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Published on June 29, 2012
FRENCH MP VALERIE BOYER REPORTEDLY DRAFTING NEW GENOCIDE BILL
- French MP Valerie Boyer is reportedly drafting another bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
According to Turkish Cihan news agency, she promised that the new bill will be in line with all constitutional demands.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that the bill as anti-constitutional. In a statement the Council said the document represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice of freedom of expression and communication."
Headlines for June 29, 2012
UEFA FINES SPANISH, RUSSIAN FEDERATIONS OVER FANS RACIST BEHAVIOR
UEFA has handed out fines to the Spanish and Russian football federations in the latest punishments relating to racist behavior of fans at Euro 2012, espnstar.com reported.
The Football Union of Russia, ...AZERBAIJAN REMOVED FROM LIST OF COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR U.S. MILITARY HARDWARE PURCHASE
In response to Congressional concerns first raised by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA), the State Department has removed Azerbaijan from a list of countries eligible ...AT LEAST 9 KILLED IN CHINA OIL TANK TRUCK LEAK EXPLOSION
At least nine people were killed after an explosion caused by a leak of an oil tank truck early Friday, June 29, in south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said.
According Xinhua news ...CANADA-BASED ARIS BABIKIAN REAPPOINTED AS CITIZENSHIP JUDGE
Hon. Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, announced the reappointment of citizenship judge Aris Babikian for a second three-year term.
In its press release ...PRESIDENT REITERATES ARMENIA'S STANCE ON KARABAKH ISSUE AT EPP SESSION
Armenian President, the leader of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan participated in Brussels-hosted session of European People's Party (EPP).
In his speech, the President focused on developing ...OIL ABOVE $79 AS EUROZONE LEADERS REACH DEAL ON SPANISH BANKS
Oil jumped above $79 a barrel Friday, June 29 in Asia, bouncing off an eight-month low after European leaders agreed to use the continent's bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling Spanish ...HEADED GOALS GROSS 30% OF EURO 2012 GOALS SCORED
There have now been 21 headed goals at Euro 2012, 30% of the total goals scored (compared to 19% in 2008,) UEFA official website said.
Euro 2012 final is due July 1 in Kiev, with Italy to face Spain.
...HSBC, BARCLAYS HIT BY ANOTHER MIS-SELLING SCANDAL
Britain's financial regulator on Friday, June 29 said it had ordered the country's major banks, including HSBC and Barclays, to compensate businesses for "serious failings" over the ...FRENCH MP VALERIE BOYER REPORTEDLY DRAFTING NEW GENOCIDE BILL
French MP Valerie Boyer is reportedly drafting another bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
According to Turkish Cihan news agency, she promised that the new bill will be in line with ...S. KOREA POSTPONES MILITARY DEAL WITH JAPAN
South Korea postponed on Friday, June 29 the signing with Japan of an agreement to share sensitive military information in the face of anger over a pact with a former colonial ruler that critics say was ...NUMBER OF JAILED STUDENTS INCREASING IN TURKEY
A recent report prepared by the Solidarity with Arrested Students Platform says that there are currently 771 students in jail in Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Prepared by academics from different ...KARABAKH SETTLEMENT IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT ARTSAKH'S INVOLVEMENT - FM
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan to discuss Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.At the meeting, Nalbandian briefed the President on the results of ...CLINTON, LAVROV TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE FOR SYRIA DISCUSSION
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were heading for a face-to-face showdown over Syria on Friday, June 29, as major powers prepared for a weekend conference ...EGYPT'S NEW PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS NATION BEFORE TAKING OATH
Egypt's President-elect Mohamed Morsi is to address the people on the country's "rebirth" at a rally at Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, June 29, before being sworn in Saturday at ...HERITAGE REP. HOPES FOR OPPOSITION TO BACK RAFFI HOVANNISIAN AT PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
Heritage opposition party's deputy board chair expressed hope for the opposition to support Raffi Hovannisian's candidacy at 2013 presidential polls.
As Armen Martirosyan told a news conference in Yerevan ...FORMER RUSSIAN POLICEMAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING 25 WOMEN
A Russian court has sanctioned the detention of a former police officer who is suspected of sexually assaulting and killing 25 women, RIA Novosti reported.
The 48-year-old man has been formally accused ...GOOGLE REPORTEDLY PLANNING 10-INCH VERSION OF NEXUS 7
Google is reportedly planning a 10-inch version of the Nexus 7, presumably to be dubbed the Nexus 10, as the Android company readies for a huge push into the tablet segment, SlashGear reports.
Announced ...CHINESE SPACE CAPSULE RETURNS TO EARTH
A Chinese space capsule carrying three crew members has returned to Earth following a 13-day mission, BBC News reported.
