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Published on October 12, 2012
OSKANIAN FUND MISUSE CASE POLITICIZED, FAAE LEADER SAYS
- The president of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) believes the criminal case against ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to be politicized.
At news conference in Yerevan, Ashot Grigorian expressed confusion over money laundering charges against Oskanian.
"Money laundering is a valid term only in case there's "dirty money" earned in drug or weapon sale. It's strange that no one would be complaining about the fund misuse except Armenia's lawmen," Grigorian said.
Headlines for October 12, 2012
SCPEC CHAIR ASKS PRESIDENT FOR PROTECTION, PAPER SAYS
According to Hraparak daily, the head of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) Artak Shaboyan requested the President for bodyguards to provide his safety.
"No one knows ...OIL RISES AMID IMPROVEMENT IN U.S. ECONOMY
The price of oil rose Friday, Oct 12 after a big fall in U.S. unemployment benefit claims suggested some improvement in the world's biggest economy, raising expectations for increased demand for energy, ...PAPER: NATURE PROTECTION MINISTER RUINED THE INSTITUTION, SPOKESMAN SAYS
According to Zhoghovurd daily, the spokesman of Nature Protection Ministry has quitted his post.
"I'm finally out of that cemetery," Artsrun Pepanyan said in his Facebook post.
"There's a cemetery where ...6.7 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRIKES INDONESIA
An earthquake measuring 6.7 magnitude hit eastern Indonesia near the Aru islands on Friday, Oct 12, said the US Geological Survey.
The quake, which was originally measured at 6.9, struck at a depth of ...SCR HEAD ATTENDS "RAILWAY DAYS 2012" SUMMIT
CEO of South Caucasus Railways (SCR) CJSC attended "Railway Days 2012" Railway Summit of Investments in the Wider Black Sea region (WBR), held on October 9-10 in Bucharest.
Victor Rebets briefed participants ...EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT DISMISSES PROSECUTOR GENERAL
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has removed Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud from his post, BBC News reported.
He was appointed envoy to the Vatican, with Mursi's office giving no official ...ARMENIAN LEADER WISHES VICTORY TO NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
On the eve of the 2014 World Cup Armenia v. Italy qualifier, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the members of the national football team to wish them success.
The President called on the footballers ...FOXCONN REPORTEDLY THREATENS TO CUT FUNDING FOR INJURED WORKER
Foxconn is reportedly threatening to cut hospital funding for a worker who was severely injured on the job a year ago, according to SlashGear.
Foxconn employee Zhang Tingzhen, aged 26, was electrocuted ...AMAZON LENDING LIBRARY, KINDLE PAPERWHITE LAUNCH IN UK
Amazon Kindle users will be able to rent digital books thanks to Lending Library and Kindle Paperwhite, the company announced.
The £109 Paperwhite is Amazon's first backlit Kindle to launch in ...ARONIAN CURRENTLY 3RD AFTER CHESS MASTERS FINAL ROUND 8
Chess Masters Final 2012 is ongoing in a Spanish city of Bilbao.
In round 8, all games ended in a tie, with Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand and Sergey Karjakin sharing points with Francisco Vallejo ...U.S. COURT APPEALS OVERTURNS BAN ON SAMSUNG'S GALAXY NEXUS SALES
The U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, in a blow to Apple in the ongoing battle between the two rivals.
It said the district court in California, ...ITALY WELL-PREPARED FOR MATCH VS. ARMENIA - DEFENDER
Italy defender Domenico Criscito said he's happy to be back in the squad.
"I'm happy to be here and hope to stay for a long time. I'm eager to show a good game in a match against Armenia," the defender ...ITALY MIDFIELDER: WE MUST SHOW GOOD GAME AGAINST ARMENIA
Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio commented on the upcoming match vs. Armenia in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Friday, October 12.
"Today's match is very important to us. Not only should we achieve ...RUSSIAN PLANE CARRIED ELEMENTS FOR SYRIAN RADARS - REPORT
The Moscow-Damascus passenger jet grounded by Turkey carried technical elements for Syrian air defense radars, which did not require special reporting, the Russian business daily Kommersant said on Friday, ...UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT SARGSYAN
The head of the Union of Armenians of Russia and World Armenian Congress Ara Abramyan is currently in Yerevan to participate in the 2nd convention of the Congress due October 15.
