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Headlines for April 11, 2012NORTH KOREA INJECTS ROCKET FUEL AHEAD OF PLANNED LAUNCH
North Korea says it has begun fuelling its rocket ahead of a planned - widely criticized - launch later this week, BBC reported. Paek Chang-ho, head of the satellite control centre of the Korean Committee ...UN SECURITY COUNCIL TELLS SYRIA TO FOCUS ON PEACE
The UN Security Council has urged Syria's leaders to fundamentally change course, more than 24 hours before a ceasefire is due to take effect, BBC reported. Expressing deep concern over a report by envoy ...LIBYA APPEALS ICC ORDER TO HAND OVER SAIF GADHAFI
Libya's government on Tuesday appealed a request from the International Criminal Court to hand over Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, saying it should be given more time to make its own case, CNN reported. Gadhafi, ...EX-TEACHER ON FBI LIST OVER CHILD PORN
A former private school teacher and camp counselor facing child pornography charges was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list Tuesday, CNN reported. Eric Justin Toth, also known as David Bussone, ...RPA WORKS FOR WIDE STRATUM OF PEOPLE
Some taxis in Yerevan have small flags of Republican Party fixed to them as part of the election campaign, Hayatsk reports. "By fixing its flags to taxis and not to jeeps perhaps RPA wants to show that ...WEATHER FORECAST: RAIN, THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by front influence over the region. On the 11th of April transitory rain and thunderstorm expected all over the territory, heavy rain expected in spots. According ...HAK TO HOLD CAMPAIGN IN KOTAYQ
Armenian National Congress (HAK) headed by Levon Ter-Petrosyan will hold a regional meeting campaign in Kotayq region on April 12. At 13:30 local time HAK will meet with voters in Yeghvard, then will ...ENGLISH PHOTOGRAPHER'S WORK ABOUT ARTSAKH AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE
Photographer from London Anastasia Taylor-Lind is awarded a prestigious international prize for the project National Womb: Baby-Boom in Nagorno-Karabakh, the initiator of which is the non-commercial Photographers' ...MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS BEING DISTRIBUTED
The election campaign has just started but the authorities are already discussing cabinet reshuffles, Yerkir reports. Paper's sources say RPA and PAP may reshuffle the portfolios of Health and Education ...NKR DEFENSE ARMY DENIES ALLEGED CASUALTIES
"The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has spread misinformation. NKR Defense Army keeps observing ceasefire strictly," head of the NKR Defense Army press service Senor Hasratyan told Panorama.am, commenting ...NO ONE FORCED TO ELECT TSARUKYAN
Aravot contacted PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan and asked him which party he means when he says that parties tell tales. "It concerns everybody. They need to be attentive. The people should assess it," said ...HERITAGE HOLDING MEETINGS IN KOTAYK ON APRIL 12
Heritage Party will hold election campaign in Kotayk region tomorrow. Heritage headquarters says the party members will have meetings with voters in Tsaghkadzor, Hrazdan, Charentsavan, Byureghavan, Nor ...BLACK THREAD - KNOW-HOW OF ELECTORAL PROCESS
Voters in Armenia have invented a new technology for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Hraparak reports. "Those giving money to voters put forth the condition that voters are to take a picture of ...IRAN OIL EXPORT VOLUME HIT $60 BILLION
The volume of Iran's oil export hit $60 billion, Iranian news agency MEHR quotes Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi as saying. Iranian Oil Minister stated that sanctions imposed on Iranian oil industry ...SYUNIK GOVERNOR DETERMINED TO SET RECORD
Syunik governor Surik Khachatryan has said that he is going to set a record among governors as he is determined to collect 80 percent of the vote for the Republican Party, Hraparak reports. The goal of ...GENERAL HEADQUARTERS HOST FIRST SESSION
ARF, Heritage, HAK and Prosperous Armenia parties hosted the first session of general headquarters today aimed at developing activities for it. Vardan Oskanyan from Prosperous Armenia, Ruben Hakobyan ...HOVHANNES MARGARYAN NOT WITHDRAWING CANDIDACY
Hovhannes Margaryan, a parliamentary candidate of Orinats Yerkir Party at constituency No.32, Gyumri area, is not withdrawing his candidacy, Orinats Yerkir spokesman Harutyun Amiryan told Panorama.am. ...IRAN'S FM SAYS ASSAD TO HEAD REFORMS IN SYRIA
Bashar al-Assad of Syria must head the reforms to be held in the country, Iranian news agency MEHR quotes Iranian FM Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. In a joint news conference with special envoy on Syria ...KARO PAILAN: DISCRIMINATION KILLS ‘HRANTS' IN TURKEY
Discrimination against national minorities in Turkey deserves state support in Turkey, Karo Pailan, headmaster at Armenian school in Yesilkoy and coordinator of education commission founded by foundations ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ARARAT ZURABYAN BREAKS OFF TIES WITH FREE DEMOCRATS, HERITAGE
Yesterday once again it was proved that former chairman of Armenian National Movement party Ararat Zurabyan, who had joined Free Democrats Party, is breaking off his ties with Free Democrats and Heritage, ...IRAN DISCOVERS THREE GOLD MINES
