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Headlines for June 03, 2012
WEST USES IRAN NUKE ISSUE TO COVER UP OWN PROBLEMS - KHAMENEI
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, June 3 accused the United States and its allies of lying about the threat of a nuclear Iran to cover up their own economic problems, state television ...TORONTO MALL GUNMAN KILLS 1, INJURES 7
A gunman opened fire in a busy food court at one of Canada's best known shopping malls, Toronto's Eaton's Centre, killing a 25-year-old man and leaving seven others injured, police said, according ...SYRIAN PRESIDENT DENIES GOVT. INVOLVEMENT IN HOULA MASSACRE
Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government had nothing to do with the Houla massacre, saying not even "monsters" would carry out such an ugly crime, AP reported.
The speech Sunday, June ...LEBANON SENDS TROOPS TO CALM SYRIA-LINKED CLASHES
Lebanon has sent troops to the port city of Tripoli after at least 10 people were killed in clashes linked to unrest across the border in Syria, BBC News reported.
Security forces were deployed after ...NATO EYES MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE
NATO is ready to interact with third countries, including Ukraine, on an individual basis to raise anti-ballistic missile defense efficiency, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and ...OSCE MISSION MONITORS ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN BORDER
On June 2, the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office monitored Armenian-Azerbaijan border regions near the villages of Aygepar and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur.
The monitoring ...EGYPT TENSIONS SPIKE AS MUBARAK GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Tensions rose in Egypt as former president Hosni Mubarak was given a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising - but was cleared, along with his sons, ...GUY RITCHIE POISED TO HELM STEVENSON'S "TREASURE ISLAND" REMAKE
Guy Ritchie may bring the same splashy touch to Long John Silver that he already applied to Sherlock Holmes. The "Snatch" director is attached to "Treasure Island," Chicago Tribune ...GOALKEEPER ROMAN BEREZOVSKY HAS SURGERY, EXPECTED TO RECOVER IN 10 DAYS
On June 2, Armenia's national team had an open training session at Yerevan Football Academy.
Upon return from Austria, the squad continues with team practice sessions in preparation for Armenia-Kazakhstan ...38 POLICE INJURED AT NEO-NAZI RALLY IN GERMANY
Clashes between neo-Nazi demonstrators and far-left counter-protesters overnight in the northern German port city of Hamburg left 38 police officers injured, police said Sunday, June 3, AFP reported.
...MICROSOFT TO UNVEIL OFFICE FOR IPAD IN NOV
Microsoft will be rolling out its Office suite of products for the iPad in November, Business Insider said, citing a source familiar with Microsoft's Office sales team.
According the source, the ...CANADIAN PORN STAR ACCUSED OF DISMEMBERING EX-LOVER, THREATENING PM
A porn actor accused of videotaping a gruesome murder before posting it to the Internet will be charged with threatening Canada's prime minister after mailing a severed foot to his Conservative party ...DEBT-STRICKEN SPAIN URGES FOR NEW EURO FISCAL AUTHORITY
Spain, the latest combat zone in Europe's long-running debt wars, urged the euro zone to set up a new fiscal authority to manage the bloc's finances and send a clear signal to markets that the ...10 PAKISTANI MILITANTS KILLED IN U.S. DRONE STRIKE
A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's frontier tribal area has killed 10 suspected militants, officials say, according to Belfast Telegraph.
Two Pakistani intelligence officials say four missiles were ...RUSSIA SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SYRIA "BIASED"
The UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Houla massacre in Syria goes beyond its mandate and contradicts the UN Security Council's May 27 statement, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, June ...YEREVAN TO HOST DIRECTORS ACROSS BORDERS REGIONAL CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
Golden Apricot Fund for Cinema Development announced the 6th Directors Across Borders (DAB) Regional Co-Production Forum to be held within the framework of the 9th Golden Apricot International Film Festival ..."THE INSIDER" HELMER MICHAEL MANN TO CHAIR VENICE FILM FEST JURY
The Venice International Film Festival said that Michael Mann will chair its international jury, calling the director of "Heat" and "Public Enemies" a "total filmmaker," ...OVER 150 PASSENGERS FEARED DEAD AS PLANE CRASHES IN NIGERIA
More than 150 passengers are feared dead after their plane crashed in a densely populated district of Nigeria's economic capital Lagos, residents and an aviation official said, according to AFP.
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Birth of novelist Perch Proshyan in Ashtarak. He died in 1907.
- 1845 The first trade fair in Armenia opened in Alexandropol. (Gyoomree).
- 1896 Start of the battle for the defense of Van. (Western Armenia).
- 1907 Coup d'etat in Russia by Stolipin.
- 1921 Trial in Berlin of Soghomon Tehlirian, the executor of Talaat (one of the organizers of the Armenian Genocide). Tehlirian is acquitted.
- 1933 The Armenian SSR creates the State Monuments Preservation Committee.
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