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Published on January 20, 2012
IRAN POLICE SHUTS DOWN TOY SHOPS FOR SELLING BARBIE DOLLS
Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, Mirror reported, citing the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Mehr quoted an unnamed police official as saying police confiscated Barbie dolls from toy shops in Tehran in a "new phase" of its crackdown against "manifestations of Western culture."
Barbie dolls are sold wearing swimsuits and miniskirts in a society where women must wear head scarves in public, and men and women are not allowed to swim together.
A ban on the sale of Barbie dolls, designed to look like young Western women, was imposed in the mid-1990s.
Authorities launched a campaign of confiscating Barbie dolls from toy shops in 2002, denouncing what they called the un-Islamic characteristics of the uniquely American doll. The campaign was eventually dropped.
In 2008, the Iranian judiciary warned against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences and "danger" of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.
Even so, Iranian markets have been full of Western toys aimed at Iranian children. One-third of Iran's population of 75 million are under 15 years old.
Headlines for January 20, 2012
NATO HELICOPTER CRASHES IN AFGHANISTAN, 6 DEAD
A NATO helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday, Jan 20.
According to The Associated Press, a coalition ...JACKSON FAMILY DROPS CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FROM DOCTOR
Michael Jackson's family has dropped a claim for compensation from the King of Pop's former doctor Conrad Murray over the star's sudden death in 2009, a spokeswoman said.
AFP reports that ...U.S. SHUTS DOWN MAJOR FILE-SHARING SITE
Megaupload, one of the internet's largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down by officials in the U.S. The site's founders have been charged with violating piracy laws, BBC reported.
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In order to resume nuclear talks between P5+1 and Iran, parties must abolish obstacles as soon as possible, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said while Iran signaled time to resume negotiations ...PUTIN'S RATING EXCEEDS 50 PERCENT
The rating of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin raised to 52 percent over the past week, the state-run pollster VTsIOM said on Friday, Jan 20.
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Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied his 5th round game against Dutch Loek Van Wely to gain 3.5 points at the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Moscow to discuss preparations for January 23 Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan presidential meeting in Sochi, among other ...TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN LEADS ARMENIAN MEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
After beating Hrant Melkumyan at the 8th roundTigran L. Petrosian leads Armenian men's chess championship with 5 points.
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Robert Hovhannisyan, ...GENERAL MOTORS RECLAIMS WORLD'S TOP SELLING AUTOMAKER TITLE
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Meanwhile, investigators from the Pima County Sheriff's ...WASHINGTON DISLIKES HAY DAT POLICY IN U.S.?
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Italian actor and filmmaker Nanni Moretti will head the jury at this year's Cannes film festival, organizers announced Friday, Jan 20, AFP reported.
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The Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc will resume the "wave of rallies" from February 17 on, with current President Serzh Sargsyan's resignation and fair elections as main demands on agenda.
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The vast wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted on the undersea ledge supporting it Friday, Jan 20, forcing a new suspension in rescue work and threatening plans to pump oil out of the vessel ...GOOGLE+ EXPERIENCES RECENT GROWTH SPURT
Google's infant social network experienced a recent growth spurt, CNN reports.
Google+ has more than 90 million registered users, Google CEO Larry Page said during the company's earnings presentation ...ARCHBISHOP MARDIROSSIAN DELIVERS INVOCATION AT LA COUNTY BOARD MEETING
At the invitation of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, on January 17, Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian delivered the invocation during the weekly County Board of Supervisors ...IFC LOANS $30MLN TO ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK TO SUPPORT SMES
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According ...SCR REGISTERS 6,7% INDEX GROWTH IN 2011
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ARFD Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director Kiro Manoyan refuted information suggesting U.S. State Department set an ultimatum to Hay Dat representatives.
According to earlier report by Aravot ...ARMENIAN STUDENTS IN TURKEY CALL FOR IMPARTIALITY IN TEXTBOOKS
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Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 499,68 increasing by 0.21 point, and the exchange rate ...BECKHAM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON CAPTAINING UK AT LONDON OLYMPICS
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Armenian citizens stuck at Armenia-Georgia border due to Istanbul-Yerevan bus drivers' strike were forced to cross the border on foot.