According to Mr. Abramyan, ...APPLE CEO VISITS IPHONE PRODUCTION PLANT IN CHINA
Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor ...HEZBOLLAH SAYS IT SENT DRONE INTO ISRAEL
The leader of the Shia militant movement Hezbollah in Lebanon said his group is responsible for launching a drone into Israel last week, and Iranians made the drone, CNN reports.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah ...IRANIAN CITIZEN ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO ARMENIA DETAINED
On October 11, Armenian National Security Service (NSS) detained a passenger of a bus on Tehran-Yerevan route, Iranian citizen Shahlai Hamid Jalai.
The examination of Jalai's bags discovered 4,2 kg of ...EGYPT SAYS NO FOREIGN MILITARY BASES ON ITS SOIL
Egypt has no foreign military bases on its soil and has no plans to downsize its armed forces, said the military spokesman, rejecting media reports claiming so, according to Reuters.
Military aid from ...PKK THREATENS FRANCE AFTER SENIOR MEMBER ARREST - REPORT
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) threatened France in a statement following the arrest of a senior PKK member, an agency known to be closely linked to the PKK reported on Thursday, Oct 11.
The ...RUSSIAN MINISTER CONFIDENT GAS AGREEMENT WILL "BENEFIT ALL"
Russian gas price upsurge for Armenia was in the focus of the discussion at a subsequent meeting of Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, co-chair of the Russian side, ...7 UK MARINES ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER IN AFGHANISTAN
Seven Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Ministry of Defense has said, according to BBC News.
The arrests by the Royal Military Police related to an incident in Afghanistan ...VIOLENT TROPICAL STORM KILLS 23 IN BANGLADESH
A violent tropical storm pounded coastal districts in southeast Bangladesh Thursday, Oct 11 killing at least 23 people, police and local administrators said, according to CNN.
More than 1,000 fishermen ...ANONYMOUS HACKERS TURN THEIR BACKS TO WIKILEAKS
Anonymous and Wikileaks have seemingly broken a longstanding partnership after Wikileaks put up a paywall over a number of leaked documents on its website, VentureBeat reports.
Wikileaks is a driving ...TURKISH ENVOY TO SLOVAKIA FACTUALLY RECOGNIZED GENOCIDE - FAAE
Turkish Ambassador to Slovakia Gulhan Ulutekin has factually recognized the Armenian Genocide.
Earlier, the president of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) Ashot Grigorian instigated ...FRANCE TO CONTINUE EFFORTS FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
French Foreign Ministry responded to the written inquiry by Valerie Boyer where the parliamentarian requested to learn the Ministry's stance on release of Azeri axe-killer Ramil Safarov.
According to ...TURKEY EXTENDS MANDATE FOR INCURSIONS INTO IRAQ TO FIGHT PKK
A government motion seeking a one-year extension of the mandate from the Turkish parliament to conduct military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq was ...FAAE TO SUE HUNGARIAN PM FOR SAFAROV CASE
Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) intends to sue Hungarian Prime Minister, FAAE president said.
"Armenia failed to consider an important fact. The crime committed by Azerbaijani assassin ...ALEPPO ARMENIAN DIES IN REBEL ATTACK
A 55-year-old Aleppo-based Armenian Jean Tahan was killed in a rebel attack on Thursday, October 11, a local Armenian prelacy spokesman told PanARMENIAN.Net.
According to Jirayr Reisyan, another Armenian, ...OSKANIAN FUND MISUSE CASE POLITICIZED, FAAE LEADER SAYS
The president of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) believes the criminal case against ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to be politicized.
At news conference in Yerevan, Ashot Grigorian ...EUROPEAN UNION WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct 12 for its historic role in uniting the continent in an award meant as a morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis, ...QATAR FM URGES UN TO ASSIST SYRIAN REBELS
The United Nations should move quickly to assist rebel forces in Syria with arms and funding, and should support a no-fly zone to protect civilians caught in the middle of the country's escalating ...TROPICAL STORM PATTY WEAKENING IN THE ATLANTIC
Tropical Storm Patty is weakening as it drifts in the Atlantic, The Associated Press reported.
The storm's maximum sustained winds decreased early Friday to near 40 mph (65 kph). Additional weakening ...OFFICIAL: EX-FM OSKANIAN'S CASE GOES BACK TO 90S
Prosperous Armenia has found itself in a difficult situation, head of Constitutional Law Union said.
Haik Babukhanyan deemed the level of former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian's being a Prosperous ...ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM PASSES AWAY
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Torkom Manoogian died at 93 after long illness on October 12.
Manoogian was born on Feb 16, 1919 in a refugee camp near the sand-enshrouded Iraqi town of Baqoubah. ...GHANAIAN ASHANTI CROWN JEWELS STOLEN IN NORWAY
Police in Norway are investigating the theft of some of the Ghanaian Ashanti crown jewels from a hotel in Oslo, BBC News reported.
