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Published on February 28, 2012
FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON GENOCIDE BILL TONIGHT
- Today, February 28, 8 pm Yerevan time, the French Constitutional Council is set to decide on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. Expected to be signed into law by President within 14 days, the bill will impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Two separate groups of French politicians who oppose the legislation - from both the Senate and the lower house - said they had formally requested the constitutional council examine the law. The groups said they each had gathered more than the minimum 60 signatures required to ask the council to test the law's constitutionality.
Headlines for February 28, 2012
EXPERT: BUNDESTAG'S DECISION ON GENOCIDE DEPENDS ON FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL
The decision of Germany's Bundestag on the petition criminalizing the denial of genocides recognized by the Federal Republic of Germany, including the Armenian Genocide, will depend on the judgment of ...NO DOCTOR AT VANADZOR PENAL INSTITUTION, PAPER SAYS
It is about a year that the penal institution in Vanadzor, Lori province of Armenia, has no doctor.
"As there is no doctor, non-professionals and nurses who don't have proper qualification decide whether ...EU CONCERNED OVER DELAY IN KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION
The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union held a meeting in Brussels on February 27 on the South Caucasus.
Following the meeting, the Council issued a statement adopting the following conclusions.
...U.S. URGES RUSSIA, CHINA TO HELP END SYRIA VIOLENCE
The United States urges Russia and China to help convince the Syrian President to end the ongoing violence in the country, said Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State.
Russia ...PAPER: THREE PARTY LEADERS TO BE ON RPA PROPORTIONAL LIST
Hayatsk paper quotes its sources in the Republican Party of Armenia as saying that the RPA top members decided to involve three leaders of other parties in their proportional list.
These will include ...RPA, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA CLINCH DEAL ON CONSTITUENCY 21
Sources of Haykakan Zhamanak daily claim that the Republican Party of Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia party have reached an agreement on the constituency 21.
Neither Nahapet Gevorgyan from RPA nor ...OIL PRICES FALL BELOW $108 A BARREL
Oil prices fell below $108 a barrel Tuesday, Feb 28, in Asia as a weak demand picture offset fears of a potential supply disruption should tensions explode between the West and Iran over its nuclear program.
...OCCUPY LONDON CAMP REMOVED BY POLICE
Police and bailiffs have evicted anti-capitalist protesters and removed tents from the Occupy London camp at St Paul's Cathedral. According to BBC, the operation, which began just after midnight, ...S&P CLASSIFIES GREEK DEBT AS IN "SELECTIVE DEFAULT"
Standard and Poor's has classified Greek debt as in "selective default" following the deal it made with creditors to reduce its debts.
According to BBC, S&P says the terms of that deal ...ANCA CHAIRMAN: ARMENIANS SEEK TRUTH IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian offered a broad vision of how Return of Churches movement reflects and also materially reinforces the broader international movement ...FARM JOURNAL FOUNDATION TO IMPLEMENT SMALL FARMER PROJECT IN ARMENIA
The Farm Journal Foundation announced its Farmers Feeding the World campaign's largest single commitment to date, with a $1 million grant to Heifer International.
Through the Farm Journal Foundation's ...SPAIN 2011 BUDGET DEFICIT COMES IN AT 8.5% OF GDP
Spain says its budget deficit for 2011 has come in at 8.5 percent of GDP, even worse than the new conservative's own already pessimistic prediction, AP reports.
The increase will likely ratchet up ...FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD TO RUN AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE - PAPER
Former head of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's administration Karen Karapetyan is going to run for the parliamentary elections by majority system in constituency 32 (in Lori province).
As Haykakan ...59 U.S. CONGRESSMEN CALL ON CLINTON TO RENOUNCE REMARKS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The lead authors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.304, Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Robert Dold (R-IL), sent a letter, co-signed by 59 of their House colleagues, calling on Secretary of State Hillary ...FORBES RANKS QATAR WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD
A new Forbes ranking of the wealthiest nations is out, and it ranks the mighty minnow Qatar at the top of the world, with per capita income of more than $88,000.
