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Headlines for February 08, 2012
SALEH TO RETURN TO YEMEN BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in New York for medical treatment after agreeing to step down following months of protests, will return to vote in presidential polls, a member of his party and ...SARKOZY URGES TURKEY TO RESPECT ITS PARTNERS
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he shows great respect for Turkey, which should, in return, respect its partners.
Meanwhile, the Armenian Diaspora has expressed discontent with some of the ...U.S. FEARS SYRIA'S ASSAD PEACE INITIATIVES TO BE INVALID
The United States fears that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's national reconciliation initiatives will lead to nothing, a Department of State spokeswoman said, RIA Novosti reported.
Russian Foreign ...VLADIMIR AKOPIAN BEATS MARIN BOSIOCIC AT AEROFLOT ОPEN
Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Akopian beat Marin Bosiocic (Croatia) at tournament A of Aeroflot Open Chess Festival 2012, ongoing in Moscow.
Meanwhile Hrant Melkumyan and Karen Grigoryan lost to Jorge ...ISRAEL'S LABOR FEDERATION LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE STRIKE
Israel's labor federation has launched a nationwide strike for the first time in five years, designed to shut down national and local government offices, banks, the stock exchange, rail service and ...AZERI FM SAYS KARABAKH CONFLICT GREAT PROBLEM FOR AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with the delegation led by Philippe Lefort, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the Crisis in Georgia.
"Resolution ...RUSSIA TO SPEND ABOUT $12BLN ON GLONASS SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 bln) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-2020, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Kommersant daily.
Glonass is Russia's response to the ...LAST KNOWN SURVIVING VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I DIES AT 110
Florence Green, the last known surviving veteran of World War I died at age 110, The Associated Press reported. Green died Saturday, Feb 4, at the Briar House Care Home in King's Lynn, eastern England, ...MALDIVES INSTALLS NEW PRESIDENT AFTER OUSTING NASHEED
The Maldives, one of the world's most renowned tourist destinations, installed a new president after the man credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean islands resigned, apparently under ...SAMSUNG PLANS TO SELL OVER 25 MILLION "SMART TVS" IN 2012
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday, Feb 8, it plans to sell more than 25 million "smart TVs" this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market eyed by competitors ...EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEAD URGES TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz met with Turkey's chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis.
The role of Turkey in Syria, the visa regime and the prospective for Turkish membership ...SYRIAN PRESIDENT WALKING DOWN "A DEAD-END STREET", ERDOĞAN SAYS
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is walking down "a dead-end street" and will inevitably be held accountable for his actions in suppressing anti-government protests, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...UK FACES "LONE WOLF" TERRORIST THREAT
The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank has warned. According to BBC, the Royal United Services Institute ...CHINESE ARTIST AI WEIWEI TO BUILD PAVILION FOR LONDON OLYMPICS
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is reuniting with the Swiss architects with whom he created Beijing's spectacular Bird's Nest Stadium, to build a pavilion for this year's London Olympics, ...OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA
On February 7, Armenian Foreign Ministry hosted the first meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) working group's program. The main objectives were highlighted and an action plan was drawn up. ...FIFA TO DONATE $250,000 TO FAMILIES OF EGYPT FOOTBALL RIOTS VICTIMS
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed that world football's governing body will donate $250,000 to the families of those people killed in last week's football riots in Egypt, CNN reported.
...3 WORKS FROM ELIZABETH TAYLOR COLLECTION FETCH $21,8MLN AT CHRISTIE'S
The three top works of Impressionist and Modern art from the storied Collection of Elizabeth Taylor fetched a combined £13,787,750 ($21,784,645 /€16,572,876) at Christie's London Tuesday, Feb ...ACTIVISTS: AT LEAST 47 KILLED IN HOMS BOMBARDMENT
Bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs by government forces killed at least 47 civilians over the past eight hours, activists in the city and opposition sources said on Wednesday, February 8.
"Electricity ...EU SETS FORTH NEW PROPOSALS ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT?
The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort met with President of Azerbaijan, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and National Security ...CITIBANK ESTABLISHES RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE BRANCH
Citibank has opened a new branch offering Russian-language services in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach district, known for its large population of Russian-speaking immigrants, the bank said on Wednesday, ...NOKIA TO CUT 4,000 SMARTPHONE PRODUCTION JOBS
Nokia has said up to 4,000 jobs could be cut from its smartphone production plants across the world, as it continues to adapt its market strategy and cut company costs associated with manufacturing, The ...TURKEY'S NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE HEAD SUMMONED AS SUSPECT IN KCK CASE
Istanbul public prosecutor's office called in the chief of Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (MİT), Hakan Fidan, to testify as a suspect in the ongoing case into the Kurdistan Communities ...GERMAN COURT RULES AGAINST EXPANDED "GHETTO PENSIONS"
Recipients of Germany's "Ghetto pensions" will not receive retroactive payments from 1997, a German court decided on Tuesday, Feb 7.
