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Headlines for November 09, 2011ANGRY WIFE 'THREATENS TO BLOW UP 10 PLANES BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT HER HUSBAND WORKING NIGHTS'
An angry wife threatened to blow up 10 planes because she hated her husband working nights, police say, according to the Daily Mail. According to a report from the Lee County Port Authority Police, Soraya ...MAGNITUDE 7 EARTHQUAKE HITS TURKEY
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Turkey, 30 km northwest of the town of Van on November 9, 02:05 local time, the National Seismic Protection Service at the Ministry of Emergency Situations ...NATO DELEGATION TO ARRIVE IN GEORGIA TODAY
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will head a delegation to Georgia today, "BBC" said. "The purpose of our visit to Georgia will be to discuss with the political leaders in Georgia how we can ...SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON PALESTINIAN UN MEMBERSHIP BID
The UN Security Council members could not agree on whether to admit Palestine as member of the United Nations, according to a draft report by a UN council committee released on Tuesday, Al Arabiya reported. ...SILVIO BERLUSCONI TO RESIGN AFTER PARLIAMENT APPROVES BUDGET LAW
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would leave office after parliament approves a budget law that includes reforms demanded by Europe, "Reuters" said.
Europe struggles to prevent the ...U.S. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO REHEAR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LAWSUIT TARGETING INSURANCE COMPANIES
A federal appeals court on Monday took up the thorny issue of whether California law declaring there was an Armenian genocide in Turkey conflicts with U.S. foreign policy, "Washington Post" writes. According ...MANUK VARDANYAN TRAVELS TO GEORGIA
A delegation led by Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan is leaving for Georgia to attend the regional coordination meeting of high ranking representatives dedicated to the ...ARMENIAN MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM IMPROVES POSITION
The Armenian men's national team beat the Spanish team 2.5-1.5 in the 6th round of the European Team Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece. Our team improved its position and is currently 4th with ...GREECE-ARMENIA - 1:3
In the 6th round of European team championships Armenian women team defeated the host in 3:1. Lilit Mkrtchian and Nelly Aghinyan defeated Botsari and Pavlidou, and Elina Danielian and Lilit Galoyan ended ...TUNISIAN COURT TO EXTRADITE GADDAFI'S PREMIERE TO LIBYA
A Tunisian court ruled on Tuesday that Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi's prime minister should be extradited to Libya, "Reuters" said. Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi is the first senior official to ...NORWEGIAN FM PAYS RETURN VISIT TO ARMENIA
At the invitation of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre pays an official visit to Armenia on November 8-10. Today the Norwegian FM met with ...NERSES NAZARYAN HAS NOT RESIGNED - POLICE
Chief of Yerevan Police Department Nerses Nazaryan has not resigned, police spokesperson Ashot Aharonyan told a Panorama.am reporter. Armenian media reported today that newly appointed Police Chief Vladimir ...NEW GREEK COALITION TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
The make-up of Greece's interim government will be announced later on Wednesday, a government official says, according to BBC. The announcement came as talks dragged into a third day without any apparent ...REGNUM: AZERBAIJAN ACCUSED OF XENOPHOBIA MANIFESTATION
Lezghian national-cultural federal autonomy released a statement supporting renowned Russian TV host and publicist Vladimir Soloviov, who had accused of Azerbaijan for the manifestation of "xenophobia ...NORWEGIAN FM INSISTS ON PEACEFUL RESOLUTION FOR CONFLICTS
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has stated in a news conference in Yerevan that Norwegian oil and energy companies functioning in Azerbaijan pay taxes and work in accordance with the ...OSCE SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HYDRO POWER SECTOR IN ARMENIA
A new project involving the OSCE Office in Yerevan to develop the Armenian small hydro power (SHP) sector, promoting environmental sustainability and energy security, was launched in Yerevan today. The ...NORWEGIAN FM THANKS ARMENIA FOR CONDOLENCES AND SUPPORT
