
Published on July 18, 2008
BUS CONVEYING ARMENIAN TOURISTS CATCHES FIRE
- A bus conveying Armenian tourists to Antalya, Turkey, caught fire. According to preliminary data, the fire emerged in the engine and then spread over the passenger compartment. It was soon extinguished and none of 33 passengers suffered, continuing their way in another bus, the Public TV of Armenia reported. Turkish media reports say that a criminal case has been initiated.

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Today in Armenian history- 1894 Birth of Vahan Totovents (writer). He was murdered by the Soviet Secret Police in 1937.
- 1914 The Central Committees of Taron and Sassoon present the reform program to three embassies in Constantinople.
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