The jewels were travelling with King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the ruler ...FIFA MAKES SEAT PLEDGE FOR BRAZIL 2014
FIFA vowed Wednesday , October 10 to limit the number of empty seats to a "strict minimum" during games at the next World Cup in Brazil in 2014, International News Network reported.
This summer's ...SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORT UNIONS SIGN WAGE DEAL
Four South African transport unions have signed a wage deal, Talk Radio 702 said on Friday, Oct 12, ending a three-week trucker driver strike that has hit deliveries of fuel, cash and consumer goods in ...APPLE TO UNVEIL IPAD MINI OCT 23, SOURCES SAY
October 10, the date on which Apple was rumored to be distributing invitations to a second fall product event, passed without a word from its Cupertino, Calif., HQ. The silence from the iconic tech company ...DISCORD IN CONGRESS: 7 ANC MEMBERS DISAGREE ON EVERY ISSUE, OFFICIAL SAYS
Armenia's geo-political location is of great significance, head of Constitutional Law Union said.
"The political regimes exerted in Armenia may bring about power shift or Orange Revolution," Haik Babukhanyan ...PANETTA SAYS U.S. READIES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTIONS AGAINST CYBER-ATTACKS
Cyber-attacks could inflict as much damage on the U.S. as the physical attacks on September 11, 2001, the U.S. defense secretary has warned.
Leon Panetta said the country was preparing to take pre-emptive ...IRAQ AGREES TO BUY 24 CZECH COMBAT AND TRAINING AIRCRAFT
Iraq has agreed to purchase 24 combat and training aircraft from the Czech Republic for about $1 billion as part of its program to rebuild its air force, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's media ...JAPAN UTILITY ADMITS NUKE CRISES COULD BE AVOIDED
The utility behind Japan's nuclear disaster acknowledged for the first time Friday, Oct 12 that it could have avoided the crisis, The Associated Press reported.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said in a ...TURKEY SCRAMBLES TWO FIGHTER PLANES TO SYRIAN BORDER
Turkey scrambled two fighter planes to the border with Syria on Friday, Oct 12, after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the Syrian border town of Azmarin, Reuters reported.
There has been intense fighting ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 407,66 OCT. 12
The market average rate of USD on October 12 totaled AMD 407,66 increasing by 0.99 point compared to October 11.
Euro exchange rate totaled AMD 528,69, increasing by 4.74 points, and the exchange rate ...BALI MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLY BOMBINGS
Commemorations have been held on the Indonesian island of Bali to mark the bombings 10 years ago that killed 202 people, BBC News reported.
People from 21 nations died in the bombings, blamed on the ...RICH COUNTRIES PLEDGE $165MLN TO BACK ARAB DEMOCRACIES
Rich countries and international lenders on Friday, Oct 12, promised $165 million to a fund to provide financing for stronger public institutions in Arab nations seeking to establish democracies, according ...EWAN MCGREGOR TO STAR IN "SON OF A GUN" SHOOT HEIST PIC
Ewan McGregor, currently working with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, will shoot heist pic Son Of A Gun in Australia early next year, Deadline said.
The film centers on the complex ...RUSSIA'S STATE ARMS TRADER DENIES LINKS TO SYRIA "ILLEGAL" CARGO
Russia's state arms trader said on Friday, Oct 12, that it had no connection to the "illegal" military items removed from a Moscow-Damascus passenger airliner forced to land in Turkey, RIA ...MARIO BALOTELLI TO MISS ARMENIA VS. ITALY MATCH
Forward Mario Balotelli has a fever and will sit out Italy's World Cup qualifier at Armenia later Friday, October 12, ESPN Soccernet reported.
The Italian football federation made the announcement ..."BEYOND THE HILL," "BEAR," "THE HORDE" VIE FOR ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS
Films from Iran, the Russian Federation, Hong Kong, Korea and Turkey are vying for the best feature film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in November, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Turkish first ...CYPRUS PRESIDENT SEEKS TRADE UNIONS' SUPPORT FOR AUSTERITY
Cyprus' president is appealing to trade union leaders to rally behind tough austerity measures that the government wants to negotiate with potential creditors in return for a multi-billion euro bailout ...ARMENIAN, GREEK CHURCHES TO COOPERATE IN PEACE PRESERVATION
Director for Inter-Church Relations at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Bishop Hovakim Manukyan and Locum Tenens of Armenian Apostolic Church of the Diocese of Greece Khoren Arakelian held a meeting October ..."ZERO DARK THIRTY" BIN LADEN HUNT FILM TRAILER FEATURES JESSICA CHASTAIN
The new trailer for the Osama bin Laden takedown film Zero Dark Thirty is full of ominous music and growled threats, but it is the soft crunch of boots on gravel as SEAL Team Six approaches a dimly lit ...CHIP DESIGNER AMD CUTS Q3 REVENUE FORECAST
Chip designer AMD has cut its third quarter revenue and gross margin forecasts citing weak demand, The Inquirer reports.
