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Headlines for January 21, 2012
U.S. MAY CLOSE EMBASSY IN SYRIA
The State Department said Friday, Jan 20, it "may have no choice" but to close the U.S. embassy in Damascus and remove all U.S. personnel from the country wracked by a 10-month revolt against ...ANONYMOUS HACKS FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE
The shadowy online hackers group Anonymous briefly hijacked the French presidential website on Friday, Jan 20, in apparent retaliation for the U.S. shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload.
The slogan ...SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY MAY PERFORM AT LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
The former Beatle, who performed at the party in Buckingham Palace for the Golden Jubilee in 2002, said he was going to a meeting about the Games on Friday, January 20.
He said: "In actual fact ...MARAL DINK: WE THANK PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HONOR DINK'S MEMORY
The events organized in Istanbul to commemorate the slain editor of Armenian-Turkish Agos weekly Hrant Dink inspired hope for justice in Turkey, Dink's niece said.
"It was extremely important for us ...ARONIAN'S GAME V GASHIMOV NAMED BEST IN ROUND 6
After a victory over Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian gained 4.5 points to lead the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
Aronian's ..."THE BIRDS OF AMERICA" BOOK SOLD FOR $7.9 MILLION AT CHRISTIE'S
A full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" sold for $7.9 million at Christie's auction on Friday, Jan 20, in New York to a private American collector, ...DARCHINYAN-YAMANAKA BOUT DATE SET
A date has been set for the highly anticipated WBC world championship fight between, Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan (37-4-1, 27 KOs) and Japan's undefeated WBC bantamweight champion, Shinsuke ...PETROSIAN, HOVHANNISYAN LEAD ARMENIAN MEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
In the 9th round of Armenian men's chess championship, Tigran L. Petrosian and Robert Hovhannisyan tied games with Hrayr Simonyan and Arman Pashikyan respectively, both having scored 5,5 points.
...RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE VOWS TO SELL BUSINESS IF ELECTED PRESIDENT
Russian billionaire presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov, the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team and the ONEXIM Group investment fund, promised on Saturday to sell his business if he wins ...TURKISH JOURNALISTS SLAM COURT RULING ON DINK CASE
Turkish journalists continue expressing their dissatisfaction with the recent verdict against suspects in the assassination of Armenian-Turkish Agos weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink.
"You can be sure ...APPLE'S IPAD TEXTBOOK PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS IMPROVE MATH SCORES
A yearlong pilot program with digital textbooks on Apple's iPad found that students' algebra scores increased by 20 percent when compared to a curriculum with traditional books.
According to ...ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN EUROPEAN TAEKWONDO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
On January 24-30, Kazan will host European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for London 2012 Olympic Games, with winners of the first 3 places to qualify for 2012 Olympic Games. Haykaz Samvelyan (w ...HOLLYWOOD VICTIM WAS NOT ARMENIAN, NAME DISCLOSED
Coroner's officials on Friday, Jan 20, identified a man whose dismembered head, hands and feet were found in a Hollywood park as a 66-year-old from Los Angeles, and police continued to hunt for his ...IRAN TAKES OVER UNCTAD PRESIDENCY
Iran has taken over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for Asia affairs in 2012, Fars News Agency reported. The 13th conference of UNCTAD during ...TURKISH OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS DINK WIDOW
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey's opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) made a phone call to Rakel Dink, the widow of Agos Armenian-Turkish weekly slain editor Hrant Dink.
"I ...GOOGLE WEEDS OUT SOME SERVICES
Google is continuing to weed out its services and announced it will shut down Picnik, Google Message Continuity, and Needlebase and make changes to some other services.
Google acquired Picnik in 2010, ...SAUERLAND WANTS TO ORGANIZE HEAVYWEIGHT SUPER SIX TOURNEY
Promoter Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event, who was very instrumental in the organization of the original Super Six super middleweight tournament, would be interested in organizing a heavyweight version ...EUROVISION 2012 SLOGAN TO BE PRESENTED IN BAKU
In January, several key events leading up to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Namely, the traditional Host City Insignia Exchange ceremony and the Semi-Final allocation ...ISRAELI AIR STRIKE TARGETS PALESTINIAN MILITANTS
An Israeli air strike targeted Palestinian militants in the Gaza Stripearly on Saturday, Jan 21, according to sources on both sides.
