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Published on April 09, 2012
FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
- PARIS. - France's presidential election campaign kicked off officially on Monday. The first round of the elections is scheduled for April 22.
All the candidates are provided with equal time, free of charge 43 minutes on TV, controlled by the French the Supreme Audiovisual Council, Rosbalt reports.
The law also states that morning air at 8.00 a.m. is not equal to the evening 8.00 p.m.
Incumbent President Nikolas Sarkozy, Socialist Francois Hollande and Nationalist Marine Le Pen are among the top three, surveys claim.
Sarkozy and Hollande have higher chances to advance to the second round. The least famous among the candidates is the protector of France's independence Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, while the only centrist candidate is head of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) party Francois Bayrou. Ten candidates have been registered.
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Headlines for April 09, 2012GOOGLE CELEBRATES 182ND BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
April 9, 2012 marks the 182nd birthday of English and American photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was the first to use multiple cameras to capture motion. And in connection with Muybridge's birth ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL'S CRIMINALIZATION IN SLOVAKIA WORRIES TURKEY
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Turkey is extremely disturbed over Slovakian Supreme Court Chairman Štefan Harabin's recent statement that if any Turkish official dares to deny in Slovakia the fact of the Armenian Genocide, he/she ...FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
PARIS. - France's presidential election campaign kicked off officially on Monday. The first round of the elections is scheduled for April 22.
All the candidates are provided with equal time, free of charge ...MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING SCUFFLE IN ARMENIA'S OSHAKAN
YEREVAN. - A scuffle occurred on Sunday in Armenia's Oshakan village, as a result one farmer was seriously injured and hospitalized.
According to Armenian News-News.am sources, shots were heard, rumors ...RUSSIAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN, WHO DEFENDED FAMILY WITH KNIFE, COULD BE CHARGED
In actual fact, the Russian Armenian businessman Gagik Sargsyan exceeded the limits of self-defense by stabbing the three criminals who had attacked his family. Tula Oblast (administrative territorial ...GREEK TV PRESENTER ATTACKED WITH EGGS AND YOGURT ON AIR (VIDEO)
ATHENS. - Greek television anchorman was attacked with eggs and yogurt on air on Apr. 6. Television anchorman Panayiotis Bourchas was the target for the protestors, as he had recently invited a member ...ARMENIAN RULING PARTY EXECUTIVE SPEAKS ON HIS PROPOSAL TO DESIGN RULES FOR HOLDING CIVILIZED ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - Even if only one political force agrees to the proposal to design rules for holding the upcoming National Assembly (NA) elections in a civilized manner, the ruling coalition's Republican Party ...NO ELECTION-RELATED PROGRAM WILL BE PRESENTED TO VISITING PACE DELEGATION - ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will pay a visit to Armenia's capital Yerevan, on Wednesday and Thursday, to get acquainted with the country's pre-election ...ARMENIA TO IMPORT IRANIAN OIL PRODUCTS
Armenia has shown an interest toward importing oil products from Iran, said Jalil Salari, the Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company.
He noted that importing oil products ...WE WILL DOUBLE PENSIONS IN ARMENIA - ARF INTRODUCES PRE-ELECTION PROGRAM
YEREVAN. - Armenia's each pensioner will receive a deserving pension, with an average of AMD 63,000 (approx. US$ 162) instead of the current AMD 31,200 (approx $80). The opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun ...WHOM DASHNAKTSUTYUN PARTY CONSIDERS ITS SERIOUS CONTENDERS IN ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS?
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party has serious challengers—in the forthcoming parliamentary elections—with which it shared 1st to 3rd places during the previous voting, ...ISTANBUL TO HOST IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
The negotiations between the international mediators and Iran will resume in Istanbul on April 14. The high representative of EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Police Catherine Ashton's spokesman Michael ...TURKISH MINISTER RESPONDS TO SLOVAKIAN OFFICIAL'S REMARK ON GENOCIDE DENIAL
Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis responded to the Slovakian Supreme Court Chairman Štefan Harabin's statement.
He said if any Turkish official dares to deny in Slovakia the fact of ...ARMENIAN COMMUNISTS STAND FOR NATIONALIZATION
YEREVAN.- Armenian communists' main goal is to build socialism, head of the party Ruben Tovmasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The party refers to examples of the former Soviet Union, Communist China and ...ARMENIA'S CENTRAL BANK OBSTRUCTS ECONOMIC GROWTH - OPPOSITION PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Bank (CB) should not be engaged in regulating the country's financial market, the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party MP Artsvik Minasyan said during the Party pre-election ...CHRISTIAN CLERGY IS ATTACKED IN ISTANBUL ON EASTER
ISTANBUL. - Semir Serkek, the pastor of a Lutheran Church in Istanbul, was attacked by four youth.
The said young men entered the church, which is located in Istanbul's Bahcelievler District, and taunted ...ARMENIA TO ESTABLISH MAJOR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES WITH SUPPORT OF DIASPORA - ARFD
YEREVAN. - Armenia may open industrial companies supported by the Diaspora, parliament opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Ara Nranyan said on Monday presenting the party's election program.
