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Headlines for April 21, 2012PAKISTAN MOURNS AIR CRASH VICTIMS
Pakistan has begun mourning the victims of a plane crash in a residential area near Islamabad international airport, BBC reported. All 127 people on board the Bhoja Air jet, flight BHO-213 from Karachi ...COLOMBIA SCANDAL CLAIMS MORE US JOBS
The US Secret Service has said three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal that overshadowed a summit in Colombia last weekend, BBC reported. Supervisors David Chaney and Greg Stokes ...43 KILLED IN MEXICAN BUS-TRUCK CRASH
Forty-three people were killed and 18 injured Friday morning in a roadway crash involving a bus in the state of Veracruz, the governor's office said, CNN reported. The crash occurred before dawn, when ...BLACKBERRY MAKER HIRES LAW FIRM FOR RESTRUCTURING
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work out a restructuring plan that could include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents, ...YERKIR: RPA ‘SEIZES' CITIZENS' PASSPORTS IN CHARENTSAVAN
According to Yerkir, RPA registers passport series of Charentsavan residents for AMD 10,000. Also, the Republicans temporarily "seize" passports from some citizens, promising them more money. It is practiced ...ZHOGHOVURD: BISHARYAN LET DOWN
RPA had promised to support head of Orinats Yerkir parliamentary faction Heghine Bisharyan in constituency No. 11 but it let her down for some reason, Zhoghovurd reports, citing well-informed sources. ...168 ZHAM: BADEYAN REFUSES TO DEBATE WITH A FOOL
Manvel Badeyan, RPA's candidate for parliament by majority system, commented yesterday on HAK's statement saying that RPA declines a debate with HAK, 168 Zham reports. According to Badeyan, he has received ...ARAVOT: ZOLYAN REFUSES TO REVEAL DETAILS OF HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
Aravot dwelt on the topic of Linguistic University rector Suren Zolyan's sack. Aravot.am has contacted Zolyan and asked him to reveal the details of his recent meeting with President Serzh Sargsyan. "No ...CHORRORD INKNISHKHANUTYUN: MANUK VARDANYAN SET TO WITHDRAW FROM PARLIAMENTARY RACE
According to Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun, Manuk Vardanyan, OYP-backed candidate running for parliament by majority system at constituency N. 25, is going to submit a withdrawal letter to CEC. Spokesperson ...ZHOGHOVURD: MARXIST IS THE POOREST OF PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES
Zhoghovurd has studied the income declarations published by parliamentary candidates in constituency No. 41, Tavush region. Chairman of Marxist Party of Armenia David Hakobyan is "the poorest" of the ...HRAPARAK: WHAT WAS RESIDENTS' MOTIVATION FOR ATTENDING MEETING WITH TSARUKYAN IN VAYK?
Prosperous Armenia Party visited Vayots Dzor region yesterday as part of the election campaign, Hraparak reports. They had brought 10 tractors to Vayk. "Interestingly, after the gifts were distributed, ...GRANDMA'S TATTOOS FILM HERO DIES AGED 105
A survivor of the Armenian Genocide Maria Vardanyan passed away at the age of 105, filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian told "Ermenihaber.am" news site. Maria Vardanyan was the main hero of "Grandma's Tattoos" ...WEATHER FORECAST: AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO UP
The weather will be conditioned by air-mass phenomena. On the 21st and 22nd of April transitory rain and thunderstorm possible from time to time in separate regions. Meteo-tv forecast says in Ararat valley ...‘NEMO' DOLPHINS LEAVING YEREVAN?
Yerevan's "Nemo" dolphinarium will not host any show from April to October, because the dolphins are going to have a tour in Russia. Speaking to Panorama.am Lilit Sahakyan, director of the dolphinarium ...NON-PARTISAN TORNIK GEVORGYAN WITHDRAWS FROM PARLIAMENTARY RACE
A self-nominated candidate in constituency No. 19 has submitted a withdrawal letter to CEC. He is non-partisan Tornik Gevorgyan, director of Khachraf LLC, spokesperson for CEC Hermine Harutyunyan told ...TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSED IN YSU; PATIENT'S CONDITION SATISFACTORY
A student from Yerevan State University has been diagnosed with tuberculosis on April 11, and was soon hospitalized to get treatment in state anti-tuberculosis dispensary. The patient's condition is satisfactory. ...PRESIDENT FAMILIARIZED WITH LANDSLIDE DAMAGED ROAD RECONSTRUCTION
Armenian President is currently paying a working visit to Lori region. Serzh Sargsyan has been familiarized with "Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Georgia" inter-state road reconstruction collapsed by landslides and ...CEASEFIRE REGIME VIOLATED 450 TIMES OVER A WEEK
The Azerbaijani army violated ceasefire regime at the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops around 450 times over the past week, firing more than 2700 shots towards Armenian defensive ...CAMPAIGN ON HOLD IN FRANCE
French presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the ten-strong field down to two frontrunners, Associated Press report says. French ...BAKO SAHAKYAN OFFERS INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD PERFECT EVENTS
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan visited on April 21 town of Shoushi and got acquainted with the preparation of festive events to be carried out within the frameworks of May 9 Triple ...ITALY-LUXEMBOURG MATCH IN PARMA
Italy's friendly match with Luxembourg on May 29 will be played at the Stadio Tardini in Parma leading in to Euro 2012, Football Italia reported. Cesare Prandelli has named a series of tests ahead of ...ARMENIAN WRESTLER QUALIFIED FOR LONDON OLYMPICS
Armenian wrestler Hajimurat Nurmagomedov (84kg) beat Turkish Ibrahim Bolukbashi in the final of European qualifying tournament in Bulgaria, being qualified for London Olympics. Another Armenian wrester ...BOOK AS A WITNESS OF GENOCIDE - TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AT AGMI
Book as a Witness of Genocide is the title of a temporary exhibition dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian printing and Yerevan World Book Capital 2012 to be opened at Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute ...EU TO REVIEW OIL EMBARGO DECISION ON IRAN
The European Union may review its decision to impose oil embargo on Iran, news agency MEHR said. A senior EU official said on Friday EU member states agreed to review the embargo plan because of concerns ...SERZH SARGSYAN SENDS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO POPE BENEDICT XVI
Today President Serzh Sargsyan has sent a congratulatory message to Pope Benedict XVI on the seventh anniversary of his enthronement, presidential press office reported.ANNA ARAKELYAN TO REPRESENT ARMENIA AT MISS WORLD 2012
Beauties from 120 countries will compete in Miss World 2012 pageant. 50 contestants have already been crowned, according to Globalbeauties.com website. 20-year-old Anna Arakelyan, Miss Armenia 2012, standing ...COCA-COLA HABIT LINKED TO NEW ZEALAND WOMAN'S DEATH
A pathologist has said a New Zealand woman's eight-litre-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, the Guardian reported.
Natasha Harris, 30, of Invercargill, died from a heart attack ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1729 Birth of Tsarina Catherine the Second, Empress of Russia from 1762. She died in 1796.
- 1858 Sultan Abdul Megid proclaims the Agrarian Law, which sets out new norms of land ownership.
- 1924 Death of Italian dramatic actress Eleanora Dyoozeh.
- 1926 Death of semasiologist Y. G. Mrmyan.
- 1990 An international, three-day meeting on the Armenian Genocide takes place in Yerevan. It was devoted to the 80th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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