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Headlines for April 30, 2012LIBYA EX-MINISTER SHUKRI GHANEM DEAD IN DANUBE RIVER
The body of Libya's former Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has been found in the Danube River, Austrian police say, according to BBC. A spokesman said there were no signs of violence to Mr Ghanem's body, which ...AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE CLIVE PALMER TO BUILD TITANIC II
Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic, BBC reported. The mining billionaire told Australian media ...FRENCH JOURNALIST MISSING IN COLOMBIA AFTER REBEL ATTACK
A French journalist reporting alongside soldiers is missing in Colombia after a leftist rebel group attacked their unit, killing four people and injuring six, CNN reported. Romeo Langlois, who works for ...BRITISH RED CROSS WORKER KILLED IN PAKISTAN
A long-time Red Cross staffer has been killed by his kidnappers in Pakistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross and British government said Sunday, CNN reported. Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was ...WEATHER FORECAST: AIR TEMPERATURE TO GO UP
The weather will be conditioned by air-mass phenomena. On the 30th of April transitory rain possible in separate regions only, wind intensification possible up to 20mps in spots, too. Meteo-tv informs ...CELLO AND PIANO DUET EVENING AT ARAM KHACHATURIAN CONCERT HALL
Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall will host today a cello and piano duet evening by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra - Varduhi Yeritsyan (piano) and Levon Arakelyan (cello). The concert will feature Beethoven's ...20 DEAD IN INDIA AS BUSES CRASH HEAD ON
A head-on collision between two buses killed 20 passengers and injured at least 18 others in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said, according to AFP.
The two buses, which ...LOUIS ARMSTRONG RARE RECORDING RELEASED
A rare recording of one of the last live performances by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong has been made public, the BBC report said. The star played at the National Press Club in Washington DC, against ...MOSCOW RECORDS UNSEASONABLE HEAT RECORD
Moscow sweltered in unseasonable heat on Sunday, with temperatures of nearly 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 Fahrenheit), a record for April since data collection began 130 years ago, AFP report said. "At ...MILITANTS FIRE ON SYRIAN CENTRAL BANK
Militants fired rocket-propelled grenades at the Central Bank building in Damascus and also attacked a police patrol in the capital, wounding four police, state television said on Monday, according to ...ORHAN PAMUK OPENS MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE IN TURKEY
Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk opens "Museum of Innocence" in Turkey, Reuters news agency said. The museum displays a collection of relics of a half-century of ordinary life - as depicted ...AHMADINEJAD SAYS IRAN MAKING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
Iran is making efforts to develop relations with Armenia in different fields, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. Iran's President ...JAZZ EVENING AT CASCADE COMPLEX TO MARK INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
Today is International Jazz Day. Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan has a surprise for Armenian jazz lovers and tourists: today the Cascade Complex will host a great jazz evening. The concert will feature ...IRAN'S FM SAYS ARMENIA TO HAVE VITAL ROLE IN REGION
Armenia is a country deserving a vital role in the region; Iranian FARS news agency quotes Iranian FM Ali Akbar Salehi as saying in a meeting with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian. Highlighting the Nagorno-Karabakh ...SERZH SARGSYAN VISITS KOTAYK
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is on working visit to Kotayk region. Panorama.am correspondent tells President attended opening ceremony of a reconstructed culture house in Kasakh village and erection ...RA FM EDWARD NALBANDIAN MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT
At the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian arrived in Tehran on Sunday for an official visit to Iran. According to Foreign Ministry's press ...EDWARD NALBANDIAN VISITS IRANIAN PARLIAMENT
At the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian began an official visit to Iran on Sunday. Minister Nalbandian visited Iranian parliament (Majlis), ...ADHS 2010: CHILDREN U5 EXPERIENCE STUNTED GROWTH OR ARE TOO SHORT
On April 30, the National Statistical Service and the Ministry of Health of Armenia presented at a local seminar the key findings of the 2010 Armenia Demographic and Health Survey (ADHS). The funding ...K. ACHEMYAN: RPA HAS LARGE NUMBER OF ELECTORATE
"In this stage the campaign can be normally assessed. However, some political forces unveil shortcomings, which are being immediately recorded by the police and specified institutions," Republican MP ...DIE PRESSE COMPARES ALIYEV WITH BAHRAIN'S DICTATOR
