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SYRIAN REBELS GET SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES TRANSPORTED FROM TURKEY
Syrian rebels obtained the first supply of surface-to-air missiles transported from Turkey. Free Syrian Army has about two dozen missiles, NBC News reported on Tuesday referring to an unnamed source.
The Syrian government forces continue the operation against armed opposition in Aleppo, country's second largest city.
Contradictory reports about situation in the city are received. An independent Al Watan newspaper said government forces took control of several districts on Tuesday. The opposition claims the opposite.
Earlier The New York Times reported a small group of CIA employees located in Turkey's south is controlling arms supplies to Syrian rebels.
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Headlines for August 01, 2012FRENCH MAN CYCLES 5000 KM TO RENOVATE SCHOOL IN ARMENIA
PARIS. - French Marc Brunet has taken a new sport challenge on behalf of solidarity. He cycles for 5000 km from Valence, France to Yerevan, Armenia in order to raise money for an Armenian school renovation, ...DUST IN YEREVAN THREE TIMES ABOVE NORM
YEREVAN. - Average density of dust was above the norms for 3.1 times in Yerevan in June, Armenian National Statistical Service reports quoting the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection. Besides, nitrogen ...FORMER HEAD OF ARMENIA'S OLDEST PARTY SEEKS ASYLUM IN FRANCE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN.- All remember the letters sent by head of Ramgavar Azatakan, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, addressed to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Zoghovurd daily writes. In his letters Harutyun Arakelyan ...MAIN INTRIGUE OF FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN.- The major intrigue of forthcoming elections is whether there will be the second round of voting, Hraparak newspaper writes. "During one of the meetings of the Republican Party of Armenia Serzh ...FORMER CHIEF ОФ ARMENIA'S POLICE FEELS NO REMORSE - NEWSPAPER
YEREVAN.- Zhoghovurd daily tried to find out whether former chief of police Alik Sargsyan feels remorse learning that activist of the opposition Armenian National Congress bloc Tigran Arakelyan is sentenced ...SYRIAN REBELS GET SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES TRANSPORTED FROM TURKEY
Syrian rebels obtained the first supply of surface-to-air missiles transported from Turkey. Free Syrian Army has about two dozen missiles, NBC News reported on Tuesday referring to an unnamed source. The ...RED CROSS REPS. VISIT AZERBAIJANI CAPTIVE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN.- The representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited Azerbaijani captive Firuz Faragov. The Red Cross Yerevan office told Armenian News-NEWS.am that they handed over a ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS' MEMBERS IN INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES APPOINTED
YEREVAN.- The members of the Armenian delegations to the foreign parliamentary organizations have been named. The website of Armenia's National Assembly issued the lists of delegation members to EU-Armenia ...LIFEGUARDS RESCUED 14 PEOPLE IN LAKE SEVAN
YEREVAN.- Five fatal cases were registered in Armenia's Lake Sevan this year, emergency situations ministry official told reporters on Wednesday. Samvel Mkrtchyan presented the work of lifeguard squad ...FEMALE LIFEGUARDS TO APPEAR IN ARMENIA'S LAKE SEVAN
YEREVAN.- Female lifeguards will appear in Armenia's Lake Sevan soon. Representative of Emergency Situations Ministry Samvel Mkrtchyan told reporters that the lifeguard squad consists of 43 employees ...US INTERESTED IN SEEING PROGRESS IN ARMENIA-TURKEY NORMALIZATION - PHILIP GORDON
U.S. is interested in seeing progress in Turkish-Armenian normalization, said Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon. The official participated in Istanbul press roundtable on Monday to discuss the issues ...ARMAVIA'S EXTRA ALEPPO FLIGHT CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF PASSENGERS
YEREVAN.- Additional Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flight operated by Armavia air company was canceled due to lack of passengers, company's press service said. The national air carrier said it is ready to operate ...ARMENIA MADE PROGRESS IN IMPROVING BORDER SECURITY - STATE DEPARTMENT
New report issued by the State Department says Armenia made progress in improving border security. Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 points at Armenian government's cooperation with the North Atlantic ...HEALTH INSURANCE WILL MAKE MEDICAL SERVICE MORE AVAILABLE - NAIRI INSURANCE
YEREVAN.- An important event in Armenia's insurance market happened as Nairi Insurance LLC and Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine CJSC signed a voluntary health insurance contract. Under the contract ...ARMENIA HOSTS EXTREME SPORTS FESTIVAL 2012 (PHOTO)
YEREVAN.- Extreme sports festival 2012 kicked off in Armenia on Wednesday (photo). The participants will head to Lake Sevan where the tournament will take place from August 1 to 10. Paintball, rock climbing, ...LITURGY IN SURB KHACH CHURCH ON AKHTAMAR ISLAND SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER
This year's liturgy in Armenian Surb Khach church on Akhtamar Island will take place on September 9. Vice Governor of Van province held a meeting with those responsible for organization of religious ceremony ...SITUATION IN ARMENIAN DISTRICTS OF ALEPPO LABELED AS "FRAGILE CALM"
ALEPPO. - Situation in the Armenian districts of Aleppo, Syria, did not changed within recent hours, Armenian community representative Zhirayr Reisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. He said that active military ...TEENAGER'S SUICIDE ATTEMPT PREVENTED IN ARMENIA
KAPAN. - A suicide attempt by a 14-year-old girl was possible to prevent in Armenia's Kapan city on Wednesday. Police confirmed information for the Armenian News-NEWS.am. The Kapan police department received ...US DOLLAR CONTINUES GOING UP IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - The average rate of the US dollar at the NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange against the Armenian currency made AMD 409.25/$1 on Wednesday. The US currency went up by 0.18 percent or 0.75 points. The ...DISCHARGED YOUNG ARMENIAN MAN NEEDS HELP (VIDEO)
YEREVAN. - Tsamakasar village resident in Armenia's Aragatsotn Region and the State Pedagogic University student 20-year-old Tatul Mkhitaryan is diagnosed with the acute leukemia disease after being discharged ...ARMENIAN MOD HOLDS WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO CHINESE PHILOSOPHER
YEREVAN. - Experts of the Chinese Military academy are on a visit to Armenia from July 30 to August 2. The Armenian MOD held on Wednesday a workshop devoted to life and work of Chinese philosopher and ...PROTEST ACTION TO BE HOLD IN FRONT OF ARMENIAN POLICE ON HARSNAKAR RESTAURANT CASE
YEREVAN. - A protest action will be held in front of the Police at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday in Armenia. We Demand to Punish All the Accused on the Harsnakar Case initiative released a statement on this regard. "The ...ARMENIAN HEALTHCARE MINISTRY TO COOPERATE WITH USAID
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Minister of Healthcare Derenik Dumanyan received on Wednesday the USAID representatives headed by USAID Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema. The foreign guests presented the ...DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST VERDICT AGAINST OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS NEAR ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE
YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) members, activists, and representatives of political initiatives have organized a protest action in front of the Presidential Residence on Wednesday ...NATO NOT READY FOR WAR IN SYRIA DUE TO POWERFUL AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM - EXPERT
NATO is not ready for running military actions in Syria, due to the latter's powerful air defense system, expert Alexander Khramchikhin said at a press conference. According to Khramchikhin, despite ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION READY TO RESIST POLICE AND BE IMPRISONED FOR DEMOCRACY
YEREVAN. - Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) will struggle inasmuch as the constitutional right executes in the state, head of the ANC parliamentary group Levon Zurabyan said during the protest ...OLD WOMAN COMMIT SUICIDE NOT TO BE BURDEN FOR HER FAMILY
VANADZOR. - A. Stepanyan, 71, hanged herself in own home in Lorut village of Armenia's Lori Region on Tuesday. Police confirmed information for Armenian News-NEWS.am. Materials are being gathered and ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1680 Death of Catholicos Hakob the Fourth (Jughayetsee). He accompanied Israel Oree to Europe, seeking assistance from the Christian states for Armenian emancipation.
- 1766 Catholicos Simeon Yerevantsi sends a message to Tsarina Ekaterina (Catherine) the Second, asking for help on behalf of Armenia.
- 1812 The "Deetak Byoozantion" periodical was published until September 1816 in Constantinople.
- 1817 Birth of Hovhannes Aivazovsky (seascape artist) in Feodosia (the Ukraine). He died in 1900.
- 1862 Armenians meet in Constantinople and ask the Sultan to ratify the National Constitution.
- 1894 Defense of Sassoon (Western Armenia) against Turkish attacks.
- 1896 500 Kurds are brought to Constantinople by the Turkish Government to help carry out the Genocide of the Armenians there.
- 1903 Birth of Goorgen Mahari (writer). He died in 1969.
- 1905 Tsar Nicholas the Second abrogates his 1903 06 12 law closing Armenian Parish Schools. They are reopened.
- 1914 With the start of the First World War on this day, all previous agreements concerning Armenia were ignored. The Armenians were in imminent danger: in fact, the Armenian Genocide started eight months later.
- 1918 Opening of the First Parliament of the Armenian Republic under the presidency of Father Abraham (Aveteek Sahakian).
- 1919 The Armenian Parliament opens in Yerevan.
- 1919 The Azerbaijani Government and the Artsakh National Council sign a Provisional Treaty.
- 1934 Opening of the First Congress of Armenia's Soviet Writers.
- 1954 The All-Union Agricultural Exhibition reopens in Moscow.
- 1997 On the appointment of Artsakh President Kocharian to the post of Prime Minister of Armenia, by President Ter-Petrossian of Armenia, the minister of Foreign Affairs for Artsakh, Arkady Ghoukasian is elected President of Artsakh for a five-year term.
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