AMD's lacklustre Bulldozer processor line has left the firm desperately trying ...ROVIO, CERN TEAM UP FOR "FUN LEARNING EXPERIENCES"
Angry Birds-maker Rovio and CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, are to collaborate on developing "fun learning experiences" aimed at getting kids engaged with science, TechCrunch reports.
...WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
USD 87,232,449 was bought at an average price of AMD 406.06 /USD 1 and USD 92,588,407 sold at an average price of AMD 407.36/USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on October 8-13.
Deals amounting ...RIDLEY SCOTT REVEALS TIDBITS ON "PROMETHEUS" SEQUEL
Director Ridley Scott has given some tidbits on the planned sequel to "Prometheus", AceShowbiz said.
In an interview with Metro, the English filmmaker dished on his idea about how Noomi Rapace's ...GOOGLE DOMINATES U.S SEARCH MARKET
ComScore's latest numbers for the U.S. search market are making Google look even stronger than ever when it comes to the competition, TweakTown reports.
Yahoo's Bing-powered search lost some ...ISRAELI PM DENIES AGREEING TO LAND RETURN PEACE PLAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a newspaper report on Friday, Oct 12, that said he had agreed in principle to hand back land annexed from Syria as part of secret U.S.-mediated peace talks ..."FLIGHT" TRAILER FEATURES DENZEL WASHINGTON IN FLAMING PLANE
Forget "Man on Fire" - Denzel Washington is piloting a flaming plane plummeting toward a suburban neighborhood, TheWrap said.
The new trailer for "Flight", which opens Nov. 2, blinks ...JODIE FOSTER TO HELM "MONEY MONSTER" HOSTAGE THRILLER
Jodie Foster's first three films as a director have been, at their core, family tales - 1991′s Little Man Tate followed a mother and her genius son; 1995′s Home for the Holidays chronicled ...JEREMY RENNER'S "HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS" RELEASE DATE SET
The release of Paramount and MGM's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D - starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton and Famke Janseen - is being pushed back two weeks to Jan. 25 in order to also play ...PRESIDENTIAL POLLS WILL BE FAIR, YET MARCH 1 EVENTS MAY RECUR - OFFICIAL
Current political developments in Armenia may bring about the reoccurrence of March 1, 2008 events, head of Constitutional Law Union said.
"The probability depends on the patriotism of political forces ...AL QAIDA-LINKED JIHADISTS SEIZE ALEPPO AIR BASE - REPORT
Jihadist fighters linked to al Qaida fought with rebels to capture a Syrian military air defence base near Aleppo, reports say, according to Belfast Telegraph.
Videos posted online apparently shot inside ...EX-FM OSKANIAN WON'T WAGE LEGAL STRUGGLE AGAINST HIS "PROSECUTORS"
Prosperous Armenia member, former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian has characterized the charges against him as political persecution.
"I think the persecution bears a political character for two reasons. ...SCUFFLES ERUPT IN EGYPT OVER COURT RULING ON MUBARAK-ERA OFFICIALS
Tensions between rival Egyptian political factions erupted into scuffles on Friday, October 12 during a protest against a court ruling that acquitted officials from Hosni Mubarak's era of ordering ...SEAN PENN, RYAN GOSLING'S "GANGSTER SQUAD" TRAILER RELEASED
A new trailer for Gangster Squad organized crime film which opens January 11 was released, Deadline said.
The cast for Ruben Fleischer's period mob drama about the LAPD's battle against Mickey Cohen ...EGYPT REOPENS PYRAMID OF CHEFREN IN A BID TO BOOST TOURISM
Egypt has reopened one of its great pyramids as it attempts to revive a tourism industry hit by last year's uprising, BBC News said.
Antiquities Minister Muhammad Ibrahim reopened the Pyramid of ...FREDDIE MERCURY BIOPIC TO START FILMING NEXT YEAR
The much-delayed Freddie Mercury biopic will start filming next year, it has been confirmed, according to Digital Spy.
