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OBAMA'S BODYGUARDS ARE DEPORTED FROM COLUMBIA FOR IMPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
- The US Special Service Agents who were escorting Obama to the Summit of the Americas were dismissed from duty and were sent home.
Twelve secret agents were accused of impropriate behavior.
According to a nameless message Associated Press received, in the Columbian Cartagena City the agents used the services of prostitutes, Lenta.ru reports.
The Special Service did not confirm this information, but they did not deny it either. They only confirmed that 12 agents were sent back and replaced with new agents.
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Headlines for April 14, 2012TWO STREETS OF MARSEILLE TO HAVE ARMENIAN NAMES
Two streets in Marseille, France, will be given names of Armenians Maurice-Torgom Ter-Merkerian and Edmond Piroumian, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports. The two Armenians were volunteers in the French ...ITALIANS TO EXPORT ARMENIAN TRAVERTINE TO SOUTH AMERICA
Manana Stone Company invested $22 million for the expansion of its stone processing plant, the owner of the enterprise Gurger Nikoghosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Currently the factory employs several ...MOVIE SHOT IN ARMENIA ABOUT LOVE OF ARMENIAN GIRL AND AMERICAN MAN DESERVES ADMIRATION - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents an extract by an American writer, critic for pop music, and journalist Stephen Holden's article published in the New York Times. Holden shares his impression on Braden King's ...ARMENIA'S CONTROL CHAMBER REVEALS MANY ABUSES IN STATE SUBWAY
YEREVAN. - Checking revealed many abuses in the work of the state subway after Karen Demirchyan, Armenia's Control Chamber report reads.
The report in particularly states that the subway gives for rent ...AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGIST TO RETURN TO YEREVAN IN SUMMER
Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) started raising funds to support the ongoing research on the culture and history of IV-II millennia BC in Yerevan City Shengavit district.
As the Armenian ...TIMBER PRODUCTS ARE EXPORTED FROM ARMENIA
580 cubic meters of timber was exported from Armenia in 2011, states the publication of Armenia's State Revenue Committee.
The profit from the export of timber products totaled to $300 thousand.
To note, ...PEOPLE ARE AFRAID - HERITAGE PARTY
YEREVAN. - Opposition Heritage party parliament group head Stepan Safaryan, who is an MP candidate in No. 1 election precinct in Yerevan's Avan district, is no longer searching for headquarter, he told ...HERITAGE PARTY DOES NOT BELIEVE ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER'S WORDS
The announcement of Armenian National Congress leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan is not to be trusted because even after the announcement by Ter-Petrosyan, the media supporting ANC conducted vast attack against ...ARMENIAN HERITAGE PARTY IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE ENOUGH - RULING PARTY
YEREVAN. - Armenian opposition Heritage party is not representative enough to demand, Aravot newspaper quotes ruling coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan. Tsarukyan's ...BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT
American movie stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have announced their engagement.
Pitt and Jolie who have been living together for already 7 years announced earlier that they would get married officially ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION "KNOWHOW" - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly election campaign season is becoming more interesting with its "knowhow," Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily writes.
"In terms of campaign inventions, the ruling ...ARMENIAN CITY IS LEFT WITHOUT MAYOR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Mayor Vanush Amiraghyan of Armenia's Noyemberyan city is not showing up for work for over a week, and he is not on vacation either, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"A Noyemberyan resident ...ARMENIAN RULING COALITION PARTY MEMBER DYES HAIR - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - Armenian ruling coalition's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) member Eduard Madatyan has dyed his hair, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"The RLP member Eduard Madatyan—Curly Edo—has ...EXPLOSION IN AZERBAIJANI GAS PIPELINE
A powerful explosion rocked the Mozdok - Gazimagomed gas pipeline in Shamakhi Region of Azerbaijan on Friday evening. The explosion caused fire.
According to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situations ...ARMENIA'S ORINATS YERKIR PARTY MP MIXES UP LEADER'S GENDER - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN. - During the women's conference of the Armenian ruling coalition's Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP), Yerkir daily's video camera caught a moment when the Party's Vice Chairwoman and MP ...OBAMA'S BODYGUARDS ARE DEPORTED FROM COLUMBIA FOR IMPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
The US Special Service Agents who were escorting Obama to the Summit of the Americas were dismissed from duty and were sent home.
Twelve secret agents were accused of impropriate behavior.
According to ...ARMENIA, GEORGIA AMONG "SUFFERING" COUNTRIES
According to the recent Gallup poll, Armenia and Georgia are among the list of "suffering" countries.
