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Headlines for February 07, 2012HOMS ARMY ASSAULT ENTERS FOURTH DAY
An assault by the Syrian army on the restive city of Homs has entered its fourth day, BBC reported. Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed since government troops began pounding known strongholds ...SEARCH ON FOR PHILIPPINE QUAKE SURVIVORS
Rescue efforts are continuing after Monday's powerful earthquake in the central Philippines that left dozens of people dead or missing, according to BBC. The quake hit 70km north of Dumaguete city on ...ANDERS BREIVIK STAYS JAILED
A Norwegian court concluded Monday that Anders Behring Breivik -- the man charged with killing 77 people last July, an attack he claimed merited a medal of honor -- can legally be kept in custody until ...VARDAN AYVAZYAN LIKELY TO CONTINUE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT
Yerkir daily reports that RPA has convinced Vardan Ayvazyan not to run for a parliamentary seat by the majority system, and he is likely to continue working in government. "The MP is rather inspired by ...HERITAGE, FREE DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR WAYS
Haykakan Zhamanak's sources say that Heritage Party and Free Democrats party currently discuss not the issue of making an alliance to run for parliament but inclusion of some members of Free Democrats ...IRANIAN BLOGGER CONDEMNED FOR CRITICIZING PRESIDENT
Iranian renowned blogger Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in jail, 10 years in exile. Utro.ru reported Khazali has been sentenced for his dissident views - having deeply criticized ...YERITSYAN VS ARTAK SAS
Former head of Arabkir administrative district Albert Yeritsyan will run for a parliamentary seat by majority system in Arabkir, Hraparak reports adding that Yeritsyan will compete with Artak SAS. Yeritsyan ...GREECE TO BUILD FENCE ON BORDER WITH TURKEY
Greece will soon begin building a six-mile-long fence topped with razor wire on its border with Turkey to deter illegal immigrants, "Vesti.ru" reported. The fence will be coupled with a network of fixed ...HEAD OF NA STAFF TO BE APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO UAE
In all probability, on coming back from vacation, Head of the National Assembly Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan will not return to his job, Haykakan Zhamanak writes adding that its sources say Garibjanyan will ...PETROS GHAZARYAN TO BECOME MP
Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes that political analyst of Kentron TV Petros Ghazaryan will become an MP. Newspaper's sources say that Petros will be in the top ten on Prosperous Armenia Party's proportional ...RUSSIAN FIRST DEPUTY PM SAYS ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS TO BECOME MORE STRENGTHENED
President Serzh Sargsyan received on February 6 first Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victor Zubkov, President's press service reported. Serzh Sargsyan has highlighted the high level political dialogue ...ARMENIA HOSTS RUSSIAN SENIOR STATESMEN
Co-chairs of Armenian-Russian inter-governmental committee Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan and Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin have had a meeting in Yerevan. Later PM Tigran Sargsyan will receive ...ZHOGHOVURD: CONDITION FOR PREVENTING KHACHIKYAN'S IMPRISONMENT
Zhoghovurd daily writes that RPA promised former Head of State Social Security Service Vazgen Khachikyan not to imprison him provided that he spends the misappropriated money on winning over voters to ...ALL ROADS PASSABLE
All roads and mountain passes are open to traffic as of 08:00 today, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said. The Ministry urges drivers to use winter tyres.FRANTISEK SEBEJ: TURKEY HAS NO ROOM IN EUROPEAN FAMILY
Forum of Armenian Association of Europe (FAAE) informed Slovakia's Foreign House President Frantisek Sebej had a meeting with FAAE and Armenian Community President to Slovakia Ashot Grigoryan. Armenian ...SURVEY RESULTS - RPA 34%, PA 21%, HAK13%
Political Developments Research Center has carried out a pre-election survey including three different queries asked to 1200 people from Yerevan and Armenian regions who have voting right. The center ...ARMENIANS NEED TO PURSUE THEIR CAUSE WITH MORE CONFIDENCE AND COMMITMENT
