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Headlines for April 27, 2012US SECRET SERVICE PROBES EL SALVADOR SEX ALLEGATIONS
The US Secret Service says it is investigating allegations that some of its agents paid for strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador, BBC reported. An advance presidential security team is reported to ...NETHERLANDS JUDGE TO RULE ON CAFE CANNABIS BAN
A judge in the Netherlands is due to decide whether foreign tourists should be banned from entering cannabis cafes, BBC reported. While soft drugs are tolerated, there is growing concern at tourists visiting ...PAKISTAN DEPORTS BIN LADEN FAMILY TO SAUDI ARABIA
Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the ...US: MEXICO SEIZED 68,000 GUNS FROM US SINCE 2006
The government said Thursday that 68,000 guns recovered by Mexican authorities in the past five years have been traced back to the United States, AP reported.
The flood of tens of thousands of weapons ...ZHOGHOVURD: PAP MEMBER DIES DAYS AFTER FIGHT IN ARABKIR
A fight took place in Arabkir administrative district of Yerevan three days ago, Zhoghovurd reports, citing reliable sources. A fight participant, a young member of Prosperous Armenia Party, dubbed Banjaranotsi ...ARAVOT: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN ‘ANGRY' OVER OPPOSITIONISTS' VISIT TO BRUSSELS
According to Aravot, Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party leader Aram Sargsyan, ex-representative of fact-finding mission Andranik Kocharyan and former head of Armenian Foreign Ministry's NATO Department Marta ...MURDERER DETERMINED TO FIND MURDER PLOTTER - PAPER
Harutyun Sargsyan, arrested on murder charge in the case of Karen Yesayan, 27, fiancé of Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan's daughter, faces life imprisonment if convicted of deliberate and cruel murder, ...AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO UP: PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE
The weather will be conditioned by air-mass phenomena. Meteo-tv forecasts transitory rain and thunderstorm after midday in the whole region. Wind intensification up to 18mps and hail possible in spots. ...ELECTION BALLOT PRINTING LAUNCHED: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA 1ST, ROL THE LAST
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has launched on April 26 election ballot printing process. CEC approved on late Thursday during a special session the ballot sample where the political forces qualified ...PAPER: WHY SO MANY PEOPLE QUIT ORINATS YERKIR?
According to Zhoghovurd, some say Orinats Yerkir is determined to focus on the party list and overcoming of 5 percent threshold, with no support promise from RPA. Rumors say RPA is going to let OYP down ...APA: AZERI SOLDIER KILLED ON CONTACT LINE
"APA" news agency report says that in the aftermath of mutual firing along the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijani armed forces an Azeri serviceman was killed. Speaking to Panorama.am NKR Defense Army ...ZHOGHOVURD: SHIRAK GOVERNOR ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNS FOR RPA
According to Zhoghovurd, Shirak governor Ashot Giziryan gathered Amasia and Ashotsk mayors, police chiefs and school headmasters for a meeting and told them to campaign for RPA and Republican Ashot Aghababyan, ...ARAVOT: HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN CALLS FOR CORRECTNESS
"Political forces should realize that life will go on after May 6 elections, and therefore they should never burn bridges," Hovik Abrahamyan, head of RPA election campaign office, told Aravot. "I call ...TURKISH MP CONDEMNS INITIATIVE TO DECLARE APRIL 24 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MOURNING DAY
Turkey's "Nationalist movement" (MHP) Party MP Oktay Vural deeply condemned Kurdish MP's initiative to declare April 24th Day of mourning Armenian Genocide. Turkish Son Dakika news site quotes Vural as ...HOVHANNES DAVTYAN GRABS SILVER IN EUROPEAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP
In the final of European Judo Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia Armenian judoka Hovhannes Davtyan (60 kg) lost to Russia's Beslan Mudranov. Hovhannes Davtyan grabbed a silver medal, while Dutch Muren ...IRAVUNK: ALLEGEDLY SUCCESSFUL RALLY OF HAK IN SISIAN
According to Iravunk, Armenian National Congress (HAK) held an election meeting in Sisian yesterday which gathered around 400 people, of which 200 were HAK members, 100 were policemen and the rest - representatives ...OBAMA INTRODUCES RICHARD MORNINGSTAR'S CANDIDATURE AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN
U.S. President Barack Obama introduced his intent to nominate Richard Morningstar as the country's Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani media outlets say referring to U.S. Embassy statement. Ambassador ...ST. PETERSBURG DELEGATION VISITS TSITSERNAKABERD MEMORIAL
The delegation from Saint Petersburg headed by deputy governor Olga Kazanskaya visited on Friday Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to bow tribute to the victims of Armenian Genocide. The St. Petersburg ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION HELD IN GERMANY
In German city Frankfurt am Main the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide has been commemorated organized by Armenian primacy in Germany and other local Armenian organizations. MFA press and information ...ARMENIA YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM HEADS TO KAZAKHSTAN FOR PRESIDENT'S CUP
