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Headlines for February 09, 2012
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 ...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 ...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. ...
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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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