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Headlines for February 10, 2012
PUTIN ELECTION FUND NEARS $13 MILLION
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received over 378 million rubles ($12.7 million) as contributions to his election fund, the Central Election Commission said on Friday, Feb 10.
The document, published ...ARMENIANS IN TURKEY CALL FOR PROTECTION OF SHRINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Malatya Municipality's recent demolition of a Final Prayer chapel at an Armenian cemetery has spurred Turkish Armenians into action about other at-risk sites all around the country, Hürriyet Daily ...RUSSIA OFFERS U.S. TO SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY
Russia proposes that the United States sign a bilateral extradition treaty or join existing international conventions, Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said on Friday, Feb 10.
"The Justice ...OIL PRICES BELOW $100 AMID ENCOURAGING NEWS ON U.S. ECONOMY
Oil prices hovered below $100 a barrel Friday, Feb 10, in Asia as encouraging news about the U.S. economy was tempered by European demands for Greece to make further spending cuts before getting a new ...HOSPITALIZED S. OSSETIAN OPPOSITION LEADER SUSPECTED OF COUP ATTEMPT
South Ossetian opposition leader Alla Dzhioyeva, who suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized during police questioning late on Thursday, is suspected of a 2011 coup attempt, according to the republic's ...LA POLICE AFTER MAN THREATENING TO KILL MADONNA
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week. Robert Hoskins, 54, is ...IRANIAN DISSIDENT CARTOONIST VOWS TO FIGHT REGIME
Iranian dissident cartoonist Mana Neyestani says drawing has been his salvation and a weapon to combat his own personal demons as well as Tehran's hardline Islamist regime. Neyestani's autobiographical ...AKOPIAN TO FACE MELKUMYAN IN AEROFLOT ОPEN ROUND 4
On February 10, Vladimir Akopian will face off against another Armenian representative Hrant Melkumyan in tournament A 4th round of Aeroflot Open Chess Festival 2012, ongoing in Moscow.
With 2 points ...LONDON ANNOUNCED AS VENUE FOR CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT
President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has confirmed holding World Championship Candidates Tournament in London from October 23-November 13.
The line-up for 2013-2014 tournament is as follows: Magnus Carlsen ...ISTANBUL HOSTS VAN GOGH ALIVE EXHIBIT
Van Gogh Alive, an international traveling exhibition that presents the life and work of the 19th-century Dutch artist in a novel perspective, opened in Istanbul on Feb 9. According to Today's Zaman, ...CHRISTIE'S ANNOUNCES THIRD ANNUAL GREEN AUCTION
Christie's International announced the third annual Green Auction: BID to Save the Earth, to be hosted by Christie's at Rockefeller Center on April 11, 2012, just two weeks before Earth Day, Art Daily ...FBI RELEASES FILES OF STEVE JOBS, WHOSE MORALITY "QUESTIONED"
The FBI files of Steve Jobs have been released, showing a man who commanded respect as an innovator but was questioned on his honesty and morality, BBC reports.
The file was prepared on the Apple founder ...CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, FRANK LANGELLA TO STAR IN MUHAMMAD ALI FILM
Christopher Plummer, who could walk away with the first Oscar of his long career in just a few weeks, has closed a deal to star in HBO Films' Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which is being directed by ...AUSTRALIA TAKES 2-0 LEAD OVER CHINA IN DAVIS CUP TIE
Straight sets wins for Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic on Friday, Feb 10, gave Australia a 2-0 lead over China in their best-of-five Davis Cup tie, AFP reported. Veteran two-time grand slam winner Hewitt ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR, LITHUANIAN OFFICIAL DISCUSS COOPERATION
Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Ara Ayvazyan met with Defense Minister Rasa Juknevičienė.
The parties discussed strengthening of cooperation, expressing satisfaction with development of bilateral relations.
...ARMENIA'S ZVARTNOTS AIRPORT CANCELS ALL FLIGHTS
Armenia's Zvartnots International Airport has canceled all flights due to bad weather conditions.
