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Published on November 02, 2011
EXPERT SAYS PROTOCOLS ONLY CHOICE TO NORMALIZE ARMENIA-TURKEY TIES
- U.S. continues support for Armenia-Turkey rapprochement with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's urge for Ankara to ratify protocols with Yerevan to prove the above, according to a political analyst.
As Sergey Minasyan told a news conference in Yerevan, despite having serious tools to pressure Turkey, the U.S. is unwilling to use them against Ankara to bring about protocols' ratification.
"Though in standstill, Armenia-Turkey ties have only protocols as means to achieve normalization," the expert said, noting protocols to be the most optimal document for the purpose.
Headlines for November 02, 2011
NOKIA WINDOWS PHONE 7.5 SMARTPHONES TO GO ON SALE IN ARMENIA BY YEAREND
Nokia's long awaited Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 will go on sale in Armenia by the end of the year, head of the Nokia Official Representation in Armenia Vazgen Bakhshetsyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
...TURKISH GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES ACCOMMODATION PROJECT FOR QUAKE SURVIVORS
Government agencies have taken over a project, initially launched by a journalist on Twitter, to temporarily accommodate families left homeless by the deadly earthquake in Van in the homes of volunteer ...JAPAN REPORTS NEW TROUBLE AT TSUNAMI-DAMAGED NUKE PLANT
Officials detected a radioactive gas associated with nuclear fission at Japan's tsunami-damaged atomic power plant Wednesday, November 2, indicating there could be a new problem at one of its reactors. ...AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST MARK ARAX TO SPEAK AT ANC GRASSROOTS
The Armenian National Committee - Western Region (ANC-WR) has announced that award-winning journalist and author Mark Arax will deliver the keynote address at ANC Grassroots, on Sunday, November 27.
...TURKEY HOSTS GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
Senior diplomats will gather in Turkey on Wednesday, November 2, for a global conference aimed at mapping out the future of war-torn Afghanistan after Western troops depart. Representatives from 20 countries ...ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG 1-0 SHAKHTAR DONETSK
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Sony Corp. said it would be unprofitable this fiscal year after reporting an unexpected quarterly loss because of the strong yen, flooding in Thailand and waning sales in the U.S. and Europe. The company ...OSCE SEC. GEN. SAYS TURKEY CAN HAVE ROLE IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
The newly elected Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said that Turkey could play an important role in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
Lamberto ...ARMEN GEVORGYAN DIDN'T OFFER RESIGNATION - SPOKESPERSON
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan did not offer resignation and continues performing his duties, Gevorgyan's spokesperson said.
As Zoya Barseghyan ...DAVIT HARUTYUNYAN RUMORED TO BECOME ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
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Almost identical ...KARABAKH, JAVAKHK TO BE HIGHLIGHTED AT ANC-WR EVENT
The Armenian National Committee - Western Region (ANC-WR) has announced that Antranig Kasbarian and Elizabeth Chouldjian will join Robert Avetisyan, the Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh ...ERDOGAN SLAMS GERMANY FOR OPPOSING TURKEY'S EU FULL MEMBERSHIP BID
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European Team Chess Championship kicks off in Porto Carras Grand Resort on November 2.
Armenian men's team, which includes world champions Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian ...DMITRY ROGOZIN: U.S. USES NATO AS COVER IN EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD
NATO's only role in the proposed missile defense shield for Europe is the cover it provides the U.S., according to Russia's NATO envoy.
NATO is the fig leaf for "a missile defense umbrella ...UN SECRETARY GENERAL CONFIDENT CYPRUS ISSUE WILL BE SOLVED BY YEAREND
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Cyprus leaders to move forward to the "endgame of negotiations" over the following two months, calling a new three-way summit for January.
"The sides have ...ARMENIA, IRAN TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY SWAP TO 1,200 MW
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His family had not released the ...IRAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: TEHRAN, MOSCOW CONTINUE MILITARY COOPERATION
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast said that Tehran and Moscow are continuing their military cooperation.
Mehmanparast made the remarks during a press briefing on Tuesday, Nov 1 ...ARMENIAN TEAMS TRAIN FOR WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Armenian women's and men's teams continue training for the World Weightlifting Championships which kicks off in Paris on November 5.
The Armenian delegation will be led by the President of the Weightlifting ...ISRAEL DECIDES TO SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM TO SPITE PALESTINIANS
Palestinian leaders reacted angrily after Israel said it would build 2,000 settler homes and freeze the transfer of Palestinian tax funds to punish them for joining UNESCO.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...RPA HAS ABOUT 30 MEMBERS CAPABLE TO ACT AS SPEAKER, MP SAYS
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has about 30 members, who are capable to act as parliament speaker, according to the head of RPA parliamentary group.
"All chairmen of parliamentary committees ...ISRAEL TEST-FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE
Israel test-fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, November 2, Israel Radio said, amid a heightened public debate over the possibility of an Israeli attack against Iran's nuclear program. "Israel ...RUSSIA'S GAZPROM NEFT RESUMES OIL OPERATIONS IN LIBYA
Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom, has resumed work at its joint venture with Italy's Eni in Libya, Russia's envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov said on Wednesday, November ...CANADA JOINS U.S. IN CUTTING UNESCO FUNDING
Canada is joining the U.S. in cutting off funding for the UN cultural agency UNESCO because it approved a Palestinian bid for full membership, AP reports.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said the ...GALUST SAHAKYAN: RESIGNATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, BUT NOT A PRIORITY
Leader of the Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group commented on rumors on the recent resignations of high-ranking officials.
"Although shift of positions is not ruled out it should not be ...RPA MEMBER: NA SPEAKER'S RESIGNATION UNRELATED TO ABRAHAMYAN-TSARUKYAN TANDEM
The leader of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group denied rumors linking parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's resignation to President Sargsyan's intention to weaken Abrahamyan-Tsarukyan ...ASSANGE LOSES EXTRADITION BATTLE
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, November 2, lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime allegations after judges rejected claims that moves to return him to Scandinavia ...DAVIT HARUTYUNYAN SAYS HE IS DISINTERESTED IN NA SPEAKER POST
The head of Standing Parliamentary Committee for State and Legal Issues, member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) expressed lack of interest in a soon-to-be-vacated parliament speaker's post.
...HOVIK AMRAHAMYAN TO OFFICIALLY RESIGN NOV 14
Armenian National Assembly (RA NA) speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will officially resign his post at November 14 parliamentary sitting, RA NA press service reported.
As reported on November 1, Abrahamyan will ...FRENCH MAGAZINE OFFICES GUTTED AFTER PUTTING PROPHET MOHAMMED IMAGE ON COVER
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Robert Makaryan told a November ...IRAN SAYS ISRAELI ATTACK WILL COME AT HEAVY PRICE
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The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 378,94 ...EXPERT SAYS PROTOCOLS ONLY CHOICE TO NORMALIZE ARMENIA-TURKEY TIES
U.S. continues support for Armenia-Turkey rapprochement with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's urge for Ankara to ratify protocols with Yerevan to prove the above, according to a political analyst.
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However, in a conversation ...PERINCEK V. SWITZERLAND GENOCIDE DENIAL LAWSUIT ONGOING
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