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Published on March 29, 2008
49 PEOPLE KILLED BY SKINHEADS SINCE BEGINNING OF YEAR
- 49 people have been killed by skinheads since beginning of year. Over 80 assaults through national hatred have been committed, said Alexander Brod, head of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights. Crimes against natives of Central Asia and Caucasus are committed mostly in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The number of skinheads reaches 70 thousand in Russia, RFE/RL reports.
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OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS REPLACEMENT NOT TO JUSTIFY ITSELF
Replacement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs dealing with settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict by other intermediaries will not justify itself, said MP Mubariz Gurbanli, deputy executive secretary ...BULGARIA SUPPORTS TURKEY’S EU BID
, Sergei Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria said at a meting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Bulgaria is willing to share experience with Turkey. Our counties are responsible for ...ABKHAZ LEADER REJECT GEORGIA PRESIDENT’S PROPOSALS ON UNLIMITED AUTONOMY
The Abkhaz leadership rejected Georgia President’s proposals on ‘unlimited autonomy’. Abkhazia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba said talks about a common state with Georgia are inadmissible. Sergey ...HPRB APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON
In a public hearing convened on March 27, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB), which is charged with responsibility for the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of properties of historical, ...DOCTOR DEATH TO RUN FOR U.S. CONGRESS
Infamous euthanasia activist Dr. Jack Kevorkian has announced that he plans to run for U.S. Congress as an independent in Michigan’s 9th congressional district. "We need some honesty and sincerity instead ...SUPPORTERS OF AZERBAIJANI UN RESOLUTION SPOKE OUT AGAINST CONTINUATION OF TALKS
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian attended a regular session of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council, the RA MFA press office reported. The participants focused on further cooperation, CIS development, ...NATO URGES RUSSIA TO LIFT UNILATERAL CFE MORATORIUM
NATO has issued a statement urging Russia to consider United States proposals on the CFE arms reduction treaty, and warning that Moscow’s moratorium on the pact could undermine European security. Russia ...49 PEOPLE KILLED BY SKINHEADS SINCE BEGINNING OF YEAR
49 people have been killed by skinheads since beginning of year. Over 80 assaults through national hatred have been committed, said Alexander Brod, head of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights. Crimes ...BUSH NOMINATES MARIE L. YOVANOVITCH FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
U.S. President Bush intends to nominate Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia. Ms. Yovanovitch, ...AAA AND CCA SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The Congress of Canadian Armenians (CCA) and the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) have entered into a comprehensive partnership agreement, which will see the two organizations developing close ties ...
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Today in Armenian history- 554 The Ecclesiastic Assembly in Dvin condemns the Chalcedonian Creed and irrevocably breaks off its relations with the Byzantine "Universal" Church.
- 1001 The architect Trdat, finished the construction of the Main Church of Ani.
- 1592 Birth of Nahapet Koochak. He was Armenia's first troubadour.
- 1827 The first Armenian voluntary brigade was formed in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1899 Birth of benefactor Calouste Gulbenkian in Constantinople. He was a Petroleum Engineer. He founded the Petroleum Benevolent Union in Turkey. In 1930, he was voted President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union. Calouste Gulbenkian died in July 1955 in Lisbon.
- 1912 Death of Gabriel Soondookyan (playwright) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1825.
- 1914 The Armenian History and Archeology Association is created in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1918 Birth of Charles Hrach Papaz, Armenian-American radiophysicist, member of the American Physics and Mathematics Associations and the Electronic Engineers Institute. He is an overseas member of the Armenian National Academy of Science.
- 1921 The first Armenian Art House opened in Tbilissi. It was called after the great writer, Vahan Terian. The president was another great writer, Hovhannes Toomanian.
- 1971 Death of famous actor of the roles of Zimzimov, Iago and Nazar the Brave, Avet Avetisian (Voskanyan).
- 1992 Azeri Turk forces attack Stepanakert from Shooshee, Ghaybalu, Janhasan and Kiosalar. They are defeated and thrown back.
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