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Headlines for March 18, 2012
IRAN CONCERNED OVER ESCALATING TENSIONS IN KARABAKH
Iran's position on Nagorno Karabakh issue remains unchanged, with the country continuing to urge for peaceful settlement of the conflict, Iranian Embassy in Armenia said in a statement.
Iran's ...EGYPT'S COPTIC CHRISTIAN POPE SHENOUDA DIES AT 88
Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Church, died on Saturday at the age of 88, state-run television said, M&C reported citing DPA.Coptic Bishop Bishoy also announced Shenouda's death ...BRITAIN ACCUSES TEHRAN OF BLOCKING "UK FOR IRANIANS" WEBSITE
Britain accused Iran on Sunday, March 18 of blocking a website days after it was launched by the British government to reach out to Iranians, in the latest spat over media censorship.
According to Reuters, ...NORAH JONES PERFORMS ENTIRE NEW ALBUM AT SXSW FILM FEST
Norah Jones unveiled something new at South By Southwest - again.
Ten years after she shook Austin and the music world with "Come Away With Me," the 25 million-selling debut she released just ...RUSSIA'S ROMAN ANDREEV WINS FACEBOOK'S HACKER CUP
1Roman Andreev from Russia completed one problem correctly in 1 hr 4 min and won Facebook's Hacker Cup to get his name placed on an awesome and really heavy cement trophy along with a check for $5000, ...HERITAGE APPROVES PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES LIST
On March 18, Heritage opposition party hosted a board sitting, followed by a council session.
The session focused on party strategy at the oncoming parliamentary elections, with joint candidates list ...TURKISH PM HOLDS UNEXPECTED TALKS WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is meeting Sunday, March 18, with the head of the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) at his residence in Ankara amid debates over an attempt by the judiciary ...MEGAUPLOAD FOUNDER MAY GET HIS SEIZED PROPERTY BACK
When New Zealand authorities raided the estate of MegaUpload boss Kim Dotcom, they confiscated nearly $200 million worth of property. But as it turns out, the court order authorizing this seizure was ...STUDENT WHO HURLED AN EGG AT TURKISH EU MINISTER FACES 5 YEARS IN JAIL
A student who hurled an egg at Turkish European Union Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış in December faces injury charges that could result in up to five years in jail, Today's Zaman reported.
Bağış was attending ...WARPLANE BOMBS ISLAMIST MILITANTS IN SOUTHERN YEMEN
A warplane bombed Islamist militants in their southern Yemeni stronghold city of Jaar on Sunday, March 18 causing the population to flee their homes, residents said, but there were no immediate reports ...59 KILLED IN PAKISTANI AIR STRIKES, CLASHES OVER PAST WEEK
At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in the restive northwest over the past week, officials said Sunday, March 18.
On Sunday, ..."OCCUPY" PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT ANNIVERSARY RALLY IN NEW YORK
Police arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters on Saturday March 17 night during a protest marking the movement's six-month anniversary at its birthplace in New York's Zuccotti Park, ..."FAT KID RULES THE WORLD" WINS SXSW FILM FEST AWARD
Matthew Lillard's "Fat Kid Rules the World" and Joe Berlinger's Paul Simon documentary "Under African Skies" are among the additional audience award winners at the South by ...BELARUS EXECUTES 2ND CONVICT IN SUBWAY BOMBING
Two men convicted of carrying out a deadly subway bombing last year in Belarus' capital have been executed, drawing strong condemnation from activists and the European Union, AP reported.
The mother ...IMF: GLOBAL ECONOMY STEPPED BACK FROM BRINK OF DANGER
The global economy has stepped back from the brink of danger and signs of stabilization are emerging from the euro zone and the United States, but high debt levels in developed markets and rising oil ...IRAQ OFFERS CRUDE TO SRI LANKA AHEAD OF IRANIAN BAN
Iraq has come forward to offer "substantial quantities" of crude oil to Sri Lanka, as the island desperately looks for alternatives to Iranian crude, AFP reported.
Iran supplies nearly 92 percent ...MOSSAD AGREES WITH U.S., SAYS "NO HARD EVIDENCE ON IRAN NUKE BOMB"
Israel's intelligence service Mossad agrees with US assessments there is no hard evidence that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb, even though Israeli leaders have talked about Tehran's ...HONG KONG CELEBRITY APPARENTLY LEAKS PANASONIC'S NEW LUMIX CAMERA IMAGE
It appears as though a new entry in Panasonic's high-end Lumix camera line has been leaked on an unlikely outlet - Instagram.
The site has become a popular destination for online photo sharing, but it ...EXPLOSION HITS SYRIA'S ALEPPO
An explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo Sunday March 18, the country's state news agency said, calling it a "terrorist bombing," AP reported.
...N. KOREA REJECTS CALLS AGAINST LAUNCHING SATELLITE
North Korea on Sunday, March 18 reiterated its commitment to launching a satellite in the face of protests by its neighbours and the US, who view the move as a disguised missile test, AFP reported.
The ...GERMANY ELECTS JOACHIM GAUCK AS NEW PRESIDENT
A far-reaching majority of lawmakers elected former East German pro-democracy activist Joachim Gauck as Germany's new President Sunday, March 19, AP reported.
The 72-year-old Gauck is an outspoken ...PM SARGSYAN INVITES ISRAELI TOURISTS TO VISIT ARMENIA
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan invites tourists to visit the Caucasus country.
Armenia borders with Iran and Turkey, and opts to attract Israeli tourists, who are now more reluctant to go to ...UN CHIEF CONDEMNS DAMASCUS SUICIDE BOMB TACKS
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly multiple bomb attacks in Damascus and called for an immediate end to all violence.
A statement issued late Saturday March 17 by Ban's spokesman ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1839 Hakobos Bishop Serobian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. He led the movement against Protestantism and encouraged the national movement against the amira. He supported the Skyootar Gymnasium.
- 1870 Birth of Sargees (Sako) Hambardzoomian, long-time revolutionary, public figure, and physician. He died in 1944.
- 1879 Birth of doctor Varazdat Galanchian, major of the British Royal Army and founder of plastic surgery.
- 1924 Birth of Levon Khatsherian, linguist and Armenologist.
- 1931 Founding of the Yerevan City History Museum.
- 1940 Kirov's synthetic rubber factory (now called "Nairit") was created out of the Yerevan Carbide factory.
- 1944 The "Sassuntsi Davit" Tank Division is created with the help of Diasporan Armenians.
- 1946 The five-year plan (1946-1950) for the Armenian SSR is adopted.
- 1949 Trolley buses were first used in Yerevan.
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