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Headlines for January 31, 2012BERD-CHAMBARAK ROAD, SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS IMPASSABLE
Roads and mountain passes are passable in Armenia as of January 31, 08:30, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Berd-Chambarak road and Selim Mountain Pass are impassable, the source said.WHITE HOUSE SAYS ASSAD'S REGIME COLLAPSE INEVITABLE
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime is inevitable, a White House spokesman declared during UN Security Council discussions on Syria. Russia has opposed the proposal saying it will impose a veto on ...ASSANGE TO APPEAR ON 'THE SIMPSONS'
Famous cyberspace activist Julian Assange is set to play a new controversial neighbor of the Simpson family in the milestone 500th episode of show due to air on February 19, RT reported.
In the episode, ...19 TONS OF FSB LATEX GLOVES HIJACKED IN ST. PETERSBURG
Unidentified thieves stole a truckload of latex gloves owned by the Federal Security Service from a street in St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reported. A semitrailer loaded with 19 tons of gloves went missing ...6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHAKES PERU
At least 123 people were injured in an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter on Monday which shook the southern Peruvian department of Ica, the National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) said, according ...MOURINHO BEST COACH FOR MADRID AT THE MOMENT - JOACHIM LOW
Germany coach Joachim Low has played reports linking him with the hot-seat at Real Madrid, Goal.com reported. "Mourinho should wait until 2014, when my Germany contract expires," Low told Abendzeitung ...CHELSEA READY TO EXCHANGE TORRES WITH FALCAO
Andre Villas-Boas is ready to offer faltering striker Fernando Torres a chance to return to his former club Atletico Madrid as he looks to lure his former FC Porto striker Radamel Falcao from the Vicente ...ARMENIAN PRINTING, ARMENIAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE KICKED OFF IN YEREVAN
"Armenian printing and literature" conference kicked off today in the Institute of Literature after M. Abeghyan. The conference is dedicated to 500th anniversary of Armenian Printing. Fifteen reports ...VLADIMIR WEISS QUITS COACH OFFICE
Vladimir Weiss, Slovakia's national football team coach, ends his contract with Slovakia's Football Association, Slovakia's Football Association reported. The 47-year-old, whose contract ran till 2014, ...NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPOKESPERSON FIRED FROM POSITION
By the order of Armenian National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, spokesperson of National Assembly Gohar Poghosyan has been fired from her position, she told a Panorama.am reporter. Poghosyan was surprised ...E. FATULLAYEV URGES COE TO DEFINE POLITICAL PRISONER TERM
Council of Europe must develop certain criteria to define political prisoner term in Azerbaijan to avoid any kind of manipulations, as well as to accelerate the process of releasing "prisoners of conscience," ...SNOW EXPECTED IN ARMENIA IN COMING DAYS
Snow is expected in Armenia today and in the next two days. Fog is possible in spots, according to Armstatehydromet. No precipitation is expected on February 3 and 4. Strong winds are possible in spots, ...EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR'S WIFE ROBBED IN BAKU
Egyptian Ambassador's wife was robbed in "Bina" trade house in Baku. According to tia.az Egyptian Ambassador and his family were doing some shopping in the trade house and only when leaving it they found ...POLICE CADRE CHANGES
By the order of Armenian police chief, chief of the Investigation Division of Gegharkunik Police Department Edik Petrosyan was relieved of his position and was transferred to the police reserve. Colonel ...CLAN OF PASHAEVS CONTROL PRO-GOVERNMENTAL MEDIA
The clan of Pashaevs in Azerbaijan lays hold on mass media being controlled by local authorities. According to "Azadlig" to control mass media loyal to government, a special center will be founded by ...BERD-CHAMBARAK ROAD STILL IMPASSABLE
All roads and mountain passes are mainly passable in Armenia as of 12:00, except for Berd-Chambarak road and Selim Mountain Pass, the press office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.SHARMAZANOV: COALITION PARTIES TO MEET MORE FREQUENTLY
The coalition parties held a regular meeting yesterday, RPA spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov told a Panorama.am reporter. The coalition meetings will become more frequent, said he.EURASIANET: AZERBAIJAN QUIETLY BACKS INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is the main oil export pipeline for Azerbaijan, delivering oil pumped from under the Caspian Sea to customers in Europe, "Euroasia.net" reported. According to the ...FRANCE SHOULDN'T ALLOW TURKEY TO MEDDLE IN ITS DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
For nearly a century, Turkey's leaders have tried to hide the monstrous crime of the Armenian Genocide by covering up what really took place in the killing fields of the Syrian desert, then part of the ...HEAVY SNOW CAUSES TRAFFIC CHAOS IN LARS
Trailers, semi-trailers, and buses with more than 30 seats are unable to move in Pasanauri-Lars sector of Mtskheta-Stepanatsminda-Lars road as of 12:00 due to a heavy snowfall and ice, the Ministry of ...L. ANANYAN: GHUKASYAN BROTHERS READY TO BUY A PART OF TUMANYAN'S HOUSE IN TBILISI
"Bells were still ringing in Tbilisi when Mayor of Gyumri was interested in Tumanyan's apartment. When we were back, I had some business in Gyumri, there I met with the Mayor and he told me that Ghukasyan ...OBAMA: GEORGIA TO SERVE AS MODEL OF DEMOCRACY FOR OTHERS
Georgia can serve as a model of democracy and transparency for other countries; Georgian mass media quote US President Barack Obama as praising Georgia in a news conference with his Georgian counterpart.
