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Headlines for December 14, 2011
CHILDREN USING KINDERWALL TERMINALS MOSTLY VISIT ARMENIAN-LANGUAGE WEBSITES
Gorayq village of Syunik province hosted Kinderwall experimental project aimed to increase children's computer awareness in June, 2011.
In the framework of the project two computer terminals were installed ...RUSSIAN EX-FINANCE MINISTER: SECOND WAVE OF CRISIS ALREADY STARTED
Russia's former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said Tuesday, December 13, he sees the beginning of the second wave of economic crises in the world, which may in turn cause a drop in oil prices, and ...ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S DIAMOND RING SOLD FOR $8,8MLN
A 33.19-carat diamond ring given to Elizabeth Taylor by actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice, sold for $8,818,500 at an auction of gems, fabulous clothes, accessories and memorabilia amassed by ...U.S. HOUSE ADOPTS RESOLUTION URGING TURKEY TO RETURN CHRISTIAN PROPERTIES
The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a landmark religious freedom measure, H.Res.306, calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church properties it stole through genocide, and to end its repression ...ATTACK IN BELGIUM: 4 DEAD, 122 WOUNDED
A man armed with grenades and an assault rifle attacked holiday shoppers Tuesday at a central square in the Belgian city of Liege. Five people died, including the attacker, and 122 others were wounded, ...FRENCH PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL DEC 22
The French National Assembly is set to vote on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial on December 22.
On December 7, the Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly has passed the bill ...SWITZERLAND CHARGES THREE OF SELLING NUCLEAR SECRETS TO N. KOREA, IRAN, LIBYA
Switzerland has charged a father and two sons with involvement in the smuggling ring of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's atom bomb who sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya, prosecutors ...CATHERINE ASHTON: EU INTERESTED IN FORMATION OF EURASIAN UNION
The European Union is interested in the idea of formation of Eurasian Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said.
Baroness Catherine ...U.S. DENIES IRAN'S CLAIM OF DOWNING DRONE
A key U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday, December 13, denied Iran's claims of having brought down a U.S. drone, saying 'technical' problems pulled the state-of-the-art unmanned aircraft from the sky ...RONALDO, ZIDANE & FRIENDS BEAT HAMBURG XI IN MATCH AGAINST POVERTY
The Imtech Arena played host to the ninth annual UN Match Against Poverty between a Hamburg XI and a Ronaldo, Zidane & Friends XI that may well have been one of the best teams ever put together in ...TURKEY URGES IRAN TO EXPLAIN THREATS
Turkey has demanded an explanation from Iran for its threatening remarks by Iranian officials but Iran says statements represent only personal views of officials and that they are not Iran's official ...TWO AFRICAN STREET VENDORS KILLED IN FLORENCE
An Italian gunman with fascist sympathies went on a rampage in Florence on Tuesday, December 13, killing two African street vendors and wounding three others in broad day light before shooting himself ...DEFENSE MINISTRY TO SECURE RETURN OF REMAINING ARMENIAN HOSTAGES IN 2012
On December 13, Armenian Defense Ministry hosted the resulting meeting of the Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People, chaired by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.
The outcomes ...CALDERA ISSUES UPDATE ON CLAIM AGAINST GLOBAL GOLD CORPORATION
Caldera Resources Inc. (the "Company") provided the following update on the current arbitration claim it filed against Global Gold Corporation ("GBGD") for unilaterally terminating ...TURKEY'S OPPOSITION URGES AUTHORITIES TO DROP ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
Leader of the National Movement (MHP) Turkish opposition party, Devlet Bahceli calls on authorities to refuse considering protocols envisaging normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. Bahceli further ...ARMENIAN OFFICER MURDERER MAY BE EXTRADITED TO AZERBAIJAN?
Baku doesn't give up attempts to extradite the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan to Azerbaijan.