The residents of 146 countries were asked to evaluate, on a 10-point scale, the level of their satisfaction ...GOOGLE PREPARES SPECIAL DOODLE HONORING PHOTOGRAPHER OF "KISS BY THE TOWN HALL"
April 14, 2012 marks 100th birth anniversary of famous French photographer Robert Doisneau, who is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall). And celebrating ...HAD ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECEIVED APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT, HOLOCAUST, HOLODOMOR WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED - ANALYST
KIEV. - A roundtable discussion devoted to the Armenian Genocide was convened Friday in Kiev, Ukraine, Analitika.at.ua informs.
During the event, "ANALITIKA" Information-Analytical Center Director Marat ...FATAL ACCIDENT ON ARMENIAN REGIONAL HIGHWAY
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a call from the Vayots Dzor Region, on Friday at 10:37 pm, informing that a road accident had occurred on the Yeghegnadzor-Martuni ...10 FIRES IN ONE DAY IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION
VANADZOR. - Ten fire cases were registered by rescuers of Armenia's Lori Region on Friday.
One of the fires broke out in a house, another in a newspaper booth but most of the fires broke out in forests.
Some ...YEREVAN HOLDS SATURDAY CLEANING DAY
YEREVAN. - April 14, 2012 is declared City Tree-Planting and Saturday Cleaning Day in Armenia's capital Yerevan.
During the City Hall Staff's regular working consultation, Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan ...NATO TO BACK TURKEY IF SYRIAN FORCES CROSS BORDER
NATO can help Turkey only if the Syrian forces cross the border with Turkey, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said in response to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's statement.
Erdogan announced that ...ARMENIA'S IT SECTOR NEEDS "CLUSTERS" - US EXPERT
DILIJAN. - Clusters need to be established to develop Armenia's Information Technology (IT) and telecommunication sector, Peter Wilson, innovations and development technologies expert at USAID, stated ...DRIVER INJURED AS EXCAVATOR OVERTURNS IN ARMENIA'S ARMAVIR
ARMAVIR. - Hospital informed police that a 54-year-old man with injuries turned to doctors on Friday.
Police clarified that the man's excavator overturned on Thursday. An investigation is underway.ROAD ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA, THREE PEOPLE ARE INJURED
At 6.15 p.m. on Friday an Opel and UAZ crashed on the Sevan-Ijevan road in Armenia. The passenger of the Opel was hospitalized with bodily injuries.
As the press service of the Armenian Police informs, ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE EVENTS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
Discussions entitled 'Prevention of Genocide' took place in the UN center under the support of Armenian Permanent Representation to the UN on Thursday.
Envoy Garen Nazarian came up with a speech at the ...DANIEL RADCLIFFE RICHEST CELEBRITY OF UK
Daniel Radcliffe famous for his Harry Potter role for the second consecutive year tops the prestigious rating of the richest British celebrities. The rating was issued by The Sunday Times.
The fortune ...ARMENIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO DISCUSS CANDIDATES' WITHDRAWALS
YEREVAN. - Armenian Central Electoral Commission will discuss new withdrawals of the MP candidates during its extraordinary session on Saturday.
Four candidates presented withdrawal applications, one ...NEW ACTIONS IN YEREVAN'S MASHTOTS PARK
YEREVAN. - Civil Struggle continues in Yerevan's Mashtots Park.
Finnish artist Anna-Lea Kopperi hands our free ash-tree (lat. fraxinus) seedlings. Ecologists invite people to Mashtots Park.
"An office ...ARMENIAN PM ACQUAINTS WITH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OF EYE CENTER
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan paid a visit to the capital Yerevan's Sergei Malayan Ophthalmology (Eye) Center, and got acquainted with the Center's services and development programs. ...TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA'S ETCHMIADZIN (PHOTO)
ETCHMIADZIN. - A passenger was injured and hospitalized as Samand and VAZ vehicles crashed on Yerevan-Etchmiadzin road on Friday.
The same day another accident occurred on the same road as Astra and GAZ ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR CANCELS CONCERT IN QUEBEC
QUEBEC. - Charles Aznavour postponed his concert in Quebec due to voice problems.
At the Capitol Hall in Quebec, Canada, where Charles Aznavour's concert was supposed to take place on Thursday, the great ...BOMB ALERT IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police received a call, on Saturday morning, informing that an explosive material was placed near a residential building in capital Yerevan's Arabkir Administrative Region.
Law ...SPRING MILITARY DRAFT STARTS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
STEPANAKERT.- President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on the 2012 spring draft and demobilization of servicemen.YOUNG LEBANESE FOUND IN GERMAN'S SUITCASE AT TURKISH-GREEK BORDER (VIDEO)
Turkish customs officers were surprised by content of the suitcase of a 22-year-old German, who was entering Greece from a Turkish-Greek border checkpoint. The customs officers stopped a suspicious-looking ...NUCLEAR TALKS BETWEEN IRAN AND 5+1 STATES BEGIN IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL. - Talks on Iran's nuclear issue started between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council - U.S., Russia, Germany, France and England on Saturday morning in Istanbul.
