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Headlines for May 19, 2012
ONLY STRONG ARMENIA CAN RESOLVE KARABAKH CONFLICT - EXPERT
Only strong Armenia is able to resolve Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Canadian journalist and MIG International Consulting Company President said.
"Only economically strong Armenia can achieve Karabakh conflict ...FACEBOOK HISTORIC IPO DOESN'T GO AS PLANNED
The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, May 18, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing ...73-YEAR-OLD JAPANESE WOMAN CLIMBS MOUNT EVEREST
A 73-year-old Japanese woman has climbed Mount Everest, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain, the Associated Press reported.
Ang Tshering ...JAPAN SAYS READY TO HELP IN STEMMING EUROZONE DEBT CRISIS
Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone's debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks, according to AFP.
Japan, the world's ...POWERFUL BOMB DEFUSED IN RUSSIA'S INGUSHETIA
Demining specialists have defused a powerful bomb in the restive North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a police spokesman said on Saturday, May 19.
According to RIA Novosti, the homemade explosive device ...TURKEY WARNS COMPANIES AGAINST GREEK CYPRIOT OIL EXPLORATION TENDER
Turkey warned 15 companies, which submitted bids in a fresh Greek Cypriot tender for oil exploration in disputed areas of the Mediterranean, to withdraw from the project, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
...INDONESIA STOPS SEARCH FOR SUKHOI CRASH VICTIMS
Indonesian officials have called off the search for victims of a Russian jet crash, the operation's head said on Saturday, May 19, as experts continue their probe into why it flew into a dormant volcano, ...RUSSIAN-MADE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN VENEZUELA, KILLS 4
A Russian-made Mil Mi-17 helicopter has crashed in Venezuela, killing four out of the five people on board, the Globovision television channel said, quoting the country's defense authorities.
The aircraft ...EUROZONE, IRAN, SYRIA TO DOMINATE G8 MEETING
President Obama has welcomed world leaders to Camp David near Washington for the G8 summit, where the eurozone crisis is likely to dominate talks.
Investors fear a Greek eurozone exit could trigger a ...WRITER TAPPED FOR JOHNNY DEPP'S THE NIGHT STALKER
D.V. DeVincentis has been tapped to write Disney's big-screen adaptation of The Night Stalker, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Stalker is one of the more high-profile projects in the works at the ...16 MUSLIM PILGRIMS DIE IN INDIA BUS CRASH
Some 16 people died when a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims exploded in a ball of fire after colliding head-on with a truck in northern India, according to officials.
AFP reports that the bus, which was ...MICROSOFT BRINGS BACK ‘BUY A PC, GET AN XBOX' STUDENT PROGRAM
As many graduating high school students across the United States begin preparing to enter college in the fall, Microsoft is bringing back a popular promotion from last year to encourage more PC sales, ...PHILIPPINE YOUTHS CONTINUE PROTESTING LADY GAGA'S CONCERTS
Christian youths in the Philippines are continuing to protest against Lady Gaga's upcoming concerts despite organizers' assurances that her performances will not threaten morality, AP reports.
...MILITARY MARRIAGES STRONG DESPITE RELOCATIONS, SEPARATIONS
Despite being tested by long hours and frequent relocations and separations, military marriages are no more likely to end in divorce than civilian marriages, a new study shows.
HealthDay News reports ...NASA SCIENTISTS TO WATCH SOLAR ECLIPSE MAY 20
A solar eclipse is set to impress skywatchers around the world this weekend, and a team of NASA scientists are hosting a fun viewing party at one of the most spectacular destinations in the United States: ...APPLE GETS PATENT FOR A MULTI-POINT FOCUSING SYSTEM
Apple was awarded a patent for a multi-point focusing system that integrates with devices capable of multitouch input, possibly pointing to future use of the technology in a next-generation iPhone, iPad ...HERITAGE HOPES PAST ELECTIONS WILL BECOME FINAL STAGE OF PUBLIC NAIVETY
A member of Heritage opposition party voiced hope for recent parliamentary elections in Armenia to become "the final stage of dirty tricks and public naivety."
"Every election is a new test for the civil ...ARAM I VISITS ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN PART OF TEHRAN
As part of his pontifical visitation program, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, paid a pastoral visit to the Armenian communities in Ghazvin, Rasht and Anzaly, located in ...SUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS MILITARY COMPOUND IN SYRIA
A suicide car bomb blast shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, May 19, targeting a military compound in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months, the country's ...IRAN PLANS TO EXPAND OIL EXPLORATION
Iranian officials announced that the country plans to expand oil exploration throughout the country, especially in Northeastern provinces, Fars News Agency reports.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) ...HERITAGE MEMBER TO BECOME POLITICS AND LAW INSTITUTE HEAD
Heritage opposition party member will become director of Institute of Politics and Law at Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
As Larisa Alaverdyan told a press conference, the Slavonic University ...OLYMPIC FLAME BEGINS 70-DAY JOURNEY AROUND BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday, May 19, ahead of the 2012 London Games, AFP reports.
The flame arrived ...BOMB AT ITALIAN SCHOOL KILLS AT LEAST 1, INJURES 6
A bomb has exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six others, BBC News reported.
The blast went off as students were arriving at ...300 CASES OF AZERI CEASEFIRE VIOLATION REPORTED LAST WEEK
About 300 instances of ceasefire violation by Azeri armed forces were registered at the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan over past week.
