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Published on December 19, 2011
CRISTIANO DONI ARRESTED IN ITALIAN SCANDAL
- Seventeen people, including former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni, were arrested on Monday in connection with a match fixing and betting scandal, according to Eurosport. The operation, called "Last Bet," was carried out in several cities in Italy following an investigation by magistrates in the northern city of Cremona. A number of other players and former players from the second division were also arrested, as well as the manager of a seaside club and a former trainer for fourth division Ravenna.
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Headlines for December 19, 2011MICHAEL JACKON'S MIRROR SOLD FOR $18,750
A mirror that Michael Jackson looked into as he dressed in his final months sold for $18,750 at auction in Beverly Hills this weekend. The mirror with a message is on a Victorian-revival-style armoire ...GAS SUPPLY TO ARMENIA RESUMES
...KIM JONG-IL, 69, DIED OF HEART ATTACK
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, international media outlets say. According to "Reuters", Kim Jong-il, 69, died of physical and mental over-work on his way ...PHILIPPINE FLOOD DEATH TOLL RISES TO 652
Red Cross says , 808 others are missing, according to the Associated Press.
Typhoon Washi slammed ashore in the Mindanao region of the Philippines while residents slept at the weekend, sending torrents ...CZECH, FOREIGN LEADERS MOURN VACLAV HAVEL
Czech leaders and foreign politicians paid tribute Sunday to Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the 1989 Velvet Revolution that peacefully toppled communism in the former Czechoslovakia, AP ...ALL ROADS, MOUNTAIN PASSES PASSABLE IN ARMENIA
All roads and mountain passes of interstate and republican significance are open to traffic on December 19, at 08:30, the Ministry of Transport and Communication reported.US, EU CALL ON BELARUS TO RELEASE POLITICAL PRISONERS
The United States and the European Union called on Belarus Government for the immediate release of all political prisoners in the country, international media outlets inform. In a joint statement issued ...BRITISH MP SACKED OVER 'OFFENSIVE AND FOOLISH' BEHAVIOUR
A British Conservative MP has been sacked as a parliamentary private secretary over "offensive and foolish" behaviour, BBC reported. Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley was pictured in the Mail on ...ARMENIAN COMPOSING ART FESTIVAL WRAPS UP TODAY
The final concert of the Armenian Composing Art Festival, Babajanyan Fest will take place at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall today, with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia performing works by great Armenian ...LAUREATE OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS ZHORA SARGSYAN'S CONCERT AT CAFESJIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
The Armenian Guitar Players' Association has organized a concert by laureate of international competitions Zhora Sargsyan at the Special Events Hall of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts on December 21. ...WORLD, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, ATHLETES FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCES RECEIVE FINANCIAL AWARDS
106 Armenian athletes, coaches, doctors, sports organizations that have reached the highest rates in world and European championships in 2011 have been granted financial awards as Prime Minister Tigran ...DEAD N. KOREA LEADER'S SON JONG-UN CALLED ‘GREAT SUCCESSOR'
North Korea's state news agency KCNA has called dead leader Kim Jong-il's son Jong-un a 'great successor' in what appears to be the first such mention of the late leader's youngest known son, who had ...ARMENIAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION TO PAY OFFICIAL TRIP TO FRANCE
Armenia's Minister of Science and Education Armen Ashotyan leaves for France on December 20-22 on an official trip. MSE public relations department says Minister Ashotyan will have a meeting with French ...WORLD WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: ARMENIAN TEAM RECORDS A SUCCESSFUL GAME
Armenian women team recorded its first success in Turkish city Mardin hosted World Women's Team Championship. In the first round Armenian team defeated the team of Greece, Armenian chess federation's ...BERNARD FASSIER PAYS VISIT TO BAKU
French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Bernard Fassier has arrived in Baku for a regional visit, according to SalamNews. Fassier told reporters this was his last visit to the region as a ...IRANIAN GENERAL SAYS AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS
"Azerbaijani statesmen must be responsible for their actions," Iranian "ISNA" news agency quotes General Commander of Iran's Police Border Service Hosseyn Zolfaghari as saying. "Some armed Azerbaijani ...ARMEN HOVSEPYAN BECOMES CALIFORNIA CHAMPION