AFP reported that a security source from the Islamist Hamas movement ...ERDOĞAN HOPES FOR APPEALS COURT TO "CLEAR UP DOUBTS" IN DINK CASE
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed hope that the Supreme Court of Appeals "will clear up doubts" with regards to the case concerning the 2007 killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist ...TURKISH FM TELLS SARKOZY TO CONSIDER OWN HISTORY
French President Nicolas Sarkozy should first come to terms with own history, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said, in response to Sarkozy's message addressed to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
...NIGERIA ATTACK KILLS 28, CURFEW DECLARED
Coordinated bomb attacks targeting security forces and gun battles have killed at least 28 people and spread chaos in Nigeria's second-largest city, with bodies littering the streets on Saturday, ...ANCA EXPLORES WAYS FOR MORE INVESTMENTS IN JAVAKHK
An ongoing dialogue between the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Georgian government - both in Tbilisi and via Georgia's Ambassador in Washington, DC - is exploring ways to expand ...LEADER OF CAUCASIAN MUSLIMS: ARMENIA WILL NEVER BECOME GEORGIA'S FRIEND
During a Baku-hosted meeting with Fridon Todua, head of Georgia-Azerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group, leader of Caucasian Muslims Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade issued a provocative statement, ...FRANCE'S DEFENSE MINISTER ARRIVES IN KABUL
France's defense minister arrived in Kabul on Saturday, Jan 21, for top-level talks as Paris warned it could accelerate its withdrawal from the 10-year war after an Afghan soldier shot dead four French ...U.S: ELECTRIC CARS DON'T POSE GREATER RISK OF FIRE THAN GASOLINE CARS
U.S. regulators, who ended their investigation into the Chevrolet Volt, said electric-powered vehicles do not pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline cars, Bloomberg reports.
"Based on the available ...HAMAS CHIEF KHALED MASHAAL WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal won't seek re-election, said the Palestinian Islamic militant group in a statement Saturday, Jan 21.
The move opens the group to a leadership struggle, as it is not immediately ...FRENCH SENATE PRESIDENT: GENOCIDE MOTION ISN'T MEMORIAL LAW
President of the French Senate Jean-Pierre Bel, who voted in favor of the Genocide bill adoption, stated that he upholds his party's stance on the draft law criminalizing genocide denial, according to ...PELE: MESSI ISN'T WORLD'S GREATEST PLAYER YET
Pele called on his own record of three World Cup triumphs as well as a career tally of 1283 goals to reserve judgment on the little Argentine wizard.
"Some people will say that Beethoven didn't ...IRAN: DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. WARSHIPS IN THE GULF IS NOT A NEW ISSUE
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday, Jan 21, it considers the deployment of U.S. warships to the Gulf as part of routine activity, apparently backing away from previous warnings ...SENIOR IRANIAN SUNNI MUSLIM CLERIC KILLED
A senior Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric was assassinated by unknown gunmen in the town of Rask in Iran's Southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan province. late on Friday, Jan 20. The latest reports suggest ...AFGHAN TALIBAN SAY RECRUITED SOLDIER FOR KILLING FRENCH TROOPS
The Afghan Taliban said on Saturday, Jan 21, they had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers in the country's east a day earlier, Reuters reported. The claim of responsibility ...SAMVEL MELKONYAN SIGNS CONTACT WITH CHERNOMORETS BURGAS PSFC
Armenian forward Samvel Melkonyan signed a contract with Chernomorets Burgas PSFC, due to Dimitar Dimitrov's favoring the player's game.
27-year-old Melkonyan played in following Football Clubs: Spartak, ...LIVEJOURNAL PLANS U.S. COMEBACK
LiveJournal, one of the web's most popular early blogging sites, is launching a comeback in the United States. Their plans for 2012 include massive changes for users. Oh, and "Game Of Thrones" ...U.S. ENVOY ARRIVES IN KABUL FOR TALKS WITH KARZAI
U.S. envoy Marc Grossman arrived in Kabul Saturday, Jan 21, for talks with President Hamid Karzai on preliminary peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents. "The United States stands ready to assist ...UEFA SAYS PLATINI NEVER PROMISED TURKEY WILL HOST EURO 2020
UEFA dismissed reports that its President Michel Platini promised Turkey it will host the 2020 European Championship.
UEFA said "unfounded statements" appeared in Turkish media suggesting Platini assured ...TURKEY THREATENS TO FRUSTRATE $4 BILLION DEFENSE DEAL WITH FRANCE
Turkey's defense industry business with France will be badly affected if French Senate approves the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish procurement officials threatened.
