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FRIENDS OF SYRIA CONFERENCE SEEKS TO UP PRESSURE ON ASSAD
Western and Arab nations sought to exert more pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, April 1 mistrusting his acceptance of a plan to end a year of bloodshed, but were not expected to ...TOKYO STRING QUARTET TO OPEN YEREVAN PERSPECTIVES MUSIC FEST
Tokyo String Quartet will open Yerevan Perspectives 13th International Music Festival to kick off in Armenian capital April 3, 2012.
The Tokyo String Quartet will play on "the Paganini Quartet," ...7 YEMENI POLICE KILLED IN AL-QAEDA ATTACK
Al-Qaeda militants killed seven policemen Sunday, April 1 in an attack on a checkpoint in Yemen's southeast, a security official said, a day after clashes between the army and militants left 40 dead, ...CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS MARK PALM SUNDAY IN JERUSALEM
Hundreds of Christian pilgrims marked Palm Sunday in the Holy Land on Sunday, April 1 holding masses and processions retracing Jesus' triumphant return to Jerusalem, AP reported.
Palm Sunday marks ...ABRAHAM PROMOTERS SAY BOXER BACK ON RIGHT PATH
Promoters Wilfried and Kalle Sauerland believe that WBO European super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27KOs) is back on track after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Piotr Wilczewski ...ABRAHAM SENT TO HOSPITAL, RUPTURED EARDRUM FEARED
Former world middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27KOs) did not take part in Saturday April 1 post-fight press conference after his dominating twelve round decision win over Piotr Wilczewski (30-3). ...WILCZEWSKI TRAINER: ABRAHAM CAN BECOME WORLD CHAMPION AGAIN
According to Andrzej Gmitruk, trainer of Polish super middleweight Piotr Wilczewski, the boxer became ill a week before the fight and he nearly withdrew from Saturday March 31 contest with WBO European ...FIRE-DAMAGED LUXURY CRUISE SHIP SAILS TO MALAYSIA
A fire-damaged luxury cruise ship carrying hundreds of American, European and Australian passengers was Sunday, April 1 sailing slowly into Malaysian waters after engine repairs, the Philippine coast ...CLINTON, ERDOGAN CONFER OVER TURKEY'S NUKE DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAN
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conferred with Turkey's prime minister about his nuclear discussions with Iran as the United States began intensively preparing for a round of negotiations ...AUSTRALIAN WIFI INVENTORS WIN MULTIMILLION LEGAL BATTLE IN U.S.
Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday, April 1 it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform ...EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PICKS PRESIDENCY CANDIDATE
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has nominated its deputy chairman, Khairat al-Shatir, as its candidate for the presidential elections in May, BBC News reported.
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Turkey's parliament has passed a bill that allows parents to move their children into Islamic schools earlier, BBC News reported.
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Ukraine and Germany are in talks on jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko treatment in one of Berlin clinics, RIA Novosti reported Sunday, April 1 citing Ukrainian media.
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NBC's new series "Hannibal" has just tapped a frighteningly good director.
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Today in Armenian history- 1396 Tamerlane returns to Transcaucasia via the Alans.
- 1657 Birth of church-figure, musicologist, and writer Aveteek Yevdokatsee in Paris.
- 1846 Petros Minasyan (president) and Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (secretary) create the cultural association named "Association of the United Nation" in Constantinople.
- 1861 Death of Mkrtich Amira Jezayilian, one of the founders of theNersissian School in Khasgyoogh. He was born in 1805.
- 1863 Garegin Srvanjtiants edits the "Eagle of Taron" periodical at the St. Karapet monastery in Moush and issues 43 numbers.
- 1878 Birth of Movses Arazee (Harootyoonyan), writer of the "Israel Oree" and "The Sun" novels, in Yerevan. He died in 1964.
- 1906 The Bolshevik "Spark" newspaper first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Shahoomyan and Spandiaryan. Its publication was forbidden in August.
- 1908 Birth of seismologist Armenak Nazarov in Paris. He was a professor and member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 1909 Birth of civil engineer Vazreek Sekoyan in Igdir.
- 1910 Birth of trumpeter and conductor Tsolak Vardazarian in Stepanavan (formerly Jalaloghlee).
- 1918 The independent government of Van, being surrounded by Turkish and Kurdish forces, retreated to Iraq.
- 1920 Birth of Academician, linguist, and Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gevorg Jahookyan in Shahnazar (now Metsavan), Kalinino (Dasheer) region of Loree Province. He is a Professor with an interest in contemporary Armenian.
- 1920 After the Genocide of the Armenians of Marash, Hatjn, and Oorfa, the Kemalist Turkish army laid seige to Ayntab. After a 15-day defense, some 18000 were saved from murder. With the betrayal of the French forces, which suddenly withdrew from Cilicia to ahnd over the territory to the Kemalists, however, these Armenians had to flee, in 1921, to Syria.
- 1921 Bolsheviks regain control of Yerevan after having lost it during the February revolt.
- 1924 Birth of Karapet (Garoosh) Karapetian in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He was a coach and important sports figure. He was first Vice President of the European Weight Lifting Federation.
- 1928 Birth of Vladimir Greegoryan in Yerevan: a philologist, professor, and linguist. He was one of the creators of the first translation machine in the USSR. He died in 2001.
- 1930 Birth of actor and film directorr Khoren Abrahamyan.
- 1933 Birth, in Constantinople (Istanbul) of the linguist Barsegh Tooghladjyan. He authored bilingual and trilingual general and specialized dictionaries. He also authored "Ovgyanos", an encyclopedic, etymological dictionary in three volumes.
- 1935 Inauguration of the Russian Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan.
- 1938 First meeting of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1958 Opening of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Yerevan.
- 1984 Under pressure from Turkey, the Canadian government terrorizes Toronto by alleging that "Armenian terrorists" had planted a bomb in the city's subway system. No bomb was ever found. The disclosure of any evidence was denied by Canadian police forces (CSIS and RCMP) under the pretext of "National Security".
- 1993 Artsakh forces control Kelbajar (Artsakh).
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