Images of the capsule landing in Inner Mongolia at 10:05 local time (02:05 GMT) ...PRESIDENT HOPES NEW IRANIAN ENVOY WILL PROMOTE BILATERAL TIES
On June 29, a newly-appointed Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raeesi presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.At the meeting, Armenian President congratulated the envoy on his post, ...IRAN, TURKEY DISCUSS JOINT INDUSTRIAL TOWN CONSTRUCTION
Iran and Turkey have discussed details of a plan to set up a joint industrial town on the borderline between the two neighbors in a recent meeting of the delegations of the two countries, Press TV reports.
...SEVERE STORMS CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC DISRUPTION IN UK
Major traffic disruption is expected for a second day as severe storms and torrential rain cause flash floods in parts of the UK, The Guardian reports.
Rail services between Scotland and England were ...JORDAN TO HOST CROSS BORDER CYBERSECURITY DRILL
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and its cybersecurity partner, the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), are organizing the first UN-backed cross border ...BBC SPORT LAUNCHES FACEBOOK APP TO STREAM OLYMPICS
BBC Sport has launched a Facebook application offering audiences live streams of Wimbledon and up to 24 streams of Olympics coverage.
This is the first time the BBC has live streamed events on Facebook.
...ANNAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UPCOMING SYRIA TALKS
International mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday, June 29 he is "optimistic" that ministerial crisis talks on Syria's conflict being held on Saturday would produce an acceptable outcome, ...SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II RUMORED FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASE
While Samsung is working on a successor to its phablet device, Galaxy Note, rumors are afloat that the Korean company will launch the new device in September to make it available for purchase before Apple ...2013 A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR KARABAKH SETTLEMENT - RUSSIAN EXPERT
2013 will be a challenging year for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, according to the editor-in-chief of the Vestnik Kavkaza news and analytical agency, deputy dean of the History Department at Moscow ...GOVT. TROOPS SHELL DAMASCUS SUBURB, ACTIVISTS SAY
Government troops rained tank and artillery shells down on a rebellious suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus Friday, June 29, killing at least 43 people over two days, opposition groups and activists ...JAPAN FINDS RARE EARTH MINERALS DEPOSIT
Japan has found a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its Pacific seabed, enough to supply its hi-tech industries for more than 200 years, AFP reports.
Around 6.8 million tons of the valuable minerals, ...EUROZONE INFLATION REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 2.4% IN JUNE
Inflation in the 17 countries that use the euro was an annual 2.4 percent in June, a figure that leaves the door open for a possible interest rate cut by the European Central Bank.
According to the Associated ...ELECTORAL FRAUDS DEPRIVED ARMENIA FROM $2BN IN EU AID, ANC REP. SAYS
Electoral frauds at May 6 parliamentary polls discouraged the EU from organizing a donor conference for Armenia, which could bring the country $2 bn in donations, Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition ...RUSSIA, INDIA NEAR A DEAL ON TANK AMMUNITION
Russia is nearing a deal with India on manufacture and delivery of advanced tank ammunition, Rosoboronexport, a state-run arms exporter, said on Friday, June 29.
"The first round of negotiations on the ...WINDOWS LAPTOP SALES UP 39% IN 2012 FIRST HALF
Market research firm the NPD Group reported a 39 percent jump in sales of premium Windows laptops ($900 and up) during the first five months of this year, compared with the same period in 2011, according ...PORTUGAL'S PEDRO PROENÇA TO REFEREE UEFA EURO 2012 FINAL
Pedro Proença of Portugal has been selected to referee the UEFA EURO 2012 final between Italy and Spain at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv on Sunday, July 1 (kick-off 20.45CET), UEFA official website ...ARMENIA, JORDAN SIGN AGREEMENT ON CULTURAL COOPERATION
Armenia and Jordan signed on Thursday, June 28 an agreement to set up closer cultural cooperation as well as the exchange of expertise between the two countries, Petra reports.
Under the deal, which ...VIVACELL-MTS CHANGES TARIFFS FOR CALLS TO RUSSIA
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC subsidiary VivaCell-MTS, announced a change of tariffs for calls to Russia.
Due to increase of international calls costs, the price of calls to Russia from VivaCell-MTS numbers ...COMMANDER TO STAND TRIAL OVER ARMENIAN-TURKISH SOLDIER DEATH
A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Turkey, has agreed to try the commander of a Turkish-Armenian soldier who was killed under suspicious circumstances while performing his military ...IRAN TO EQUIP ITS SHIPS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITH MISSILES SOON
Iran expects to equip its ships in the Strait of Hormuz soon with shorter-range missiles, a Revolutionary Guards commander was quoted as saying, in the latest apparent warning to the West not to attack ...RUSSELL CROWE, LUCY LIU'S "THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS" TRAILER RELEASED
Universal Pictures released a trailer for "The Man with the Iron Fists" with the description "Quentin Tarantino presents an action-adventure inspired by kung-fu classics as interpreted by his longtime ...WIMBLEDON EVENT DELAYED DUE TO RAIN
Rain delayed the start of play on the fifth day of Wimbledon on Friday, June 29, as the third round was due to get underway, AFP reports.
Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic faces Czech Radek ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 418,01 JUNE 29
Deals amounting to USD 5,7 mln. at an average rate of AMD 418,61 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on June 29. The closing price totaled AMD 418,7.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD ...ENERGY MINISTER, GAZPROM CEO DISCUSS RUSSIAN GAS PRICING
Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural resources Armen Movsisyan and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller discussed Russian gas pricing as well as increase of gas supplies to Armenia in 2012-2013.
During their ...WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
USD 79,378,412 was bought at an average price of AMD 417.34/USD 1 and USD 75,637,556 sold at an average price of AMD 418.66/USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on June 25-29.
Deals amounting ...PANAMANIAN FORTIFICATIONS ON UNESCO LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER
Environmental factors, lack of maintenance and uncontrollable urban developments have been cited as reasons to inscribe the Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo on UNESCO's ...ASSAD SAYS WON'T ACCEPT OUTSIDE SOLUTION TO SYRIA CRISIS
Syria's president has said he will not accept any solution to his country's crisis imposed from outside, as major powers prepare to meet in Geneva, BBC News reported.
Bashar al-Assad told Iranian ...GAULTIER TO UNVEIL CINEMA-INSPIRED COLLECTION AT HAUTE COUTURE SHOW
Jean Paul Gaultier will continue his love affair with film when he unveils his fall/winter 2012-2013 collection in Paris at a July 4 show, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The designer showed up fashionably ...U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE, OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS TO DISCUSS KARABAKH CONFLICT
On July 29, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will meet OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs for closed-door discussion on Karabakh Conflict settlement, State Department website reported.ARMENIA POSTS 4,9% INCREASE IN STATE BUDGET REVENUES JAN-MAY 2012
The state budget revenues amounted to AMD 341,8 bn in January-May 2012 in Armenia, growing by 4,9% or AMD 16,1 bn compared with the same period of 2011.
State budget expenditures totaled AMD 348 bn., ...NINTENDO PRESIDENT TAKES 67% PAY CUT AMID WEAKER SALES
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata took a 67 percent pay cut in fiscal 2011 as his salary was reduced to 45 million yen ($566,000). It was a signal that he took responsibility for the company's first-ever ...GOOGLE ARTIFICIAL BRAIN RECOGNIZES CAT IMAGES
A cybernetic brain created by Google that is made up of 16,000 computers was let loose on the internet and it honed in on... cats, Belfast Telegraph said.
Like many people looking for light amusement ...STAR-STUDDED "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK" TRAILER HITS THE WEB
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are an awkward couple in the first trailer of "Silver Linings Playbook". The two play neighbors who are unexpectedly connected for sharing the same mental ...RUSSIA, FRANCE TO BUILD NEW ARMORED INFANTRY VEHICLE
Russia and France will jointly build a new armored infantry vehicle in the next 18 months, the Rosoboronexport arms export monopoly said on Friday, June 29, according to RIA Novosti.
Speaking at the ...EARTH'S OLDEST IMPACT CRATER DISCOVERED IN GREENLAND
Geo-scientists have stumbled upon a vast, 100 km-wide crater in Greenland resulting from a massive asteroid hit a billion years before any other known collision on Earth, Daily News and Analysis reported.
...15000 JAPANESE PROTESTERS MARCH AGAINST RESTART OF NUKE REACTORS
More than 15,000 anti-nuclear protesters blocked streets outside the Japanese prime minister's office on Friday, June 29 beating drums and chanting slogans against the restart of reactors nearly 16 ..."THE SURROGATE" SUNDANCE FILM TRAILER RELEASED
The trailer for the Sundance hit acquired by Fox Searchlight hit the web. The film features John Hawkes as a paralyzed man who is determined to lose his virginity.
Helen Hunt and William H. Macy co-star. ...MAJOR VAHE AVETYAN DIES AFTER BEATING IN HARSNAKAR
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Major Vahe Avetyan, head of ENT Department of the Yerevan Garrison Hospital, severely beaten up in Harsnakar restaurant died on Friday, June 29, at approx. 6:30 pm local time.
As Defense Ministry Military ...AMMO SCATTERED ALL OVER AZERBAIJAN: LARGE AMOUNT OF WEAPONRY FOUND ON ROADSIDE
Large amount of ammunition has been found on the roadside in Azerbaijan's Absheron region, Azerbaijani Emergency Ministry's official website said on Friday, June 29.
The ministry received a report ...ASSAD FORCES MOVE CLOSE TO ALEPPO, KEEP CLEAR OF TURKISH BORDER
Helicopter gunships bombarded a strategic town in northern Syria overnight and tanks moved close to the commercial hub of Aleppo, rebels said, but kept well clear of new Turkish air defenses installed ...RESEARCHERS HACK INTO U.S. ARMY'S FLYING DRONE
American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its GPS system - acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), BBC News said.
A University ..."MATRIX," "KILL BILL" FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER SHARES INSIGHTS ABOUT HIS WORK
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