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Published on February 04, 2012
ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL TO BE BUILT IN UKRAINE
- On February 3, Kiev hosted joint sitting of Ukrainian Association of Union of Armenians of Ukraine and Armenian Community in Kiev NGOs.
Discussion of coordination of all Armenian organizations of the Ukrainian capital, construction of Armenian cathedral, as well as organizational and legal aspects of holding elections of the head of Armenian community in Kiev was in focus of the sitting, analitika.at.ua reported.
Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan, head of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) Archbishop Grigoris Buniatyan, head of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine Vilen Shatvoryan, consul Armen Aslanyan, representatives of Kiev city administration and Armenian community members of the Ukrainian capital were present at the event.
Headlines for February 04, 2012
U.S. REPS. WOLF, CHU COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN MASSACRE IN AZERBAIJAN
U.S. Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) marked the anniversary of the Sumgait and Baku pogroms by speaking out this week in the U.S. House of Representatives in condemnation of Azerbaijan's ...U.S. CONGRESSMEN PRESS CLINTON TO RENOUNCE HER RECENT REMARKS ON GENOCIDE
The lead authors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.304, Robert Dold (R-IL) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), are leading a bipartisan effort to secure Congressional signatures on a letter urging Secretary ...POLAND PUTS ANTI-PIRACY PACT RATIFICATION ON ICE
Poland's prime minister said that Warsaw would put on ice plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after massive off-and-online protests in his country.
"I consider ...MICRON CEO STEVE APPLETON DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, February 3 a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales ..."9 1/2 WEEKS", "WILD ORCHID" DIRECTOR DIES AT 70
Producer, director and screenwriter Zalman King, whose credits include erotically-charged films such as "9 1/2 Weeks," "Red Shoe Diaries" and "Wild Orchid," died Friday, ...AT LEAST 217 KILLED IN SYRIA'S HOMS "MASSACRE"
Syrian forces killed at least 217 civilians, including women and children, in a "massacre" in the central city of Homs, a rights group said Saturday, February 4 ahead of a UN vote on the repression, ...SYRIA EMBASSIES WORLDWIDE ATTACKED OVER HOMS MASSACRE
Five people have been arrested during a demonstration at the Syrian embassy in London, Scotland Yard said. There have been further demonstrations at Syrian missions in other countries over the massacre ...SYRIA STATE MEDIA DENIES HOMS MASSACRE, BLAMES "TERRORISTS"
Syria's state media denied on Saturday, February 4 that a massacre was being committed in the central province of Homs, in which more than 260 people are reported to have been killed.
"Some satellite ...BBC ACCUSES IRAN OF INTIMIDATING PERSIAN STAFF
The head of the BBC accused Iran of intimidating staff members of its Persian service through slander, snooping and the arrest of their relatives, AP reported. BBC director-general Mark Thompson said ...PAKISTAN PM TRAVELS TO QATAR TO TALK AFGHAN PEACE
Pakistan's prime minister will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban when he travels next week to Qatar to meet the Gulf state's leaders, a government ...ANCA: TURKEY RETALIATION THREATS HOLLOW
International trade data illustrate an unmistakable trend of steadily increasing trade between Turkey and countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide, despite Ankara's highly vocal - frequently ...EU PRESSES GOOGLE TO HALT NEW RULES
A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' ...ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL TO BE BUILT IN UKRAINE
On February 3, Kiev hosted joint sitting of Ukrainian Association of Union of Armenians of Ukraine and Armenian Community in Kiev NGOs.
Discussion of coordination of all Armenian organizations of the ...IRAN LAUNCHES NAVAL MANEUVERS NEAR HORMUZ
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began naval maneuvers Saturday, February 4 in the latest show of force near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the critical Gulf oil tanker route that Tehran has threatened ...FOOTBALL MATCHES IN ITALY DELAYED OVER COLD SNAP
The Serie A game Roma v Inter Milan was rescheduled for Sunday, February 4 due to heavy snowfall that blocked traffic in the Italian capital.
The Serie A football league had already previously delayed ...VANES MARTIROSYAN TO TAKE ON TROY LOWRY
Vanes "Nightmare" Martirosyan (31-0, 19KOs) is in Texas ready to face Troy "TNT" Lowry (28-11, 17KOs) on the undercard of Top Rank's "Welcome to the Future" fight card.
The main event will feature a ...MOSCOW RALLY GATHERS 8000 PROTESTERS, 15,000 PUTIN SUPPORTERS
Police said some 8,000 gathered for the opposition rally at Moscow's Kaluzhskaya Ploshchad as of 12 a.m. Saturday, February 4 though video feed from the site indicated the figure was considerably higher.
...ECUADOR'S LENIN NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
A namesake of Vladimir Lenin, the late leader of the global proletariat, was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by an Ecuadorian legislator, RIA Novosti reported.
The 58-year-old Lenin Moreno, vice president ...ARMENIA-ISRAEL DIRECT FLIGHTS TO LAUNCH IN APRIL, 2012
Armaviaand Eshet Tours air companies concluded an agreement stipulating launch of Israel-Armenia direct flights in April, 2012.