This week's column deals with the self-defeating attitude of some Armenians whose negative outlook manifested itself once again with the latest news about the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian ...BARACK OBAMA FREEZES IRAN'S CENTRAL BANK ASSETS
US President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions against Iran ordering to freeze the assets of Iranian Central Bank, "asriran.com" reported. According to the source, President Barack Obama ordered a freeze ...ORANGE JOINS SAFE INTERNET DAY
More than 70 countries are celebrating Safe Internet Day today. This year, on the occasion of that day, Orange Armenia, joined Safe Internet Commitee for «Safe Internet Armenia 2012», a large-scale project. ...BANKS SHORT OF VEHICLE INSPECTION STICKERS
A number of drivers have alarmingly informed Panorama.am that banks were refusing them to provide vehicle inspection stickers claiming they were short of those stickers and have applied to state institutions ...HRAZDAN MAYORAL CANDIDATE DANIELYAN HAS ADVANTAGE OVER MIKAYELYAN - SURVEY
Current mayor of Hrazdan, mayoral candidate Aram Danielyan has advantage over Sasun Mikayelyan who also runs for Hrazdan mayor, head of the Sociometer, the Armenian Center for Independent Sociology, Aharon ...WHITE HOUSE: US TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, CHINA
Blocking a resolution on Syria in UN Security Council will not anyhow impact on US relations with Russia and China, "RIA Novosti" quotes White House press secretary Jay Carney as saying in a news briefing. ...FAN COACHING WINS EUROPEAN FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS AWARD
The Belgian organization Fan Coaching has won the 2011 European Football Supporters Award for its tireless initiatives against violence in sport, according to Uefa.com. Fan Coaching, a non-profit organization ...SEVERE STORM, BAD VISIBILITY IN MEGHRI, SELIM MOUNTAIN PASSES
All the inter-state and republican roads and mountain passes are mainly passable as of 14:30, the press office of the Ministry of Transport and Communication reported. According to the source because ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM TO FIGHT ON MARCH 31
Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will return to the ring on March 31 at the Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel, Germany, according to Fightnews.com. "King Arthur" will face an opponent to be named ...IRAN: IRAN'S AIR, WATER, LAND SPACE AGGRESSOR'S GRAVE
Iran's air, water and land space will become aggressors' grave, Iranian "ISNA" news agency quotes Brigadier General of Iran's Armed Forces Hosni Sayyid as declaring. "I'm sure Iran's Armed Forces are ...EDUARD ARUSHANYAN AWARDED HONORED WORKER OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS TITLE
On 7 February Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to confer the title of Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on Eduard Arushanyan, Senior Sports ...HYPNOTIST TO HELP ALI ADAMS BEAT AUDLEY HARRISON
London Heavyweight Ali Adams has enlisted the permanent help of a hypnotist in his build up to the most important fight of his career in his Heavyweight Championship contest against former Olympic Champion ...IRANIAN MEDIA: ABSURD DISPLAY OF AZERBAIJANI FLAG DURING ALIYEV-CLINTON MEETING
"During Aliyev-Clinon meeting, Azerbaijan's flag has had a shameful display," Iranian "arannewz.ir" reported. It's reported that during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's and US Secretary of State Hillary ...PEPE COULD MISS BOLOGNA WITH ANKLE INJURY
League leaders Juventus could be without Simone Pepe for this weekend's Serie A game against Bologna, Football Italia reported. The wide attacker is definitely out of Wednesday's Coppa Italia semi-final ...
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- 1676 Birth of Mkhitar Sebastatsi (cultural and church figure). He founded the Roman Catholoc Mkhitarist Congregation. He died in 1749.
- 1861 Birth in Vagharshapat (Etshmiadsin) of publisher and author of dictionaries, Tigran Navasardian.
- 1887 Birth of Civil War hero and famous Commander Hayk Bjshkyants (Guy) in Tavriz (Iran). In December 1937 he was killed -- a victim of Stalin's terror.
- 1899 The first train arrives at Alexandropol (Gyoomree) from Tbilisi.
- 1925 Opening of the Land-owners' First National Conference in Yerevan.
- 1950 Death of painter Sargis Yerkanian in St Louis (USA).
- 1992 The U.S. Embassy opens in Armenia. It is the first foreign country to set up a diplomatic mission in Armenia.
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