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Headlines for October 31, 2011

NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED IN ARMENIA: AIR TEMPERATURE WILL GO DOWN
No precipitation is expected on the 31st of October. The air temperature will go down at night. It's highly recommended to be attentive while in the streets, since they may be covered with ice. "Meteo-tv" ...
RARE OCTOBER SNOWSTORM SLAMS U.S. NORTHEAST
A rare October snowstorm barreled up the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, cutting power to more than two million households, forcing cancellation of scores of airline flights and causing at least three deaths, ...
PRINCE CHARLES SAYS HE'S DESCENDANT OF DRACULA
Prince Charles is claiming that he's related to Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler, foreign media outlets say. "The genealogy shows that I am descended from Vlad the Impaler," Charles said. Prince ...
DEATH TOLL FROM TURKEY QUAKE MORE THAN 600
The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Turkey a week ago was at 601 as of Sunday, the Turkish state-run Anatolia news agency reported, according to CNN. More than 4,100 people were injured ...
ALMAZBEK ATAMBAYEV CLAIMS VICTORY IN KYRGYZ ELECTIONS
Almazbek Atambayev claimed victory Monday in Kyrgyzstan's presidential election, "Ria Novosti" news agency informs. With almost 98 percent of precincts counted, Atambayev had garnered more than 63 percent ...
RUSSIA, PHILIPPINES CLAIM BIRTH OF 7TH BILLION NEW-BORN KID
It took only a dozen years for humanity to add another billion people to the planet, reaching the milestone of 7 billion Monday — give or take a few months. Demographers at the United Nations Population ...
US GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS BERLUSCONI ENGAGED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi, 75, has been named in a US government report on people trafficking as a result of his alleged relationship with 'Ruby the Heart Stealer', "The Telegraph" said. Berlusconi ...
AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER DIES FROM DISEASE
A serviceman of the Azerbaijani army, Ruslan Kerimov, 18, died from disease at a military unit in Ganja, Trend reported quoting Deputy Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Teymur Abdullayev. ...
ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM RUNS SECOND BEFORE LAST ROUND
The Armenian national team drew the 7th round with the Iranian team and beat the English team 4-0 in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in Izmit, Turkey. Our chess players lost to Kazakh team 1.5-2.5 ...
BAKO SAHAKYAN ATTENDS SOLEMN EVENT DEDICATED TO 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF TOGH'S LIBERATION
On 30 October President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the village of Togh in the Hadrut region and attended a solemn event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the settlement's liberation. ...
ARONIAN, DANIELIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN WIJK AAN ZEE TOURNAMENT
Levon Aronian will participate in the A-Group tournament of the famous Tata Steel festival to be held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on January 14-29, 2012. Aronian will face Carlsen, Karjakin, Topalov, ...
AZERBAIJANI ARMY VIOLATES CEASEFIRE 180 TIMES IN ONE WEEK
According to the NKR Defense Army data, the Azerbaijani army violated the ceasefire regime around 180 times last week. The NKR Defense Army press office reports that the Azerbaijani forces fired more ...
VANES MARTIROSYAN OUTPOINTS RICHARD GUTIERREZ
Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan was surgical in soundly outpointing Richard Gutierrez in their Fox Deportes-televised main event Saturday evening at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, ...
ABRAHAM: IN A YEAR I'LL BE CHAMPION AGAIN
Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham says he's returning to the middleweight division after dropping three of four fights at 168lbs in SHOWTIME's groundbreaking Super Six Tournament. "In ...
HOVHANNES SAHAKYAN: RPA HELD NO DISCUSSION ON MAYORAL CANDIDATE
The Republican Party of Armenia has held no discussion on the candidate for mayor, member of RPA parliamentary faction Hovhannes Sahakyan told reporters in Yerevan. He refuted reports that RPA Council ...