Norway has not changed its migration policy after the July 22 terror attack, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told reporters in Yerevan. He thanked Armenia for the condolences and readiness ...PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ON MAKING ADDENDA TO LAW "ON CONSTITUTIONAL COURT"
President Serzh Sargsyan signed laws on making amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure and to the Code of Criminal Procedure, on making amendments and addenda to the law "On Constitutional Court," the ...HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOG: AZERBAIJAN MUST HOLD HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS
Philippe Bolopion, HRW's United Nations director, says he thinks Azerbaijan must hold human rights reforms in the country as the country has become a non-permanent member of UN Security Council, "Turan" ...K. ATCHEMYAN: TURKEY EXHAUSTED TRUST, CONFIDENCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
"Turkey is a country which destabilizes the region, while attempting mediator's role in this or that conflict. If Turkey was really committed to obtain a peaceful role in the region, the country wouldn't ...K. AVAGYAN: RELATIONS WITH IRAN OF VITAL SIGNIFICANCE
"Iran is one of vital allies of Armenia in the region, with whom Armenia has a long history. Having in our neighborhood Azerbaijan with its restless intentions, Turkey - having illegally blocked a border ...NANSEN STAMP CANCELLED IN ARMENIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY
On November 9, stamp dedicated to the 150-th Anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was cancelled and introduced into circulation ...PKK HACKS TURKISH MINISTRY OF FINANCE WEBSITE
The Turkish Ministry of Finance has said their official website was hacked late last night by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for "purposes of dirty propaganda," Hurriyet ...IRAN'S AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES IAEA CHIEF'S REPORT ‘HISTORICAL MISTAKE'
"Iran doesn't need to create nuclear weapon; if Iran wants to create anything, he won't be scared to do it, if Iran wants to attack, he will do it silently," "IRNA" news agency quotes Iran's President ...WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP: ARMENIA'S MALE WEIGHTLIFTERS FAILED
Paris is hosting World Weightlifting Championships November 5 through 13.
Armenia's male weightlifters Vanik Avetisyan and Samvel Grigoryan (-69 kg) performed on November 8 and female European champion ...RUSSIA, GEORGIA SIGN WTO ACCESSION DEAL
Russia and Georgia on Wednesday signed a Swiss-brokered agreement that clears the way to Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), RIA Novosti reported. The deal provides in particular ...SERZH SARGSYAN: WE SHOULDN'T WITHHOLD SPEEDY PROCESS OF INNOVATION
"How to use our capacities, knowledge and experience? This is a question the answer to which has always been searched. An answer to this question is important for the advancement, in order our national ...STATUE OF FRIDTJOF NANSEN ERECTED IN YEREVAN
"In the heart of Armenia's capital city the statue of Fridtjof Nansen, the great relative and friend of Armenian people, is being in evidence that Armenian people keep the memory of their relatives bright ...PRESIDENT: BUSINESS NEEDS POLITICAL STABILITY, STABLE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT - WE WILL ENSURE IT
"Business needs political stability and stable economic environment: we will take steps to ensure both. In the respect of economic stability, we will make further progress, ensuring not only stable inflation ...VIVACELL-MTS NEONATAL CARE PROJECT EXPANDS TO NEW REGIONS OF ARMENIA
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, announces that today VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian and BirthLink NGO Director Kathy Mellor, as well as a group of neonatologists, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Tre was the 4th month in the old Armenian calendar (November 8 to December 8). It is connected with Tyr's name - the pagan Armenian god of culture and literature.
- 1841 The commoners of Constantinople demonstrate against the Patriarch and the gentry.
- 1901 Death of the Mkhitarist Congregation member Ghevond Alishan (armenologist) in Venice. He was born in 1820.
- 1906 The Tsar emancipates the serfs of European Russia.
- 1957 Death of Martiros of Garni. He was a fighter and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party.
- 1962 The artificial silk - thread mill of Kirovakan (Vanadzor) starts production.
- 1999 The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers agrees to accept Armenia as a full member of the Council of Europe.
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