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Headlines for February 17, 2012HAYRIKYAN TO RUN IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS INDEPENDENTLY
Chairman of the National Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan, who had declared his readiness to cooperate with the Republican Party of Armenia, will not be included in the RPA proportional election ...ONE OF SUKIASYAN BROTHERS TO BE NOMINATED
According to rumors the founder of "Sil Group" concern Khachatur Sukiasyan won't nominate his candidacy in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, instead his brother Saribek Sukiasyan, president of ...FORMER OPPOSITIONIST NOT TO BE ON PAP ELECTION LIST
According to Zhoghovurd daily's sources, MP from former Justice opposition bloc Tatul Manaseryan has been offered to join the PAP election list. Manaseryan told the daily that one should not believe street ...MARIJUANA DISCOVERED IN JET VIOLATED PRIVATELY OWNED AIRSPACE OF OBAMA
Two Air Force F-16 fighters intercepted a privately owned Cessna airplane that entered the same Los Angeles airspace as Marine One on Thursday as the helicopter was ferrying President Barack Obama, "Washington ...TIGRAN HAKOBYAN HAS SERIOUS HEART CONDITION
Former director of Armenpress news agency Tigran Hakobyan, who has been arrested on charges of misappropriating AMD 184 million, has serious heart condition. "He has undergone major heart surgery and ...UN PASSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING SYRIAN AUTHORITIES
U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on Damascus to stop bloodshed in the country. According to Reuters the resolution, similar to one Russia and China vetoed in the Security Council ...MINISTER RECEIVED NO BADGE FROM ORINATS YERKIR
Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan is a member of the Orinats Yerkir Party but he does not carry party's badge. Haykakan Zhamanak's reporter asked him why he does not carry a badge. "I would ...BLACK ICE ON ROADS IN GORIS
As of 08.00 all the roads of inter-state and republican significance and mountain passes are mainly passable, Ministry of Transport and Communication reported. Berd-Chambarak road and Selim Mountain pass ...ARMENIAN CULTURE DAYS IN LEBANON
In the fall of 2012 Armenia plans to have culture days in Lebanon, Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan said in a meeting with Lebanese Culture Minister Gabi Leyun and Mayor of Beirut Bilal ...ARF ELECTION LIST COMPLETED
Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes that ARF has finished discussions on party's proportional list. The election list will be headed by Hrant Margaryan, Vahan Hovhannisyan will be second and Armen Rustamyan ...MILITARY PROSECUTOR FEELS GOOD
Armenian Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan is already feeling good and will be discharged from hospital at the end of the week, spokesperson for Minister of Health Shushan Hunanyan told Haykakan Zhamanak ...VIKTOR DALLAKYAN TO JOIN RPA
Irates de Facto writes that electoral district No. 30 is said to have been left to Viktor Dallakyan. "According to competent sources, he will join RPA and will run in the elections by the majority election ...GERMAN PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFTING OF PRESIDENT'S IMMUNITY
Prosecutors in Germany have asked the federal parliament to lift President Christian Wulff's immunity, "France Press" reported. According to BBC the prosecutors in Lower Saxony, where Mr Wulff, 52, was ...AGRICULTURE MINISTER'S SON DELAYS PAYMENT OF SALARIES TO WORKERS
Vachagan Karapetyan, the son of Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, the owner of Artashat Cannery, delays payment of salaries to workers for months. A group of workers wishing to remain anonymous ...NORWEGIAN PRINCESS SAYS SHE TALKS TO ANGELS
Norwegian Princess Martha Louise, who has set up her own alternative medicine business, Thursday published her second book about angels, advising readers on how to talk to them, AFP reported. "There ...CHÁVEZ CALLS OPPOSITION CANDIDATE A 'LOW-LIFE PIG'
President Hugo Chávez on Thursday called the opposition's presidential candidate a "low-life pig", signalling a caustic start to Venezuela's election campaign, according to the Guardian. ...S. DIMAS: TURKEY VIOLATES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
"Turkey being a NATO member state violates its responsibilities," Russian RIA Novosti quotes Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas as saying. Referring to Turkish challenges to Greece's airspace and sovereign ...MANCHESTER CITY COMPLAIN TO UEFA OVER PORTO FANS' MONKEY CHANTS
Manchester City have made an official complaint to UEFA after Mario Balotelli was racially abused by Porto fans, Mirror Football reported.