According to The Jerusalem Post, German Social Court ...U.S. DRONE KILLS 9 IN PAKISTAN
U.S. drone-fired missiles hit a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Wednesday, February 8 killing nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said, according to Reuters. ...GERMAN EXPORTS TOP EURO1 TRILLION IN 2011
German exports climbed 11.4 percent last year to top the euro1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) mark for the first time, official figures showed Wednesday, Feb 9, though a decline in December underlined the likelihood ...OSCE MISSION HOLDS REGULAR MONITORING OF CONTACT LINE
On February 8, in accordance with previously achieved agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh ...SWISS LAWYER: BAĞIŞ IS LIKELY TO BE FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME
International law professor at Geneva International Research Institute Eric Wyler answered a question by Haberturk agency regarding Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış' remarks, claiming that ...MICROSOFT EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN HELPED RAISE $100.5MLN IN 2011
Microsoft has announced that its employee giving campaign helped raise $100.5 million last year, donating money to more than 18,000 community organizations in the U.S. and around the world. The figure, ...SCHOLAR: ARMENIANS WANT TO REMEMBER A HISTORY THAT TURKS WANT TO FORGET
Ugur Ümit Üngör is one of a new generation of scholars emerging from Turkey who deal forthrightly with the Armenian Genocide, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator says.
Assistant professor at ...BAĞIŞ URGES BERLIN TO RESOLVE "HISTORIC DISPUTE" BETWEEN FRANCE, TURKEY
Turkish Minister for EU Affairs called on Germany to resolve historic dispute between France and Turkey over the Armenian Genocide.
As Egemen Bağış told Die Welt, German archives must have retained data ...NISSAN REPORTS $1.07 BILLION OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2011 PROFIT
Nissan Motor Co.'s fiscal third quarter profit rose 3.2 percent on healthier sales that offset production damage from flooding in Thailand as well as a battering on earnings from a strong yen.
Yokohama-based ...GAZPROMBANK TO BOOST AREXIMBANK'S CHARTER CAPITAL
In 2012 Gazprombank OAO plans to boost charter capital of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC by USD 10 mln.
The bank's financial development plan stipulates replenishment of its charter capital by USD ...ISRAEL SELECTS IZABO FOR 2012 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Israeli broadcaster IBA announced that Izabo band with the song Time will represent Israel at 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.
According to eurovision.tv, after an internal selection ...TWO ARMENIANS FACE CHARGES OF GIFT CARD INFORMATION THEFT IN GLENDALE
Two Hollywood men face multiple charges of theft after they allegedly bought $100 gift cards at the Target in Glendale using stolen credit card information, officials said.
Arthur Darbinyan, 21, and ...EXPERT: U.S. USES ARMENIA AS PLAYING CARD AGAINST AZERBAIJAN
Armenia is a playing card in the hands of U.S. against Azerbaijan, according to Armenian expert.
Dwelling U.S. Congress representatives' statements on recognition of Armenian pogroms in Baku and Sumgait, ...MARSEILLE MAYOR SKEPTICAL OVER GENOCIDE BILL ADOPTION
Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin expressed skepticism over promotion of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial . As Gaudin told annual coordination meeting of Armenian organizations ...INDIAN MINISTERS QUIT OVER PORN ROW
Three government ministers in the southern Indian state of Karnataka resigned Wednesday, February 8 after they were accused of watching a pornographic video during an assembly session, AP reported.
The ...JAPAN TO FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
Japan will host the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the world football governing body confirmed on Wednesday, Feb 8. Uzbekistan, the original host of the tournament, could not organize the World Cup ...TURKISH JOURNALIST SAYS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A TRUE FACT
Turkish journalist Ergun Babahan recently published an article dedicated to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and freedom of speech in Turkey. The author presented authorities' long-term policy, ...DAVUTOGLU TO MEET CLINTON IN WASHINGTON
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is to fly to Washington Wednesday, February 8 for meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry told dpa. ...14 TERRORISM CONVICTS EXECUTED IN IRAQ
Iraqi authorities Wednesday, February 8 executed 14 people convicted of terrorism and criminal charges, according to Iraqi Alsumaria News website. Justice Ministry spokesman Haider al-Saadi was quoted ...SERBIA UNDER THREAT OF FLOODING AS RIVERS FREEZE
Serbian waterway authorities have ordered emergency measures to break the ice forming on several rivers and avert the threat of flooding, for the first time in nearly three decades, officials said Wednesday, ...AHMADINEJAD DUBS WESTERN DEMOCRACY BIG LIE
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cautioned that the US and certain western countries under the name of democracy have kept hegemony over the world through the so-called international organization, ...TURKISH MINISTER DEEMS SARKOZY ENVIES ERDOGAN
Turkish Economy Minster Zafer Caglayan cited envy for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the reason of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's use of the Armenian cause.