"We are elaborating ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN FREE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES HAVING FIVE OF MORE CHILDREN
YEREVAN.- ARF Dashnaktsutyun promises free apartments for the families having five or more children, says the election program issued by the party on Monday.
They also offer to set monthly child benefits. ...EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF BEATLES PUBLISHED ON OCCASION OF THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY
The exclusive photos of the legendary Beatles will be published in the collective album dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the group.
Harry Benson, who had a close ties with the Beatles during their ...ARMENIAN ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN PARTY STANDS FOR CHANGING TO PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT
YEREVAN. - Armenia should switch from presidential to parliamentary system, Armenian MP Armen Rustamyan announced at a press conference on Monday presenting the pre-election program of ARF Dashnaktsutyun.
The ...ARMENIA'S POLICE TO PUBLICIZE LIST OF VOTERS WITH SAME NAMES
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police will soon make public the total number of those voters who are included in the registry of voters—in the forthcoming parliamentary elections—and whose names, surnames, ...ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN STILL ACCEPTS WOODROW WILSON'S "MAP OF ARMENIA"
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party demands not to sign any document which would put under doubt the legality of former US President Woodrow Wilson's Arbitral Award of 1920, states ...NATURAL GAS STATION BURNS IN YEREVAN
A natural gas station was on fire in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Monday.
Four firefighting squads and operative teams from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) are dispatched to the scene, MES ...ARMENIA'S COMMUNISTS FAVOR COUNTRY'S CHILDREN TO ATTEND RUSSIAN SCHOOLS
YEREVAN. - One of the priorities of the Communist Party of Armenia's (CPA) pre-election program—for the upcoming parliamentary elections—is to lift the ban on Armenian children's enrollment ...STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL A "JOINING" ALL PRE-ELECTORAL INITIATIVES IN ARMENIA - OPPOSITION PARTY MP
YEREVAN. - It is still too early to use the word "joining" for all the pre-electoral initiatives, albeit Armenia's opposition Heritage Party is interested in partaking in them, if these two formats satisfy ...COMMUNIST PARTY AIMS FOR 15-17% OF VOTES IN ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
YEREVAN. - The Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) expects to receive 15-17 percent of the ballots to be cast during the country's National Assembly elections to be held on May 6, the Party's leader Ruben ...UFO VIDEO APPEARS ON YOUTUBE
A video of an alleged UFO has appeared on YouTube. The video was shot from a passenger plane flying over Seoul on April 7.OSCE TO MONITOR LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT. - OSCE mission agreed with the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities to hold monitoring in the line of the contact between the armed forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan on April 12 in Askeran direction.
The ...LEADER OF HERITAGE PARTY PARDONS ILL-WISHERS
YEREVAN.- Much has been spoken about Heritage proportional list but its leader Raffi Hovannisian said he pardons all "pseudo-patriots and fallen political analysts".
Heritage Party is an integrated team, ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SITUATION IN LINE OF CONTACT
STEPANAKERT. - President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan held a consultation on Monday with the supreme command staff of the Defense Army headed by the Karabakh MOD Movses Hakobyan.
The ...HERITAGE PARTY KICKS OFF ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDER "WE ARE COMING" MOTTO
YEREVAN. - Parliament opposition Heritage party kicked off election campaign on Monday under the "We are coming" motto (photo).
The party intends to secure free economic competition, development of the ...FIRE IN YEREVAN'S TSITSERNAKABERD FOREST
YEREVAN.- A fire broke out in Tsitsernakaberd forest of Yerevan, Armenia on Monday.
Emergency Situations Ministry reported that firemen managed to extinguish the fire. One thousand square meters of grass ...ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES MADE UNPRECEDENTED STEPS TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST PRIOR TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENT
TSAKHKADZOR. - Being included in the election lists still does not mean participating in the elections, Armenian President and leader of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan announced at a ...ARMENIA NOT ABLE TO SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS OF YOUTH FAST - PRESIDENT
TSAKHKADZOR. - The republic currently cannot solve the problems of the youth in a short time, Armenian President and leader of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan announced at a meeting with ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1920 Meeting of the three Caucasian Republics' Council in Tbilisi. The question of Gharabagh was also discussed.
- 1922 The Assembly of the Transcaucasian Western Armenian workers opened in Yerevan.
- 1932 Creation of Armenia's Union of Soviet Writers, the Union of Musicians, the Union of Soviet Painters and Fine Arts, and the Union of Soviet Architects.
- 1994 Artsakh forces start their Aregasar operation. This ultimate effort liberates the Mataghis, Chaily, and Talish areas of Martakert.
- 1999 In a commendable letter, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, then Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, pledged that the administration would raise with Turkey the issue of the recovery of Armenian assets from the genocide period held by the Imperial Ottoman Bank.
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