, it weighs about four kilograms.
The owner carefully keeps the giant egg in the refrigerator until the record is registered, ITAR-TASS reports.
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Headlines for February 08, 2012FRENCH BILL ON GENOCIDES: EXPECTATIONS AND MOODS
PARIS. - What are the exceptions of the Armenians in France regarding French MPs appeal to the Constitutional Council against the recent adoption of the bill by the Senate criminalizing denial of genocides, ...LET TURKEY FOLLOW GERMANY AND RECOGNIZE ITS PAST - VALENCE DEPUTY MAYOR
PARIS. - Member of Europe-Ecology-Greens (EELV) party, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Droma, Deputy Mayor of Valence Patrick Royannez gave an interview to Nouvelles d'Arménie. Majority of Senators ...AMERICANS NEED NEW ENEMY TO DIVERT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION
YEREVAN. - US, Israel, UK, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are engaged in propaganda war against Iran, said political analyst from Russian Geopolitic's Problems Arayik Sargsyan.
"It is too early to say whether ...CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY HAVE PROSPERED DURING LAST 15 YEARS - TURKISH EXPERTS
Civil society initiatives between Armenia and Turkey have prospered during last 15 years and researchers question whether those initiatives are effective or not, the Turkish Today's Zaman writes.
According ...FORMER CAPTIVE TELLS HIS STORY OF BEING CAPTURED IN AZERBAIJAN (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
YEREVAN. - Arthur Badalyan, 32, needs a serious medical treatment after having been released from a two-year captivity in Azerbaijan, Badalyan, Haghartsin village resident in Armenian Tavush Region, ...SEISMIC RISK ACHIEVES MAXIMUM LEVEL IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The seismic risk in Armenia achieved its maximum level, the evaluation of seismic vulnerability in the territory of Yerevan in terms of seismic protection program reads. The report was submitted ...SCULPTURE IN TURKEY CAUSES SCANDAL
A lion and eagle sculpture caused scandal in front of Dumlupinar University in Kutahya Turkey.
As the Turkish Milliyet informs, Turkish MP from the opposition Republican People's Party Oktay Eskin sent ...RULING COALITION MEMBER PARTY FORMER MP CLAIMS HE ACTS ACCORDING TO HIS DECISION
YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition member Orinats Yerkir party former MP Gagik Baghdasaryan wanted to leave the party after March 1, 2008, developments (when 10 people were killed in demonstrations in Yerevan ...SINGER KARINE TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH FAMOUS RECORD LABEL
YEREVAN.- Belgian-Armenian R&B singer Karine Ohanian is going to sign a contract with one of the world's leading record labels, she told the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter. "Currently several record ...PEDOPHILE BUSINESSMAN HAS TO MAKE DECISION
Armenian businessman Serob Ter-Poghosyan who has been sentenced to 15 years for pedophilia has to make a decision. He suffers from cancer and has to decide whether or not he wants to get operated.
The ...BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGES CAN BE ELIMINATED IN CALIFORNIA
The ban on same sex marriages in California was recognized as non-constitutional.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined, that the eighth amendment to California's constitution, according to ...ARMENIAN MILITARY PROSECUTOR IS IN REANIMATION WARD - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan is still at capital Yerevan's NairiMedicalCenter. Furthermore, he is at the reanimation ward, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"Our reporter visited ...ALL NUMBERS, WITHIN DATA OF ARMENIA'S MOBILE PHONE OPERATORS, WERE STOLEN AND SOLD - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - The criminal proceedings—which were launched in connection with extracting the subscribers' data from the offices of Armenia's three mobile phone operators (Beeline, VivaCell, Orange) ...ARMENIA'S POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES HIS "SACRED DUTY" - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan continues to diligently perform his "sacred duty," that is, making personnel changes, Hraparak daily writes.
"We learned yesterday [Tuesday] that ...ARMENIA'S FORMER AGRICULTURE MINISTER WANTS TO BECOME MP - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - They say that the Armenian ruling coalition's Rule of Law Party (RLP) member and former Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan, who always provides "bread and salami" to RLP Office, has decided ...YOUNG ARMENIAN MEN ARE NOT ALLOWED ADMISSION TO PERSIAN CLUBS IN ARMENIA - NEWSPAPER
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YEREVAN. - Armenians are not allowed admission to most of Armenia's clubs and places of entertainment which belong to Iranians, Iravunk newspaper writes.
