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Headlines for March 28, 2012SYRIA FORCES ‘TARGETING CHILDREN'
The Syrian authorities are deliberately and systematically targeting children, the United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay, has told the BBC. She said she was deeply concerned about the fate of ...POPE MEETS RAUL CASTRO IN HAVANA
Pope Benedict has met Cuban President Raul Castro on the second day of his visit to the communist-run island, BBC reported. Meanwhile, former President Fidel Castro has written that he is "happy" ...AMERICANS ANGRY WITH OBAMA OVER GAS PRICES
More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online poll released ...NSC DRIVER ALSO INCLUDED IN ORINATS YERKIR CANDIDATE LIST
Arthur Margaryan, the driver of National Security Council staff, a member of Orinats Yerkir Party, is the last proportional candidate on party's election list, Zhoghovurd reports. "The party having 160000 ...H1 TV SEES NO PROBLEM WITH PASHINYAN-ALEXANYAN TELEVISED DEBATE
Haykakan Zhamanak asked presenter of Hartsazruyts ("Interview") program of H1 TV Nver Mnatsakanyan whether H1 would object to hosting a televised debate between Nikol Pashinyan and Samvel Alexanyan, parliamentary ...TURKEY: CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON PRISONS
An unofficial Turkish parliamentary investigation into physical and sexual abuse of Kurdish children in juvenile detention centers is raising rule-of-law concerns in Turkey, EurasiaNet.org reported. The ...KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN'S BID TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY
Electoral commission No.10 will consider majority candidate Khachatur Sukiasyan's bid today at 15:00, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun reports. The newspaper reminds that Khachatur Sukiasyan's brother, Saribek ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN PAYS STATE VISIT TO SINGAPORE
President Serzh Sargsyan has arrived in Singapore, a Panorama.am correspondent reports. His visit started this morning. The President visited Singapore Botanic Gardens to attend the orchid naming ceremony. ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY TO BEGIN ELECTION MEETINGS ON APRIL 9
Prosperous Armenia Party will begin its election meetings in Armenian regions on April 9, member of PAP parliamentary faction Naira Zohrabyan told Haykakan Zhamanak. Chairman of the party Gagik Tsarukyan ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS PRESIDENT AND PM OF SINGAPORE
President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam met President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in the official residence of Istana.
Following the official welcoming ceremony, the two presidents were accompanied to ...TURKISH PM LEAVING FOR TEHRAN
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has departed to Tehran today on a two-day working visit, Iranian official IRNA news agency reported. It's reported that Erdogan will have meetings with Iranian senior leadership ...JERMUK MOTHER PLANT HAS NEW MANAGER
Jermuk Mother Plant has a new manager, Hayatsk reports. A month ago, plant's owner, U.S.-based Kaytsak Zetlyan transferred the plant to Spaika Company for trust management. Zetlyan is currently busy with ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM READY FOR HIS NEXT BOUT
WBO European super middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham will by taking on Piotr Wilczewski on Saturday night at the Sparkhassen Arena, Kiel, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany. Press secretary Siran Grigoryan ...ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
In the seventh round of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship for men GM Vladimir Hakobyan defeated Kulaots Kaido and having scored 5,5 ranked the 12th. Currently, Hakobyan is only half points ...HISTORIAN: FIRST, THIRD PRESIDENTS LIKELY TO COOPERATE
Election is the art of possibilities, and nothing can be ruled out in respect of election alliances, candidate of historical sciences, member of ARF Arshavir Gasparyan told Aravot daily. "After all, ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARRIVES IN DUBAI
Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan who headed a delegation to Almaty to attend the CIS Jubilee Session of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (IPA), departed to United Arab Emirates ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN ISSUED STATEMENT IN NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
President Serzh Sargsyan, who was in the Republic of Korea on a working visit, participated on Tuesday in Seoul at the International Nuclear Summit 2012. At the Summit, President Sargsyan made a statement, ...HAK CANDIDATE LIST COULD HAVE BEEN MORE ACCEPTABLE
Hraparak asked member of Armenian National Congress (HAK) Sos Gimishyan, who was not included in HAK's candidate list, whether the election list of the alliance is competitive. "I can say that HAK's candidate ...TURKEY HALTS ISTANBUL-DAMASCUS FLIGHTS
After calling back Ambassador from Syria and suspending diplomatic relations with Damascus, Ankara is intended to halt Istanbul-Damascus flights. According to Turkish Dogan news agency, Turkish airlines ...G. MELIKYAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT SERIOUS WITH AZERBAIJAN'S AND TURKEY'S STATEMENTS