"Extradition of Ramil Safarov is possible if Azerbaijan and Hungary achieve a relevant agreement," ...MICHEL PLATINI: UKRAINE 95% READY FOR EURO 2012
When European soccer chief Michel Platini announced four years ago that Ukraine and Poland would host the European football championship in 2012, many were surprised that the prize hadn't gone to ...U.S. IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN MILITARY
The United States hit two senior Iranian military officials with travel and financial sanctions Tuesday, December 13, and moved closer to a compromise with Congress over tough new sanctions against Iran's ...APPLE FOUNDING CONTRACT AUCTIONED FOR $1.6MLN
The original contract from 1976 that Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne signed to formally found the Apple Computer Company was sold at auction for more than ten times its estimated value. According ...HONG KONG MOST DEVELOPED FINANCIAL MARKET IN THE WORLD
Hong Kong is the world's most developed financial market, according to a World Economic Forum report, overtaking the U.S. and the UK for the first time. The U.S. slipped to second place, as financial ...SYRIAN FORCES START MASS ATTACKS AGAINST ARMY DEFECTORS
Syrian forces have started Tuesday, Dec 13 mass attacks against army defectors and pro-democracy activists in the restive provinces of Homs and Idlib, an army defector by the name of Ahmed Khalaf stated. ...RUSSIA, EU FACILITATING VISA REGIME
Russia and the European Union have reached preliminary agreements on further facilitation of visa regulations, Russia's EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov said. "We have reached consent and a relevant draft ...TALKS ON FREE TRADE ZONE CREATION TO LAUNCH SOON
EU-Armenia talks regarding free trade zone creation will be launched in the near future, the head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia said.
At EU-Armenia meeting, Traian Hristea confirmed EU ...ARMENIA-NKR DEFENSE COOPERATION TO PRESERVE REGIONAL STABILITY
On December 14, Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan met with Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan to discuss cooperation in defense sector.
At the meeting, the parties noted Artsakh-Armenia military ...TURKEY MULLS FIXING PRESIDENT'S TERM AT 7 YEARS
In a move to end discussions over the length of President Abdullah Gül's mandate, the ruling party proposed legal action to fix the current president's term in office at seven years. "The president ...TURKEY ABOLISHES TAX CUTS FOR SYRIA-IMPORTED GOODS
A Cabinet decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday, Dec 14 stipulates that Turkey will no longer grant tax cuts on industrial goods imported from Syria, on which it has recently imposed a ...GOOGLE DONATES $11.5MLN TO COMBAT SLAVERY
Tech giant Google announced Wednesday, December 14, it is donating $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end the modern-day slavery of some 27 million people around the world.
In what is believed ...AGMI DIRECTOR RULES OUT ARMENIAN OFFICER'S KILLER EXTRADITION
Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute (AGMI) Hayk Demoyan does not consider Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov's extradition feasible.
In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, ...4 U.S. STATES JOIN CA IN SUPPORTING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE INSURANCE LAW
In an unprecedented move, California Attorney General Kamala Harris was joined by her counterparts from Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada and Rhode Island, supporting the constitutionality of California's ...IRAN TO MOVE URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANTS TO SAFER SITES
Iran will move its uranium enrichment plants to safer sites if conditions make this necessary, Reuters reports citing Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency. "If conditions require, we will move ...RUSSIAN DUMA SPEAKER RESIGNS
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, Boris Gryzlov, resigned his post on Wednesday, December 14. "Today I made a decision to give up my mandate," Gryzlov, an ultra-loyal supporter of Prime ...RUSSIAN BOOK HOUSE TO OPEN IN ARTASHAT
By CIS Youth Union board council decision, another Russian Book House will soon be opened in Armenian town Artashat (Ararat region). A two storey building with total area of 330 square meters has already ...MIDDLE EAST LARGEST SHIPMENT OF COCAINE SEIZED IN DUBAI
Dubai police seized 93 kilograms of cocaine coming from Brazil with a street value of 140 million dirhams ($52.3 million), local media said Wednesday, December 14. The UAE daily Al-Bayan cited police ...HAY DAT DEMANDS FRENCH FM'S EXPLANATIONS AS TO FASSIER STATEMENT
Hay Dat French Bureau addressed a letter to French Foreign Ministry requesting a meeting with the FM Alain Juppe.