"If Armenian youth attempt to enter a [Persian] ...CAR GETS STUCK IN SNOW AT ARMENIA'S REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Rescue Service received a distress call, on Wednesday morning, informing that an automobile had gone off road at Gavar-Sevan Highway and was stuck in snow.
A firefighting-rescue ...HOW MUCH US DOLLAR HAS ARMENIAN CENTRAL BANK PURCHASED, SOLD ?
YEREVAN. - The Central Bank (CB) of Armenia purchased US$ 39.25 million and sold $137 million in the 2011 financial market, CB's December 2011 bulletin informs.
More than half of the dollar purchase ...SYRIA'S FIRST LADY DEFENDS HER HUSBAND
Bashar al-Assad is a President of Syria and not part of Syrians and the First Lady supports him in this role, Assad's wife Asma wrote in an e-mail letter addressed to The Times.
The letter said that Asma ...ARMENIAN BANKS' NON-WORKING ASSETS: IN LINE WITH DOMAINS
YEREVAN. - From among Armenian banking system's assets, 3.25 percent are non-working as of December 31, 2011, the Central Bank of Armenia's December 2011 bulletin informs.
The ratio of these assets reduced ...HEAVY SNOWFALL NOT TO AFFECT WORK OF ARMENIA'S CIVIL AVIATION
YEREVAN.- Heavy snowfall in Armenia will not affect the work of civil aviation, representatives of the civil aviation department told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"All the flights are operated according to ...ARMENIA'S MFA HOSTS OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP SESSION
YEREVAN. - First session of the Open Government Partnership initiative's Armenia's Action Plan working group was held Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Open Government Partnership aims ...CHICKEN LAYS GIANT EGG IN COLOMBIA
A chicken laid a giant egg, which weighs 245 grams in Columbia. Its owner intends to apply for making the egg into the Guinness World Record Book. The farmer is sure, that the egg which appeared on his ...SNOW IS FORECAST FOR ARMENIA UNTIL SATURDAY
YEREVAN. - Intermittent snowfall is expected in Armenia from Wednesday to Saturday. Also, fog is forecast for some parts, and snowstorm is expected in the mountains and mountain passes, Hydrometeorology ...ARMENIA'S POLICE DETAIN MAN WHO WAS AVOIDING SERVING HIS SENTENCE
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police Force officers detained Tuesday, from a capital Yerevan apartment, Artur Harutyunyan, 42, who was previously convicted three times.
By a court ruling, Harutyunyan was declared ...DRUG ADDICTS WALK WITH HEMP IN POCKETS IN ARMENIA
ARARAT. - Police detained 54-year-old Avshar village resident at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday and revealed hemp in his pocket.
The man claimed he picked up the substance in the field, police press service informs ...NATO OFFICIAL TO VISIT ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai will visit Armenia in February.
The NATO official will arrive on February 13 to meet with ...ARMENIAN BANK LOANS: IN RELATION TO REGIONS
YEREVAN. - The average loan-interest rate, which Armenia's banks and credit companies had set in December 2011, was 18 percent for Armenian dram (AMD) and 12.1 percent for US dollar (USD) loans, the Central ...CHECKPOINT ON GEORGIAN BORDER CLOSED BECAUSE OF AVALANCHE THREAT
Traffic in the direction of Russian border at Upper Lars checkpoint in Georgia is closed. According to forecasts, snowy weather will continue for three days, Vzglyad reports.
Traffic through the checkpoint ...RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ARRIVES IN ARMENIA ON OFFICIAL VISIT
YEREVAN. - A Russian delegation, led by Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, arrived in Armenia, on Wednesday, for an official visit, Armenian National Security Council (NSC) Press Service informed ...I WAS CONVINCED THAT VICTORY WOULD BE ON MY SIDE - ARMENIAN WINNER OF MISS GRANDMA UNIVERSE 2012
YEREVAN. - I have not undergone plastic surgeries, I do not use creams, and I have not gone on diets, stated—during a press conference on Wednesday—Luiza Aghajanyan, the 51-year-old winner ...KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTITUTION NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR ARMENIAN CITIZENSHIP
YEREVAN. - Those Armenians who apply for Armenia's citizenship will no longer be required to be familiar with the country's Constitution.
The National Assembly adopted the "Law on Making Changes and ...TURKISH MINISTER COULD NO LONGER TRAVEL TO EUROPE FOR DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - TURKISH DAILY
ISTANBUL. - Turkish daily Vatan's columnist Can Atakli commented on the investigation, which Switzerland launched against Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis who, while in Zurich, had denied ...OSCE MONITORING REVEALS NO CASES OF CEASEFIRE VIOLATION
STEPANAKERT.- The OSCE mission held scheduled monitoring of the contact line between the Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces near Horadiz settlement on Wednesday.