Armavia intends to boost the number of flights from 1 to 2 in a week as ...U.S. BRIGADIER GENERAL DIES IN AFGHANISTAN, PROBE LAUNCHED
A 49-year-old U.S. Brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, February 3 the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war. Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner ...FLOYD MAYWEATHER-MIGUEL COTTO MAY CLAIM WBC DIAMOND TITLE
According to WBC President Jose Sulaiman, his organization is currently speaking with Golden Boy Promotions regarding the possibility of having the "Diamond Title" at stake on May 5th at the ...150 INSTANCES OF AZERI CEASEFIRE VIOLATION REPORTED JAN 29-FEB 4
150 instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces were registered for January 29-Feb 4 at the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces.
Azerbaijan fired over ...WIKILEAKS SUSPECT BRADLEY MANNING FACES MILITARY TRIAL
Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning is to face a court martial, the U.S. Army has confirmed.
Private Manning, 24, an intelligence analyst who served in Iraq, is alleged to have leaked U.S. government cables ...UK ECONOMY FACES RECESSION - REPORT
The UK economy will enter recession in the first half of the year as households continue to cut back, an influential think tank has warned. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) ...ANONYMOUS LEAKS E-MAILS IN IRAQ'S HADITHA MASSACRE CASE
Members of the hacker group Anonymous defaced the website on Friday, February 3 of the law firm that defended a U.S. Marine who faced charges in connection with the 2005 killing of 24 Iraqi civilians, ...ANONYMOUS HACK CITIGROUP, CITIBANK WEB SITES
Hackers claiming to be members of the loose hacking collective Anonymous took credit for knocking the Citigroup and Citibank Web sites offline on Friday, February 3. At times the sites were only sporadically ...AIR FRANCE WORKERS PLAN STRIKE NEXT WEEK
Unions representing French pilots, cabin crew and ground staff have announced a four-day strike next week, BBC News reported.
Workers plan to strike from Monday to Thursday to protest against a bill ...ANCA TO LAUNCH TELETHON 2012 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Representatives from a broad range of Armenian American organizations and media joined ANCA Endowment Fund supporters on February 2 to launch a series of community activities leading up to the "ANCA Telethon ...YURA MOVSISYAN'S AND ZAVEN BADOYAN'S TEAMS TO FACE FC DACIA
Belarusian BATE FC, for which Armenian midfielder Zaven Badoyan plays for, is having a team practice session in Turkey.
On February 6, the club will face off against FC Dacia.On February 4, Krasnodar ...IRAN URGES EU TO REVIEW OIL EMBARGO
Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday, February 4 that Iran will definitely stop its oil exports to certain European countries, Xinhua news agency reported.
Qasemi did not identify the ...GRAND SLAM JUDO 2012 NEXT ROUND KICKS OFF IN PARIS
Subsequent round of Judo Grand Slam kicked off in Paris on February 4. Gayane Harutyunyan, Janna Stankevich, Hovhannes Davtyan are representing Armenia at Paris Grand Slam among men and women respectively. ...HOVHANNES DAVTYAN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS AT PARIS GRAND SLAM
Armenian judoka Hovhannes Davtyan scored a win over Canadian Frazer Will in 2012 Paris Grand Slam (U 60 weight category).
Hovhannes Davtyan, who currently comes 13th , will face off against France's ...TURKISH PM SAYS HIS COUNTRY WON'T YIELD TO PRESSURE
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan noted money and electoral votes as a driving force for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to set forth the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.
"Turkey ...HSBC INVESTIGATED FOR MANIPULATING INTERBANK LENDING RATES
The Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC are being investigated by the Swiss authorities over allegations they manipulated the interbank lending rates which may have distorted the price of trillions of dollars ...FM LAVROV DEFENDS RUSSIA'S ARMS SUPPLY TO SYRIA
Russia's arms supplies to Syria will not affect the balance of power in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday, February 4.
"We've explained the facts: no matter what we supply ...TUNISIA CLOSES BORDER CROSSING WITH LIBYA
The Tunisian authorities have decided to keep the Ras Jedir border crossing to Libya closed. Clashes took place at the crossing in the past days and Libyan guerillas were reportedly involved. Only Tunisians ...RENOWNED ACTOR BEN GAZZARA PASSES AWAY
Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations ...TURKEY OPPOSES EGYPT'S MUBARAK EXECUTION
Turkey is against the execution of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Saturday, February 4. Mubarak risks getting the death penalty when his trial ends.
...ARMENIAN WRESTLERS WIN 2 MEDALS AT WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IN BULGARIA
Dan Koloff - Nikola Petrov International Wrestling Tournament is ongoing in Bulgaria.
