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Headlines for March 22, 2012AUSTRALIA'S MOST WANTED MAN MALCOLM NADEN DETAINED
Malcolm Naden, who evaded a seven-year manhunt in Australia, is finally caught by police and has been charged with murder, among other offences, BBC reported. The 38-year-old former abattoir worker was ...TOULOUSE SIEGE ENTERS SECOND DAY
The police siege of a building in Toulouse where a man suspected of killing seven people is holed up has entered a second day, according to BBC. Late on Wednesday gunfire and at least one explosion were ...CLINTON URGES BASHAR AL-ASSAD TO ACCEPT U.N.-ARAB LEAGUE PLAN
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to accept the six-point U.N.-Arab League plan offered by envoy Kofi Annan as a way to halt the violence in Syria, ...SATIK SEYRANYAN RUNS FOR PARLIAMENT IN MAJORITY SYSTEM
Editor-in-chief of 168 Zham daily Satik Seyranyan submitted on Wednesday documents to district electoral commission No.4 in Arabkir as a candidate for parliament in majority system, Yerkir reports. "This ...LETTER TO VOVA GASPARYAN
A citizen from Artik town phoned Hraparak daily's editorial office and asked them to write that police chief Tigran Petrosyan has launched an active campaign for his brother, Mayor Hunan Petrosyan to ...3 PARTIES SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS: OTHERS TO MEET DEADLINE TODAY
Only three parties have submitted proportional lists to run for the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled on May 6. Those parties are Democratic Party of Armenia (45 candidates), Communist Party ...MINISTER OF LABOR NOT INCLUDED IN TOP 20 OF PAP CANDIDATE LIST
Minister of Labor and Social Issues Arthur Grigoryan is not included in top 20 of Prosperous Armenia Party proportional representation list, according to Zhoghovurd. The newspaper asked him the reason. ...TURKISH PM TO ARRIVE IN IRAN MARCH 28
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in Iran on March 28, Iranian news site irdiplomacy.ir reported. Issues of bilateral interest, regional and international stuff will be highlighted during Erdogan's ...PETROS GHAZARYAN DISSATISFIED WITH CANDIDATE LISTS: BETTER TO BE INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST THAN MP
Author and compere of Urvagits program of Kentron TV Petros Ghazaryan has commented on his non-inclusion in PAP proportional representation list, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun reports. "When I declared my ...RPA PLANS UNDERGO SOME CHANGES
RPA executive body's meeting on Wednesday decided to nominate Executive Director of International Masis Tabak Marina Marabyan in constituency No.40 in Tavush region, Haykakan Zhamanak reports. "Earlier ...MALIAN REBEL TROOPS SEIZE CONTROL OF COUNTRY
Malian rebel troops have appeared on state TV to announce they have seized control of the country, BBC reported. The rebels said that a nationwide curfew was in force and that the constitution had been ...JOURNALISTS REFUSE TO BET WITH SAMVEL ALEXANYAN
Rumors were circulating among journalists in the parliament yesterday that MP Samvel Alexanyan offered them to bet that no one will run "against" him in constituency No.7 in Yerevan, according to Haykakan ...WEATHER FORECAST: NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
On the 22nd of March the weather in Armenia will be conditioned by high pressure field. Rain possible in Lori, Tavush, Syunik and Artsakh, feeble snow in spots in Gegarkunik, partly cloudy on the rest ...MINISTER OF FINANCE NOT COMPELLED TO CARRY RPA BADGE
"I can carry the badge if I want to because I am not compelled to do it," Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan told a Panorama.am reporter, when asked why unlike Minister of Justice Hrayr Tovmasyan, ...PM: REFORM ENVISAGES REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF TAX INSPECTIONS BY 95 PERCENT
Tax reform envisages reduction of tax inspections by 95 percent, Prime Minister, RPA Deputy Chairman Tigran Sargsyan told a meeting with Yerevan activists of RPA which discussed party's election program. ...SAMVEL NIKOYAN: PARLIAMENT TO CONDEMN GENOCIDES COMMITTED IN TURKEY WITH DIGNITY
Heritage faction MPs have put on the agenda a draft of law on "condemning genocide committed under Ottoman Empire against Pontic Greeks, Assyrians and other nations", which, according to local mass media, ...M. KAMBECK: SERZH SARGSYAN DESCRIBED AS EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN
"The 2/3 of RPA electorate is those who voted for RPA in 2007, while the majority of Prosperous Armenia (PA) electorate was formed during 2007-12," Dr. Michael Kambeck, Secretary General of European Friends ...JOURNALIST GAYANE ARUSTAMYAN, RUBEN HAYRAPETYAN SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO DISTRICT ELECTORAL COMMISSION NO.1
A1+ correspondent Gayane Arustamyan and MP Ruben Hayrapetyan have submitted documents to district electoral commission No.1 of Yerevan today, as the candidate nomination deadline is expiring, chairman ...TURKISH COURT OF APPEAL APPROVES OGUN SAMAST'S VERDICT
Turkish Court of Appeal has approved 22 years and 10 months imprisonment term for Ogun Samast, the murderer of renowned Armenian political activist, founder of Agos daily Hrant Dink, Turkish daily Zaman ...ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS COME AS INTRODUCTION TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
The upcoming parliamentary elections are an introduction to the presidential elections due in 2013, political expert Alexander Iskandaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. According to the expert, if ...SURVEY RESULTS: RPA, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA DESERVE HIGHEST RATINGS