"If wealth is power, then Qataris have ...RPA MEMBERS SUSPECTED OF BEING "TROJAN HORSE" - PAPER
The Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration, Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan and former speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan uphold the stir in the Republican Party of Armenia ...PAPER: ARFD MEMBER ARTUR AGHABEKIAN OUT OF PARLIAMENTARY RACE
ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) member, former Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekian has resolved not to run for parliament.
"Armenian public notices only personal benefit in interlocutor's speech. I will ...APPLE WINS RULING IN MOTOROLA MOBILITY PATENT DISPUTE
Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a German appeals court ruling temporarily blocking the enforcement of a patent verdict obtained by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) in December.
Motorola Mobility, which forced ...AMERIA GROUP SPONSORS 13TH BUSINESS AWARDS CEREMONY IN LA
Ameria Group Inc celebrated its membership in the Armenian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) in Los Angeles, sponsoring 13th Business Awards Ceremony organized by AACC.
The event brought together over ...YAHOO, FACEBOOK ON LOGGERHEADS OVER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Yahoo is threatening action unless Facebook licenses some of its technologies, as other web and technology companies are said to have done, PC World reports.
The move by Yahoo puts it in conflict with ...IRAN ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD NEW PASSENGER PLANES
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced plans to build new passenger planes, saying Iran will unveil a number of indigenous military and defense achievements next week.
"After ...ARMENIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN COACH SEMINAR
From February 27-March 2, Hovik Hayrapetyan equestrian center of Yerevan will host a professional seminar for riders. It will bring together representatives from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, with the ...SUDANESE REBELS SAY THEY KILLED 150 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS
Sudanese rebels said they killed 150 government soldiers along the disputed border with South Sudan in a battle that prompted Khartoum to threaten retaliation against its newly independent neighbor.
...EU TO SANCTION 21 BELARUS OFFICIALS OVER "REPRESSION"
The European Union plans to slap sanctions on 21 police and judicial officials in Belarus deemed responsible for repressing the opposition, an EU diplomat said.
"They are highly-placed police officers ...UKRAINE TO INTRODUCE OPEN SKIES REGIME DURING EURO-2012
On Monday, Feb 27 the Minister for Infrastructure of Ukraine, Boris Kolesnikov, announced that Ukraine will open up its skies during the European Football Championship in 2012.
Euro 2012 will take place ...ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ADVISES MP TO RE-READ CONSTITUTION
The opposition Heritage party's parliamentary group leader Stepan Safaryan blamed the new bill for violating provisions of the Constitution, in particular, the principle of separation of powers.
"In ...DELL XPS 13 ULTRABOOK AVAILABLE
Dell promised that it would start shipping its new XPS 13 Ultrabook by the end of February, and it appears that the company is right on schedule with availability starting Feb 28 at $999, Fudzilla reports.
...BILBAO ORGANIZERS ASK FIDE TO SHIFT CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT DATES
The organizers of the Grand Slam Masters Final have submitted an official request to FIDE to reconsider the dates for the Candidates Tournament.
The letter, addressed to FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, ...AUSTRALIAN PM DOESN'T RULE OUT CABINET RESHUFFLE
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday, Feb 28, refused to rule out punishing ministers who failed to back her in a bitter leadership ballot with Kevin Rudd as she mulls a cabinet reshuffle, ...ONLY 2% OF ARMENIAN LITERATURE AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT
Armenian literature totals to millions of works, and digitization is quite difficult process, director of the National Library of Armenia Tigran Zargaryan said.
"We started to digitize libraries of the ...FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON GENOCIDE BILL TONIGHT
Today, February 28, 8 pm Yerevan time, the French Constitutional Council is set to decide on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports.
On January 23, the ...OVER 2000 FOREIGNERS KEPT IN TURKISH PRISONS
Some 2,310 foreign nationals are currently serving time behind bars in Turkey either as convicts or arrestees, according to information obtained from the Justice Ministry.
Among all foreign nationals ...ASPHALT CRACK IN LIBERTY SQUARE POSES NO THREAT TO SAFETY
Head of the Yerevan Municipality Public Relations Department says the asphalt crack in Yerevan's Liberty Square is conditioned by weather and has no core reasons.
