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Headlines for February 09, 2012
RUSSIAN BOMBERS FLY NEAR JAPANESE AIRSPACE
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force had to scramble fighter jets in response to flights by Russian military aircraft near Japanese airspace on Wednesday, Feb 8.
According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, ...UN CHIEF SAYS ARAB LEAGUE PLANS TO REVIVE MISSION TO SYRIA
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria, and has sought help from the UN, BBC reported.
Mr Ban said the "disastrous" failure to agree a UN resolution ...RUSSIAN DEPUTY PM: ARMY MUST ‘INSTILL FEAR IN OUR ENEMIES'
The Russian defense industry must produce only those types of weaponry that would allow the Armed Forces to operate effectively in the conditions of modern warfare, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin ...TURKISH OPPOSITION MPS DEMAND SPEAKER'S RESIGNATION
Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has occupied the parliament's rostrum Wednesday, Feb 8, night in outrage of a parliamentary bylaw sponsored by the ruling party CHP claims is designed ...TURKEY PLANS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYRIA
Turkey plans to hold an international conference on Syria with regional players and world powers to increase pressure on Syria, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
"Countries that are concerned with the situation ...BURBANK TO HOST AGBU CONFERENCE ON DIASPORA ISSUES
The AGBU Hye Geen has selected its speakers for their upcoming conference entitled "Symbolism in Art, Architecture and Design." This year's conference continues to focus on the status of the Armenian ...MUSICIANS TO PROTEST GRAMMY ETHNIC CATEGORY CUT
Angry musicians will protest outside this year's Grammy Awards ceremony over a decision to cut 31 ethnic and minority categories from the industry's top awards, Reuters reported. Organisers of ...BILL TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE WINS APPROVAL IN WASHINGTON STATE
A bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval on Wednesday, Feb 8, in a largely party-line vote that moved the state to the cusp of becoming the seventh in the nation ...MICROSOFT TO HOLD WINDOWS 8 CONSUMER PREVIEW EVENT FEB 29
Microsoft will host a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona Feb. 29. That's likely the launch date of Windows 8 beta, EWeek reports. Microsoft will almost certainly use this year's Mobile World ...LENOVO REPORTS $153 MILLION NET INCOME
Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday, Feb 9, that quarterly profit grew by more than half but warned hard drive costs would remain high amid a global ...BAKU KEEPS CALLING FOR FRANCE EXPULSION AS OSCE MG CO-CHAIR
Passage of the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial by French Senate triggered Azeri calls for expulsion of France as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair.
"OSCE MG, represented by 11 countries, including ...EGYPT'S RULING GENERALS TO DEPLOY MORE SOLDIERS, TANKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Egypt's ruling generals said on Wednesday, Feb 8, they would deploy more soldiers and tanks across the country, an announcement seen as a warning to activists planning a national strike on the anniversary ...GREEK LEADERS FAIL TO AGREE ON AUSTERITY CUTS
Greek leaders Thursday, Feb 9, fell short of striking a deal on austerity cuts, even as their finance minister headed to Brussels for crucial eurozone talks on a new bailout to avert a debt default. ...ARMENIA'S USERS CAN TRANSFER YANDEX.MONEY FUNDS TO MASTERCARDS
Starting Feb 9, Yandex.Money users can transfer funds from their Yandex.Money accounts to any Visa or MasterCard account. Funds can be transferred to the user's own card or to any other card of their ...MARADONA MAY QUIT AL WASL UNLESS PROVIDED WITH BIGGER BUDGET
Diego Maradona has told the owners of UAE's Al Wasl FC that he might not return next season if it does not get to sign on better players.
"I have a list of players I want to sign on but this was not ...U.S. MISSILES KILL AL-QAEDA CHIEF IN PAKISTAN
U.S. missiles on Thursday, Feb 9, killed Al-Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans' main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials ...ROLLS-ROYCE NET PROFIT JUMPS 57%
Rolls-Royce, the British maker of aircraft engines, said Thursday, Feb 9, that net profit jumped 57 percent to £850 million ($1.35 billion, 1.01 billion euros) last year, boosted by a record order ...GOVT REFUSES TO DEBATE FULL SHIFT TO PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM
At February 9 sitting, the government of Armenia turned down the parliamentarians' initiative to debate a full shift to proportional electoral system.
According to First Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor ...HOUSE CURRENT SEASON WILL BE THE LAST, FOX SAYS
After eight seasons and 177 episodes, Fox and the producers of House have decided that the current season of the medical drama will be its last, according to Hollywood Reporter.