Armen Hovsepyan representing Russia faced George Pimentel at a professional boxing event in the city of Vernon, California. The bout consisting of 8 rounds ended ahead of schedule, with Hovsepyan knocking ...ANDRE WARD DOMINATES CARL FROCH
Andre Ward dominated England's Carl Froch to win a unanimous decision by the scores of 118-110, 115-113 two times in front of 5,626 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The victory unified the World ...H. DEMOYAN: RECOGNITION PROCESS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CONDEMNED BEING NONSTOP
All those process round the Armenian Genocide issue are evident that the process of international recognition of Armenian Genocide cannot simply stop. "The recognition process of Armenian Genocide, having ...SCHOOL WINTER BREAK STARTS ON DECEMBER 26
The Minister of Education and Science has confirmed the winter vacation schedule for 2011-2012 school year, the Ministry of Education and Science press office reported. Winter break starts at Armenia's ...H. DEMOYAN: PROCESS FAILED WITH A DOC. WE'VE SIGNED
"I think Turkey has proved another time its unpredictable nature. A new similar document with Turkey is unreasonable but the process cannot move forward with the document we've already signed. Thus, our ...ARMENIAN-KUWAITI INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION TO MEET IN KUWAIT IN 2012
The second meeting of the Armenian-Kuwaiti intergovernmental commission will take place in Kuwait in 2012, the Armenian Development Agency press office reported. ADA delegation led by director Robert ...HENRIKH MKHITARYAN RECOMMENDED BY ARSENAL SCOUTS FOR JANUARY TRANSFER
Reports are suggesting that Arsenal scout Steve Rowley has informed Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to once again look at Armenian international midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who is currently plying his trade ...EDUARD SHARMAZANOV: IF SOME NEED JOLTS, WE NEED STRONG ARMENIA
"If some are long for jolts, we need a strong Armenia," NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said re-defining Russian Empire PM Peter Stolipin's famous words, saying they needed strong Russia. Referring ...TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO PARIS INTENDED TO LEAVE FRANCE
Turkey's Foreign Ministry has received an encoded message from its Embassy in Paris saying that French President Nicolas Sarkozy backs Armenian Genocide denial bill scheduled for December 22 at France's ...SHARMAZANOV: RPA HAS NOT DISCUSSED ELECTION STRATEGY
RPA has not discussed the strategy and tactics of the upcoming elections, Deputy Chairman of Armenian parliament Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters in Yerevan, when asked to comment on the rumors about ...FORMER IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: IRAN WON'T LEAVE AZERBAIJAN'S ACTIONS UNANSWERED
"The Islamic Republic of Iran won't leave Azerbaijan's actions unanswered," Mohammad Farhad Kolein, Iranian former Ambassador to Armenia, expert on Caucasus Affairs, said in an interview with Iranian ...DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS MOSCOW
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan left for Moscow on December 18 to attend the meetings of CSTO regulatory bodies, Defense Ministry press office reported.
On December 19, the Defense Minister ...IRANIAN MP: IF HISTORIC TREATIES ARE REVISED, AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES WILL JOIN IRAN
"If historic treaties are revised, the territory of Azerbaijan will join Iran," Iranian MP Nader Ghazipur said in an interview with Iranian "FARS" news agency. The Iranian MP, referring to the anti-Iranian ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN PAYS WORKING VISIT TO MOSCOW
Today President Serzh Sargsyan has left for Moscow on a working visit. President Sargsyan will participate at the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ...V. KARAKHANYAN: FRANCE'S EXAMPLE SHOULD BE CONTAGIOUS
"The example of France should be contagious. Now, France is the engine actively moving forward the process of international recognition of Armenian Genocide. And Turkey's accusations in address to France ...CRISTIANO DONI ARRESTED IN ITALIAN SCANDAL
Seventeen people, including former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni, were arrested on Monday in connection with a match fixing and betting scandal, according to Eurosport. The operation, ...TSUNEYASU MIYAMOTO RETIRES AT 34
Vissel Kobe centre-back Tsuneyasu Miyamoto confirmed his retirement on Monday afternoon in Kobe, Japan, according to Goal.com. The announcement concluded a 17-year career for the 34-year-old, the majority ...IRAQI OIL SMUGGLED TO AZERBAIJAN AND AFGHANISTAN - DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraqi deputy prime minister for energy affairs, said smuggling of Iraqi crude oil is reaching as far as Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and the Gulf States, according to Huliq.com.
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