It's not known yet whether they crossed the border safely and whether ...WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
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Deals amounting ...IRAN POLICE SHUTS DOWN TOY SHOPS FOR SELLING BARBIE DOLLS
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is urging stronger, more decisive sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, according to AP.
France wants the entire European Union to impose an embargo on Iranian ...EU COMMISSIONER FOR DIGITAL AGENDA SLAMS SOPA
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Tamas Fellegi, Hungary's chief negotiator for a financial bailout, said the government must resolve a dispute with the European Union over the central bank's independence that has halted aid talks because ...HUNGARY'S PM WILL ABANDON CENTRAL BANK MERGER
Hungary will abandon a planned merger of the central bank and its financial markets regulator, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, January 20 backing down on one of the key points of conflict ...UKRAINE'S FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER STRESSES IN ECONOMY
Ukraine's Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko resigned as the former Soviet republic seeks to bolster its public finances after talks to resume a $15.6 billion international bailout loan stalled. Yaroshenko, ...SOUTH STREAM GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TO LAUNCH DEC 2012
Construction of the South Stream gas pipeline to carry Russian natural gas under the Black Sea to Europe will start in December 2012, and not 2013 as previously planned, gas export monopoly Gazprom said ...PM: ARMENIA SHOULD BENEFIT FROM BEST EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVICE STANDARDS
Yerevan hosted celebration of 10th anniversary of civil service investment in Armenia.
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The Moscow authorities have received a request from Russian nationalist movements to authorize a rally for 50,000 people in central Moscow on February 4, a deputy mayor of the Russian capital said. Russian ...U.S. URGES ROMANIANS TO AVOID VIOLENCE IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
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U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria ...RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE OPERATIONAL BY JUNE
Russia's newest nuclear-powered submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, will be put into operation in the second quarter of the year, the United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Friday, January 20.
The Borey-class ...NEW EARTHQUAKE CAUSES PANIC IN VAN
Today, January 20, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Turkish province of Van.
It was not clear yet whether the quake inflicted any damage or injuries. The tremors caused panic among local people, the fear ...SYRIA'S ECONOMY BENDS UNDER SANCTIONS, TERRORIST ATTACKS
Syria lost about $2 billion in sanctions imposed on Syrian Oil sector since the beginning of last September, Engineer Sufian Allaw, Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources declared.
Minister Allaw added ...GADDAFI REGIME HAD UNDECLARED CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILE
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the body that oversees a global ban on such munitions has said.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical ...KNOWLEDGE PREFERABLE TO PARTY AFFILIATION IN CIVIL SERVICE - ARMENIAN OFFICIAL
"Civil servants' party membership should be legally banned," Mr. Badalyan stated, noting that priority in civil service system will be given to knowledge and not party badges.
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Activity of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs can yield positive results regarding Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Deputy Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova said.
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Thailand says it has recognized Palestine as an independent state.
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He said he had ...PIPA, SOPA POSTPONED AMID MAJOR PROTESTS
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In the 7th round Aronian ...SOUTH SUDAN MAY HALT OIL PRODUCTION
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Today in Armenian history- 1780 The Armenian colony of New Nakhichevan (Rostov, Russia) is founded.
- 1921 Publication in Brussels of Abbot Matern Muret's memoirs. He witnessed the Genocide of the Marash Armenians by the Turks from January 20 to February 11, 1920 as a result of French perfidy. He called the killing of 20000 Armenians during that time enough to make any human insane.
- 1933 Opening of the Spendiaryan State Opera Building in Yerevan.
- 1989 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR establishes a special authority headed by Volsky in Artsakh. This authority is directly subject to the USSR Government rather than to Soviet Azerbaijan. In the summer, a National Council was formed which represented all strata of Artsakhs population.
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