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Headlines for January 05, 2012
PAYPAL'S SCOTT THOMPSON NAMED CEO OF YAHOO
US web portal Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, the president of online payments firm Paypal, as its new head.
He will fill the vacancy left by Carol Bartz, who was dismissed as chief executive in September ...SARKOZY APPROVES GENOCIDE BILL
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy approved the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, passing it to the Senate for confirmation.
On January 10, the draft law will be debated by the Senate ...MATTHEW BRYZA LEAVES AZERBAIJAN
US Ambassador Matthew Bryza, completing diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan, left the country on January 3, spokesperson for the US embassy in Baku said.
As Bryza told December 29 press conference in Baku, ...SAAKASHVILI RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF SNAP ELECTIONS
Georgia will see parliamentary elections in October, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said, ruling out the possibility of snap elections.
After meeting the head of the Central Electoral Commission ...OPPOSITION SAYS SYRIA GOVERNMENT DECEIVES ARAB LEAGUE MONITORS
Opposition activists in Syria have accused the government of deceiving Arab League monitors.
Military vehicles have been replaced to make it look as though the army has left city centers as required ...EXPERT EXPECTS INTENSIFICATION OF STRUGGLE FOR INFLUENCE
U.S. influence on global geopolitics will remain unchanged, with both China and Russia considering Washington's stand, according to the head of Ukrainian Analitika.at.ua Internet publication.
"Russia ...CHRISTMAS LITURGY TO BE HELD AT ARMENIAN CHURCH IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD
On Christmas Day, January 6, first worship service will be held in recently constructed St. Amenaprkich church in Nizhny Novgorod. The church itself will be inaugurated in spring, 2012, Analitika.at.ua ...IRAN COAXES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INTO SUPPORTING BASHAR ASSAD?
A leader of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood says Iran has sought to coax the Islamist group into supporting President Bashar Assad in exchange for four high-ranking positions in the Syrian government. ...IRANIAN MP: TURKEY NEEDS TO MODIFY STANCE ON SYRIA
Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi says Turkey needs to modify its policies toward Syria and accept the reality of Syria's developments if it seeks to find a kind of diplomacy compatible with that of ...SYRIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASE 552 DETAINEES
Syria's state-run TV says authorities have released 552 prisoners who were involved in anti-regime activities during the nine-month uprising against President Bashar Assad.
It is the second group ...RUSSIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUE
Russian and Iranian presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed over the phone Iran's nuclear issue, developing convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and situation in the ...IRAN SUCCESSFULLY TESTS THREE MISSILES
Iran has tested missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining its threats to close the vital oil-transit waterway as the West readies to impose more economic sanctions over Tehran's nuclear drive. ...U.S. TO AXE ITS TROOPS
The US is to axe thousands of troops as part of a far-reaching defense review aimed at coping with huge budget cuts over the next decade, officials say.
The changes to be unveiled on Thursday, January ...2,5% INFLATION RATE RECORDED IN ARMENIA'S CONSUMER MARKET IN DEC 2011
2.5 % inflation rate was recorded in Armenia's consumer market in December compared to November 2011.
During the reported period, prices for foodstuff (including alcoholic beverages and cigarettes), ...ARAB LEAGUE TURNED TO U. N. FOR HELP
The Arab League has turned to the United Nations for help after admitting "mistakes" in its Syria monitoring mission, which has come in for withering criticism for its failure to stem bloodletting.
...PROSECUTOR DEMANDS DEATH FOR MUBARAK
The prosecution in the case against Hosni Mubarak on Thursday, January 5, demanded the death sentence for the former Egyptian president and other defendants including his two sons and the former Interior ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1816 The "Arevelian Tsanutsmunk" weekly was published in Astrakhan. It was the first periodical in Eastern Armenian.
- 1896 Birth of People's Artist, Havassee (Armenak Markosyan) in Ayazma (Georgia). He developped blindness at the age of three and had eight sisters. He studied with the famous troubadour, Teefeelee.
- 1908 Death of writer Smbat Shahaziz. He was born in 1840.
- 1911 Birth of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Karapet Karamyan in Nakhijevan.
- 1930 Opening of the Research Institute of Yerevan State University.
- 1932 Opening of the National Minorities' Women Deputies State Conference in Yerevan.
- 1945 Publication of the "Sasna Tsrer" epos in China as translated by the authoress Go Bao Tsyoon.
- 1959 Death of Academician Karo Halabian, Soviet architect. He was born in 1897.
- 2001 Death of Vladimir Grigorian, philologist, professor and linguist. He was one of the first to invent a translation machine in the USSR. He was born in 1928.
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