The project, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Mercury, has been in the works since ...BEN AFFLECK TO ADAPT "LIVE BY NIGHT" MYSTERY NOVEL INTO FILM
Fresh off his highly-praised directorial stint in "Argo", Ben Affleck is ready to shepherd another high-profile movie. The actor-turned-filmmaker is currently in talks to team up with Warner ...RUSSIA, U.S. DISCUSS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Geneva hosted a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon.
The impact of Georgian parliamentary ...ARTSAKH PRESIDENT MEETS MFA DIPLOMATIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
On October 12, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met with a group of students from Diplomatic School operating at Armenian Foreign Ministry.
The President noted that visits of the Diplomatic ...UK EXAMINING HUAWEI AMID SECURITY CONCERNS
Following the House of Representatives damaging report, the UK has revealed it has also been examining Huawei amid security concerns, Digital Trends reported.
The story following the House of Representatives ...RUSSIA SAYS SYRIA PLANE CARRIED RADAR PARTS, NOT AMMO
Russia's foreign minister said on Friday, October 12 that a Moscow-Damascus passenger airliner forced to land in Turkey over suspicions it had weapons on board was legally carrying Russian radar parts, ...90% OF IPHONE 5 BUYERS SAY MAPS APP NOT A PROBLEM
90 percent of iPhone 5 buyers have not experienced "any problem at all" with Apple's new Maps apps. Only three percent say it's a "big problem," and six percent say it's "somewhat" of a problem, VentureBeat ..."SINISTER" ETHAN HAWKE CONFESSES TO LIKING DEEPLY FLAWED CHARACTERS
Ethan Hawke has revealed that he most enjoys playing characters who are deeply flawed, Digital Spy said.
The actor said in a recent interview that he was intrigued by the new horror film Sinister because ...UN CONCERNED OVER INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILD MARRIAGE
More than 14 million girls under the age of 18 will be married each year during the next decade, and the number could increase to more than 15 million between 2021 and 2030, a new report from the UN Population ...3.5 MILLION TWEETS SENT DURING U.S. VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Twitter said a total of 3.5 million tweets were sent during the U.S. vice presidential debate, according to Mashable.
That's about a third of the 10.3-million mark the first presidential debate of the ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL SUBMITTED TO ITALIAN PARLIAMENT
RA National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met October 12 with members of Armenia-Italy friendship group at Italian parliament.
As the friendship group head Sandra Chapman noted at the meeting, a ...ARMENIA VS. ITALY FIRST HALF ENDS 1:1
First half of Armenia vs Italy match ended in 1:1 in Yerevan. Italy were the first to open the score with Andrea Pirlo's goal on 11 minute.
However, Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan managed to ...S&P CUTS SOUTH AFRICA'S CREDIT RATING ONE NOTCH
Standard & Poor's on Friday, Oct 12, cut South Africa's credit rating one notch to BBB with a negative outlook, saying mining strikes and social tension could reduce fiscal flexibility and ...FRENCH WOMAN GETS $15-QUADRILLION PHONE BILL
A French woman spent hours on the phone last month with telecom customer service reps, trying to convince them her $15-quadrillion phone bill was a mistake, Toronto Sun reports.
Solenne San Jose, from ...DUTCH POLICE SEIZE 8 TONS OF COCAINE HIDDEN UNDER BANANAS
In port city Antwerp, Belgium, more than eight tons of cocaine, with a street value of over half a billion dollars, were discovered by police officials, CBS reported.
The drugs, nearly 7,000 packages, ...ITALY BEATS ARMENIA 3:1 AT 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
The second half of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Armenia vs Italy match kicked off with 1:1 score.
Armenian team played with more vigor and togetherness in the second half, with Yura Movsisyan's ...PRANDELLI SAYS MATCH VS. ARMENIA BIG CHALLENGE FOR ITALY
Despite the concerns, aspiration for victory was great, Italian national team coach said, following the match vs. Armenia.
"As we expected, our team managed to score a victory," Cesare Prandelli said.
...
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Today in Armenian history- 1813 The Russian-Persian Treaty is signed at Fort Gyulistan (Artsakh). It ended the war that had started in 1804. According to the agreement, Persia recognizes the provinces of Artsakh, Gyandja, Shaki, Shoragual, Talish, Derbent, Ghoobay, Pambak, Zangezoor, Shirvan, Baku, Loree and Shamshadin as belonging to the Russian Empire.
- 1882 Birth of literary critic Hovhanness Avagyan. He died in 1959.
- 1895 Rebellion breaks out at Zeitoon against Turkish administrative malpractices.
- 1961 The Armenian SSR decides to rename the Kotayk, Abovian and Adini regions to Ani region.
- 1962 Diasporan Armenians begin a new repatriation program to Armenia.
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