"All takeoffs and landings have been canceled," Nelly Cherchinyan, a spokesperson for the General Department ...OVER 750 THOUS. TOURISTS VISITED ARMENIA IN 2011
Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy said that about 758 thous. tourists visited Armenia in January-December 2011, the figure exceeding that of 2010 by 10.3% (80 thous.).
"2012 will be a remarkable year ...VIDEO GAME SALES DOWN IN JANUARY
Video game sales plummeted in January, in part because few new games were released during the month, USA Today reported. Total sales of games, game systems and accessories dropped 34% for the month, ...ITALY'S MOUNT ETNA BURSTS INTO LIFE
Europe's highest active volcano, Mount Etna sent molten lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air and threw a column of smoke over the Italian island of Sicily.
The eruption caused Catalina airport ...EUROZONE FINANCE MINISTERS GIVE GREECE ULTIMATUM FOR NEW BAILOUT
Eurozone finance ministers put off a decision on a new bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy, giving Athens less than a week to meet three conditions in return for 130 billion euros in aid, AFP reported. ...VIVACELL-MTS OFFERS PHONES ON CREDIT WITHOUT BANK VISIT
In the framework of cooperation with Inecobank, all VivaCell-MTS service centers offer purchasing phones and equipment on credit without a visit to the bank. The deal takes just 10 minutes, necessitating ...ARMENIA HAS HIGHEST INTERNET USAGE INDEX IN CIS
According to InternetWorldStats.com international monitoring company's 2011 report, only 32,7% of world's population has access to the internet, the number totaling 2,267,233,742 over the past year.
...CAR HITS A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN ZURICH
Swiss police say a car hit a group of people standing outside a Zurich bar, killing at least one person and injuring five others, The Associated Press said. Zurich city police spokeswoman Judith Hoedl ...SHIRAK AIRPORT IN ARMENIA CLOSES AMID HEAVY SNOWFALL
Shirak airport in Armenia's city of Gyumri has been closed amid heavy snowfall.
As Nelly Cherchinyan, a spokesperson for the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia (GDCA), told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...ARMENIANS IN TURKEY CALL FOR PROTECTION OF SHRINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Malatya Municipality's recent demolition of a Final Prayer chapel at an Armenian cemetery has spurred Turkish Armenians into action about other at-risk sites all around the country, Hürriyet Daily ...VIENNA TO HOST UEFA FOOTBALL DOCTOR PROGRAM
The UEFA Football Doctor Education program kicks off in Vienna later this month, with the European national associations set to share crucial football medical expertise.
UEFA's crucial cooperation ...ARMENIAN-BORN EMMY AWARD WINNER ANDREA MARTIN TO PERFORM IN COSTA MESA
Emmy and Tony award-winning comedienne Andrea Martin, who is Armenian, performs her new one-woman comedy show Final Days! Everything Must Go! at the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts in Costa ...TURKISH FM, U.S. CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS SITUATION IN S. CAUCASUS
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Washington with s number of U.S. Congressmen to discuss regional issues, including the situation in the South Caucasus, Iran's nuclear program and American-Turkish ...GOOGLE TESTS WIRELESS HOME NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE
Google Inc., the world's largest Internet-search company, is developing an entertainment device that will rely on wireless home networks, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.
...EXPLOSIONS HIT SYRIA'S ALEPPO
Two explosions targeted security compounds in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, Feb 10, state media said, causing an unspecified number of casualties in a major city seen as key to President ...ANC-WR PROTESTS GENOCIDE DENIER INVITATION TO CA DEMOCRATIC PARTY GATHERING
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region issued an open letter to the California Democratic Party on Thursday, Feb 10, protesting the Progressive Caucus for inviting Armenian Genocide ...ANONYMOUS LAUNCHES "CRUSADE" AGAINST ISRAEL?
Israel's escalating battle with pro-Palestinian hackers is about to get much more serious as prominent international "hacktivist" group Anonymous enters the fray on the side of Israel's ...RPA, ORINATS YERKIR AND HERITAGE JOIN EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Orinats Yerkir and Heritage opposition party have become members of European People's Party (EPP). The decision was taken at EPP convention in Brussels.
