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Published on December 14, 2011
WEATHER FORECAST:FEEBLE SNOW EXPECTED IN YEREVAN
- The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by feebly expressed low pressure field. On the 14th of December in the second part of the day feeble snow is possible only in separate regions. "Meteo-tv" informs the air temperature will not change significantly. Low visibility is possible due to snowstorm, fog. Roads are partly ice-covered in Tavush and Syunik, fog will be in Ararat valley, Aragatsotn and Kotayk. In the capital the air temperature will be -5-7 at night, 0+2 in the daytime and 0-2 in the evening. Feeble snow is possible.
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Headlines for December 14, 2011WEATHER FORECAST:FEEBLE SNOW EXPECTED IN YEREVAN
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One Azerbaijani army officer has died and two are in hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning.
The incident occurred at an apartment rented by the officers in Baku's Yasamal District.
Abulfat Mammadov ...DAVUTOGLU DEMANDS EXPLANATION FROM IRAN'S MFA
Turkey has demanded an explanation from Iran for its threatening remarks by Iranian officials, ANKA news agency reported. Diplomatic sources said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded an explanation ...SEYRAN OHANYAN VISITS ARTSAKH
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The mother of Merited Artist of Azerbaijan Simara Imanova, Minabeyim, set her father's house on fire in the Aligulular region of Azerbaijan. Qafqazinfo reports that the woman said in this way she wanted ...ATTENTION: ITALIAN BUSINESSMEN IN ARMENIA
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Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with President of Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini in Rome Tuesday evening, President's press office reported. During the meeting, the two sides placed ...BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: KRIKOR SEVAG MEKHITARIAN SCORES 3 POINTS OUT OF 4
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"Azerbaijani officials are intended to separate Iran," Iranian "tabnak.ir" said in a story. "Tabnak" editorial focuses on those elements that make the mutual relations be strained. Those factors are: ...HRAIR SIMONIAN IN BUDAPEST
GM Hrair Simonian scored 5,5 points out of 9 at "First Saturday" tournament that was held in Budapest, "armchess.am" informs. He took the 3rd place. IM Mikhail Antipov (Russia) won the first ...FATHER RAPES UNDERAGE DAUGHTERS IN AZERBAIJAN
Mehman Gojayev, 39, resident of Aslanoba village of the Khachmaz region of Azerbaijan, has raped his two daughters, aged 10 and 11. Gojayev's wife, Shafiga Gojayeva reported the rape to the police, according ...ARABIC LANGUAGE DAY OBSERVED AT UN IN ARMENIA
Students, authorities, civil society and international community representatives, and journalists discussed the use of the Arabic Language at the UN during a first ever observation of the Arabic Language ...G. MINASYAN: NK ISSUE AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL A RASH STEP
"The U.N. Security Council is an imperative structure and it's not by chance that its permanent members have a right to veto. And how Azerbaijan's rash steps will be treated, is simply obvious. When earlier ...SPECIAL OFFER FROM VIVACELL-MTS - NEW MTS TOUCH 551PHONE
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, introduces MTS Touch 551 - a new mobile phone equipped with 2.8" touch screen, a 1.3 MP photo camera, Bluetooth, MP3 player, FM radio and MicroSD ...BAKO SAHAKYAN: MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE ARTSAKH A MODERN, DEMOCRATIC, RECOGNIZED COUNTRY
On December 14 President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan took part in the 5th Congress of the Artsakh Union of Freedom Fighters. Artsakh President's information department informs that the head of Artsakh ...AZERBAIJAN'S EMBASSY IN SYRIA POSITIVELY ASSESSES PRO-ARMENIAN STANCE OF SYRIA'S GRAND MUFTI
Azerbaijani media nervously responded to the Armenian MFA's report on the meeting of Armenia's Consul General Karen Grigoryan with Syria's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun in Aleppo. Azerbaijan ...CANADA'S FM SAYS CONDEMNATION OF GENOCIDE A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE FOR STEPHAN HARPER
Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganyan has had a meeting on Wednesday with Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada John Baird. In the beginning of the meeting Canadian FM handed a copy of the joint statement ...EURASIANET: GENOCIDE LEGISLATION BRINGS NEW FRANCO-TURK TENSIONS
"While the Franco-Turk rivalry has cooled off a bit in recent weeks, the issue of the Armenian Genocide is threatening to again raise tensions between the two countries," EurasiaNet reported. "Relations ...GALLIANI: THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT PATO CAN LEAVE
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has shut down talk of Alexandre Pato leaving. Pato has been linked with Chelsea and Manchester City with Carlos Tevez expected to soon arrive. Galliani said: "There ...AL SADD NEED 16 PLAYERS TO STOP BARCELONA - FOSSATI
Qatar's Al Sadd want FIFA to let them field a team of 16 players when they face European kings Barcelona in Thursday's Club World Cup semi-final in Japan, Reuters reported.
"If they agree to ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1802 Birth of Hakob Manvelyan (educator) in Caesaria (Western Armenia). He died in 1870.
- 1825 Decembrist rebellion in St. Petersburg (Russia).
- 1825 Birth of Stepan Voskanyan (public figure) in Smyrna. He died in 1901.
- 1846 The Transcaucasian administrative districts are altered to create the provinces of Tbilissi, Kutais, Shamakhoo, and Derbend.
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