"It is the development of deliberate policy being carried out by Azerbaijan and Turkey. It is a part of their plan to keep Armenia in economic blockade," Republican MP Gagik Melikyan told Panorama.am ...WEATHER FORECAST: AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO DOWN
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by North-Western front exit. Tonight and on the 28th of March till midday precipitation expected in the Eastern regions only. Heavy rains and vast snow possible ...IRANIAN MEDIA: ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE MINISTER URGES ALIYEV TO CONTINUE POLICY OF FEAR AGAINST IRAN
Israel's Intelligence Minister urged Aliyev to continue policy of fear against Iran, Iranian news agency arannews.ir reported. It's reported that on the sidelines of Nuclear Security Summit Israel's Intelligence ...DPA'S PROBABLE SLOGAN TO BE: ‘I AM US, LET'S WIN TOGETHER'
The Democratic Party of Armenia has not yet picked up an election campaign slogan, chairman of the party Aram Sargsyan told a Panorama.am reporter. Party's probable slogan will be: "I am us, let's win ...ELECTORAL COMMISSION REFUSES TO REGISTER KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE
Electoral commission No.10 passed a decision not to register Khachatur Sukiasyan as a parliamentary candidate. The documents introduced by Sukiasyan are "incomplete or forged," chairman of the commission ...SUKIASYAN TO APPEAL AGAINST ELECTORAL COMMISSION DECISION TO ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Khachatur Sukiasyan is going to appeal against the decision of electoral commission No.10, rejecting his registration, to the Administrative Court, Sukiasyan's lawyer Ara Zohrabyan told a press briefing. ...FROM YEREVAN TO BAKU THROUGH MOSCOW
Armenian delegation will travel from Yerevan to Baku through Moscow, instead of Tbilisi, as it was earlier reported, to attend the plenary session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. Member of Armenian ...NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION UNION MULLS ‘SEALING ITS CASTLE'
"We fought for establishment of multi-party system in Armenia. We are not running in the parliamentary elections, therefore National Self-Determination Union may decide to suspend its activities and to ...RENOWNED ARMENIAN COMPOSER HARUTYUNYAN PASSED AWAY
Renowned Armenian composer Alexander Harutyunyan passed away on March 28 at the age of 92. Armenian Ministry of Culture told Panorama.am burial committee will be set up. Alexander Harutyunyan was born ...REAL ESTATE CADASTRE ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED IN ARTSAKH
On March 28 President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan held a working consultation dedicated to the activities of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre and the implementation of strategic ...S. AVETISYAN: SINGAPORE OPENS NEW PERSPECTIVES
"Singapore's model of dynamic development is famous, and we're also interested in it. In this respect, cooperation with Singapore in different areas is very important," Sukias Avetisyan, vice chairman ...PEACE PLAN FOR SYRIA TO BE DISCUSSED
Arab League foreign ministers are expected to back special envoy Kofi Annan's plan to end the crisis in Syria, a day after President Bashar al-Assad's government accepted the proposal, the Voice of America ...REAL MADRID NOT IN CRISIS, SERGIO RAMOS SAYS
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has hailed his team's squad depth in the wake of their 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg win away against APOEL on Tuesday evening, Goal.com reported. The ...CONSTITUENCY NO.36 FEATURES 4 PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES: NON-PARTISAN SURIK GRIGORYAN WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY
Non-partisan Surik Grigoryan has withdrawn his candidacy in constituency No.36 race (Artik-Maralik), chairman of electoral commission No.36 Ashot Martirosyan told Panorama.am. "He submitted an application ...IRAN EXPECTS TO HOLD NUCLEAR TALKS ON APRIL 13
Iran expects to reopen talks with world powers that could defuse mounting tensions over its disputed nuclear programme on April 13, Iranian media quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on ...TODAY IN MALI THOUSANDS MARCHING IN SUPPORT OF MALI'S COUP LEADERS
The France 24 referring to AFP reports that thousands marched on Wednesday in support of Mali's coup leaders, who sought to quell fears they plan to cling to power by promising democracy and ruling out ...PAKISTANI ACID ATTACK VICTIM FAKHRA YOUNUS DECIDED LIFE WAS NO LONGER WORTH LIVING
The Fox News reports, Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1799 Birth of Eone Kish (Kishian), Hungarian Armenian revolutionary figure.
- 1827 General Ivan Paskevich is appointed Governor of the Caucasus and Commander of the Caucasian Special Corps.
- 1830 Birth of organist, conductor, teacher, and public figure, Anton Mayilian in Tbilissi.
- 1907 Birth of surgeon Ivan Gevorgian. He invented pain-killers and pioneered new ways for blood transfusion.
- 1920 The Drama Institute presents its first play.
- 1923 Birth of two-time hero and pilot Nelson Stepanian. The group of pilots led by Nelson Stepanian sank more than 50 enemy ships and destroyed 13 airplanes in World War Two. Nelson Stepanian flew 240 sorties. He died in a dogfight in 1944.
- 1928 Birth of artist and sculptor Ara Harootoonian. His great architectural work is the Sardarapat complex.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR rejects Artsakh's demand to be reunited with Armenia.
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