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Headlines for December 10, 2011MANET PORTRAIT UNDER EXPORT BAN
Arts minister Ed Vaizey defers export decision on "outstanding" but unfinished Fanny Claus portrait last exhibited in 1883, the Guradian said. An outstanding, unfinished Édouard Manet portrait ...B. SAHAKYAN: PAST 2 DECADES PROVE THAT CHOICE WAS CORRECT
President of Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan delivered on December a congratulatory address in connection with the Day of NKR State Independence Referendum and Constitution.
The message particularly ...LUNAR ECLIPSE CAN BE VIEWED FROM ARMENIA
The moon will turn a deep red-orange colour tonight - the sun, the moon and the Earth are lining up in a spectacular total lunar eclipse. The unusual display, caused by the moon moving into the shadow ...CHINESE ROAD HOGS CAUSE TRAFFIC CHAOS
A group of pigs went trotting down a motorway after escaping from a lorry that flipped over, Sky News reported.
It happened in China's Sichuan Province, in the south west of the country, when the ...AZERBAIJAN EXPELS IRAN'S TV&RADIO COMPANY'S BAKU SERVICE DIRECTOR
"The director of Iran's TV&radio company's Baku service has been expelled from Azerbaijan together with his family," Iranian "arannews.ir" website writes. According to the source, Azerbaijani authorities ...OSCE URGES RUSSIA TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) urged Russia on Friday to protect journalists covering post-election protests from "police harassment", "Deutsche Welle" news agency informed. ...SERBIA NOT GIVING UP KOSOVO - TADIC
"There is possibility that Serbia does not get this year candidate status for the EU membership and the date for beginning of negotiations. In spite of that Serbia cannot accept to suspend its institutions ...SEVRES HOSTS 3RD SUMMIT OF WESTERN ARMENIANS
In the commune of Sevres, suburb of Paris, historical third summit of Western Armenians will take place today, "Ermenihaber.am" quotes Associate professor Vahan Melikyan as saying. V. Melikyan said that ...RUSSIANS HOLD DAY OF PROTESTS AGAINST ELECTION FRAUD
Protests against election fraud are beginning in Russia, the first in a planned wave of nationwide demonstrations testing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, The Associated Press reported. Protest ...EDUARD KOKOITY TO STEP DOWN TO END CRISIS IN COUNTRY
The leader of South Ossetia is set to resign Saturday in a deal with the opposition to end the crisis in the country, local media reported. According to AFP, the deal is a victory for opposition challenger ...ARMENIAN WOMEN CHESS PLAYERS AT WORLD MIND GAMES
WGM Elina Danielian and WIM Elmira Skripchenko-Aghababian (France) take part in the chess competition which is included in the World Mind Games. The Games are being held in Beijing, China. Now the rapid ...DEADLY CLASHES CONTINUE IN SYRIA
At least 24 people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests across Syria, activists say, according to BBC. Eleven of the deaths were in and around the city of Homs, while five were in the ...LEVON ARONYAN IN LONDON TOURNAMENT
In the 6th round of Classical Chess Armenian GM Levon Aronyan ended in draw with Adams. The other sets, including Anand-Kramnik, McShane-Nakamura and Howell-Short, also ended in draw. Thus, having scored ...RAFAEL VAGANIAN AT OLDHANDS - SNOWDROPS MATCH
Snowdrops - Oldhands match continues in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic. In the 6th round, Oldhands beat Snowdrops 3.5-0.5. Vaganian beat Kulovana. Oldhands continues to dominate the match. After 6 rounds, ...IRANIAN AYATOLLAH SAYS AZERBAIJAN HARASSES INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION
"Azerbaijan obviously harasses the procedures of Human Rights Declaration," Iranian official "IRNA" news agency quotes Iranian Ayatollah Hashem Hashemzadeh Harris as saying. Iranian senior clergyman stated ...TURKEY'S MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON GENOCIDE BILL
Turkey's Foreign Ministry has released a statement criticizing French Senate Committee that passed a bill on December 7 criminalizing the denial of Armenian Genocide, Turkish "Cumhuriyet" daily said. ...RUSSIAN FILM WEEK TO OPEN IN YEREVAN TODAY
Russian Film Week will open at Moscow House in Yerevan today within the framework of Armenian-Russian cultural cooperation and on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Culture and Fest Cinema company, ...RESEARCH CENTER OF QUANTUM COLLEGE RENOVATED
The research center of Yerevan's Quantum College, renovated with the support of the Armenian Youth Foundation, has opened today. The opening ceremony of the center was attended by MP, Coordinator of the ...AZERBAIJANI ARMY VIOLATES CEASEFIRE AROUND 200 TIMES IN ONE WEEK
The Azerbaijani army violated ceasefire regime around 200 times on December 4-10, the press office of the NKR Defense Army reported. The subunits of the NKR Defense Army mainly refrained from responding ...LEBANESE PRESIDENT LEAVES, EXPRESSES HIS THANKS FOR WARM WELCOME
A farewell ceremony for President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman took place at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan today, according to President's press office. The Armenian and Lebanese Presidents summed ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Russian officers premiere - in Yerevan's Sardar Palace - Griboedov's (Russian Ambassador in Persia) comedy "Grief of the Mind".
- 1864 The Senate exiles Meekael Nalbandyan (author and political activist) to Kamish.
- 1901 Start of the Armenian Students' Congress in Riga (Latvia). Stepan Shahoomyan heads the revolutionary social-democrat block at the ten-day meeting.
- 1903 Birth of Goorgen Janibekyan (actor). He died in 1956.
- 1917 The Caucasian Army's Second Assembly opens in Tbilissi. Decisions are taken on Soviet governance in the Caucasus.
- 1920 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR nationalizes banks.
- 1922 Opening of the First Council of the Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Transcaucasus. The next congresses took place in 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1935.
- 1991 Artsakh holds a referendum on independence in the presence of foreign observers subject to the Soviet laws in legal effect at the time. 82% of the electorate (as determined by the latest available census of January 1989) voted 99.7% in favor of secession according to the 1990 04 03 Soviet law that was valid and internationally recognized at that time. Based on the results, independence is declared by the Supreme Council on 1992 01 06.
- 1998 Death of Manouk Atoyan (engineer) in Javakhk (Georgia). He was born in 1925.
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