"With OSCE MG co-chair Bernard Fassier as a Foreign Ministry employee, we though it appropriate ...VLADIMIR DOROKHIN: RUSSIA MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ACHIEVE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Russia, as an OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, is making every effort at mediation and believes in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin said on ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE EDUCATION WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The Armenian Genocide Education website designed to assist Australian history studies teachers and their students to respectively teach and learn about the Armenian Genocide, was launched at the ANC Australia ...EUROPEAN COMMISSION DONATES $5.3MLN TO HELP PRESERVE AUSCHWITZ
Authorities at the Auschwitz memorial say that the European Commission has donated euro 4 million ($5.3 million) to help preserve the site of the World War II Nazi death camp. According to AP, authorities ...HRAIR SIMONIAN COMES 3RD AT FIRST SATURDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT
Grandmaster Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian scored 3 points after Brazil Chess Championship round 4, falling only half a point behind the tournament leader Rafael Leitao. Grandmaster Hrair Simonian scored 5,5 ...MALICIOUS APPS NUMBER DOUBLES IN SIX MONTHS
The number of malicious apps mobile security firm Lookout has identified in less than six months has doubled to 1,000, according to a report from Lookout.
The vast majority of those dubious apps are ...VIVACELL-MTS INTRODUCES NEW MTS TOUCH 551 PHONE
VivaCell-MTS has introduces MTS Touch 551 - a new mobile phone equipped with 2.8" touch screen, a 1.3 MP photo camera, Bluetooth, MP3 player, FM radio and MicroSD card. The price is AMD 47000.
Besides, ...GÜL APPROVES LAWS ON ARMY EXEMPTION, MATCH-FIXING JAIL TERMS REDUCTION
Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Wednesday, December 14, approved a law on reducing jail terms for match-fixers, and another law that enables draftees to be exempted from military service by paying ...HSBC ARMENIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM INVOLVES TEENAGERS
Environmental protection program involving Armenian teenagers was initiated though financial support of HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC and participation of WWF Armenia, Armenian Women for Health and Healthy ...NO FAIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN ARMENIA TO BE EXPECTED - EXPERT
Oncoming parliamentary election in Armenia will be as rigged as ever, according to a governance expert. As Harutyun Mesrobyan told a news conference in Yerevan, "in our country, the form and substance ...POLAD BULBULOGLU: DESPITE BAKU PROTESTS, WE'LL CONTINUE VISITS TO KARABAKH
Before being appointed an ambassador, I thought Karabakh conflict could only be solved in a military way, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia said.
"All are aware of Karabakh problem, one must not forget ...KARVACHAR -ARMENIA ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
Road linking Karvachar (former Kelbajar) with Armenia is currently being constructed in Artsakh, head of the Central Information Department at NKR President's Office said.
According to David Babayan, ...HERITAGE: 2011 IS THE YEAR OF LOST OPPORTUNITIES
Heritage opposition party's spokesman named 2011 as the year of lost opportunities to either coalition or opposition.
As Hovsep Khurshudyan noted, summing up political outcomes of 2011, "the opposition ...ARMENIANS PLAN TO SPEND AVERAGE AMD 20-30 THOUSAND ON NEW YEAR GIFTS
This year Armenians plan to spend average AMD 20-30 thousand ($80) on New Year gifts at the rate of one person with average AMD 100 thousand salary.
According to PanARMENIAN.Net survey among adult citizens, ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 382,25 DEC 14
The market average rate of USD on December 14 totaled AMD 382,25 decreasing by 0.02 point compared to December 13.
Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 498,76 decreasing by 5.07 points, and the exchange rate ...ARMY MUSTN'T BE CRITICIZED FOR OWN BENEFIT - RPA MEMBER
A member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) slammed recent attempts by certain NGOs and human right activists to criticize the army, thus weakening it.
"The army is among the greatest achievements ...STATISTICS: HUMAN RIGHTS MOSTLY VIOLATED IN TURKEY
Turkey led all of Europe in terms of the number of cases at the European Court of Human Rights that were related to violations of rights between 1959 and 2010, according to recent numbers released by ...U.S. COLLISION WITH IRAN MAY LEAD TO DISASTROUS WAR - ZBIGNEW BRZEZINSKI
The United States appears headed on a collision course with Iran that could lead to a war with "disastrous" consequences, a former adviser to ex-president Jimmy Carter has warned.
"We think we are ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR, CANADA FM DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES
Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeghanyan met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird. At the meeting, the Minister handed over the copy of the agreement on establishment of Armenia-Canada diplomatic ...GYUMRI- KARS ECONOMIC FORUM KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA
On December 14, Gyumri hosted the opening of the 2nd Gyumri- Kars economic forum. The event is organized by the Caucasus Business and Development Network (CBDN), jointly with USAID, Eurasia-Partnership ...ZAVEN BADOYAN SIGNS 4-YEAR CONTRACT WITH BATE
Impuls FC midfielder Zaven Badoyan signed a 4-year contract with Baralussian BATE FC.
Badoyan has been participating in BATE team practice session in Spain, where he's positively impressed the FC coaches, ...MATTHEW BRYZA: MILITARY SOLUTION, STATUS QUO UNACCEPTABLE IN KARABAKH ISSUE
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan believes both military solution to Karabakh conflict and status quo unacceptable.
"There is no military solution to this conflict, but at the same time the status quo ...ZAVEN BADOYAN: BATE FC - STRONGEST IN BELARUS
Armenian national team, Impuls FC midfielder Zaven Badoyan, who's signed a 4-year contract with BATE FC named it the strongest in Belarus and among the best known in Europe.
"They call me a skillful ...SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OF ARGENTINA
Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian arrived in Buenos Aires to attend the inauguration of the president-elect of Argentina Kristina Fernandez.
On behalf of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Mr. ...MEPS URGE NEW ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA
European Parliament calls for new free and fair elections and an immediate and full investigation of all reports of fraud and intimidation in the Russian elections held on 4 December, and welcomes demonstrations ...SALEHI DISMISSES ANKARA CONCERN OVER NATO MISSILE SHIELD THREATS
Iran dismissed intimidating remarks by its own officials against Turkey saying Tehran would target NATO's missile shield in its neighbour if threatened, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported ...UNITED NATIONS REQUIRES $7.7 BLN IN NEXT YEAR'S AID FUNDING
The United Nations says it needs $7.7 billion in aid funding for 16 countries next year, with the biggest chunk to go towards helping victims in drought-devastated Horn of Africa.
Some $1.5 billion in ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1802 Birth of Hakob Manvelyan (educator) in Caesaria (Western Armenia). He died in 1870.
- 1825 Decembrist rebellion in St. Petersburg (Russia).
- 1825 Birth of Stepan Voskanyan (public figure) in Smyrna. He died in 1901.
- 1846 The Transcaucasian administrative districts are altered to create the provinces of Tbilissi, Kutais, Shamakhoo, and Derbend.
- 1861 Founding of the Eastern Theatre in Constantinople. M. Nalbandian delivers one of the inaugural speeches.
- 1913 Germany sends its military delegation to Turkey, headed by General Liman von Sanders.
- 1919 The Bolsheviks in OOzoonlar meet the peasants of Loree's "Neutral Zone" and declare their intent to be rid of landowners. They substitute land administration committees.
- 1922 Birth of Gohar Gasparyan (singer) in Cairo (Egypt).
- 1929 Death of Mesrop Nooparyan (linguist, translator) in Marseilles (France). He was born in 1842 in Smyrna.
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