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On March 16, David Hovhannisyan (Russia) will clash with James Onyango (Kenya) to defend the WBC Asian Boxing Council title at the boxing evening to be held in Krasnodar, Russia.
Hovhannisyan scored ...ASSAD ORDERS RELEASE OF NEW SYRIA CONSTITUTION
President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree to publish Syria's constitution, which was "approved by the Syrian people in the referendum" in the official Gazette.
"The constitution is to be considered ...ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST BOOK PRICE SURGE
A number of actions will be held protesting the government decision envisaging addition of VAT to the book price.
As writer Aram Pachyan told a press conference, a group has already been created in Facebook ...MP JUSTIFIES INVOLVEMENT OF ARMY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS BY LACK OF RESOURCES
MP of opposition Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Lilit Galstyan criticized statement of Davit Harutyunyan, chairman of National Assembly's standing committee on state and legal affairs who justified ...COMPANIES ALLOWED ACCESS TO TWITTER ARCHIVES FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES
Companies are now able to search and analyze up to two years of Twitter updates for market research purposes, BBC reports.
Firms can search tweets back to January 2010 in order to plan marketing campaigns, ...OSCE TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou has announced that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly will observe the Russian presidential elections ...OPERA LAUNCHES NEW VERSIONS OF MINI AND MOBILE WEB BROWSERS
Opera has launched new versions of its Mini and Mobile web browsers at the MWC: Opera Mini Next and Opera Mobile 12, Mashable reports.
Opera Mini Next is actually a preview of what's coming in the next ...ECA REACHES AGREEMENT WITH UEFA ON DROPPING AUGUST FRIENDLIES
Premier League bosses were rejoicing across the country on Tuesday, Feb 28 morning after it emerged that FIFA are set to AXE international friendlies played in August.
The detested window has long riled ...MP: LAW ON INVOLVEMENT OF ARMY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TYPICAL FOR AUTHORITARIAN STATES
Commenting upon the new bill "On legal regime of the emergency situation" providing for an opportunity to involve army in such situations, deputy of the opposition Heritage party Anahit Bakhshyan said ...TURKEY DENIES REPORTS ON TIGHTER REGULATIONS FOR ISRAELI CARGO FLIGHTS
Turkish Foreign Ministry has denied reports that Turkey imposed tighter regulations on Israeli cargo flights entering its airspace., Hurriyet Daily News reported.
"The Haaretz story is not true ...IPAD 3 PRICE REPORTEDLY LEAKS
Over the past several days, several unverified rumors about the iPad 3 have been showing up on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo, offering tidbits of information about Apple's plans for the device, ...TBILISI HOSTS EVENTS COMMEMORATING SUMGAIT POGROMS
The embassy of Armenia in Georgia organized a series of events to honor the memory of victims of Armenian massacres in Sumgait, Baku and Maragha.
The Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church ...EURO-AREA ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE INDEX RISES TO 94,4
Euro-area confidence in the economic outlook improved more than economists forecast in February, adding to signs of stabilization after the economy contracted in the fourth quarter.
An index of executive ...TWO JOURNALISTS ESCAPE SYRIA'S HOMS
Two journalists who were trapped in Homs for five days after being wounded in a Syrian army bombardment have managed to escape into neighboring Lebanon, the father of one of them said, according to The ...VATICAN ARCHIVES ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE DISCLOSED
Vatican starts disclosing its secret archives dating back to 1621. The oldest document goes back to the 8th century.
Documents on the Armenian Genocide have been found among the archives, according to ...KYLIE MINOGUE, WILL SMITH LINED UP TO CARRY OLYMPIC TORCH
Kylie Minogue and Will Smith have been lined up to carry the Olympic torch, MSN News reported. The Australian singer and the Hollywood actor are among a host of celebrities, including Jackie Chan and ...AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS JOIN FRANKFURT STRIKE
Air traffic controllers at Germany's Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday, February 28 said they would strike this week in solidarity with their ground control colleagues, M&C reported, citing DPA.