In his statement Caglayan ...UKRAINE'S PARLIAMENT VOTES DOWN TYMOSHENKO RELEASE BILL
Ukraine's Parliament, the Rada, voted down a draft bill on Wednesday, February 8 that would have decriminalized article 365 of the Ukrainian legal code on exceeding authority, under which former Prime ...EX-LEADER MUBARAK APPEARS IN EGYPTIAN COURT
Former Egyptian president Hosny Mubarak appeared in court Wednesday, February 8 after staying away for one hearing because of bad weather, state-run media reported.
Mubarak, 83, showed up in court lying ...DEFENCE MINISTER DENIES CONFLICT WITH ARMENIAN ARMY OFFICIAL
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan refuted rumors regarding his conflict with Armenian armed forces general staff chief, colonel general Yuri Khachaturov.
According to Minister Ohanyan, army reforms ...NHL STAR OWEN NOLAN RETIRES
Owen Nolan officially announced his retirement from the NHL, CBC Sports reported.
Nolan, who turns 40 on Sunday, last played a full season in the league with Minnesota in 2009-10.
After a season in ...CHRISTIANS IN GERMANY BOYCOTT TURKISH FILM
The upcoming Turkish movie "Fetih 1453" (Conquest 1453) has angered Christians in the German city of Cologne, with the Christian association Via Dolorosa boycotting the film.
The association said Turks ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,37 FEB 8
Deals amounting to $200 thous. at an average rate of AMD 389/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Feb 8.The closing price totaled AMD389.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 388,37 on ...VATICAN'S SEX CRIMES PROSECUTOR GIVES WARNING TO BISHOPS
The Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor has warned bishops that they must follow the church's laws and standards on dealing with priests who sexually abuse children or face possible church sanctions ...STANDARD AND POOR'S CUTS SONY RATING
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's lowered rating of Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony less than a week after the company announced woeful results, AFP reported.
S&P dropped ...DEFENSE MINISTER: ARMENIAN ARMY WILL MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY DURING ELECTIONS
Though military personnel like ordinary Armenian citizens may back separate political forces, armed forces must maintain neutrality, according to Armenian Defense Minister.
"We will try to adhere to ...RUSSIAN ANONYMOUS HACK PRO-PUTIN GROUP E-MAIL
The Russian branch of Anonymous has leaked emails that claim Nashi, a Russian youth group, is paying off journalists and bloggers for positive coverage of Vladimir Putin, according to Web Pro News.The ...ANONYMOUS LEAK GERMAN MILITARY'S SECRET FILES
Hackers from the group Anonymous said Wednesday, February 8 they had accessed classified German files and posted them online, revealing details of the country's military operations in Afghanistan, ...DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ARMENIAN ARMY RARELY RESPONDS TO AZERI SHOTS
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan says Armenian armed forces resort to retaliatory measures over ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan in one out of ten cases.
"My order is to open fire only if Azerbaijani ..."OBJECT OF BEAUTY" TO STAR AMY ADAMS
Amy Adams will star in and produce "Object of Beauty". The "Fighter" actress will take the leading role in the adaptation of Steve Martin's novel, which she will produce alongside Trudie Styler and ...DEFENSE MINISTER HAILS ARMENIAN PEACEMAKERS' ACTIVITY
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan links withdrawal of Armenian peacemakers from Kosovo with that of the Greek contingent, which comprised the Armenian military servants.
Minister Ohanyan further ...PUTIN SAYS WORLD FACES GROWING "CULT OF VIOLENCE"
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, February 8 the world faced a growing "cult of violence" and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, ...LAVROV URGES AGAINST INTERFERENCE IN SYRIAN DIALOGUE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, February 8 called on the Arab world, the United States and Europe to refrain from passing judgment on the national dialogue in Syria before it has ...TWO SENIOR POLICE OFFICIALS FIRED IN TURKEY
Istanbul Police Department's intelligence director, Erol Demirhan, and anti-terror department director, Yurt Atayün, were removed from their posts, Hurriyet Daily News reported. An official ..."GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" TOPS $300 MLN IN BOX OFFICE
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" passed two milestones: Sony's movie now has grossed $200 million worldwide and $100 million in North America, TheWrap.com said.
The movie, which had a ...SHOAH FILM DIRECTOR DETAINED AT ISRAELI AIRPORT OVER HARASSMENT COMPLAINT
French filmmaker Calude Lanzmann, director of the landmark Holocaust documentary Shoah, was detained for questioning at Israel's Ben Gurion airport after a complaint was filed against him for sexual ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1806 General Tshitshianov is murdered in Baku.
- 1895 Constantinople's Armenian Patriarch, Matevos Izmirlian, in a letter to Turkey's Minister of Justice, informs him, in detail, of the illegal actions of Turks in the Armenian Provinces, including the murders and deportations of the Armenians.
- 1914 The Great Powers and Turkey sign an Armenian Improvements Project. The Dutch official, Westenenk and the Norwegian envoy, Hoff arrive in Constantinople as observers. Because of the start of the First World War, the agreement remains a dead letter.
- 1915 The Young Turks' "Union and Progress" Committee creates a special Sub-Committee for organizing deportations and genocide of the Armenians in Turkey.
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