We had reported earlier that Armenia national under-17 football team will play in Kazakhstan President's Cup from April 27 to May 3 in Almaty. Armenia national under-17 football team headed to Kazakhstan ...RA FM EDWARD NALBANDIAN TO VISIT IRAN
On April 29-30, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay an official visit to Tehran, where he will meet with Iran's leaders, Foreign Ministry's press office reported.SOS RURAL COMMUNITY RESIDENTS COMPLAINED TO BAKO SAHAKYAN
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan visited on April 26 the village of Sos in Martouni region and met with the local residents, NKR President's press office said. President Sahakyan received ...HAK LEADER FEELS BAD, RETURNS EARLY FROM KAPAN
Armenian National Congress (HAK) leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan returned early from Kapan, where HAK was holding election meetings, HAK spokesman Arman Musinyan told Panorama.am. "He had fluctuations in his ...FOUR TERRORIST BLASTS ROCK UKRAINE
Four blasts within minutes rocked the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk Friday, injuring at least 15 people, USA Today report said. The prosecutors believed it was a terrorist attack. ...PRESIDENT SARGSYAN'S REMARKS ON TAVUSH CASUALTIES: ‘RESPONSE IS INEVITABLE'
During a meeting with residents in the town of Stepanavan, Lori province, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan remarked on border incidents that have occurred in recent days. "Azerbaijani weapon emplacements ...TWO NEW JUDGES APPOINTED TO NKR SUPREME COURT
Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree relieving Greta Arzumanyan of her duties as a judge of NKR Court of Appeal due to her appointment as a judge of NKR Supreme Court. Arthur Abrahamyan was ...IRANIAN CLERGYMAN: IRAN TO REVISE RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN IF GAY-PARADE IS HELD
Iranian-Azerbaijani relationship will be revised if Baku hosts "gay-parade," Iranian arannews.ir quotes Imam Jomeh of Tabriz Mohsen Mojtahed Shabetari as saying. "We urge Azerbaijan to restrain from carrying ...TURKEY'S PRESIDENT ALARMED BY HOSTILITY STIRRED UP IN FRANCE AGAINST TURKS
Abdullah Gul of France remarked on presidential election processes held in France. Turkish daily Zaman quotes president Gul as saying he is concerned with intensively utilized Armenian issue in the election ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA REFUSES TO COMMENT ON POLLS
We are not commenting on Gallup polls and other surveys, Prosperous Armenia parliamentary faction Secretary Aram Safaryan told Panorama.am when asked to comment on Gallup polls showing that RPA would ...GUARDIOLA CONFIRMS HE WILL QUIT BARCELONA AT THE END OF THE SEASON
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season, Goal.com reported. The Spaniard revealed that he had informed the board of his intention to leave in October, ...VILLAS-BOAS REPORTEDLY OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO BARCELONA
Former Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas has informed Barcelona that he will be available to succeed Pep Guardiola at the helm of the club, Sport claims. It is believed that Villas-Boas' entourage has contacted ...FLOWER GATHERING IN TSITSERNAKABERD
Today, at 10:00, at the Tsitseranakaberd Memorial the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has launched the symbolic colorful event known as flower gathering. FPWC in ...HERMINE NAGHDALYAN: REGRETTABLY, SOME DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN AZERBAIJAN'S SHOW
"PACE spring session heard a report on the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the North Caucasus. Everything was all right until some Azerbaijani delegates for some reason took the floor ...OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS RELEASE STATEMENT
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France, released the following statement today, OSCE ...‘HOW TO PROTECT FROM DDOS ATTACK' WORKSHOP ON MAY 1
The Public Relation and Information Center of the RA President's Administration is conducting a workshop titled "How to Protect from DDoS Attack." "Given the interest of media representatives and the ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1749 Death of Mkhitar Sebastatsee. He founded the Roman Catholic Mkhitarist Congregation. He was born in 1676.
- 1827 Russian forces lay seige to Fort Yerevan (currently the Armenian Winery building).
- 1849 Students create the "Ararat Union" in Paris.
- 1868 Death of Grigor Aghatonyan in Paris. He was born in 1823.
- 1915 Birth of Hovhannes Shiraz (poet). He died in 1984.
- 1919 In Constantinople, start of the trials of the leaders of the Young Turk government and the central committee members of the "Union and Progress" party.
- 1925 The Science and Art Institute of the Armenian SSR opens in Yerevan.
- 1930 Death of Archbishop Eghisheh Doorian, historian, literary figure, author, and Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- 1931 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 6.3) occurs in Zangezoor and affects a 100 000 sq.km. area. The Monastery of Tatev and other structures on the Tatev highlands and in the valley of the Vorotan River are destroyed.
- 1994 Israel officially condemned the Armenian Genocide as Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin proclaimed on the floor of the Knesset (the Israeli legislature), in answer to the claims of the Turkish Ambassador, that "It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember".
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