The ...ARMENIAN WOMEN'S WEIGHTING TEAM WILL MISS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The head coach of the Armenian women's weightlifting team Artashes Nersisyan noted that Meline Daluzyan and Hripsime Khurshudyan will start training for the Smmer Olympic Games from March 5.
"We will ...VIETNAM TO STOCKPILE 1 MLN TONS OF RICE TO CURB PRICE SLUMP
Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter, will buy up and stockpile 1 million tons of rice from the winter-spring crop to help boost prices to farmers, state media reported Tuesday, February ...ARMENIAN FM COMMENTS ON AZERBAIJANI POLICY ON MADRID PRINCIPLES
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in an interview with the Austrian Der Standard paper that Azerbaijan keeps focusing on return of territories, in particular, the buffer zone around Nagorno ...IRAN URGES TO AID REFORMS IN SYRIA GOVT
Iran's Foreign Minister called on the international community to help the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, official news agency IRNA said Tuesday, Feb 28.
"Syria has a strategic role in ...FOREIGN NATIONALS IN UK TO GET FREE HIV TREATMENT
Foreign nationals in UK are to be offered free treatment for HIV on the NHS under plans backed by the government, BBC reported.
Campaigners say the move in England will reduce the risk of Britons being ...LADY GAGA TICKETS SCALPED FOR $4000 IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong fans are paying the equivalent of nearly $4000 for black market tickets to see pop star Lady Gaga perform in the city for the first time, news reports say.
Buyers queued for up to three days ...FRENCH BILL ON GENOCIDE TO IMPROVE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS, FM SAYS
Adoption of a bill criminalizing denial of genocides in France will contribute to improvement of Armenian-Turkish relations because this is the very factor that hinders the development, Armenian Foreign ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA SPLIT OVER SHIFT TO PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM
Member of the Prosperous Armenia party Naira Zohrabyan said at parliamentary debates on the shift to 100 per cent proportional system of elections that there are different positions on the issue within ...ROAMING TARIFFS MAY GO DOWN IN EU
It could soon cost less to use mobile phones when traveling abroad in the European Union.
According to BBC, MEPs have voted Feb 28 for a significant cut in the price companies can charge for calls and ...RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL TO FORM "NON-POLITICAL" PARTY
Billionaire businessman and Putin election challenger Mikhail Prokhorov said on Tuesday, Feb 28, he is forming a "non-political" party seeking to unite Russia's civil society.
"It ...ANGELINA JOLIE'S RIGHT LEG FOLLOWED BY 20000 ON TWITTER
Angelina Jolie's right leg has been everywhere since she first stepped onto the red carpet at the 84th Annual Academy Awards night. Not only was her exposed leg and dramatic pose the talk of the Oscars, ...EGYPT'S SECURITY CURBS ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE FUEL INTO GAZA
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday, February 28 thwarted an attempt to smuggle large quantities of diesel fuel into the Gaza Strip via underground tunnels, Maan News Agency reported. Egyptian military ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,67 FEB 28
Deals amounting to AMD 3,54 mln. at an average rate of AMD 388,52 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Feb 28. The closing price totaled AMD 388,55.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD ...SUMGAIT POGROMS COMMEMORATED IN UKRAINE
On February 28, 11 am OSCE office in Kyiv hosted a mourning rally in memory of the victims of Sumgait pogroms.
Representatives from international organizations, Ukrainian politicians, human rights advocates, ...EUROZONE SUMMIT CANCELLED AMID GERMAN BAILOUT FUND OPPOSITION
A eurozone summit, which was intended to follow this week's EU summit, will no longer take place due to Germany's opposition to the only item on the agenda - boosting the size of the single currency's ...SOTHEBY'S TO ACTION HISTORIC BEAU SANCY DIAMOND
Sotheby's will auction the historic Beau Sancy diamond at its Magnificent and Noble Jewels sale in Geneva on May 15, 2012. The 34.98-carat modified pear, double-rose cut diamond, is expected to fetch ...TRAVEL, JOBS TOP ARMENIA'S 2011 SEARCH LIST
In 2011, Armenians most of all showed interest in air tickets, according to the polls by Spyur information system. The company has published the statistical data of those who used Spyur telephone services ...13 DEAD, 43 INJURED IN CHINESE CHEMICAL PLANT BLAST
An explosion ripped through a chemical factory in North China on Tuesday, February 28 killing at least 13 people and injuring 43, the government said of the latest industrial accident to strike the nation. ...SLOVAK POLITICIAN FAVORS KARABAKH'S DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
It is surprising to see how the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the population of which totals only 140 thousand, follows the path of democratic development, according to Slovak politician.
