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Published on May 26, 2012
EX-PM OF EGYPT PLEDGES NOT TO RESTORE MUBARAK'S REGIME
- Former Egyptian prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq sought Saturday, May 26 to dispel his authoritarian image by vowing to uphold democratic principles and respect all segments of society, according to The Washington Post.
"We all sought to achieve for Egypt a democracy it thirsted for," Shafiq, one of the two politicians who will compete in a runoff following this week's presidential vote told reporters Saturday. "Our visions differed, our methods varied. That is the nature of democracy."
Many Egyptians see the prospect of a Shafiq presidency as a continuation of the type of authoritarian regimen they set out to dismantle last year in the popular revolt that led to President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. Conservative Islamists were among the most repressed Egyptians under Mubarak's government, and Shadiq made curbing the rise of Islamist politics a cornerstone of his campaign. But he struck a conciliatory tone Saturday, saying that he intends, if elected, to preside over "a country that can contain everyone and is for everyone."
Preliminary results Friday from state media showed that after the initial round in the first free presidential election in Egypt's modern history, the field of 13 had been whittled to two candidates who represent the heavyweight forces of Egyptian politics — the Muslim Brotherhood and the military.
Headlines for May 26, 2012
YEREVAN TO HOST TEDXKIDS@YEREVAN ON JUNE 1
On June 1, for the first time in the region Yerevan will host TEDxKids@Yerevan event, which is officially licensed by the TED Conferences.
The forum will bring together children aged 10-16 years, ...BAKU TO HOST EUROVISION FINAL MAY 26
Usually a jamboree of youthful exuberance and questionable taste, this year's Eurovision Song Contest features a pair of elderly acts among its top contenders.
Engelbert Humperdinck, 76, takes the ...PAPER: GAGIK TSARUKYAN, ROBERT KOCHARIAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW PURSUED COMMON GOAL
According to Hraparak daily, Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan will return to Armenia on May 28.
"By a lucky coincidence, ex-president Robert Kocharian will leave the Russian capital for ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA TO JOIN COALITION AFTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE - PAPER
According to 168 Zham daily, Prosperous Armenia's decision on refusing to join the coalition was taken during the last meeting between party head Gagik Tsarukyan and Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) ...PAPER: CHOICE OF ARMENIA'S EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS OBVIOUS?
According to Yerkir daily, although the names of legislative or executive officials to be appointed remained unannounced at Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) sitting, the choice is obvious.
According ...PAPER: PRESIDENT SARGSYAN TO APPOINT ARA BABLOYAN AS HEALTH MINISTER
According to Hayatsk daily, though the Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) hasn't decided on all the posts, some ministerial seats have already been distributed.
"For instance, 2 candidates vying ...PAPER: SYUNIK ADMINISTRATION HEAD TO BE APPOINTED AS MINISTER OF MINES?
According to Zhoghovurd daily, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will be divided into 2 separate structures."Most probably, current minister Armen Movsisyan will be appointed as Energy Minister. ...PAPER: HOVHANNISYAN RENOUNCED DEPUTY SEAT AT THE POINT OF TSARUKYAN'S "VERTU PHONE"?
According to 168 Zham daily, Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan had a hard time trying to persuade Armenian Political Experts' Union chair Hamayak Hovhannisyan to renounce his deputy mandate.
...RAPHAEL'S SISTINE MADONNA RECEIVES NEW FRAME
"The Sistine Madonna", Raphael's iconic painting, has received a new frame as a 'present' for its 500th anniversary.
Every single fragment of the carving and gilding of the frame's ornament was ...GUNMAN KILLS 1, INJURES 8 IN FINNISH TOWN
A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in the early hours of Saturday, May 26 killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding eight other people, police said, according to Reuters.
An ...YOUNG SCIENTISTS' SCHOOL OPENED IN TSAGHKADZOR
A three-day young scientists' school has been opened in Armenian resort town of Tsaghkadzor. The project is implemented by Armenian Youth Foundation and RA NAS Center for Ecological Research.
