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Headlines for March 12, 2012

KOFI ANNAN OPTIMISTIC OVER SYRIA
UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has said he is "optimistic" following a second round of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, BBC reported. He said he had handed over "concrete ...
US ON ALERT FOR AFGHAN REPRISALS
US troops in Afghanistan have been placed on alert following the killings of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier, according to BBC. US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage ...
SIX DEAD IN CAR BOMB ATTACK AT NIGERIA CHURCH
Tensions ran high in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday in the aftermath of an explosion outside a Catholic church that left six people dead, according to CNN. The apparent car bomb attack happened ...
SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE IN ARMENIA
Some roads and mountain passes are barley passable in Armenia as of 08:30, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. There is black ice on some roads. Selim Mountain Pass is impassable. Also, ...
OBAMA OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO HAMID KARZAI OVER AFGHANISTAN MASSACRE IN KANDAHAR
US President Barack Obama has phoned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to express condolences over the massacre of 16 villagers in Kandahar, BBC reports. Nine children were killed along with adults ...
GUNMAN ROBS DOCTORS MID-SURGERY AT VENEZUELAN HOSPITAL
A man robbed a surgeon and his staff at gunpoint during a procedure being performed in the operating theater of a hospital in the central Venezuelan city of Maracay, making off with watches, cell phones ...
FRANCE THREATENS TO DISREGARD EU
President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to disregard European limitations on protectionism as he sought to give his re-election campaign a second wind on Sunday, France 2 reported. According to Reuters addressing ...
WEATHER FORECAST: SLEET POSSIBLE IN YEREVAN
On the 12th of March snow and sleet are expected in the whole territory of Armenia. The air temperature will go up a little on the first days of the week. Wind up to 23mps, low visibility and ice-cover ...
MARTIROS SARYAN MUSEUM OPEN TO VISITORS
"Reconstruction in renowned Armenian painter Martiros Saryan's museum hasn't still resumed. The Ministry of Urban Development and the Government are yet to approve the reconstruction project. Thus, the ...
LSD HELPS TO GIVE UP ALCOHOL ADDICTION
One dose of the hallucinogenic drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) could help alcoholics give up drinking, according to an analysis of studies performed by Norwegian scientists in the 1960s. According ...
MASSIVE FIRE KILLS 11 IN ISTANBUL
Massive fire swept in Istanbul suburbs killing at least 11 workers, France Press reported referring to Turkish mass media. The fire occurred in Esenyurt, TV footage showed fire crews, working under floodlights ...
KISSINGER BELIEVES PUTIN IS 'RUSSIAN PATRIOT'
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford administrations, said that Putin, who he has met more than 20 times during his career, is a "Russian patriot." Kissinger defended ...
AZERBAIJAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN IRAN
Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Safar Abiev arrives in Tehran on Monday, Iranian official IRNA news agency reported. Abiev is supposed to have meetings with Iranian senior military leadership. Bilateral ...
ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS IN EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Bulgarian city of Plovdiv will host on March 20-31 European Individual Championship, official website of Armenian Chess Federation reported. Armenian GMs Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, ...
R. GIRAGOSIAN: MAY ELECTIONS TEST FOR ARMENIA
The messages by President Serzh Sargsyan at 13th Republican Party Congress were addressed to foreign audience. Regarding both Armenian-Turkish relations and Karabakh conflict resolution issue Armenia's ...
EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Lilit Galojan and Maria Kursova beat Elena Cherednichenko and Marta Michna in the 9th round of the European Women's Championship in Gaziantep, Turkey. Elina Danielian drew with Thanh Trang Hoang while ...
IRANIAN MEDIA: TEHRAN PROVIDES SUPPORTING GRANT TO BAKU
Although Azerbaijan carries out anti-Iranian policy, Tehran provides one-million-dollar supporting grant to Baku, Iranian tabnak.ir says in one of articles. A columnist of Tabnak condemns such an initiative ...
N. BORDYUZHA: NEW DOCUMENTS TO GUIDE ARMENIA, CSTO
"During the last two decades Armenia has created its own armed forces, has acquired powerful human resources, and I cannot remember of any other state where president and government treated so seriously ...
VAZGEN SAFARYAN HOPES COMMUNIST PARTY WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST 10 PERCENT OF VOTE
The United Progressive Communist Party continues negotiations with the Communist Party of Armenia over running for parliament with a joint election list, UPCP Chairman Vazgen Safaryan told a news conference ...
E. SHARMAZANOV: AZERBAIJAN'S OIL NOT VALUABLE THAN ARMENIAN'S BLOOD
Armenian Parliamentary delegation, headed to Lithuania by NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, had a meeting on March 8 with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius in Vilnius, ...
ASHOT BLEYAN: VOTERS THEMSELVES ALLOW FRAUD
We should think not about the election results but rather about election mechanisms, former Minister of Education, director of Mkhitar Sebastatsi educational complex Ashot Bleyan told reporters in Yerevan. ...
LYUDMILA SARGSYAN: HAK POLITICAL BOARD FAILED TO MAKE JOINT DECISION
The political board of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) failed to reach a consensus over the proportional representation list, Social Democrat Hunchakian Party leader Lyudmila Sargsyan told a news ...
RPA TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO CEC IN TIME
The Electoral Code sets March 22, 18:00 as a deadline for submitting documents to the Central Electoral Commission, Secretary of RPA parliamentary faction Gagik Melikyan told a Panorama.am reporter, on ...
SAMVEL BALASANYAN SUBMITS DOCUMENTS TO DISTRICT ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Samvel Balasanyan will participate in elections in majority system in constituency No. 35. He has just submitted documents to the district electoral commission for registration. ...
GERMANY HAS GOOD CHANCE TO FINISH AS EUROPEAN CHAMPION, OLIVER KAHN SAYS
Former Bayern Munich shot stopper Oliver Kahn has discussed Germany's chances at Euro 2012. He feels that his countrymen have a good chance at success, Goal.com reported. "The current team played ...
TURKISH HISTORIAN: TURKEY PUBLICLY BACKS ARMENOPHOBIA
Turkish outcast historian, intellectual, having recognized Armenian Genocide, Taner Akcam had an interview with Turkish Taraf paper and pointed Turkish state support to racism. Akcam has particularly ...
TOMAS ROSICKY SIGNS NEW CONTRACT WITH ARSENAL
Arsenal have confirmed that midfielder Tomas Rosicky has signed a new contract with the club, according to Football-talk.co.uk. Speaking to Arsenal.com, Tomas said: "It's a great honour to sign a new ...
ARMENIAN FM TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND
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POTENTIAL EXPECTATIONS FROM PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CONGRESS
"You'll be informed after the congress. Let it be a surprise," Khachik Galstyan, spokesman for Prosperous Armenia Party, answered to Panorama.am reporter's question if party's election list would be released ...
JOHN KENNEDY O'CONNOR REMARKS ON ARMENIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM EUROVISION 2012
Author of "The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History" bestseller John Kennedy O'Connor has remarked on Armenia's withdrawal from Eurovision 2012 song contest at BBC radio. O'Connor told Today ...