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Headlines for November 09, 2011
RUSSIA'S PROBE TO MARS MOON FAILS
A robotic spacecraft to the Mars moon Phobos launched early on Wednesday, November 9, has failed to reach a flying orbit after separation from the launch vehicle, the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency ...2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA ™ APPROVED AS OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT NAME
FIFA has approved the official Russian-language name for the world's favourite football tournament.The tournament has been given its own designation and will be called 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. ...IMF CHIEF DISCUSSES CHINA'S POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO EUROZONE BAILOUT FUND
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, November 9, warned the world was at risk of plunging into "uncertainty and financial instability" and urged Asian economies ...5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS EASTERN TURKEY
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey early Wednesday, November 9.
According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, the epicenter was 34 km northwest of Van with a depth of 9.40 ...IRAN UNDER FRESH SCRUTINY AFTER IAEA REPORT
Iran was under fresh scrutiny Wednesday, November 9, after the UN atomic watchdog released reams of what it called "credible" intelligence suggesting Tehran had worked on developing nuclear ...KURDISH PROTESTERS, POLICE CLASH IN TURKEY
Clashes between Kurdish protesters and police officers entered their second day on November 8 in the eastern Turkish province of Hakkari following a recent escalation of violence between security forces ...U.S. TO DISCUSS IAEA REPORT ON IRAN NOV 18
The U.S. administration reacted cautiously to the report on Iran's nuclear program issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"I'm definitely going to tell you we need time to study ...BILL CLINTON SAYS U.S. PRESIDENTS SHOULD SERVE 3 TERMS
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he thinks that in the future, presidents should be able to serve a third, non-consecutive term as president - though he emphasizes that he doesn't think that ...HSBC BANK ARMENIA REMAINS LARGEST TAXPAYER IN ARMENIAN BANKING SYSTEM
HSBC Bank Armenia continues to maintain its leading position as the largest taxpayer in Armenian banking sector.
According to the results of the first three quarters of 2011, the bank ranks 17th on the ...ARMENIA DEFEATS GREECE AT EUROPEAN CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Armenian women's team defeated Greece in the 6th round of European Chess Team Championship.
Lilit Mkrtchyan and Nelly Aginian scored victories while Elina Danielian and Lilit Galoyan played in a draw.
...SAMVEL GRIGORYAN FINISHES 11TH AT WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Armenian -69 kg weightlifters were the fist to perform at 2011 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and 2012 Olympic Qualification Event in Paris.
As a result, Armenia's ...ARMENIA MAY BENEFIT FROM NORWEGIAN EXPERTISE IN HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING
On November 9, Norwegian Norsk Energi company with local parter Hydroenergetica presented a three-year program in Yerevan on small hydropower sector with a purpose of providing consultation regarding ...ARMENIA CLIMBS 4TH IN EUROPEAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Armenia men's quad beat Spain 2,5:1,5 in the 6th round of Porto Carras-hosted European Team Chess Championships.
With Levon Aronian- Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian- Ivan Lopez Salgado, ...YAHOO, MICROSOFT, AOL SET UP ADVERTISING PARTNERSHIP
Yahoo Inc, Microsoft Corp and AOL Inc have set up an advertising partnership as Google and Facebook's online ad dominance grows. According to Reuters, the alliance, announced on Tuesday, November ...FIFA SAYS BRAZIL MUST HURRY UP TO PASS 2014 WORLD CUP LAWS
Brazil must hurry up and pass a package of new laws if the 2014 World Cup is to go ahead, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told the country's Congress on Tuesday, November 8, adding there was ...EXPERT: JAVAKHK PROBLEMS SHOULD BE TREATED CAUTIOUSLY
A program coordinator at Yerkir Union of NGOs for Repatriation and Settlement believes a clear concept should be developed to present the problems of Javakhk Armenians to Georgian authorities.
At news ...TOM MOORADIAN PRESENTS LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
The Armenian History Lecture Series at University of California, Irvine continued last week with a lecture by author Tom Mooradian, Asbarez reported. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Mooradian's biography ...HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT SAYS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE
Hungary's position on Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains unchanged, Hungarian President stated during his visit to Azerbaijan.
"As was stressed in the course of recent consultations, it's ...LEONARDO ALISHAN'S LITERARY WORK TO BE CELEBRATED IN GLENDALE
The Glendale Public Library will celebrate Leonardo Alishan's literary work at the Glendale Public Library Auditorium on Sunday, November 20, Asbarez reported.
Leonardo "Nardo" Paul Alishan was a former ...NORWAY STANDS FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT - MINISTER
Norway stands for peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Norwegian Foreign Minister said.
"Norway and Azerbaijan have good relations due to implementation of joint gas projects. However, ...U.S. APPEALS COURT TO REVISE CALIFORNIA LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday, November 7, took up the thorny issue of whether California law recognizing the Armenian Genocide in Turkey conflicts with U.S. foreign policy, AP reported.