The series, which stars ...TURKISH SECURITY FORCES KILL 13 KURDISH MILITANTS
Turkish security forces killed 13 Kurdish militants in fighting in southeast Turkey overnight, security sources said, marking an escalation in violence at a time when cold winter weather normally limits ...FORMER FRENCH LABOR MINISTER CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION
Former French labour minister Eric Woerth was charged with corruption late as part of an investigation into whether billionaire L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt illegally funded President Nicolas ...TURKISH PROFESSOR: DINK MURDER A REVENGE FOR TALAT PASHA ASSASSINATION
Taraf newspaper published an article by Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Taner Akcam, who argues that Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink's murder was orchestrated as ...ENGLAND COACH FABIO CAPELLO QUITS OVER TEAM CAPTAIN DISPUTE
Embattled coach Fabio Capello walked away from the English national soccer team, leaving the program in chaos five months before the start of the European Championships, LA Times reported.
Capello met ...OBAMA CONVINCED NETANYAHU TO WAIT A LITTLE WITH ATTACKING IRAN
U.S. President Barack Obama has convinced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to afford some time for the international sanctions imposed on Iran to work, sources in the U.S. administration told ...ALIBABA PLANS TO BORROW $3BLN TO BUY BACK YAHOO! STAKE
Chinese online commerce giant Alibaba plans to borrow $3 billion to buy back the stake Yahoo! owns in the company, a report said Thursday, Feb 9, as the struggling U.S. Internet firm overhauls its Asia ...FOXCONN SERVER ATTACKED BY SWAGG SECURITY HACKING GROUP
Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer best known for producing the iPad and iPhone, has been the target of a server hack, with a group calling itself Swagg Security leaking login details for every user ...REAL MADRID TOPS FOOTBALL RICH LIST FOR 7TH YEAR IN A ROW
Real Madrid and Barcelona are football's biggest moneymakers for the third straight year and look set to out-earn their rivals for the foreseeable future, AP reported.
The annual review of football ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE PLEDGES TO CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as making progress on resolving protracted conflicts are priorities of the 2012 Irish OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish ...SIX BANDS TO BE ADDED TO ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2012
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with previously enshrined original lead singers. The Blue Caps, ...ANKARA REVEALS CLASSIFIED DERSIM ARCHIVES
Official Ankara has published classified archives on Dersim massacre, Turkish media reported.
The first document published contains a secret correspondence between the leader of Dersim's Kurdish rebellion ...GOOGLE+ FOR ANDROID GETS UPDATE
Google has updated mobile client of its social network Google+ for Android, Intomobile reports.
The new version is said to come with massive performance improvements across the app, while also packing ...LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGING HOST UNAVAILABLE
LiveJournal blogging host is partially unavailable, with the problem currently investigated, LiveJournal Russia CEO reported.
"No information as to functioning errors or specific access issues has yet ...GUUS HIDDINK LOOKS TO REPLACE ENGLAND COACH
Former Socceroos manager Guus Hiddink is interested in becoming the next England boss following Fabio Capello's resignation, Fox Sport reported.
Capello stepped down after discussions with the Football ...U.S. TRAVEL AGENCY SUES RUSSIA'S AEROFLOT
U.S. Riviera Travel & Tours filed a nearly $3.5 billion suit in District Court for the Central District of California against Russian flagship airline Aeroflot accusing it of extortion, RIA Novosti ...GENOCIDE BILL AUTHOR OFFERS TO RENEW ATTEMPTS IF MOTION IS REJECTED
The author of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, Valerie Boyer offers to renew attempts if the draft law gets rejected.
"I didn't except such an acute reaction from some senators. The ...REP SCHIFF TO BE HONORED BY ARMENIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Congressman Adam B. Schiff and Glendale City Council member (and former Glendale Mayor) Rafi Manoukian will be the guests of honor as the Armenian Bar Association (ArmenBar) hosts a reception at the Phoenicia ...GERMANY EXPELS FOUR SYRIAN DIPLOMATS ACCUSED OF SPYING
Germany says it is expelling four Syrian diplomats following the arrest earlier this week of two men accused of spying on Syrian opposition groups in Germany.
According to The Associated Press, Foreign ...HOVNANIAN SCHOOL IN NJ TO MARK 35TH ANNIVERSARY
On March 3, 2012, the Hovnanian School in New Milford, New Jersey, will mark its 35th anniversary with a festive anniversary gala celebrating 35 years of excellence in education. The event will take ...BERLINALE FILM FEST TO OPEN WITH "FAREWELL, MY QUEEN"
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival kicks off February 9, LA Times reported.
Eighteen films will have their world premieres in the competition section, including "Barbara" from German favorite ...BRITISH PM COMMENTS ON ENGLAND COACH'S RESIGNATION
David Cameron has joined the debate over the resignation of Fabio Capello, while the Tottenham non-executive director Sir Keith Mills has insisted it is "not a foregone conclusion" that Harry ...GOOGLE MAY OPEN RETAIL STORE IN DUBLIN
Google Inc. may open its first stand-alone retail store at its European headquarters in Dublin, according to a filing by the world's most popular search engine.
The Google Store would be open to the ...TURKISH JOURNALIST: EGEMEN BAGIS REMARKS ON GENOCIDE "PROVOCATIVE"
Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel dubbed recent remarks of Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis on Armenian Genocide as "hasty and provocative."