According ...ANTELIAS TO HOST CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM CONFERENCE
Christian-Muslim conference on the Christian presence and witness in the Middle Ease will take place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias from January 24-28, 2012. The conference will ...YEMENI PARLIAMENT GRANTS PRESIDENT SALEH IMMUNITY
Yemen's parliament approved a law on Saturday, January 21 granting outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution over the killing of protesters, in a bid to push ahead with a plan ...90 INSTANCES OF AZERI CEASEFIRE VIOLATION REPORTED JAN 18-19
200 instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces were recorded for January 15-21 at the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces. Azerbaijan fired over 1300 shots ...POLTAVA HOSTS ARMENIAN YOUTH MEETING
On January 5, Ukrainian city Poltava hosted a meeting of Armenian young representatives, followed by a concert with community gifted members participating, according to analitika.at.ua. The event aimed ...BAKU SEES PROTEST ACTION BEFORE FRENCH EMBASSY
Today, on January 21, International Diaspora Center and War Veterans Union of Azerbaijan held a protest action in front of the French Embassy in Baku, according to trend.az. The action brought together ...DAVID NALBANDIAN FINED $8,000
David Nalbandian has denied throwing water at a doping control official during the Australian Open and says he plans to appeal his $8,000 fine.
The 30-year-old Argentine outlined his version of events ...SHUSHI ART PROJECT KICKS OFF IN LOS ANGELES
The newly launched Shushi Art Project presented its first public event, a benefit concert held in Los Angeles on January 15. Featuring Vahagni and his band, the sold-out "Solitude" concert took place ...OIL PRICES DROP UNDERNEATH USD 100 PER BARREL
Oil prices fell on Friday, January 20, sliding underneath $100 in New York, as sentiment was hit by the stronger dollar and concerns over the outlook for the economy and energy demand. New York's ...TURKS TO PROTEST GENOCIDE BILL IN PARIS
On January 21, Paris is planned to see a large-scale action by Turkish organizations in protest of the debate of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial.
All Turkish organizations of Europe and ...MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD GETS MOST SEATS
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party bloc came first in the party list vote for the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, winning 127 of 332 seats, the elections ...RUSSIAN EXPERT LINKS GENOCIDE MOTION WITH SARKOZY ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Alexei Mukhin, director general of Russian center of political information, linked discussion of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaign.
...COE COMMISSIONER SHOCKED BY DINK CASE VERDICT
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg stated in Istanbul on Friday, Jan 20, that he was "shocked" by the court's decision to acquit all 19 suspects of membership in a ...GOOGLE, MIT RELEASE OPEN-SOURCE VERSION OF ANDROID APP INVENTOR
Google together with MIT has posted an open-source version of App Inventor for Android developers, Electronista reported. The early code for the simplified app tool has little supporting text and isn't ...BOMBS KILL AT LEAST 14 PRISONERS IN SYRIAN SECURITY VEHICLE
Bombs killed at least 14 prisoners in a Syrian security vehicle on Saturday, Jan 21, and fierce battles erupted between rebels and state forces as the Arab League considered whether to keep monitors in ...IRAN SLAMS SARKOZY'S NUCLEAR CLAIMS AS "BASELESS"
Claims by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon are "baseless and far from reality," Iranian foreign ministry's spokesman said on Saturday, Jan ...ARMENIA, MALAWI ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Armenia and Malawi have established diplomatic relations. The signing ceremony took place Friday, Jan 20, at the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations in New York, The Maravi Post reported. ...MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTHERN MEXICO
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit off the coast of the southern Mexican state ofChiapas on Saturday, shaking the state from the capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez to Tapachula on the border with Guatemala. There ...PASSENGER SHIP SINKS IN IRAN
A passenger ship carrying 22 people sank off the Iranian coast near the port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Jan 21, Reuters reported citing the official IRNA news agency. IRNA did not give the cause of ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1878 Birth of writer and public figure Vahan Tekeyan in Constantinople. He was a classic Western Armenian poet and a famous Diasporan writer.
- 1921 Degrees and ranks among Armenian citizens are abolished in favor of only one title for the Armenian population: Armenian Citizen.
- 1921 Degrees and ranks among Armenian citizens are abolished in favor of only one title for the Armenian population: Armenian Citizen.
- 1924 V.I. Lenin dies.
- 1928 Publication of the first issue of the anti-religious, political, scholarly, popular, and literary illustrated publication called "Anastvatz" (atheist).
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