A full ...AMERIABANK CJSC HOLDS SEMINARS FOR POTENTIAL CLIENTS
As the bank press service reports, on event sidelines business community familiarized with the new services offered by the bank, financial tools of the largest countries in North America and Europe, investment ...UEFA UNVEILS RESPECT CAMPAIGN FOR EURO 2012
At UEFA EURO 2012, away from the action on the field, where the stars and teams make the headlines, UEFA's RESPECT campaign will be tackling some of Europe's key social issues aiming to raise ...NALBANDIAN: ARMENIA WELCOMES STRENGTHENING TIES WITH NORWAY
Armenia welcomes strengthening ties with Norway, with the agreement on bilateral political consultations to contribute to further cooperation, Armenian Foreign Minister stated.
Edward Nalbandian told ...OBAMA, MEDVEDEV TO HOLD A MEETING IN HONOLULU
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Honolulu, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich ...HSBC REPORTS 66% 3Q NET PROFIT JUMP
HSBC has reported a 66 percent jump in third-quarter net profit despite a drop in earnings from its global banking and markets division.
For the three months ending Sept. 30, HSBC said Wednesday, November ...JAVAKHK ISSUES WON'T BE SOLVED AT GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL - PUBLIC FIGURE
Armenia made a mistake, allowing to shift discussion of Javakhk Armenians' issues into the realm of Armenia-Georgia intergovernmental relations, according to a program coordinator at Yerkir Union of NGOs ...FRANCE CAN PUSH UNPRECEDENTED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
France said on Wednesday, November 9, it wanted to convene the UN Security Council and could push for unprecedented sanctions against Iran after a UN nuclear watchdog report said Tehran had worked to ...TBILISI PERCEIVES ARMENIA AS TRADITIONAL REGIONAL ALLY - EXPERT
Deputy Director of Caucasus Institute believes political forces of Tbilisi to perceive Armenia as a traditional regional ally, despite certain anti-Armenian moods in Georgian society.
"Also, political ...PKK HACKERS ATTACK TURKISH FINANCE MINISTRY'S WEBSITE
The Turkish Ministry of Finance has said their official website was hacked late on November 8 night by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for "purposes of dirty propaganda."
...GAZPROM POSTS $25 BILLION FIRST HALF NET PROFIT
Russia's state-controlled gas export monopoly Gazprom posted a 56 percent year-on-year growth in first half net profit to 771.669 billion rubles ($25 billion) to IFRS, according to RIA Novosti..
...ARMENIAN INTERAGENCY COMMISSION SOLVES ONLINE TRADE PROBLEMS
On November 9, Erebuni Plaza Business Center hosted round table discussion on legal regulation of online trade issues in Armenia.
Interagency commission formed by the decree of Armenian Prime Minister ...2012 STATE BUDGET DEFICIT TO BE AMD 12 BLN LESS AGAINST 2011
The 2012 draft state budget envisages deficit of 3.1%, which is AMD 12 bln less than in 2011.
"Finally national budget gap reached the level of 3% that poses no threat to macroeconomic stability," chairman ...HSBC DELAYS DECISION ON LEAVING UK
HSBC has delayed a decision on whether to move its headquarters out of the UK, saying it does not yet know how the government intends to fully implement the recommendations of the Independent Commission ...UITE, ORANGE ARMENIA LAUNCH 2ND OPEN GAME DEVELOPMENT CONTEST
Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) and Orange Armenia announced the launch of the 2nd Open Game Development Contest.
The contest aims at promotion of the development of computer games ...2012 ENVISAGES 10% DECREASE IN CONSTRUCTION SHARE AGAINST 2008
Chairman of standing committee on financial-credit and budgetary affairs favors decrease in construction share in Armenia's GDP structure.
Gagik Minasyan noted that 2012 GDP structure envisages 10% decrease ...ARONIAN TO FACE BACROT AT EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 7
Armenia will face off against France in the 7th round of Porto Carras-hosted European Team Chess Championships.
The board pairings were announced as follows: Levon Aronian- Etienne Bacrot, Sergei Movsesian- ...AHMADINEJAD SAYS IAEA REPORT DICTATED BY U.S.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the International Atomic Energy Agency for working under the yoke of the world arrogant powers, and said Washington is playing with the IAEA card against ...APPLE CO-FOUNDER TO CHECK-IN IN YEREVAN
On November 10, Apple co-founder Stephen Wozniak will arrive in Yerevan on a 2-day visit on the invitation of Presidential IT Awards Committee.
In Armenian capital, Wozniak will be granted Serzh Sargsyan's ...JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA READY TO EXPAND BILATERAL TIES
The officials stressed that Armenian-Japanese ties possess great potential and have developed dynamically for the past years. "Armenia will take every effort to expand and strengthen mutually beneficial ...CITY BLOCK-SIZED ASTEROID MARKS CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH
An asteroid the size of a city block zoomed inside the moon's orbit on Tuesday, November 8, in a rare flyby that marked the closest approach to Earth by such a big space rock in 35 years.