Azerbaijan fired over 1600 shots from various ..."ARMENIAN CUISINE" BOOK GAINING POPULARITY ACROSS THE GLOBE
Co-authors Aline Kamakian and Barbara Drieskens from Lebanon wrapped up a month-long, AGBU-coordinated tour across the U.S. and Canada to promote their widely acclaimed publication "Armenian Cuisine".
...WINDOWS PHONE MARKETPLACE EXCEEDS 90,000 APP MARK
The Windows Phone Marketplace has continued to add new apps for Windows Phone owners to download and/or purchase at a rapid pace. This week, the Marketplace exceeded the 90,000 app mark in terms of the ...HERITAGE MEMBER SLAMS PARTY LEADER'S CAMPAIGN TECHNIQUES
Heritage member slammed the campaign techniques the party used to attract new people in its candidates' list.
Larisa Alaverdyan voiced skepticism over Free Democrats' ability to pursue the same policy ...APPLE FILES MOTION FOR INJUNCTION AGAINST SAMSUNG'S GALAXY TAB 10.1
Following a recently won appeal from the federal court, Apple on Friday, May 18 filed a motion for injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 which could see the tablet pulled from U.S. shelves ...GREEK EXIT MAY PLUNGE BRITAIN INTO A SECOND RECESSION
A Greek exit from the single currency threatens to plunge Britain into a second recession equal in ferocity to the record postwar slump of 2008-09, according to the expert responsible for the government's ...SLAVONIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN UNSC MODEL-CONFERENCE
Students of International relations department at Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University participated in UN Security Council model-conference on Iran's nuclear program.
"The students were assigned to ...IRAN VOWS TO BECOME LARGEST MIDDLE EAST CRUDE STEEL PRODUCER
Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari says the country will become the largest producer of crude steel in the Middle East and north of the Persian Gulf, citing the planned investment ...WINGS OF TATEV AERIAL TRAMWAY SUSPENDS PASSENGER SERVICE
Wings of Tatev, the world's longest aerial tramway suspended passenger service on May 18.
As the tramway service management press service reported, control systems were damaged as a result of lightening ...OBAMA CALLS TO DEFEND WALL STREET REFORM
U.S. President Barack Obama urged members of Congress on Saturday, May 19 to defend Wall Street reform, arguing the recovering US economy cannot take the risk of lax oversight over the financial sector, ...CANNES 2012 DAY THREE: FUNDRAISING, "SEX STRIKE" CALLS AND MADAGASCAR
Cannes film festival Day Three featured Italian film director Matteo Garrone's Reality and Paradise: Love by Austrian director Ulrich Seidl.
fundraising dinner for Haiti's earthquake victims
On May ...WINGS OF TATEV CONTROL SYSTEM PROBLEMS FIXED
All the control system malfunctions of Wings of Tatev, the world's longest aerial tramway were eliminated on May 19, 3 p.m. local time, the tramway service management press service reported.
"We resumed ...ARTICLE: OTTOMANS BROUGHT KURDS TO LIVE IN ARMENIAN LANDS
Members of the Bizeni tribe, originally from Kirkuk, were separated during the reign of the Ottoman Empire. Bizenis live in different parts of Kurdistan, particularly Kirkuk city. Today, a large group ...ARMENIAN PAPER CONCERNED OVER AFGHAN-TURKISH STRENGTHENING TIES
The article published in Greece-based Armenian newspaper "Hayastan" has stressed the strengthening of Afghan-Turkish relations through Turkey's military trainings to Afghan students.
The article calls ...CNNMONEY LAUNCHES IPAD APP TO KEEP UP WITH LATEST NEWS
CNNMoney launched an iPad application, allowing users to keep up with the latest news, market overviews and stock alerts from a comfort of their sofas, IntoMobile reports.
Available as a free download, ...PONTIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED ON MAY 19
In March 1915, Greek massacres were perpetrated by Young Turks in surroundings of Smyrna (presently Izmir), Ottoman Turkey. Ethnic cleansing of Greeks was actively carried out by Turkish nationalists ...CANNES DAY FOUR: FROM "DRACULA 3D" TO "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD"
May 19, Cannes film Festival Day Four: Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong movie director and kung fu action hero, said his latest action movie, "Chinese Zodiac" - which he launched at the Cannes Film ...CHINESE GOVT. APPROVES GOOGLE TO ACQUIRE MOTOROLLA
Chinese antitrust and competition authorities have approved Google to acquire Motorolla.
VentureBeat reports that according to The Wall Street Journal, Google's deal to purchase Motorola Mobility for ...
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Today in Armenian history- 325 The First Ecumenical Council in Nicea. It adopts the "Nicean Creed".
- 1817 Thanks to the efforts of the public figure Krtsheekyan, Rashid and Ali pashas received the Sultan's confirmation for two meetings of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. The first was a Spiritual Meeting with fourteen members and the second was a Supreme Meeting with twenty members. This confirmation led to the eventual proclamation of a National Constitution.
- 1892 Birth of Hamo Beknazaryan (actor, film director). He died in 1965.
- 1915 Victorious outcome of the one-month defense of Van (Western Armenia).
- 1969 Death of writer Arsen Yerkat.
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