As the ...AZERBAIJAN FIRES 1,400 SHOTS IN DIRECTION KARABAKH POSITIONS PAST WEEK
STEPANAKERT. - The Azerbaijani army's vanguard divisions violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 300 times in the past week, during which ...ISRAELI KNESSET DELEGATION TO VISIT ARMENIA
An Israeli Knesset delegation led by Israel's Minister of Agriculture Orit Noked will visit Armenia on April 15-17.
As the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture informs, the aim of the visit is ...TURKEY'S DEPUTY PM FORGETS THAT ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS WERE SIGNED WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS
Addressing a conference in a Turkish university, Turkey's Deputy PM Bulent Arinc spoke about his country's foreign policy.
Arinc stated that the Turkish-Armenian protocols were designed to normalize ...HARUTYUN SARGSYAN ARRESTED ON GYUMRI MURDER CASE
GYUMRI. - Harutyun Sargsyan, 29, Ashotsk village resident of Armenia's Shirak Region, was arrested on the Gyumri murder case, police informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
A criminal case is instigated, an investigation ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AWARDS RANKS, MEDALS TO SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS
Marking Police Day in Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan awarded the country's highest ranks and medals to a group of Police staff.
Specifically, Deputy Police Chief Sashik Afyan received the rank of ...ASHTON IS SATISFIED WITH ATMOSPHERE DURING NEGOTIATION WITH IRAN
ISTANBUL. - The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton is satisfied with the atmosphere in which the negotiations between Iran and the six international mediators ...PEOPLE SOONER OR LATER WILL SHAKE OFF OLIGARCHS' YOKE UPON THEM - UNITED ARMENIANS PARTY
YEREVAN. - The United Armenians Party today comes out as a third political force, Party member Hovhannes Hovhannisyan stated during a press conference on Saturday.
"You know all the political officials ...TURKISH ARMED FORCES CLASHED WITH KURDISH REBELS ON MOUNT ARARAT
Turkish armed forces clashed with a group of Kurdish rebels during the searches on the Mount Ararat, which is in Turkey's territory.
Gendarmerie and police special forces came to assist the armed forces. ...WEATHER FORECAST FOR ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Brief rain and thunderstorms are expected for Armenia's separate regions on Sunday, the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Brief rain and thunderstorms are also ...ARMENIA'S POLICE CONTINUE ITS WAY THROUGH DIFFICULT REFORMS - PRESIDENT
YEREVAN.- Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated policemen on Police Day.
"Armenia's police continue its way through difficult reforms and I am happy to state the results are tangible," he said.
He ...YEREVAN MAYOR VISITED CENTER FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
YEREVAN. - Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan visited on Saturday the Salvation center for children with disabilities and got familiarized with the center's activity and problems.
The head of the center Arpine ...THESE ELECTIONS ARE ARMENIAN PEOPLE'S LAST CHANCE FOR SALVATION - OPPOSITION BLOC LEADER
On Saturday, the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) was at the Tavush and Gegharkunik regions, along the lines of campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The ANC members, led ...OLD MAN POISONED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Emergency Situation Ministry reported that a Yerevan resident is poisoned. He is Harutyun Kharamyan, 77. Doctors estimate his health condition as of medium seriousness.LOTS OF TREES AND BUSHES PLANTED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN. - State agencies, public and business organizations, as well as healthcare, educational and cultural institutions and lots of citizens have responded to the call of the Yerevan Mayor to participate ...CEC REMOVES FIVE MP CANDIDATES FROM ELECTION LISTS
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) convened a snap session on Saturday deciding to invite head of the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES) Armenia Office and International ...TEENAGE ARMENIAN SETS GUINNESS RECORD (VIDEO)
HRAZDAN. - Teenage Armenian Artak Rafaelyan, 14, from Hrazdan city set a double Guinness record on Saturday making 9,000 presses for over 5 hours and 1 minute and exceeding the previous record by 1,293. Artak ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1828 Tsar Nicholas the First declares war against Turkey.
- 1860 Birth of the historian Leo (Arakel Babakhyan) in Shooshee. He died in 1932.
- 1864 Birth of Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (poet). He died in 1929.
- 1909 Sultan Abdul Hamid the Second is overthrown and power is seized by the Young Turks.
- 1921 Lenin sends his missive to the communists of Azerbajan, Georgia, Armenia, Daghstan, and the Republic of the Mountain Peoples.
- 1978 The Armenian SSR's Supreme Soviet confirms the Armenian constitution.
- 1990 The Russian Council adopts an announcement condemning the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1922.
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