Balotelli was subjected to monkey chants three times during ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION MEETS NKR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
Armenian Parliament Vice Speaker Edward Sharmazanov headed a delegation on February 16 to Stepanakert, where meetings were held with NKR Parliament Speaker Ashot Ghulyan. According to Armenian Parliament ...P. HAYRIKYAN: HAK MAY DISLIKE UNION'S DISKS
"The forthcoming parliamentary elections are pivotal events of our days. Political forces are treating the elections seriously. Our suggestions to create a democratic alliance have been abandoned and ...EURO 2012 JOB POSSIBLE, HARRY REDKNAPP SAYS
Harry Redknapp admits he could manage England part-time at Euro 2012 while still boss of Spurs, The Sun reported. Redknapp has not ruled out the possibility of taking the job on short term but insists ...FARS: BAKU'S BEHAVIOR APPROVES ENGAGEMENT IN TERRORISM AGAINST IRANIAN SCIENTISTS
Baku's manner of behavior approves their engagement in terrorism exercised against Iranian scientists, Iranian "FARS" news agency reported. According to the source four days later when Azerbaijan's Ambassador ...ARF MP: ARF LISTS NOT READY YET
Member of ARF parliamentary faction Ara Nranyan assured reporters that ARF proportional list is not ready yet and it is not clear who will head the list. ARF has not yet discussed the issue of proportional ...R. PETROSYAN: MANY PARTIES TO WEAKEN PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
"Expression "compromise minus one" is being circulated by the opposition parties and it refers to the Republican Party. They mean that all the parties support proportional electoral system, except RPA. ...GERMAN PRESIDENT CHRISTIAN WULFF RESIGNS
The German president, Christian Wulff, has resigned after being caught up in a corruption scandal involving a dubious loan, an apparent attempt to block a report in a German tabloid and a string of apparently ...THE NEW YORK TIMES CORRESPONDENT DIES IN SYRIA
"The New York Times" foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in Syria, "NY Times" reported. Shadid, 43, had been reporting ...LUIS LAZARTE BANNED FOR LIFE BY IBF
The IBF on Thursday banned former junior flyweight titlist Luis Lazarte from participating in any fight the organization is associated with following Lazarte's actions during a bout last Friday, when ...PARLIAMENT VICE SPEAKER: EFFORTS TO TARGET INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF ARTSAKH
"Artsakh is actually an independent state that has won its independence in an aggressive war unleashed by Azerbaijan and unlike Azerbaijan Artsakh creates a state which, as President Serzh Sargsyan said, ...CONSTITUTIONAL LAW UNION TO ANNOUNCE FINAL DECISION IN THREE WEEKS TIME
The Constitutional Law Union party will announce its decision on the format of running for parliament and on other election-related issues in three weeks time, leader of the party Hayk Babukhanyan told ...US DEFENSE SECRETARY: IRAN NOT TO CREATE NUCLEAR WEAPON YET
Iran has not yet decided to create a nuclear weapon, Iranian "FARS" news agency quotes US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as saying. According to Defense Secretary Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, ...G. MINASYAN: HRAZDAN CITY ELECTIONS - VICTORY OF GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION
Hearings focusing on the 100% proportional electoral system took place in the National Assembly a couple of days ago. Panorama.am asked Republican MP Gagik Minasyan to remark on this. - How did the hearings ...NO NECESSITY TO CANCEL MAJORITY ELECTION SYSTEM - RAFIK PETROSYAN
For the present, there is no necessity to cancel majority election system in favor of proportional representation, member of RPA parliamentary faction Rafik Petrosyan told reporters in Yerevan. According ...ORANGE PRESENTS SAMSUNG GALAXY NEXUS IN ARMENIA, LATEST SMARTPHONE IN SAMSUNG GALAXY FAMILY
Today Orange launched Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the latest smartphone of Samsung Galaxy family, first one based on Andoid 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, and created jointly by Samsung and Google. This most recent ...
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Today in Armenian history- 362 Birth of Mesrop Mashtots. He invented the Armenian alphabet. He died in 440.
- 1811 Establishment of the Mkhitarist Congregation of Vienna (Austria). It is still located on Mechitaristengasse.
- 1830 Birth of poet Gevorg Dodokhyan in Gogenlo (Crimea, the Ukraine). He died in 1908.
- 1888 Death of Hovsep Shishmanyan (Tserents) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He wrote historical novels. He was born in 1882 in Constantinople.
- 1908 The Armenian National Council of Teheran is organized. In 1911 it was recognized by the government and called "Teheran's Armenian General Council".
- 1948 Death of Hakob Oshakan. He was born in 1883.
- 1951 Death of Nikoghayos Tigranian, composer and pianist.
- 1992 Artsakh forces control the important Azeri Turk military cross-road of Gharadakhlu.
- 2000 The remains of Armenias Hero, General Andranik are transferred to Armenia.
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