AZERBAIJANI STUDENT STABS TEACHER
10th grade Azerbaijani student Elchin Shahverdiyev, 16, stabbed his teacher Shargiya Jabrailova, 73, in the neck in the Shabran region of Azerbaijan, APA reported citing the police department of Shabran ...
AMBASSADOR KAPINOS TERMINATES MISSION IN ARMENIA
President Serzh Sargsyan received Monday the head of OSCE Mission in Yerevan Sergey Kapinos. The President's press service said President thanked Ambassador Kapinos for the efficient activities and collaboration ...
AZERBAIJANI AIRLINES SUED BY ARMENIAN SERGEY GYURJIAN
Sergey Gyurjian, a citizen of Russian Federation, has sued Azerbaijani airways for not permitting him to take the aircraft flying to Baku; Qafqazinfo.az magazine said referring to Russian mass media. ...
SVETLANA GRIGORYAN TURNS 80: PRESIDENT AWARDS HER 1ST DEGREE MEDAL "FOR SERVICES TO HOMELAND"
President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree to award famous actress Svetlana Grigoryan 1st degree medal "For Services to Homeland" for her considerable contributions to development of theatrical arts, for ...
RA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER'S 116 HOTLINE TO OPERATE FROM NOVEMBER 1ST
The Human Rights Defender of Armenia, in cooperation with 9 non-governmental organizations, is reopening his rapid response service. From November 1st, 2011 with the support of the Human Rights Defender's ...
IRAN'S FIRST LADY ALARMED BY ISLAMIC COUNTRIES BANNING HIJAB
"The West is scared from Islam, thus some Islamic countries ban the wearing of hijab," Iranian "arannews.ir" quotes Iranian first lady Azam Sadat Farahi as saying. A year ago Azerbaijan banned some Islamic ...
TUNISIA ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST ARAFAT'S WIDOW
A Tunisian court has issued an international arrest warrant against the widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat over alleged corruption, international media outlets report. Justice ministry ...
HUNGARIAN GOLDEN BALL WINNER FLORIAN ALBERT DIES AT 70
Florian Albert, the 1967 winner of the Golden Ball award given to Europe's best soccer player, has died. He was 70, The Associated Press reported. Ferencvaros TC, Albert's Hungarian club, said the ...
GEORGIA'S MFA: SERZH SARGSYAN NOT OFFENDED
Georgia's Foreign Ministry has denied news that Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia is offended thus has canceled his visit to Tbilisi, Georgian "apsny.ge" news site quotes Georgia's Deputy FM Nino Kalantadze as ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD OF IRAN INTENDED TO PAY VISIT TO ARMENIA
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is intended to arrive in Armenia during the next two months, Iranian "MEHR" news agency quotes Mohammad Reza Faregani, the head of Iranian President's international ...
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS RECORD NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS IN KYRGYZ ELECTIONS
The international observers have recorded numerous violations and assessed negative rating for the Kyrgyz elections; Interfax news agency quotes the head of the observers of the OSCE ODIHR, Korin Yonker, ...
NATO RULES OUT NO-FLY ZONE FOR SYRIA
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ruled out the possibility of a no-fly zone for Syria, in remarks to an AFP correspondent as he traveled to the Libyan capital on Monday on a surprise visit. ...
PALESTINE BECOMES MEMBER OF UNESCO
Palestine has received membership in the UN's education, science and culture body after 107 of the 173 attending member states voted for it, with 14 against. The US objected to the move and threatened ...
ARTSAKH PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE OF REAL ESTATE CADASTRE
On 31 October Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to appoint Levon Grigoryan as head of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers for a five-year term, ...
SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATES ABDULLAH GUL
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the occasion of Republic Day, the President's press office reported.
4 SERVICEMEN DIE IN AZERBAIJAN IN 6 DAYS
Another serviceman of the Azerbaijani army has died. The incident occurred at a military unit of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry in Agjabedi region. APA reports that Royal Agayev, 18, died from disease. ...