Austrian "Die Presse" paper compared Ilham Aliyev with Bahrain's dictator, Iranian "arannews.ir" report said. A year ago when Bahrain was hosting "Formula 1" championship, the King of Bahrain vowed to ...IRAN'S BALANCED POSITION ON KARABAKH CONFLICT IS IMPORTANT, ARMENIAN FM SAYS
At the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian arrived in Tehran Sunday, kicking off his official visit to Iran. FM Nalbandian met with his ...ARF TO BACK SATIK SEYRANYAN
ARF will back in No4 polling district editor of "168 zham" daily, a majoritarian candidate Satik Seyranyan, ARF campaign coordinator Aghvan Vardanyan said in a news conference. He said that seat for professional ...MP SAMVEL ALEXANYAN ELECTED TO FFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) held a conference in Gyumri. FFA Executive Committee members were approved at the conference. Hovhannes Varyan quitted the Executive Committee and MP Samvel Alexanyan ...FC SHIRAK WINS ARMENIAN CUP
FC Shirak won Armenian Cup after beating FC Impuls 1-0 in Gyumri. Yoro Lami scored the only goal of the game in the 37th minute. The win paved the way for Shirak Football Club's participation in Europa ...LEVON TER-PETROSYAN TAKING REST, HIS HEALTH NEARING NORMAL - SPOKESMAN
Armenian National Congress (HAK) leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan's health is nearing normal and he is currently having a rest, HAK spokesman Arman Musinyan told Panorama.am. "He had fluctuations in his blood ...HERITAGE: TODAY IN ARARAT, TOMORROW IN LIBERTY SQUARE
"Heritage" Party will meet with its potential voters tomorrow in Liberty Square. "Harut Pambukchian, Ruben Hakhverdian and the citizens of Armenia, who believe in New Armenia, will gather in Liberty square ...RUBEN TOVMASYAN: NO CHANGE EXPECTED IN COMMUNIST PARTY'S TACTICS
"Our steps are dictated by our ideology. We don't plan to change anything," First Secretary of Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee Ruben Tovmasyan Panorama.am when asked what plans ...A. KAPRIELYAN: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION SAYS AZERBAIJAN TRANSFERRED ARMENIAN CAPTIVES TO A 3RD COUNTRY
Reports were widely covered today that Azerbaijan had transferred to a third country three Armenian captives.
Speaking to Panorama.am head of the working group of the Armenian State Committee on Captives, ...KAREN SARIBEKYAN: AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TO TURN BORDER INCIDENTS INTO LARGE-SCALE MILITARY OPERATIONS
MP, member of Yerkrapah Volunteer Union Karen Saribekyan commented on the Azerbaijani diversion, which left three Armenian servicemen dead and one injured, and the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. ...RPA LEADER: WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT FOR FUTURE
"It would be wrong to say that the Republican Party of Armenia promised to tear down the stars, but achievements have been recorded, and the most important thing is that we know what we want for the future," ...REUTERS TEHRAN OFFICE TO BE SUED FOR CALLING IRANIAN NINJA WOMEN KILLERS
"Reuters" Tehran office will be sued for calling Iranian women being trained as ninjas assassins, Iranian Tabnak.ir news site said. In a video about Iranian women being trained as ninjas posted on Reuters ...MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN MUSICIAN ONNO TUNC DESTROYED IN TURKEY
A monument to Onno Tunc, a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger, has been completely destroyed in Turkey.
The monument was erected in the city of Yalova ...ALLEGRI '100 PER CENT SURE' OF AC MILAN STAY
AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri believes he will still be at San Siro next season despite reports that the 44-year-old will be dismissed should the Rossoneri fail to retain their Serie A title, Goal.com ...SHARAPOVA WINS STUTTGART CHAMPIONSHIP
Russia's Maria Sharapova beat world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-4 in the Stuttgart clay court final to claim her first WTA tour title of the year and end a two-match losing streak against the Belarussian, ...CZECH PRESIDENT CANCELS UKRAINE VISIT OVER TYMOSHENKO
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has cancelled a visit to Ukraine next month over the imprisonment of Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a spokesman said on Monday, Reuters reported.
Klaus ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1901 Death of Srapion Tolian (Sipili Yessayi), playwright, critic, and teacher of P. Doorian.
- 1915 Death of Sargees Barseghian (Vana Sargees), of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party. He was born in 1875.
- 1927 Opening of Yerevan's carbide factory.
- 1941 Death of Panos Terlemezyan (artist) in Yerevan. He was born in 1865.
- 1947 The International Armenian Congress takes place in the USA.
- 1981 The United States Holocaust Memorial Council, an independent Federal agency, unanimously resolved that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum would include the Armenian Genocide in the Museum and has since done so.
- 1991 Soviet and Azeri Turkish forces start "Operation Circle" in Getashen and Martakert.
- 1993 The UN Security Council, at its 3205th meeting, adopts resolution 822.
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