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Headlines for February 12, 2012
LEGENDARY WHITNEY HOUSTON FOUND DEAD
Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said, CNN reports.
She was 48.
According to TMZ, hotel employees have revealed that the ...NO ILLEGAL DRUGS FOUND, HOUSTON MAY HAVE DROWNED IN BATHTUB
According to a report on tmz.com, no illegal drugs were found in the hotel room where pop star Whitney Houston died.
Although the cause of the death will be announced after an autopsy, there is a version ...JENNIFER HUDSON TO PERFORM TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON AT GRAMMYS
The Grammys will honor the memory of Whitney Houston on Sunday, Feb 12 night, and it appears Jennifer Hudson will lead the charge, msnbc.com reports.
However, viewers won't see the show turn into a "full-blown ...APPLE SEEKS INJUNCTION TO BLOCK U.S. SALES OF SAMSUNG'S GALAXY NEXUS
Apple is asking for a preliminary injunction to block U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported, citing The Wall Street Journal.
The current suit, filed in San Jose's ...DEATH TOLL IN PHILIPPINE QUAKE RISES TO 41
The death toll in a magnitude-6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 41, with 67 people still missing and feared dead, the Office of Civil Defence said.
The toll rose after rescue teams recovered ...SAUDI WRITER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY OVER PROPHET MOHAMMED TWEETS
Malaysia on Sunday, February 12 repatriated a Saudi journalist accused of posting online comments allegedly insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, M&C reported, citing DPA.
Hamza Kashgari, ...TURKISH PLANES STRIKE KURDISH REBEL BASES IN N. IRAQ
Turkish jets have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, home to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the army said on Sunday, February 12, AFP reported.
"Two groups ...JAPANESE EMPEROR TO UNDERGO HEART BYPASS SURGERY
Japanese Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after a detailed examination found a heart problem had worsened, the Imperial Household Agency was quoted as saying on Sunday, February ...GADDAFI SON UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN NIGER OVER "UPRISING" REMARKS
Authorities in Niger have put Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, under house arrest after he said in a television interview that an uprising was imminent in his homeland, ...AL-QAEDA LEADER URGES FURTHER REVOLT AGAINST SYRIA'S ASSAD
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Syrians not to rely on the Arab League or the West in their uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, M&C reported citing DPA. "Our ...WHITNEY HOUSTON'S LEGACY REMEMBERED AT GRAMMY PARTY
Music producer Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party is typically one of the most fun-filled highlights of the week leading to the music industry's top awards, but this year's event quickly turned ...ISRAELI STRIKE ON GAZA LEAVES 1 KILLED, 2 INJURED
An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza early Sunday, February 12 killed one man and injured two others, Palestinian security sources said, according to CNN. The Israel Defense Forces said the strike was ...TURKMENISTAN VOTES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Polls opened in Turkmenistan on Sunday, February 12 in a presidential election, in which incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov is seen as the most likely candidate to win another term, RIA Novosti ...THOUSAND MARCH ACROSS EUROPE TO PROTEST ACTA
Thousands of people have taken part in co-ordinated protests across Europe in opposition to a controversial anti-piracy agreement. Significant marches were held in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands ...THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: 10,000TH PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY
"The Phantom of the Opera" is making musical history on Broadway, according to AP. The production is celebrating its 10,000th performance Saturday, February 12 in New York City's storied ...ALL-QAEDA BEHEADS 3 ALLEGED SPIES IN YEMEN
A militant group with links to al-Qaeda Sunday, February 12 beheaded three people in southern Yemen allegedly for spying for the United States, reported local media. The three - one Yemeni and two Saudis ...ARAB MISSION CHIEF QUITS, SYRIA CRISIS ENVOY PROPOSED
The Arab League accepted the resignation of the Sudanese general who had led an Arab monitoring mission to Syria, and proposed appointing a former Jordanian foreign minister as a special envoy for the ...JOHNNY DEPP SAYS "UNCOMFORTABLE BEING A PRODUCT"
Johnny Depp, who went from relative obscurity in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' to being the object of extreme hysteria among teenage girls, has said that he was "uncomfortable being a product, ...BAFTA TO HIGHLIGHT MARGARET THATCHER, MARILYN MONROE FLICKS
The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for the Bafta film awards, Belfast Telegraph reported. The event, hosted by Stephen Fry ...ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF SAYS RUSSIA'S STANCE ON SYRIA "MIGHT HAVE CHANGED"
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi on Sunday, February 12 told a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers that a message he received from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shows Russia's stance ...BOEING TO BOOST DREAMLINER PRODUCTION
Boeing aims to ramp up production of its much-delayed 787 Dreamliner to 10 planes a month by the end of 2013, up from the current two to three, a top company executive said on Sunday, February 12.
Mark ...GEORGE CLOONEY TO BABYSIT FOR BRAD PITT'S KIDS IF LOSES OSCAR BET
Brad Pitt will work as a deckhand if George Clooney picks up the best actor Oscar, Belfast Telegraph said.
Brad and George are famously good friends who enjoy pranking each other both on and off set. ...WHITNEY HOUSTON AUTOPSY TO BE PERFORMED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS
The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Sunday, Feb 12, it is now in possession of Whitney Houston's body and that an autopsy should be performed in the next 24 hours, Los Angeles Times reported.
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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