From the Karabakh side the ...RIGHT-WING RADICALS DESECRATE ORTHODOX MONASTERY IN JERUSALEM
The right-wing radicals desecrated the Monastery of the Cross one of the holy sites of Jerusalem's Orthodox church.
The offensive expressions to Christians and Jesus Christ were written on the walls of ...YEREVAN CITY HALL ASKS FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES' ASSISTANCE IN SNOW REMOVAL
YEREVAN. - Snow removal activities in Armenia's capital Yerevan commenced on Tuesday evening and continued all through the night.
A total of 163 special equipment, and around 190 tons of salt and 440 ...TURKISH MEDIA DISCLOSES DETAILS ON ‘NEW INITIATIVE' ON SYRIA
ANKARA. - Turkish media disclosed some details on 'new initiative' for Syria, spoken by the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
To note, Turkish PM stated on Tuesday that Turkey joins the states against ...HEAD OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RECOMMENDS TURKISH MINISTER TO FACE HISTORY
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz met with the Turkish Minister for the EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis. The official discussed the role of Turkey in Syria, the visa regime ...ISTANBUL-ARMENIAN COLLEGE STARTS COMPUTERIZED LESSONS
ISTANBUL. - The digital boards and tablets, which Turkey's National Education Ministry had provided to 52 schools, have begun their operations.
These first computerized classes were held with great enthusiasm ...FOOD SAFETY TO UNDERGO RADICAL CHANGES-MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Food safety sphere will undergo radical changes, Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan told the journalists on Wednesday.
The Minister and International Financial Corporation (IFC) Regional ...ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPERS PULL OUT FROM KOSOVO
Armenia's peacekeeping forces have temporarily pulled out from Kosovo.
In an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, MOD Peacekeeping Brigade Commander, Major General Arthur Simonyan informed that there ...TURKISH PM TO CALL RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS SYRIA
ANKARA. - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to discuss the situation in Syria and Ankara's initiative to settle the conflict there with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the phone on Thursday, ...TWO DEAD BODIES FOUND IN ARMENIA'S LAKE SEVAN
SEVAN. - Corpses of two men were taken out of Lake Sevan by local residents on Tuesday.
According to information received from Gegharkunik Region, the bodies of Tigran Avoyan, 34, and Melsik Avoyan, 44, ...DOLLAR STOPS AT AMD 389/$1 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The US dollar's average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) was AMD 389/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday, and thus the dollar gained value by 0.25 points as compared ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC POSTPONES CONGRESS
YEREVAN.- The opposition bloc - Armenian National Congress (ANC) - postponed the congress of the party's board previously scheduled for Thursday, spokesperson for ANC Arman Musinyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
However, ...ARMENIAN, FRENCH POSTAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS JOINT ACTIVITIES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Transport and Communication Minister Manuk Vardanyan received Wednesday director Jean-Paul Forceville of the International and External Relations Department of France's La Poste Company ...ARMENIA AND RUSSIA ALLIES - SECRETARY OF RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL
YEREVAN. - Relations between Armenia and Russia are allied, Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev told at the meeting with representatives of Russian border troops and N102 military ...KARABAKH PRESIDENT MEETS WITH HEADS OF REGIONS
STEPANAKERT.- President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan held a working consultation with heads of regional administrations of the republic.
The heads of the regional administrations informed ...EDUARDO EURNEKIAN ASSUMES MANAGEMENT OF NEW AIRPORT IN BRAZIL
Argentinean-Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian is assuming the management of a new airport in Brazil. Argentina's Corporacion America Company, which Eurnekian owns, on Monday won the bid for signing ...QUAKE AGAIN HITS TURKISH VAN CITY
VAN. - A magnitude 4 tremor hit Van city at 2.28 p.m. local time in eastern part of Turkey on Wednesday, Milliyet reports.
To note, the 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Van on October 23 killing more ...ARMENIAN POLICEMEN TO USE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR POLISH PARTNERS
YEREVAN. - Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan received on Tuesday Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski and discussed cooperation between policemen of the two states.
The Ambassador ...ARMY MUST BE NEUTRAL DURING POLITICAL EVENTS - ARMENIAN MOD
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Armed Forces must remain neutral during political events, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told news reporters on Wednesday.
He also promised to do the utmost so that the constitutional ...OVER 350 BUILDINGS DISMANTLED ALONG LAKE SEVAN - MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Over 350 out of 500 useless buildings were dismantled along the Lake Sevan, Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan said adding that works are in progress.