Citizens of Armenia have become more informed about the local political bodies during the recent one and a half year, survey held by the European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) organization says. The survey ...OSCE/ODHIR MONITORING MISSION VOWS TO BE UNBIASED
OSCE/ODHIR observers vow to be unbiased while carrying out their observation mission for the Armenian parliamentary elections to be held on May 6, head of OSCE/ODHIR monitoring mission Radmila Shekerinska ...FIGO OWES SPAIN 2.4 MILLION EUROS IN UNPAID TAX
Former World Player of Year Luis Figo has been ordered to pay around 2.4 million euros in income tax to the Spanish government from his time as a Barcelona player, the country's supreme court ruled on ...E. SHARMAZANOV: OUR REFORMS TO TARGET CITIZENS
"Our reforms for the forthcoming five years should target the citizens. If we manage to introduce the program correctly and hold accurate campaign, we'll form majority," RPA spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov ...TOULOUSE GUNMAN DIES AFTER SHOOTOUT
The 31-hour standoff between French authorities and Islamic-extremist Mohammed Merah ended with dramatic gunfire, news agency France Press reported. According police officials, the commotion was the beginning ...THE INDEPENDENT: AZERBAIJAN WARMS UP FOR EUROVISION BY TORTURING MUSICIANS
Fresh doubts have been raised about the suitability of Azerbaijan to host May's Eurovision Song Contest, as it emerged that two local musicians who insulted the country's president during a concert may ...INTERNET BECOMING MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN ARMENIA - SURVEY
The number of people getting information about social and political events from Internet has doubled in Armenia over the past year, according to the results of a pre-election survey in Armenia. According ...PAP SUBMITS DOCUMENTS TO CEC: CANDIDATE LIST INCLUDES 165 NAMES
Prosperous Armenia Party has submitted the candidate list and the required documents to CEC. Party's candidate list includes 165 names, Secretary of PAP political board Ruben Manukyan told reporters. ...HAK CANDIDATE LIST INCLUDES 120 NAMES
A representative of Armenian National Congress (HAK) has just submitted the required documents to CEC. The candidate list of the alliance includes 120 names, member of HAK Manushak Petrosyan told reporters. ...FIFA TO INSURE PLAYERS
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the governing body will insure players on international duty in a move expected to satisfy Europe's top clubs, Sport 24 reported. Blatter told UEFA's annual congress that ...TURKEY RISKED TO BE NAMED ON U.S. SANCTIONS LIST
Turkey is still risked to get a waiver over sanctions which the United States plans to implement on countries buying oil from Iran, Reuters reported. Although not being named on a list of exempted nations ...RPA SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS TO ELECTION COMMISSION
A short while ago Republican Party of Armenia has submitted documents in the Central Electoral Commission necessary for their participation in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. RPA representative ...SERGIO RAMOS SETS NEW REAL MADRID RECORD WITH 11TH RED CARD IN LA LIGA
Sergio Ramos has added his name to the Real Madrid record books following his dismissal in Wednesday evening's 1-1 draw away to Villarreal in La Liga, Goal.com reported. The defender received his second ...RULE OF LAW PARTY LIST CONSISTS OF 178 CANDIDATES
Rule of Law Party has also submitted documents to the Election Commission and has unveiled party's proportional list. Gurgen Sargsyan, RoL representative and former minister of transport and communications, ...NIKOL PASHINYAN VS SAMVEL ALEXANYAN: THREE CANDIDATES RUN IN CONSTITUENCY NO.7
Editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily, member of Armenian National Congress Nikol Pashinyan has submitted documents to run in constituency No.7 in majority system in Yerevan, according to Pashinyan's ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1793 The first publication of Ghazar Parpetsi in Venice.
- 1853 K. Marx wrote an article entitled the "Nations in Turkey". He mentions the exactions on the Armenians in Western Armenia.
- 1905 Birth of Georgiu Verjil, Romanian - Armenian pianist, composer and author.
- 1913 Birth of Sergey Adavelian, an Engineer and Colonel. He participated in the creation and experimental works of the Tu -104, 114, 124 and 134 aircraft. He was awarded four Soviet and four French prizes.
- 1915 Exchange of memoranda amongst Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry and the British and French Embassies in Petrograd. In one month, the three states signed a confidential agreement stating that after the allies' victory, the Turkish Black Sea straits and Constantinople would revert to the Russian Empire. There was no word about Western Armenia.
- 1922 Birth of Professor Lorees Kalashian, Doctor of Philosophy and Chess Grandmaster of the USSR.
- 1925 Myasnikyan (Secretary of the Communist Party of the Transcaucasian Countries Committee), Mogilevsky (President of the Extraordinary Commission of the Transcaucasus (Cheka), and Atarbekyan (notorious Secret Police murderer in Armenia) are assassinated in an air-crash planned by Stalin.
- 1943 Organization of the "Haghtanak" (Victory) partisan detachment in Lvov, from Armenian prisoners-of-war headed by Sergey Harootyunian.
- 1954 First Publication of "Vozni" a satirical newspaper.
- 1992 The Armenian Republic's newly created Armed Forces First Parachute Regiment gives its oath of service in Nubarashen.
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