Following ...RUSSIA'S EX-FINANCE MINISTER PREDICTS 2-3 MORE YEARS OF EUROZONE CRISIS
The European Union will continue to grapple with a debt crisis for the next two or three years, Russia's former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday, Feb 10. According to RIA Novosti, responding ...LEBANON MASSES TROOPS ALONG SYRIA BORDER
The Lebanese army late Thursday, February 9 reinforced its presence in the northern region of Wadi Khaled, which borders Syria and is close to the flashpoint province of Homs, officials and local residents ...PAUL MCCARTNEY'S STAR ADDED TO WALK OF FAME
A little piece of Beatlemania came to Hollywood on Thursday, Feb 9, Paul McCartney was honored with a walk on Tinseltown's storied Walk of Fame, watched by hundreds of screaming and jostling fans.
Police ...ATTEMPT ON POPE BENEDICT XVI'S LIFE PLANNED?
Almost all Italian online media are in a frenzy about a letter to be revealed in one of Italy's largest national dailies, Il Fatto Quotidiano.The document, written in German, discloses a plan of attempting ...EXPERT: TURKEY WILL USE U.S.-IRAN WAR TO RESOLVE GENOCIDE ISSUE
Armenian expert says in case of U.S.-Iran war, Turkey may become a mediator, trying to resolve its problems including the Armenian Genocide issue.
Ruben Safrastyan further stressed the need for Armenia ...EXERT SAYS U.S. WILL USE AZERBAIJAN'S TERRITORY IN CASE OF WAR WITH IRAN
U.S. is sure to use Azerbaijan's territory to launch possible military operation against Iran, according to Director of RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies.
"Through cooperation with the U.S., Azerbaijan ...IRANIAN DIPLOMAT WELCOMES PEACE EFFORTS IN SYRIA
A top Iranian diplomat hails as "useful" a possible joint UN-Arab League (AL) observer mission in Syria, saying Iran welcomes any effort aimed at restoring peace and stability in the Arab country. Iran ...BAKU ALLOCATES USD 63 MLN FOR 2012 EUROVISION
Azerbaijan will allocate AZN 50 mln ($63 mln) from state budget for organization of 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
The distribution of the fund aimed at holding of international events in Azerbaijan was ...CHINA TO SEND ENVOY TO IRAN FOR NUCLEAR TALKS
China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday, February 10 it will send a senior official to Iran for talks on the country's nuclear program, which has spurred tensions between Tehran and the West and ...EUROPEAN UNION SEEKS INDIA HELP ON IRAN
The European Union has asked India to use its leverage to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday, February 10, as Asia's ...TELSA UNVEILS MODEL X WITH FALCON-WING DOORS
The highlight of the Model X introduction, Tesla's SUV, was not the electric power train, but what the company calls the falcon-wing doors, CNET reported. The manufacturer being Tesla, it was a given ...UGANDA GOVT DENIES BACKING ANTI-GAY BILL
Uganda's Government does not support a politician's decision to reintroduce a bill that originally proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts, it has said in responding to renewed criticism ...YEMEN'S SALEH TO LEAVE U.S. FEB 18
Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to leave the United States for an unknown destination on February 18, news website Mareb Press reported Friday, February 10 citing a Yemeni official ...MORE NON-MUSLIM FOUNDATIONS IN TURKEY ASK TO RETURN THEIR PROPERTIES
A number of non-Muslim foundations have applied to the General Directorate of Foundations (VGM) to ask for the return of their immovable properties following a government move to allow properties confiscated ...MALAYSIAN POLICE DETAIN SAUDI WRITER OVER PROPHET MOHAMMAD TWEETS
Malaysian police have arrested a Saudi Arabian columnist who fled his country after making comments on Twitter deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, prompting a surge of online outrage and calls for ...25 KILLED, 175 WOUNDED IN SYRIA'S ALEPPO BLASTS
Syria's state-run TV says two explosions have hit the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 25 people and wounding 175, AP reported.
