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Headlines for May 21, 2013NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED; AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO UP
It will be partly cloudy today, but no significant precipitation is expected, only in the western regions in daytime and southern regions late in the evening transitory rain is possible in spots. Wind ...DOZENS DEAD IN OKLAHOMA TORNADO
At least 51 people, including 20 children, have been left dead after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, officials in the US state say, according to BBC. Worst hit was Moore, south of ...IRAQ SHIITES TARGETED IN FRESH VIOLENCE
A string of car bombings and shootings across Iraq left more than 50 people dead Monday, authorities said, in what is the latest spate of violence in a country plagued with Sunni-Shiite tension, CNN reported. ...GUATEMALA COURT OVERTURNS EX-DICTATOR'S GENOCIDE CONVICTION
Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic ...OBAMA URGES MYANMAR TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST MUSLIMS
President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as ...US AND CHINA LEADERS TO HOLD SUMMIT
The US and Chinese presidents will hold their first summit in California in June, both sides have announced, according to BBC. Barack Obama and Xi Jinping will meet from 7-8 June at an estate in Rancho ...TODAY MARKS WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT
In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249, declared May 21 to be the World Day for Cultural Diversity ...HENRIKH MKHITARYAN CALLED BY ARMENIA NATIONAL TEAM
Shakhtar's midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been called by the Armenia national team. The corresponding fax has already been received by the Donetsk club, FC Shakhtar press office reported. From 28 May ...ZHAMANAK: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
Despite the recent statement of Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan that his party cannot be opposition, PAP will vote against the government program submitted to the parliament, Zhamanak ...ZHAMANAK: ORINATS YERKIR CANNOT OPPOSE RPA
While the other parliamentary factions are going to vote against the government program, Orinats Yerkir faction, with 6 MPs, will vote for it, according to Zhamanak daily's information. The paper talked ...IRAN'S SAEED JALILI WARNS WEST OVER SYRIA
With international pressure increasing on efforts to end the two-year-long conflict, Iran - which maintains strong connections with President Bashar-al Assad's regime - has come out strongly, warning ...OFFICIAL: MOURINHO TO LEAVE REAL MADRID AT END OF SEASON
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after three years as coach, paving the path for his return to England and a second stint as Chelsea's manager, AP reported. Real Madrid President Florentino Perez ...168 HOURS: TIGRAN SARGSYAN UNVEILS REASON OF GAS PRICE INCREASE
168 Hours touched upon yesterday's statement of Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan that Russia imposes 30 percent export tax on natural gas supplied to Armenia, unlike Belarus. "So, Prime Minister ...ARFD MP: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM LACKS CLEAR FORMULATIONS
Member of ARFD parliamentary faction Artsvik Minasyan says that the government program submitted by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is not a program, but rather a declaration which lacks clear formulations. ...HOUSE RESOLUTION GOES BEYOND GENOCIDE RECOGNITION SEEKING TRUTH AND JUSTICE
In a welcome move, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that advocates a new approach for the pursuit of Armenian rights in Congress, going beyond genocide recognition.
...ALEXANDER ARZUMANYAN TO VOTE AGAINST GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
MP Alexander Arzumanyan says the government program submitted to the parliament is not new, but is rather the revised version of the old program. "This one is a more comprehensive document. Certainly ...ANC MP HRANT BAGRATYAN PROPOSES GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THREE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
Former Armenian Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan says the government program submitted by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is not satisfactory because it involves all sectors but says nothing about the future ...DPA LEADER: MEMBERSHIP TO CUSTOMS UNION COULD HELP SOLVE KARABAKH ISSUE
A state can have a balanced policy only when it really can carry out its own policy, leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) Aram Sargsyan told today's press conference. According to the speaker, ...KHACHATUR KOKOBELYAN: NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM DOES NOT DIFFER FROM PREVIOUS ONE
The new government program does not differ from the previous one - everything is stated nicely but there is no word about the program itself, independent MP Khachatur Kokobelyan said during today's discussion ...U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES TO BE VIOLATED
In the U.S. annual International Religious Freedom Report notes that the religious freedom in Azerbaijan is still violated.
