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Headlines for December 12, 2011LEVON ARONIAN VS. VLADIMIR KRAMNIK TODAY
In the 7th and 8th rounds of Classical Chess Armenian GM Levon Aronyan ended in draw with Anand and Howell. Currently Aronian has 8 scores and shares the 5th-6th places with world champ Anand.
During ...RAFAEL VAGANIAN BEATS SACHDEV
Oldhands - Snowdrops match finished in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic. Oldhands beat Snowdrops 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 in the 7th and 8th rounds. Rafael Vaganian drew with Pogonina, then beat Sachdev. So Oldhands ...SYRIAN EMBASSY IN JORDAN ATTACKED
The Syria Embassy in Amman, Jordan, has been attacked, resulting in its personnel being beaten. A group of unknown assailants broke into the building and the security guards who tried to block the attackers ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HEADS DELEGATION TO ARTSAKH
Armenian National Assembly President Samvel Nikoyan headed on December 12 a delegation to the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. The delegation includes the Chairman of NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit ...SYRIAN TROOPS CLASH WITH ARMY DEFECTORS
Syrian troops battled army defectors Sunday in clashes that set several military vehicles ablaze, Reuters reported.
The fighting and other violence around the nation killed at least eight people, ...ALLA DZHIOYEVA TO SUBMIT NEW BID FOR MARCH25 ELECTIONS
South Ossetian opposition representative Alla Dzhioyeva will submit a presidential bid to attend March 25 elections. The situation in South Ossetia heated up after Dzhioyeva won the November 27 runoff, ...100 SNAKES FOUND IN COLOGNE HOTEL
Cologne police were faced with a slithery problem on Saturday, after 100 snakes, 70 tortoises and 20 brightly-colored frogs were found in a hotel room, The Local reported. According to police, three Chinese ...RUSSIAN PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO RUSSIAN PROTESTERS' COMPLAINTS
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev responded on his Facebook page to the protesters' complaints that the December 4 election, won by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia, was slanted in its favor. ...ALL HIGHWAYS IN ARMENIA PASSABLE
All highways in Armenia are passable as of December 12, 09:00, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Meteo TV reports that fog is possible today, snowstorm and black ice are possible in the ...5,000 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES SECURED IN LIBYA
A top US official said on Sunday that a team of US and Libyan bomb disposal experts has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles stockpiled during the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, AFP reported.
"We ...IRAN DISCOVERS NEW GAS FIELD IN CASPIAN SEA
Iran has discovered a new gas filed in the Caspian Sea, Iranian state run "IRNA" news agency reported. According to the source Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinekad declared during an event in the province ...‘AL QAEDA' PLANNED TERROR ATTACKS IN TURKEY
Turkish "Taraf" daily has revealed details from "Al Qaeda" terrorist group case, which members were detained in July, "Turan" news agency reports. According to the source the group planned terror attacks ...TURKISH MEDIA PROGNOSES FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
Turkish media outlets make different prognoses for December 19 French Senate voting of Armenian Genocide bill, which defines that the denial of genocide will be a crime with €45.000 fine and one ...THE GUARDIAN: TURKEY 'PROGRESSIVE' LAND OF REPRESSION
There is a growing disjuncture between those who promote modern-day Turkey as a democracy and those who experience Turkey as a land of arbitrary detentions, political repression and military destruction, ...IRANIAN MEDIA URGED TO EVICT AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS FROM TEHRAN
Iranian mass media demand eviction of Azerbaijani media representatives from Tehran, Iranian "tabnak.ir" news site said. According to the source Ali Hasanov, the head of Azerbaijani President's social-political ...PUBLIC CHAMBER: HUMAN RIGHTS TOTALLY VIOLATED IN AZERBAIJAN
Human Rights in Azerbaijan are totally violated in all fields. This was the leitmotif of the roundtable organized by a civil movement for democracy Public Chamber in the headquarters of Musavat party, ...R. HOVHANNISYAN: HERITAGE NOT SURE WITH ELECTION FORMAT
"Heritage" party hasn't yet defined the format of participation in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, although the party isn't intended to run for elections alone, Heritage party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan ...AZNAVOUR STANDS STRONG ON HIS FEET
World renowned singer Charles Aznavour will perform today in Kremlin state palace presenting his "Aznavour Toujours" album. In an interview with "Ria Novosti" Aznavour said, though he was performing new ...CLINTON: FROM AZERBAIJAN TO ZIMBABWE, POLITICAL PRISONERS STILL LANGUISH IN JAIL
From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, political prisoners still languish in jail for speaking, writing or advocating peacefully for their beliefs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement released ...IRAN: STEEL FACTORY BLAST KILLS 7, INJURES 12
Iranian Ghadir-e Yazd Steel factory explosion killed 7 and injured 12 people, Iranian "MEHR" news agency quotes Yazd city mayor Azizollah Sefi as saying. According to the statesman there are foreign citizens ...E. SHARMAZANOV: TURKEY DISPLAYS ITS REAL FACE
"Similar statements display Turkey's real face," Parliament Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told Panorama.am referring to Turkish state minister Egemen Bagis' statement. Turkish official made remarks on Armenian ...EMPLOYEES OF BAKU TRADE CENTERS FORCED TO PAY "EUROVISION TAX"
Azerbaijani media have repeatedly written about forced collection of "Eurovision tax" in public structures and private companies for covering the expenses of the Eurovision 2012 Song Contest to be hosted ...IRAN INTENDS CREATING COPY OF US DRONE
Iran is intended to unlock U.S. drone secrets and to produce its own unmanned aerial vehicles, "Press TV" quotes Iranian National Security commission representative Hossein Ebrahim as saying. The Iranian ...DEUTSCHE WELLE. TEHRAN, BAKU SHARE HOSTILE RELATIONS
"In the last two decades Tehran and Baku were in strained and hostile relations," Iranian service of German "Deutsche Welle" news agency said in a story. "Though relations of Tehran and Baku seemed to ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR: I DO NOT ENGAGE IN POLITICS
"I think my career goes successfully as Armenia does not intend to fight against Switzerland. And if really serious challenges emerge in diplomatic issues, we will invite professionals," world renowned ...MEDICAL COMPLEX MEETING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TO BE BUILT IN SHOUSHI
On 10 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Shoushi regional center and called a working meeting on the issues related to the construction of a new medical complex in the town. ...ARTSAKH PRESIDENT VISITS MARTOUNI REGION
On 11 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Martouni region and in one of the military presidios of the second defensive area attended the solemn ceremony of opening a new school. ...ARMENIAN MILITARY PROSECUTOR VISITS ARTSAKH
Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan received today Armenian Military Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan. During the meeting, the two sides discussed issues related to the activities of ...
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