"Capital of Nagorno ...FRANCE'S HOLLANDE SLAMMED OVER MILLIONAIRE TAX PROPOSAL
The French government on Tuesday, February 28 slammed a proposal by Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande to slap a 75-per-cent tax on millionaires, saying such a punitive tax could drive ...RUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW FRIGATE CONSTRUCTION
The Yantar Shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad will start on Wednesday, February 29 the construction of a new Krivak IV class frigate for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, RIA Novosti reported. ...AZERBAIJAN SUES ARMENIA FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR CONSTRUCTION?
Azerbaijan filed a lawsuit against Armenia to the Secretariat of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (ESPOO) over non-compliance with the Convention provisions ...POLAND HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DEMANDS U.S. TO RETURN AUSCHWITZ BARRACK
The fate of a barrack that once housed prisoners of the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland is currently the subject of intense talks between Polish and U.S. authorities, Warsaw Business Journal ...GREEK PARLIAMENT TO APPROVE FURTHER AUSTERITY CUTS
The Greek parliament was set to approve further austerity measures in a vote late Tuesday, February 28 while there were mixed reactions across the country to a German parliamentary vote which approved ...VAN ROMPUY TO BE REAPPOINTED AS EU PRESIDENT
Former Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy will be reappointed European Union President this week and be given the task of chairing regular eurozone summits, diplomats in Brussels said Tuesday, February ...1 DEAD IN CASPIAN SEA OIL TANKER FIRE
At least one person was killed in a fire that gripped a Russian oil tanker in the Caspian Sea, the regional emergency center said on Tuesday, February 28, according to RIA Novosti.
A regional Emergencies ...CAPTAIN FINED $6,000 FOR IGNORING SINKING VESSEL
The captain of a tugboat that failed to come to the rescue of a cruise boat that capsized and sank in a storm, killing 122 people, was ordered on Tuesday, February 27 to pay a penalty of 190,000 rubles ...SAMSUNG, TOYOTA TO CREATE SMARTPHONE-CONNECTED CAR SOLUTION
Samsung Electronics announced a collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, to create Samsung Car Mode Application an in-car solution that seamlessly connects Samsung smartphones to Toyota's In-Vehicle ...LUCY LIU JOINS CBS' SHERLOCK HOLMES CAST AS WATSON
Lucy Liu has joined the cast of CBS' Sherlock Holmes-drama pilot - as Holmes' assistant Watson, who traditionally has been portrayed by male actors, The Wrap reported citing Deadline.
With "Charlie's ...SPAIN ARRESTS 4 ANONYMOUS "HACKTIVISTS"
Police say they have arrested four suspected hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement in connection with attacks on Spanish political party websites, AP reported.
A National Police statement ...TRIBECA TO RELEASE MARTIN DONOVAN'S "COLLABORATOR" COMEDY
Tribeca Film has acquired domestic distribution rights to "Collaborator," Martin Donovan's comedic drama - the actor's directorial debut, the company said, according to The Wrap.
Tribeca ..."HARRY POTTER" E-BOOKS COME TO LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE
The "Harry Potter" saga may have seen the end of its run in the movie theaters, but J.K. Rowling's wizardly brain child will live on in the world's libraries, The Wrap reported.
British ...ANNASOPHIA ROBB LANDS LEAD IN "SEX AND THE CITY" PREQUEL
AnnaSophia Robb, the star of last year's big-screen offering "Soul Surfer," has landed the lead role of a young Carrie Bradshaw in the CW pilot "The Carrie Diaries," The Wrap reported.