The initiative ...JAPAN, CHINA TO START YEN-YUAN DIRECT TRADING
Japan and China are expected to start direct trading of their currencies as early as June as part of efforts to boost bilateral trade and investment, according to reports, AFP said.
With the planned ...HILLARY CLINTON TO VISIT ARMENIA, GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey from May 31-June 7.
Hillary Clinton will visit Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan ...50 CIVILIANS, INCLUDING 13 CHILDREN KILLED IN SYRIA'S PROVINCE - ACTIVISTS
President Bashar Assad's forces have killed at least 50 civilians including 13 children in central Syria, activists say, in one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an internationally ...AZERI POLICE DETAIN 30 ON EVE OF EUROVISION FINAL
Azerbaijan on Saturday, May 26 hosts the Eurovision song contest, the biggest event the ex-Soviet state has ever held, which has been marred by the arrest of opposition protesters, AFP reported.
Police ...ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT JEWELRY AT SITE OF BIBLICAL ARMAGEDDON
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a ceramic jug near the ancient city of Megiddo, where the New Testament predicts ...ISRAELI POLICE ARREST 10 ORGAN TRAFFICKERS
Israeli police have detained 10 members of an international crime ring suspected of organ trafficking and illegal transplant surgeries, an Israeli law enforcement source told RIA Novosti, the agency said.
...EUROPE'S ATV-3 SPACE FREIGHTER TO RAISE ISS SPACE STATION ORBIT
Two main engines of European Space Agency's ATV-3 space freighter will be switched on early on Saturday to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said, according ...IMF CHIEF: NOW IT'S PAYBACK TIME FOR GREECE
IMF head Christine Lagarde has urged Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worries more about the plight of children in sub-Saharan Africa than the people of the crisis-hit European nation, BBC News reported.
...PM: ARMENIA PRIORITIZES AREAS OF NECO'S ACTIVITY
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with a delegation headed by Chairman of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO).
"The areas of NECO's activity are vital for us. Armenian government ...U.N. INSPECTORS FIND HIGHER-LEVEL TRACES OF URANIUM AT IRAN NUKE FACILITY
United Nations nuclear inspectors have found uranium particles refined to a higher-than-expected level at an underground site where Iran has installed more than 50 percent more enrichment centrifuges, ...U.S. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE URGES FURTHER AID TO KARABAKH
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill outlining U.S. funding and policy priorities abroad, including Armenia ...MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SEEKS ALLIES AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF
The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to rivals including politicians knocked out of the presidential race in an attempt to rally support around its own candidate who faces a runoff against Hosni Mubarak's ...AFGHAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES KABUL-WASHINGTON SECURITY PACT
Afghanistan's parliament approved on Saturday, May 26 a strategic pact between Kabul and Washington, clearing the way for a U.S. presence in the country for at least a decade after most foreign combat ...250 CASES OF AZERI CEASEFIRE VIOLATION REPORTED MAY 20-26
Over 250 instances of ceasefire violation by Azeri armed forces were registered at the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan from May 20-26.
Azerbaijan fired over 1300 shots from various ...CANNES: GARCIA BERNAL'S PINOCHET DRAMA "NO" WINS TOP PRIZE AT DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT
The Directors Fortnight section at Cannes has said yes to "No," Chilean director's Pablo Larrian's look at the referendum that ended Pinochet's reign in that country. On Friday, ...EXPERT: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA'S DECISION TRANSFERRED HAGGLE TO FALL
Head of the Institute of Eastern Europe and CIS countries commented on Prosperous Armenia party's refusal to get involved in formation of government formation.
Alexander Tsinker called attention to ...SONY NABS "REVENGE FOR JOLLY!" TRIBECA FILM FEST COMEDY
Atlas Independent announced Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired Revenge for Jolly!, for distribution in the U.S. and Canada, Deadline reported.
The acquisition marks the first for the newly-formed ...DMITRY MEDVEDEV ELECTED AS UNITED RUSSIA PARTY LEADER
Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress, RIA Novosti reported.
In late-April, President Vladimir Putin ...RUMORS OF KOCHARIAN'S RETURN FALSE, UNLESS CONFIRMED BY FALL - EXPERT
Rumors have recently circulated about the comeback of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharian, head of the Institute of East European and CIS said.