"Bagis picked a wrong place and time to refer to Genocide, ...CELLIST NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN TO PERFORM IN OKLAHOMA
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, and what has come to known as the "Enigma" Variations will be featured when the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College, Oklahoma, presents its "All-Elgar" ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,71 FEB 9
Deals amounting to $8,85 mln. at an average rate of AMD 388,71/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Feb 9.The closing price totaled AMD 388.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 388,71 ...RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DEEMS VISIT TO ARMENIA QUITE PRODUCTIVE
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev.
Discussion of strengthening of cooperation in security, military technical and humanitarian fields ...BOOK ON ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE PRESENTED IN YEREVAN
Yerevan hosted a presentation ceremony of the book titled "Armenians' input to the Ottoman Empire" by Hasmik Stepanyan.
"The publication must be translated into English. Moreover, it should penetrate ...GOHAR GRIGORYAN JOINS COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE
Gohar Grigoryan has joined the Ramsey office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as a sales associate, NorthJersey.com reported
A Paramus resident, Grigoryan possesses "extensive knowledge" ...ELIZABETH TAYLOR COLLECTION ITEMS SOLD FOR OVER $183 MILLION
Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylors have sold for more than $183 million, with all of the more than 1,800 items on offer snapped up, Christie's auction house said ...AIR CANADA REPORTS C$80MLN 4Q NET LOSS
PanARMENIAN.Net - Air Canada, the country's biggest airline, reported a fourth-quarter net loss on Thursday, as higher maintenance and fuel costs overshadowed the gains from increased passenger traffic, ...U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRM MOSSAD INVOLVEMENT IN IRAN SCIENTISTS MURDERS
Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel's secret service, U.S. officials told NBC News, confirming ...AMMO, FOOD, HOSPITAL SUPPLIES RUN DESPERATELY LOW IN HOMS
Supplies are growing short for the more than 28,000 people in Homs' Baba Amr district trying to survive the assault by government forces, M&C reported, citing DPA.
Since Saturday, February 5, around ...20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN ARMY FORMATION MARKED IN TBILISI
Tbilisi hosted a series of events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian armed forces. Armenian ambassador to Georgia Hovhannes Manukyan, representatives of diplomatic missions ...QUARTER OF EU'S POPULATION AT RISK OF POVERTY - STUDY
Almost a quarter of the EU's population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with 13 member states recording a rise in the number of their citizens considered vulnerable, study says. The figures ...ARAB LEAGUE MULLS RECOGNISING SYRIAN OPPOSITION
Arab League foreign ministers are to discuss a possible recognition of the Syrian National Council as the main opposition group at a meeting in Cairo on Sunday, February 12, Saudi semi-official newspaper ...FAMED FRENCH PARFUMIER GUERLAIN FACES TRIAL OVER "FACIAL SLUR"
French parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain is to go on trial February 9 to face charges of making "racist insults" during a television interview, The Telegraph reported. Asked in an October 2010 interview ...SOMALIA CAR BOMB BLAST LEAVES 15 DEAD
At least 15 people have been killed and more than 20 people injured when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials say. The vehicle was parked close to the Hotel ...DAIMLER PROFITS HIT RECORD 29% RISE
German car and truck maker Daimler has said it achieved record sales and profits in 2011. The company, which owns Mercedes-Benz, reported a 29% rise in net profits to 6.029bn euros ($8bn). Underlying ...IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER: IRAN CAN DESTROY ISRAEL IN 9 MINUTES
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...SIRI MAY GAIN SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE, MANDARIN, RUSSIAN SOON
According to a new rumor, Siri may gain support for Japanese, Mandarin and Russian as early as next month. CNET reports that the news comes from a Chinese technology news site, DoNews (via Penn Olson), ...GERMAN COURT REJECTS APPLE BID TO BLOCK GALAXY TAB 10.1N SALES
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's reworked tablet PC does not look like a copycat version of the iPad, a German court said, affirming a preliminary assessment and dealing another legal blow to Apple Inc, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1750 Birth of Harootyoon Shmavonyan (public figure). He died in 1824.
- 1888 Birth of Koghbetlyan in Nor Nakhijevan (Rostov, Russia). He was a mathematician, geophysicist and inventor.
- 1916 Senate Concurrent Resolution 12 resolved that "the President of the United States be respectfully asked to designate a day on which the citizens of this country may give expression to their sympathy by contributing funds now being raised for the relief of the Armenians", who at the time were enduring "starvation, disease, and untold suffering".
- 1921 Proclamation on the opening of literacy courses for illiterate and semi-literate citizens.
- 1939 Birth of Yervand Terzyan in Alexandropol (Gyoomree). He later became an astronomer and a member of the International Union of Astronomy. He was a Deputy Director of the Radiophysics and Cosmic Research Department at Cornell University (USA).
- 1953 Death of "Mother" Sosseh.
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