In response to the ...RUSSIAN AND EU OFFICIALS DISCUSS KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
MOSCOW. - Russian Deputy FM Grigory Karasin discussed the issues related to Karabakh peace process with the EU Special Representatives for the South Caucasus Philippe Lefort.
During the Wednesday meeting, ...ARMENIAN NSC SECRETARY PRAISES SERVICE OF RUSSIAN FRONTIER GUARDS
YEREVAN-Armenia and Russia are strategic partners and their cooperation on many issues is based on mutual understanding, said Secretary of Armenian National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan.
Baghdasaryan ...GEORGIA NOT TO BE FOOTHOLD FOR ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN - RUSSIAN EXPERT
MOSCOW. - Tbilisi will not make part of possible anti-Iranian military operations and moreover, will not provide its territory for it, experts at Moscow Carnegie Center Andrey Ryabov said at the conference ...ARMENIAN FM COMMENTS ON HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART'S GENOCIDE REMARKS
YEREVAN.- Sholar Israel Charny is not guided by political reasons, while calling to recognize the Armenian Genocide, said Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
Israel Charny, director of the Institute ...ARMENIAN SIDE READY TO COUNTERATTACK OPPONENT - DEFENSE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Armed Forces open fire in retaliation for ceasefire violation only once for each 10 cases, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told the journalists on Wednesday.
"Only a part ...ARMENIAN MINISTER BRIEFS WB REPRESENTATIVE ON 2011 INDICATORS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan received Country Manager of the World Bank Jean-Michel Happi on Wednesday and presented agriculture sphere indicators of 2011.
As the Ministry ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY LIST NOT TO HAVE WELL-KNOWN BUSINESSMEN-PM
YEREVAN. - Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) candidate list will not have well-known businessmen, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told the journalists at a briefing in Parliament on Wednesday.
In response ...ARMENIAN PM SEES NO DIFFERENCE WHO WILL HEAD CANDIDATES LIST OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
YEREVAN. - It is not important who will be number one or second in the party-list of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told the journalists at a Wednesday briefing ...WE SHALL DO EVERYTHING TO HELP COMPATRIOTS IN SYRIA-ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN.- If necessary, the Armenian government will do everything to help compatriots in Syria, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said answering the question of ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Vahan Hovhannisyan.
In ...RUSSIAN BANK AND LEASING COMPANY ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING IN ARMENIA - ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN. - Russian bank and leasing company are interested in working in Armenia, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told the reporters on Wednesday commenting on the results of the meeting with the representatives ...RUSSIAN TOMSK CITY TO OPEN ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN LAB ON X-RAY OPTICS
TOMSK. - National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University together with Armenian partners will open an X-ray optics laboratory, head of the laboratory Alexei Gogolev said.
According to him, head of the ...TURKISH PM AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AGREE ON COORDINATING ACTIONS FOR SOONER SOLUTION OF SYRIAN CRISIS
MOSCOW. - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev discussed with Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan the situation in Syria on the phone, Kremlin press center informs.
The conversation was initiated by Turkey.
"Medvedev ...3 YEAR OLD CHILD FALLS DOWN FROM COACH AND DIES
3 year old Edgar fell down from the coach on his head and died on the spot in Armenian Dzolaqar village on Wednesday, the village head informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The village head also informed that ...CHIEF OF ARMENIAN POLICE AND HEAD OF ARMENIAN CHAMBER OF ADVOCATES SIGN COOPERATION MEMORANDUM (PHOTO)
YEREVAN. - Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan and head of Armenian Chamber of Advocates Ruben Sahakyan signed on Wednesday a cooperation memorandum between the police and the Chamber of Advocates, ...COUSINS DROWN IN LAKE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Tigran Avoyan (born in 1978) and Melsik Avoyan (born in 1968) who drowned in Lake Sevan in Armenia on Tuesday were cousins, the head of Armenian Noratus village administration told the reporter ...DEATHLY ACCIDENT OCCURS IN ARMENIA
A deathly accident occurred on the Vanagzor-Spitak road in Armenia at around 10 p.m.
A VAZ-2105 and VAZ-2106 crashed. One of the passengers of the VAZ-2105 died on spot and the other one was hospitalized ...ARMENIAN PM SUPPORTS PUTIN
YEREVAN. - Only Vladimir Putin and his officials can provide economic and political stability for Russia, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan told reporters on Wednesday mentioning that those factors affect the ...
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