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Headlines for April 28, 2012'ILL' TYMOSHENKO FACES TAX TRIAL
Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko is going on trial in the city of Kharkiv on charges of tax evasion, BBC reported. She is refusing to attend the trial for health reasons. She is already serving a ...SECRET SERVICE COLOMBIA SCANDAL PROMPTS NEW RULES
The US Secret Service has tightened staff guidelines in an attempt to stop any repeat of the Colombia sex scandal, BBC reported. Agents traveling overseas will be banned from drinking on duty, visiting ...BRAZILIAN EX-PROSTITUTE PLANS SUIT AGAINST U.S. EMBASSY
A former prostitute plans to sue the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, alleging that members of its security team in December threw her from a van and ran over her, the woman's attorney said, CNN reported. Romila ...BLIND CHINA ACTIVIST MAKES MYSTERY 'ESCAPE'
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, one of the China's most prominent human rights advocates, has escaped from home imprisonment, activists said on Friday, Reuters reported.
Chen, a self-schooled ...ARAVOT: USD 300 000 FOR SMEARING PM
According to Aravot, a lot of articles criticizing the cabinet will be published during the last week of election campaign. Interestingly, some circles close to the cabinet sponsor that "initiative." ...HRAPARAK: DEAR DECEASED, PLEASE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS
According to Hraparak, Meruzhan Abrahamyan, HAK candidate for parliament in constituency No. 20, Armavir, said that voter lists are exaggerated in their constituency. "In 1990 Metsamor had a population ...UNKNOWN DRAFT OF THE LITTLE PRINCE DISCOVERED
Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote variations of the famous book published in 1943. The unknown draft of The Little Prince will appear under hammer May 16, in Paris, Le Figaro report said. This is an incredible ...NETHERLANDS BANS CANNABIS CAFES FOR TOURISTS
The Netherlands upheld a new law to ban foreign tourists from entering cannabis cafes, the BBC said. While soft drugs are tolerated, there is growing concern at tourists visiting just for drugs, and foreign ...HAYATSK: CAMPAIGN POSTERS FOR TATUL HAKOBYAN TORN IN GORIS AND TEGH
According to Hayatsk, former Deputy Minister of Health Tatul Hakobyan, a candidate for parliament by majority system in constituency No. 37, Syunik region, said that his campaign posters bearing his image ...SIMONE DINNERSTEIN TO PERFORM ON ARAM KHACHATRYAN STAGE
Aram Khachatryan concert hall will host on May 2 state youth orchestra concert headed by artistic director and conductor Sergey Smbatyan. Speaking to Panorama.am the orchestra press service said pianist ...WEATHER FORECAST: PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UP TO MAY 2
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by air-mass phenomena. On the 28th and 29th of April transitory rain and thunderstorm expected from time to time in the whole region. Wind intensification up ...PAPER: RESIDENTS OF ZEYTUN QUIT PROSPEROUS ARMENIA
Prosperous Armenia leaders, including Vartan Oskanian and Harutyun Kushkyan, reportedly visited Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district of Yerevan Friday, according to Hraparak. In particular, they visited ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: HAK CANDIDATE'S SUPPORTERS ATTACKED IN SARI TAGH
A group of people attacked the supporters of Armenian National Congress (HAK) candidate Manushak (Violeta) Petrosyan in Sari Tagh Friday, Haykakan Zhamanak reports. According to Mrs. Petrosyan, they were ...GALLUP ORGANIZATION: RPA AND PROSPEROUS ARMENIA FAVORITES IN FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
On the threshold of parliamentary elections a project consisting of pre-election polls is being conducted in Armenia commissioned by ArmNews TV and implemented by Armenian Sociological Association and ...YERKIR: AGRICULTURE MINISTER SET TO RESIGN
Rumors circulate that Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan plans to resign, according to Yerkir. However, the paper did not manage to clear up the rumor. "Panic moods in Orinats Yerkir caused by candidate ...TURKISH DEPUTY PM REMARKS ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
Turkey's Deputy PM and former FM Ali Babacan stipulated the Armenian-Turkish relationship by the process of Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Turkish Haber3 news site said remarking at Fletcher School of Law and ...ZHOGHOVURD: RPA GIVES ‘VOTING PENS' TO VILLAGERS
Republican Party's election offices give beautiful pens to villagers and insist that they should mark the ballot paper with that pen, residents of Armenia's regions told Zhoghovurd. These pens allegedly ...RPA CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNS FOR PAP MEMBER, PAPER SAYS
Democracy and Labor party leader Spartak Melikyan, 38th candidate of RPA list, is campaigning for Eduard Sahakyan, PAP candidate for parliament in constituency No. 23, Zhoghovurd reports, citing well-informed ...ASA HEAD ABOUT ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