Armenian freestyle wrestlers won 2 medals on the first tournament day. After making it to the final, Gegham Babakhanyan ...DEATH TOLL IN CAIRO SOCCER RIOT REACHES 11
The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly soccer riot rose to 11 on Saturday, February 4 according to a field doctor and a security official, as demonstrators ...BRITAIN'S REUTERS JOURNALISTS TO STRIKE OVER PAY DISPUTE
Britain-based journalists at the Reuters news agency have voted to strike for the first time in more than 25 years in a dispute over pay, their union and the company said, according to AP.
The National ...FOOTBALLERS ARRESTED IN ITALY FOR FIXING MATCHES
A third-division goalkeeper and a nurse who handled various tasks for Bari players were reportedly arrested in the latest police sweep in an ongoing Italian match-fixing and betting scandal.
The arrests ...HOVHANNES DAVTYAN MAKES IT TO GRAND SLAM JUDO 2012 ROUND 3
After beating Canadian Frazer Will, Armenian judoka Hovhannes Davtyan (60 kg) scored a smashing victory over France's Issam Nour in Paris Grand Slam Judo 2012
Davtyan, who currently comes 13th, will ...MOST AFGHAN DEATHS ARE CAUSED BY INSURGENTS
The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) documented 3,021 civilian ...BRITAIN SENDS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands.
The Trafalgar class vessel, thought to be either ...SURREALIST ARTIST DOROTHEA TANNING DIES AT 101
Dorothea Tanning, an artist who was among the most admired figures of the Surrealist movement, dies at 101 on February 2, Art Info reported.
Born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1910, Tanning made frequent ...MILITANTS ATTACK YEMENI ARMY BASE
Militants attacked a Yemeni army base in the country's south, a local official said on Saturday, February 4 highlighting a security breakdown just weeks ahead of a presidential election aimed at ending ...PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DEMAND PM RESIGNATION OVER TAXES
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have called for their prime minister's resignation over recent tax and price increases.
Saturday, February 4 protest marked the first time a sizable crowd demanded ...AMAZON EXPANDS KINDLE TOUCH SHIPMENT, EXCLUDES BESTSELLING REGIONS
Amazon has amended listings for its Kindle Touch e-reader, enabling visitors to Amazon.com to ship the keyboardless device to a large number of countries outside of the U.S., The Next Web reported. The ...HOVHANNES DAVTYAN DROPS OUT OF GRAND SLAM JUDO 2012
Armenia's Hovhannes Davtyan (60 kg) lost to Won Jin Kim in the third combat of 2012 Paris Grand Slam.
Prior to the clash, the Armenian judoka, who presently comes the 13th, had scored wins over Canadian ...SAMSUNG ANNOUNCES NEW DEVICE FOR INDIA
Samsung announced Deluxe version of its Champ Duos, Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos, to be sold in India, according to intomobile.com. The device keeps two SIM card slots to allow using two networks at the ...CHRISTIANS UNDER GROWING PRESSURE IN ARAB WORLD
The Arab Spring uprisings that have toppled secular dictatorships in the Middle East and North Africa have unleashed long-suppressed freedoms that have allowed Islamic parties to gain a share of political ...BOSNIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY, SARAJEVO PARALYZED BY SNOW
Bosnian authorities have declare state of emergency in the capital Sarajevo after it was paralyzed by snow, while hundreds of people remain trapped in their homes and vehicles throughout the country, ...VATICAN FIERCELY REFUTES CORRUPTION CLAIMS
The Vatican on Saturday, Feb 4, fiercely refuted claims by one of its top officials of widespread corruption and waste in the management of the Holy See, rejecting the accusations as utterly groundless, ...IRAN LAUNCHES NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE OUTPUT
Iran on Saturday, Feb 4, inaugurated the production line of a newly unveiled naval cruise missile, called Zafar (Triumph). According to Fars News Agency, the production line was inaugurated by Iranian ...TUNISIA EXPELS SYRIAN AMBASSADOR
The Tunisian Office of the President declared in a statement released Saturday, Feb 4, its initiation of the process to expel the Syrian ambassador to Tunisia and to withdraw recognition of the ruling ...FIDEL CASTRO MAKES RARE APPEARANCE, PRESENTS TWO-VOLUME MEMOIR
Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday, Feb 4. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive ...RUSSIA, CHINA VETO UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Russia and China vetoed on Saturday, Feb 4, a Western-Arab UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside. According to Reuters, the other ...MASKED MAN SHOOTS DEAD MUSICIANS IN MEXICO
Mexican authorities say a masked man opened fire against a band playing popular norteno music in a Chihuahua city dance hall, killing five musicians, four customers and injuring 10 others, AP reported. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1865 Birth of Vasili Ghorghanyan (musicologist). He died in 1934.
- 1919 The Armenian National Council of Gharabagh request officers of the Allied Army to effect the withdrawal of Turkish (Azeri and Ottoman) forces from Gharabagh, and create a local autonomous unit under British supervision. The request is denied.
- 1945 Conference of the leaders of the Allies: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin during the Second World War, in Yalta (Crimea). The three Allies and France would occupy Germany, and the Soviet Union would start a war against Japan.
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