"In Azerbaijan, the government placed restrictions on members of religious ...VARDAN AYVAZYAN: GAS PRICE INCREASE IS PURELY ECONOMIC ISSUE
The gas price increase is not a political but a purely economic issue, member of RPA parliamentary faction Vardan Ayvazyan told reporters on Tuesday. According to the MP, the gas price increase is a ...MHER HOVHANNISYAN TAKES SECOND PRIZE AT LIMBURG OPEN
Armenian IM Mher Hovhannisyan scored 5.5 points out of 7 to share 1-5th places at Limburg Open. Hovhannisyan finished second on tiebreak, armchess.am reported. GM Vladimir Dobrov (Russia) became the winner. ...VIVACELL-MTS SPONSORS NEW "ANTHOLOGY OF ARMENIAN CHAMBER MUSIC" PROJECT BY "ARS LUNGA" DUO
On May 21 the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall hosted a press conference devoted to the release of the "Anthology of Armenian Chamber Music (Part 1: Works for Cello and Piano)", a new project by "Ars Lunga" ...WAYNE ROONEY WELCOMES SECOND SON
Coleen and Wayne Rooney proudly showed off the first snap of their new baby boy after the 'delighted' couple welcomed his arrival in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Metro.co.uk.
The ...ARTSAKH LEADER MEETS WITH ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met Tuesday, May 21, with Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan. Issues related to the activities of law enforcement bodies and cooperation between police departments ...RADIOACTIVE LEAK FOUND AT US NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Half-inch long cracks around a nozzle on one of the tanks of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant have been discovered. Radioactive water may have leaked into Lake Michigan, Voice of Russia reported. The ...INCREASE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES NOT DISCUSSED BY YEREVAN MAYOR'S OFFICE
Head of the Public Relations Department of Yerevan Mayor's Office Arthur Gevorgyan has commented on social networks reports about the increase in public transport fares. "The so-called "news" that has ...SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S CHEWING GUM SOLD FOR $600,000
A piece of chewing gum purportedly to be the last used by Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager has reportedly sold for over $600,000. As he was celebrating his side's dramatic 5-5 draw with ...NKR PRESIDENT MEETS WITH ARMENIAN DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met Tuesday, May 21, with judge advocate, deputy attorney-general of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan.
Issues related to the activities of prosecutor's office were ...MEXICAN INTELLECTUALS ARE OUTRAGED BY AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR'S COMPARISON OF JOSE SARUKHANYAN WITH HIMMLER
Mexican Professor at the Center for Economic Research, Jean Meyer responded to the article of Ilgar Mukhtarov, the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico, published in the newspaper "Milenio". The ...FORMER CONSULTANT: HEYDAR ALIYEV WAS KILLED FOR NOT ACTING WITHIN INTERESTS OF WEST
Elman Jalilov, who was Heydar Aliyev's former consultant on legal issues, while being at the office of chairman of Armed Forces of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic said that Heydar Aliyev did not die a ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1805 The Khanate of Shakoo (Nookhee) is annexed to the Russian Empire.
- 1864 Founding of the "Armenian Humanitarian Association" in Baku.
- 1889 The Turkish political organization Union and Progress (formerly known as the "Ottoman Union Organization") was created. It's ethnocentric fanaticism led to the implementation the Armenian Genocide in the First World War.
- 1915 The Turkish government proclaims the law (consisting of three points) on the Armenians' penalties and deportations from military areas.
- 1917 Death of writer Mkrteetsh Atjemyan.
- 1920 The 11th Army enters Artsakh and moves towards Tartar-Martakert. Start of the tyranny over this Armenian land.
- 1920 The establishment of Soviet power in Dilijan.
- 1921 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR is reorganized as the Council of People's Commissars, headed by Alexander Miasnikyan.
- 1967 Death of composer Barsegh Kanachyan. He was born in 1885.
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