"Election campaign continues, the parties still have time to improve their ratings, although I'm thinking that the scene won't change. However, the parties still may try to favor from the 15% uncertain ...NO ARMENIANS REPORTED AMONG DNEPROPETROVSK BLAST VICTIMS - MFA
The Armenian Embassy in Ukraine has dismissed reports that two Armenian teens were injured in Dnepropetrovsk blast, spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told Panorama.am. Four explosions ...CO-CHAIRS' STATEMENT NOT TO REVEAL ADDRESSEE PROVOKING UNREST
"It's time for the co-chairs to calls the things by their names, otherwise such statements create fertile ground for Azerbaijan's provocations," expert Edgar Hovhannisyan said. Azerbaijani armed forces ...EMBASSY CONFIRMS: TWO ARMENIAN GIRLS INJURED IN DNEPROPETROVSK BLAST
The Armenian Embassy in Ukraine confirmed reports that two Armenian teens were injured in Dnepropetrovsk blast, spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told Panorama.am. The Embassy did ...EUFOA: 6 PARTIES PASS PROPORTIONAL THRESHOLD
European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) published today the results of its poll titled Last Assessment of Pre-Electoral Armenia. Dr Michael Kambeck, EuFoA's Secretary General, introduced the poll results ...AZERBAIJANI ARMY FIRES 1300 SHOTS TOWARDS ARMENIAN DEFENSIVE POSTS IN TWO DAYS
According to NKR Defense Army, the Azerbaijani army violated ceasefire regime at the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces around 500 times over the past week, firing more than ...NKR DEFENSE ARMY: SOLDIER DEADLY GUNSHOT IN MILITARY POSITION
On April 27 at about 19:35 serviceman Hovhannes Marat Nikoghosyan was deadly gunshot in military positions at one of NKR Defense Army military units, Defense Army press department reported. It's reported ...MANCINI REMAINS WARY OF UNITED'S 'INTERNAL FORCE'
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes that Manchester United's stronger team spirit could prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the Premier League title this season, Goal.com reported. "For ...IRAN APPROVES TRAFFIC FACILITATION ALONG ARMENIAN-IRANIAN BORDER
Iranian Government approved on Saturday agreement to facilitate the traffic in checkpoints along Armenian-Iranian border, official IRNA news agency report said. The agreement defines a joint service to ...JOE BIDEN TO TURKISH AND AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITIES: ‘YOU ALL LOOK DULL AS HELL'
American newspapers are flooded with Vice President Joe Biden's quotes at sleepy audience of donors Friday when he jokingly berated them for being "dull as hell." "I guess what I'm trying ...DEFENSE MINISTRY: ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES TO UNDERTAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES
Azerbaijan launched active operations along the contact line, in the aftermath of which the Armenian side has recorded three casualties, injuries and intensive gunshots against a civilian village. Panorama.am ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES OUTGOING INDIAN AMBASSADOR
President Serzh Sargsyan received today outgoing Indian Ambassador to Armenia Achal Kumar Malhotra. President Sargsyan expressed gratitude to H.E. Mr. Achal Kumar Malhotra for his efforts to reinforce ...PM TIGRAN SARGSYAN RECEIVES MICROSOFT GENERAL MANAGER VERONIKA PRIKRYLOVA
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Veronika Prikrylova, Microsoft General Manager for Market Development in Central and Eastern Europe, government's press office reported. The PM and Microsoft's ...OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPS CONCESSIONS FOR IRAN
The Obama administration might support letting Iran continue enriching uranium up to 5% purity if it agrees to other U.N. restrictions, Los Angeles Times report says. In what would be a significant concession, ...MONITORING TO BE HELD NEAR BERKABER AND DOVEGH VILLAGES
The office of personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office will hold a monitoring along Armenian-Azerbaijani border at Berkaber and Dovegh villages on April 30, Defense Ministry press service ...KARAKHANYAN: ALI BABACAN MAKING NEGLIGENT STATEMENTS
"That man is simply lying and making negligent statements. The world has accused Turkey for failing the Armenian-Turkish relations," Vazgen Karakhanyan, deputy chairman of NA standing committee on foreign ...REAL MADRID ON THE VERGE OF SIGNING NEW ADIDAS DEAL UNTIL 2020
Real Madrid are on the verge of signing a new sponsorship deal with Adidas until 2020, Marca claims. The figure involved in the deal has not yet been announced by either side, but the new deal will certainly ...UEFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON DNEPROPETROVSK EVENTS
UEFA has been made aware of the explosions that occurred in Dnepropetrovsk and is waiting for the results of the investigation of the Ukrainian authorities into the matter, UEFA.com reported.
"Our ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING IN GEGHARKUNIK TOMORROW
Prosperous Armenia Party will have further election meetings in Gegharkunik region Sunday. PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan will meet with voters in Sevan, Chambarak and Tsovagyugh late in the day. Armenian ...
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