The asteroid ...CZECHIA SQUAD U-21 SQUAD TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA NOV 9
Czech Republic U-21 squad is holding a team practice session in preparation for the oncoming EURO 2013 Group 3 qualifier vs. hosting Armenia. The head coach of Czechia squad Jakub Dovalil noted the Yerevan-hosted ...FRIDTJOF NANSEN STAMP PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ARMENIA
A stamp, dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen was put into circulation November 9.
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Norway, ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 383,91 NOV 9
Deals amounting to $2,15 mln. at an average rate of AMD 384,05 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Nov 9. The closing price totaled AMD 384.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 383,91 ...MP SAYS BUDGET-STIPULATED INFLATION RATE FEASIBLE
The chairman of parliamentary committee for financial-credit and budgetary affairs believes stage budget-stipulated inflation rate of 4% (±1,5%) is achievable.
According to Gagik Minasyan, "major ...ERVAND ABRAHAMIAN'S BOOK ON IRANIAN HISTORY RELEASED
"A History of Modern Iran", a book by Ervand Abrahamian, has been released in Iran.
In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Abrahamian traces its journey across the twentieth century, ...ANC LEADER, NORWEGIAN FM DISCUSS ARMENIA'S PROBLEMS
Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc leader Levon Ter-Petrossian met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
As ANC press service reports, political situation in Armenia, internal ...LITHUANIA READY TO HELP ARMENIA ESTABLISH PARTNER RELATIONS WITH EU
A newly-appointed Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Ara Ayvazyan submitted his credentials to Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite.
At the meeting, the President characterized the opening of a diplomatic ...MINISTER: NANSEN SAVED ARMENIANS' BELIEF TOWARDS FUTURE
The unveiling of a statue of Fridtjof Nansen, one of the greatest friends of the Armenian people, took place in the center of Yerevan on November 9.
"This statue adds to the several schools, streets, ...ANELIK BANK CHAIRMAN: 2012 WILL SEE NO DRASTIC CHANGES
Armenian economy will face new challenges, Chairman of the Board of Anelik Bank noted.
Samvel Chzmachian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the new wave of the crisis will to certain extent affect ...ARMENIA WINS 4 MEDALS AT EUROPEAN JUNIOR TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP
Armenian Aiki Kendo Karate squad gained 4 medals at European Junior Taekwondo Championship. Andranik Yakhszyan and Edvin Avagyan gained gold in U-15 and U-13 tournaments, while Smbat Siravyan won U-11 ...UK CONSIDERS HOW TO RAISE PRESSURE ON IRAN
Britain is considering with its international allies how to raise pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday, November 9.
"Iran needs to ...ZVARTNOTS AIRPORT SERVICES OVER 1,35 IN JAN-OCT 2011
The number of passengers at Zvartnots Airport in January-October 2011 totaled 1 350 019 against 1 356 989 during the same period in 2010.
According to the Central Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, ...ARONIAN, BACROT TIE GAME AT EUROPEAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Armenia is playing against France in the ongoing 7th round of European Team Chess Championships.Armenia's Levon Aronian, playing with black pieces, shared points with Etienne Bacrot.
Sergei Movsesian- ...U.S. AMBASSADOR READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA
Armenian Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan met with a delegation led by the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern.
At the meeting, the Minister briefed the Ambassador on implementation of governmental ...SOROS: EUROZONE DISSOLUTION FRAUGHT WITH DIRE CONSEQUENCES
A possible dissolution of the eurozone could have consequences graver than those of the Great Depression, according to renowned financier George Soros.
Tuesday the billionaire was on a visit to the European ...NORWEGIAN FM COMMEMORATES GENOCIDE VICTIMS
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to commemorate the victims of Armenian Genocide.
The FM was further taken on a tour over Armenian Genocide Museum, leaving ...VIVACELL-MTS CONTRIBUTES TO INFANT MORTALITY REDUCTION
On November 9, VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian and BirthLink NGO Director Kathy Mellor visited neonatal departments in Maralik and Artik hospitals.
As VivaCell-MTS press service reported, ...NEW QUAKE HITS TURKEY, 7 DEAD
Rescue workers have pulled out 23 survivors from the rubble of three buildings, collapsed by an earthquake in eastern Turkey, the country's disaster management authority said Thursday, November 10.
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Tre was the 4th month in the old Armenian calendar (November 8 to December 8). It is connected with Tyr's name - the pagan Armenian god of culture and literature.
- 1841 The commoners of Constantinople demonstrate against the Patriarch and the gentry.
- 1901 Death of the Mkhitarist Congregation member Ghevond Alishan (armenologist) in Venice. He was born in 1820.
- 1906 The Tsar emancipates the serfs of European Russia.
- 1957 Death of Martiros of Garni. He was a fighter and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party.
- 1962 The artificial silk - thread mill of Kirovakan (Vanadzor) starts production.
- 1999 The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers agrees to accept Armenia as a full member of the Council of Europe.
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