...ROMANIA HALTS SERBIA EU BID OVER MINORITY GUARANTEES
Romania dashed hopes for a rapid green light for Serbia's European Union membership candidacy on Tuesday, February 28 when its foreign minister unexpectedly demanded further guarantees for minorities ...TUNISIA TO OFFER ASYLUM TO SYRIA'S ASSAD
Tunisia's president says he is ready to offer asylum to Syria's President Bashar Assad as part of a negotiated solution to the Syrian conflict, AP reported.
In an interview set to appear Wednesday, ...COSTA ALLEGRA TOWED TO SAFETY TOWARD SEYCHELLES
The disabled luxury cruise ship Costa Allegra, which carried more than 1,000 passengers and crew when it caught fire in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean, is being towed toward the Seychelles by a French ...RISING OIL PRICES BOOST INFLATION IN GERMANY
Rising oil prices are fuelling inflation in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, and may do some for some time to come, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, February 28, AFP reported.
The German ...FRENCH COUNCIL RULES GENOCIDE BILL AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The French Constitutional Council ruled the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial as unconstitutional.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial ...REPORT: GENERAL MOTORS TO BUY STAKE IN PEUGEOT
General Motors is set to purchase up to seven percent of French auto giant Peugeot Citroen, sources told Dow Jones Newswires, adding that a deal could be announced as early as Wednesday, February 29.
...ARMENIA LOSES 0:2 IN FRIENDLY WITH SERBIA
Armenia squad lost 0:2 to Serbia at Cyprus-hosted friendly.
The scoring was opened when Serbia's Zdravko Kuzmanovic struck a goal 15 minutes into the game, followed by another one by Branislav Ivanovic ...BELARUS BANISHES EU ENVOYS, PULLS OWN AMBASSADORS
Belarus has asked the European Union and Polish ambassadors to leave the country and recalled its own ambassadors in response to new EU sanctions, AP reported.
The moves announced Tuesday, February 28 ...GIANT RINGS LAUNCHED TO MARK 150 DAYS TO OLYMPICS
Giant Olympic rings were launched on the River Thames in London on Tuesday, February 28 to mark 150 days until the start of the 2012 Games, AFP reported.
The rings -25 metres (82 feet) wide and 11 metres ...JAPAN GOVT PANEL CUT TSUNAMI WARNING BEFORE 2011 DISASTER
Japanese science ministry's earthquake research panel omitted a warning that massive tsunami could hit northeastern Japan "at any moment" from a report prior to the March 2011 earthquake ...TURKEY WELCOMES GENOCIDE BILL RULING, MULLS PEACE WITH FRANCE
Turkey welcomed on Tuesday, February 28 a ruling by France's highest court overturning a law making it illegal to deny the killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire a century ago was Genocide.
Turkish ...SARKOZY INSTRUCTS FRENCH GOVT TO RE-DRAFT GENOCIDE BILL
French President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, CNN Turk reported.
The French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill ...MOZILLA TO SLASH SMARTPHONE PRICES WITH NEW OS
Mozilla, which brought the free web browser Firefox to the masses, now wants to do the same for mobile users, with a new open source operating system that could drastically slash smartphone prices, AFP ...FRENCH HAY DAT CHIEF: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL REPS IN BUSINESS TIES WITH TURKEY
The head of Hay Dat French office cited Turkish pressure and underhand intrigues behind the French Constitutional Council's ruling that the bill punishing Armenian Genocide denial is unconstitutional.
...APPLE EXPECTED TO REVEAL IPAD 3 AT NEW EVENT
Apple is inviting reporters to an event next Wednesday, March 7 in San Francisco. An image on the invite showing part of an iPad screen suggests it's to announce a new model, AP reported.
The company ...FRENCH AUTHORITIES DON'T SHARE COUNCIL'S STANCE ON GENOCIDE - HAY DAT REP.
The head of Hay Dat French office is confident that the stance of French authorities on Armenian Genocide denial remains unchanged.
In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Hrach Varzhapetian ...MERCEDES TO INTEGRATE APPLE'S SIRI INTO FUTURE VEHICLES
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