The blasts were the first in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, ...SOMALI PIRATES TAKE 21 FILIPINO SAILORS HOSTAGE
Twenty-one Filipino sailors on board a ship off the coast of Yemen have been taken hostage by Somali pirates, Australia Network News reported.
Philippines officials are working with authorities in Bahrain ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,69 FEB 10
The market average rate of USD on February 10 totaled AMD 388,69 decreasing by 0.02 point compared to February 9.
Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 515,44 decreasing by 0.46 point, and the exchange rate ...MOUNT LOKON VOLCANO IN INDONESIA ERUPTS
Mount Lokon volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island erupted early Friday, February 10 with a loud explosion and spewing ash 2 kilometres up in the sky, state news agency Antara reported.
The 1,578-metre ...WASHINGTON POLICY ON GENOCIDE UNDERMINES U.S. MORALS - JOURNALIST
American journalist Tasbeeh Herwees published an article revealing U.S. authorities' position on the Armenian Genocide recognition.
The article titled "Controversy Over Armenian Genocide Puts U.S. On ...ARMENIAN EXPERT: CHINA WON'T JOIN SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
Armenian expert believes China isn't among the countries that West can exert pressure on.
"Through its policy line, China is trying to file pressure on Iran to secure cheap oil in future," Rudik Yaralyan ...EXILED SYRIANS IN GERMANY URGE BAN OF DEPORTATIONS
Members of the Syrian opposition living in exile in Germany called Friday, February 10 for a nationwide ban on the deportation of Syrian refugees, Europe Online reported citing DPA. The opponents of ...LEVON MINASIAN'S THE PIANO TO BE SCREENED AT DISABILITY FILM FESTIVAL
Picture This, an international disability film festival showcases films about disability and films that were produced, directed or written by people with disabilities will kick off on Feb 13 under the ...ARMENIAN MPS TO OBSERVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA
Armenian National Assembly members, NA vice-speaker Eduard Sharmazanov and RPA member Gagik Melikyan will depart for Moscow as observers at Russian presidential elections to be held on March 4, 2012.
...SWITZERLAND RELEASES $3.3 MLN FOR ASSAD'S COUSIN
A cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has won a legal bid to unfreeze SFr3 million ($3.3 million) held in bank accounts in Switzerland, swissinfo.ch reported. The Federal Criminal Court said ...INDIA TEST-FIRES MISSILE INTERCEPTOR
Validating Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) capability, India successfully launched an interceptor missile to destroy an incoming target missile in a direct hit at an altitude of 15 km over the Bay of ...GAZPROM MAY PARTICIPATE IN CYPRUS SHELF TENDER
Russian gas giant Gazprom may participate in a tender to develop hydrocarbons on the southern shelf of Cyprus this spring, Georgiy Petrov, vice-president of Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ...RUSSIAN OFFICER GETS 13 YRS IN JAIL OVER SPYING FOR CIA
A Russian security agency says a Russian military officer has been convicted of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced to 13 years in prison, AP reported.
The Federal Security Service, the ...GERMANY REFUSES TO SIGN ACTA AMID PROTESTS
Germany will not sign an international anti-piracy treaty, despite having already agreed to it in principal, government sources in Berlin said Friday, February 10.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ...VATICAN DISMISSES POPE MURDER CLAIM AS "UNBELIEVABLE"
The Vatican on Friday dismissed as "unbelievable" an Italian newspaper report citing a confidential Vatican document warning of a plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI, M&C reported citing DPA.
In a front-page ...BRAZILIAN POLICE GO ON STRIKE AHEAD OF CARNIVAL
Brazilian police went on strike in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, February 10 risking a surge in crime just days before the beach city's famed carnival celebrations, Reuters reported.
Salvador, Brazil's ...
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- 1828 Signature of the agreement proposed by the Persian Monarch. It was concluded at Turkmenchay. According to this agreement, the Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828 was terminated. Yerevan and Nakhijevan, as well as the whole of Transcaucasia, were joined to Russia.
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