...EXPERT: AZERBAIJAN ALONE IN ITS STANCE
"This decision once again proved the viewpoint of the international community that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be settled within the OSCE Minsk Group format only," expert Edgar Hovhannisyan told ...RUSSIAN, AZERBAIJANI CHESS TEAMS TO MEET IN MARCH
Russian and Azerbaijani chess teams will meet in Moscow on March 2-6 to play classical chess, "Chess-News" reported. Each team will include 5 chess players who will meet only once. On March 7-8 the chess ...K. ATCHEMYAN: AZERBAIJAN KNOWS NK CONFLICT WILL FIND JUSTIFIED RESOLUTION
"Any justified resolution or their precedents make Azerbaijan fierce. Azerbaijan knows sooner or later the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh will find its justified resolution. I think this is why Azerbaijan ...ARMENIAN CONSULATE IN LOS ANGELES HOSTS ANNUAL MEETING OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS
The Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles hosted annual meeting of foreign diplomats accredited to Los Angeles, Foreign Ministry's press office reported. The meeting brought together diplomats representing ...EXPERT: TALKS ON TURKEY'S MEDIATING ROLE IN NK ISSUE IN VAIN
"Turkish and Russian Foreign Ministers' statement to assume a firm role in Karabakh conflict is aimed at balancing French Senate decision," expert of Turkish studies Levon Hovsepyan said in a news conference ...MERKEL DETERMINED TO URGE CHINA BACK SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is determined to use her visit to China to encourage Beijing to reduce its imports of Iranian oil, Reuters quotes a German government source as sayin. The European Union ...AMBASSADOR ASHOT KOCHARYAN MEETS WITH LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER
Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikat in Lebanon on January 30, Foreign Ministry's press office said. At the meeting, the sides discussed the bilateral ...CUMHURIYET: 72 FRENCH LAWMAKERS APPEAL AGAINST GENOCIDE DENIAL BILL
72 French lawmakers made appeal to country's highest court opposing a genocide bill passed by the Senate, "Cumhuriyet" reported. A minimum of 60 lawmakers needed to make an appeal to the Constitutional ...BAKO SAHAKAYN HOLDS WORKING CONSULTATIONS
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan held on January 31 a working consultation with the heads of the republic's power structures, Artsakh President's information department reported. Issues ...MANCHESTER CITY HOPE TO SIGN DAVID PIZARRO ON LOAN
Manchester City are working on a deal to sign Chile midfielder David Pizarro, 32, on a free loan from Roma for the rest of the season, BBC reported. City boss Roberto Mancini coached Pizarro at Inter ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PHILIPPE LEFORT
President Serzh Sargsyan has received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort, President's press office reported. At the meeting, the sides discussed ...UK AMBASSADOR KATHERINE JANE LEACH MEETS WITH ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN
Newly appointed UK Ambassador to Armenia Katherine Jane Leach has met with Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan, Ombudsman's press office said. The sides discussed promotion and protection of human rights ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1860 Birth of Sargis Moubaiajyan (writer). He died in 1937.
- 1860 Birth in Ghars, of the Armenian writer and public figure Atrpet (Sargees Moobayajyan). His short story, "Tjvtjvik", reflects the social life of the times.
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- 1924 Adoption of the First Constitution of the USSR.
- 1931 Birth of doctor, pharmacologist and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Emil Gabrielyan in Ashtarak. He is presently working on the cure for AIDS as the leader of the group that has discovered the Armenicum drug.
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