As Alexander Tsinker told PanARMENIAN.Net, ...MICROSOFT ASKS GOOGLE TO REMOVE 500,000 PIRATED SOFTWARE LINKS FROM INDEX
Microsoft has asked Google to remove more than 500,000 links from its index in the last month, figures show. The vast majority of the links in question were ones which took people to sites connecting ...PIXAR'S "BRAVE" PAYS TRIBUTE TO STEVE JOBS
Months after his death, the studio Steve Jobs helped build will honor him with its next release.
Pixar Animation Studios' Brave tells the story of a young Scottish girl seeking to discover her own ..."ROAD TO" RUSSIAN STUDENT FILM WINS CANNES CINEFONDATION AWARD
Student films from Russia, Cuba and New York's NYU have won prizes in the 15th Cinefondation section at the Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced on Friday, May 26, TheWrap reported.
"Doroga ...ACTIVISTS PUT SYRIA "MASSACRE" DEATH TOLL AT 90
Activists on Saturday, May 26 raised the number of those killed in an alleged massacre by Syrian regime forces in a region in the center of the country to more than 90, AP reported.
The Britain-based ..."APPARITION" SUPERNATURAL THRILLER TRAILER HITS THE WEB
A trailer for "Apparition" supernatural thriller hits the web. The film is directed and written by Todd Lincoln and distributed by Warner Bros. It stars Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna ...IRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF WARMONGERING REMARKS
Iran has lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council, accusing Israel of warmongering remarks that run counter to international law, Jerusalem Post reported.
In a letter delivered to the UN ...UNHCR: OVER 35000 SUDANESE FLEE TO SOUTH SUDAN
The United Nations refugee agency said on May 25 it is expanding relief operations for refugees in the Yida camp in South Sudan, where the number of people fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan has risen ...CANNES: ARTIFICIAL EYE SNAPS UP EVA MENDES, KYLIE MINOGUE-STARRER "HOLY MOTORS"
Independent distributor Artificial Eye snapped up U.K. rights to a quartet of titles during this year's Cannes Film Festival including Leos Carax's Holy Motors, starring Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue, ...EX-PM OF EGYPT PLEDGES NOT TO RESTORE MUBARAK'S REGIME
Former Egyptian prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq sought Saturday, May 26 to dispel his authoritarian image by vowing to uphold democratic principles and respect all segments of society, ...CANNES: "THE REPENTANT" DRAMA WINS EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL'S TOP PRIZE
The Repentant, an Algerian/French drama from director Merzak Allouache about a young terrorist seeking redemption, has won the Europa Cinemas Label prize for Best European film running in Cannes' ...POPE'S BUTLER ARRESTED IN LEAKS SCANDAL, VATICAN CONFIRMS
The Vatican has confirmed that the pope's butler was arrested in an embarrassing leaks scandal, The Associated Press reported.
Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi on Saturday, May 26 said Paolo ...SERGEI BODROV TO SCRIBE "AMPHIBIAN MAN" ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ADAPTATION
An English-language screen adaptation of the classic Russian science fiction novel Chelovek-Amfibiya (Amphibian Man) is to be jointly produced by Russia's Trikita Entertainment, Italy's Lumiq Studios ...FRENCH SENATORS HAIL ARTSAKH'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES
Member of the French Senate Sophie Zhuasen commented on Azerbaijan's decision to declare her, as well as Senators Philippe Marini and Bernard Fournier persona non grata for visiting Artsakh.
"We responded ...FRENCH SENATOR HOPES FOR CONSENSUS ON GENOCIDE BILL
French Senator Bernard Fournier commented on the possible adoption of a new bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in France.
He noted French President Francois Hollandes' intention to propose ...CANNES DAY ELEVEN: AWARDS, FAVORITES, KOREAN HUMOR AND AMERICAN "MUD"
The eleventh day was the last competition day of the 65th Cannes Film Festival. All the finalists have already been determined and first awards have been handed out.
Sergei Loznitsa's In the Fog picked ...
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