Iran has discovered three new gold mines with sixteen tons of hoard in the province of Kordestan, Behrouz Borna, deputy director at Iran's air studies organization, told FARS. Iranian official said that ...MELIKYAN SAYS WORKING GROUP TO HOST SESSION FRIDAY
"The Monitoring Working Group passed a decision to invite the head of the Police Passport and Visa Department to get some remarks on disseminated news over citizens having double passports and other frauds," ...NALBANDIAN TO MEET WITH MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will have a meeting with the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs in Warsaw on April 12, MFA press and information department reported.NO ONE CAN BLAME US FOR INACTIVITY - RPA CHAIRMAN
As part of his visit to Armavir region, Armenian President, Chairman of Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with voters in Etchmiadzin. In his remarks, the President said that no one can blame ...ARMENIA RANKED 47TH IN FIFA TABLE
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) issued table for the top 100 national soccer teams. Armenian national team is ranked the 47th having scored 598 points. World and Europe Champion ...ARMEN MARTIROSYAN: COALITION IS HERITAGE PARTY'S MAIN RIVAL
"We are coming to move mountains and to become masters of our country," member of Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan said at a debate organized by Civilitas Foundation. Coalition is Heritage Party's main ...NRANYAN SAYS ARF TO CHERISH KINDLY FEELINGS
ARF plans twelve rallies during the election campaign and meetings with citizens, ARF representative Ara Nranyan said in a debate hosted in Sivilitas Foundation. ARF assesses its chances higher than in ...RAFFI HOVANNISIAN MEETS WITH EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS
Ambassador Traian Hristea of the EU Delegation to Armenia and received today Heritage Party leader Raffi K. Hovannisian at European Union headquarters, Heritage Campaign Headquarters said. According to ...GERMANY CONSIDERS TO HOST 2020 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The German football federation (DFB) is considering putting in a bid for the 2020 European championships; TMW quotes president Wolfgang Niersbach as saying. Uefa, Europe's football organising body, has ...ABIDAL UNDERGOES LIVER TRANSPLANT
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has undergone a nine-hour liver transplant, coach Pep Guardiola was quoted as saying Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported. The French international, 32, underwent surgery in ...OSKANYAN SAYS HUGE UNDERGROUND WORK BEING CARRIED OUT
"A political decision has been made and we're launching a practical phase. I'm thinking we're almost late. Soon, we should kick off our work," member of Prosperous Armenia Party Vardan Oskanyan said in ...NO SESSION HELD IN NA TODAY
The regular meeting of the Armenian National Assembly that was to be held on April 11 is not due to lack of quorum. As the press service of RA parliament reports, the corresponding number of the MPs was ...BAKO SAHAKYAN PLANS SECOND TERM
On April 11 President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the Askeran region and partook at the tree planting activities in the vicinities of the Ivanyan village. Thereupon the President left for ...BAYERN'S BRENO CHARGED WITH ARSON OVER VILLA FIRE
German prosecutors have charged Bayern Munich defender Breno with aggravated arson after his rented villa was burnt down last year, AP reported.
Prosecutors in Munich announced their decision Wednesday ...V.SAFARYAN: COMMUNISTS HAVE A WORD TO SAY IN PARLIAMENT
"Taking into consideration that we participate in parliamentary elections for the first time we get ready with great responsibility for them, and we have something new to tell the people," said Ashot ...US SUES APPLE OVER E-BOOK PRICES
Technology giant Apple and major publishers are being sued by the US Department of Justice over pricing of e-books, according to BBC. The US accuses Apple and book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, ...ARMENIA NATIONAL UNDER-19 FOOTBALL TEAM BEATS KING DELUX
Today the Armenia national under-19 football team played a friendly match with King Delux FC. Armenian U19 team beat King Delux 4-0. Ghukas Poghosyan scored two goals. The other two goals were scored ...'ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR IN AVAN': GAYANE ARUSTAMYAN'S OBSERVATIONS
"Fear realms in Avan; there is an atmosphere of fear there," said Gayane Arustamyan who runs at constituency No.1 in Yerevan and whom the Armenian National Congress defends. Being in touch with people ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1806 Birth of educator and literary figure Ruben Papazyan in Constantinople. He died in 1857 in Smyrna.
- 1865 Birth of poet, translator Alexander Tsatooryan.
- 1879 The Azgaser Union is created in Constantinople.
- 1915 Start of the 11-day defense of the Armenian town of Taron (Western Armenia).
- 1919 Having been found guilty of serious crimes in the Genocide of the Armenians of Yozghat, Kemal Bay was hung in Constantinople's Sultan Bayazet square. He was the deputy governor of Yozgat.
- 2001 Armenian Genocide Heirs Settle New York Life Insurance Company Class-Action Lawsuit concerning policy holders who were victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
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