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Headlines for May 03, 2012DISSIDENT CHEN GUANGCHENG 'WANTS TO LEAVE CHINA'
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has said he fears for his life and wants to leave China, hours after leaving his refuge in the US embassy, BBC reported. Mr Chen said he left the embassy after Chinese ...NEW RECORD FOR WORLD'S FASTEST TOILET ON WHEELS
A new and unusual land speed record has been set in Australia - for the fastest motorized toilet, BBC reported. Canadian stuntwoman Jolene Van Vugt recorded a speed of 75km/h (46mph) in Sydney, beating ...AISHA GADHAFI REITERATES CALL FOR PROBE INTO FATHER'S DEATH
The daughter of deposed Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi asked international prosecutors to begin investigating her father's and brother's deaths as possible war crimes in a letter submitted Wednesday ...STUDENT FORGOTTEN IN CELL FOR 5 DAYS TO SUE DEA
A San Diego college student filed a legal claim Wednesday for damages suffered when he was left handcuffed and without food or water in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for five days last ...ZHOGHOVURD: YURI KHACHATUROV'S BIRTHDAY SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IN YEREVAN
The 60th birthday of Chief of General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov was solemnly marked in Yerevan yesterday, Zhoghovurd reports. "The birthday event was hosted by a restaurant ...WEATHER FORECAST: RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE IN YEREVAN
The weather will be conditioned by South-Eastern front penetration. Tonight overcast, feeble rain possible only in Syunik and Artsakh in spots only. On the 3rd of May transitory rain and thunderstorm ...CHORRORD INKNISHKHANUTYUN: SECOND HAND CLOTHES FROM ANAHIT BAKHSHYAN, ASPHALT FROM BENZIN RUBO
According to Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun, Ruben Masumyan (Benzin Rubo), Orinats Yerkir candidate in constituency No. 12, spends AMD 150000 on vote buying in each residential building: he targets 30 votes ...PAPER: HEGHINE BISHARYAN GIVES LOYALTY OATH TO ARTHUR BAGHDASARYAN
Heghine Bisharyan once again gave a loyalty oath to Orinats Yerkir Party leader Arthur Baghdasaryan yesterday, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun says. According to the paper, Bisharyan invited teachers to party's ...EBU FINES ARMENIA FOR WITHDRAWING FROM EUROVISION 2012
European Broadcasting Union fined Armenian broadcaster AMPTV for withdrawing from Eurovision international song contest, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS said. Director of Media Relations of the European ...HEAD OF CIS OBSERVATION MISSION SIGNIFIED PEACEFUL CAMPAIGNING
Chairman of Armenia's Central Election Commission Tigran Mukuchyan received Wednesday head of CIS observation mission in Armenia's parliamentary elections Vladimir Garkun and head of mission headquarters ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ROBERT KOCHARYAN NOT QUITTING POLITICS
Haykakan Zhamanak talked to political technologist Armen Badalyan, reminded him that Robert Kocharyan's spokesman had promised that Kocharyan will speak out before the elections and asked the expert, ...SARKOZY AND HOLLANDE HURL INSULTS IN TV DEBATE
French incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy and his challenger, socialist leader Francois Hollande held feisty TV debate of the election campaign, the BBC report said. The president called Mr Hollande ...ZHOGHOVURD: LAW ENFORCERS RESUME INVESTIGATION INTO KHACHIKYAN'S CASE
According to Zhoghovurd, law enforcement bodies have resumed investigation into the case of former Chairman of Social Security State Foundation Vazgen Khachikyan who was fired on charges of misuse of ...A ZAKARYAN: EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN POLITICS
Panorama.am talked to a Member of RA National Assembly, member of RPA Council Artak Zakarian about political campaign, political priorities and plans for the future of the Republican Party of Armenia. ...DUNJA MIJATOVIĆ: WE WOULD LIVE IN A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD WITHOUT A STRONG INDEPENDENT MEDIA
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the ...1IN.AM SUFFERS DDOS ATTACKS
It's almost two days 1in.am news site is not available for its readers. The office of the news site told Panorama.am that the website has been hacked by DDoS attacks and that currently it is being restored. ...168 ZHAM: OSKANIAN NOT ACCEPTED BY PROSPEROUS ARMENIA
"I don't know how many people in Prosperous Armenia are behind Vartan Oskanian. I think there are too few of them," RPA Deputy Chairman Razmik Zohrabyan told 168 Zham, commenting on Vartan Oskanian's ...JANOS ADER ELECTED HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT
Janos Ader, a member of the European Parliament, was elected as Hungary's new president on Wednesday, AP reported.
Ader replaces Pal Schmitt, who resigned in April after Hungary's Semmelweis University ...ILHAM SHOULD LEARN LESSONS FROM HISTORY, IRANIAN SCIENTIST
Ilham must learn lessons from the history, Iranian news site arannews.ir quotes Doc Javanpur, chairman at the Center for Scientific Research in Iran's Eastern Atrpatakan (Eastern Azarbaijan) province ...MILITARY PARADE IN ARTSAKH TO DIFFER IN ITS SIZE AND ARMS TYPES
"On May 9 a high level military parade will be held in Artsakh on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Shushi liberation war," NKR Defense Army spokesman Senor Hasratyan said. Speaking to Panorama.am ...LIONEL MESSI BREAKS GERD MULLER'S RECORD
Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi has broken Gerd Muller's record of scoring the most goals in a European season after netting a hat trick in Wednesday's Liga encounter against Malaga at Camp Nou, Goal.com ...HERITAGE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS
"We are optimistic about the results of the upcoming elections," Deputy Chairman of Heritage Party Ruben Hakobyan told a news conference in Yerevan. According to him, Heritage managed to convey its messages ...ADIBEKYAN: GAGIK TSARUKYAN'S TEAM CAPABLE TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA
"Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan are holding the most successful campaign. Republican Party of Armenia managed to maintain its electorate, while Prosperous Armenia doubled it," sociologist Aharon Adibekyan ...HAK HOLDING RALLY TODAY: TER-PETROSYAN TO MAKE OPENING REMARKS
Today, Armenian National Congress will hold a rally in the Liberty Square and Levon Ter-Petrosyan will make opening remarks there, HAK spokesman said. Speaking to Panorama.am Arman Musinyan commented ...YOUNG JUDOISTS WIN 7 MEDALS
International judo championship was held in Georgian city of Lagodekh on May 1-3 for young judoists aged 15-17.
Judo federation informs that Armenia's Shavarsh Sahakyan (+66kg) won champion's title recording ...REPORT ON ARMENIAN BROADCAST MEDIA COVERAGE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PUBLISHED
Yerevan Press Club released interim report on monitoring of Armenian broadcast media coverage of parliamentary elections. The survey phase covers April 18-27 period. The monitoring includes 7 national ...ORANGE FOUNDATION SUPORTS ‘‘HELLO WORLD" YOUTH PROJECT
Today launched "Hello World" project initiated by AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) the world's largest students' network. The purpose of this project ...ARA NRANYAN: ARMENIA NEEDS A NEW KIND OF ECONOMY
Armenia needs a new kind of economy, ARF parliamentary faction member Ara Nranyan told a meeting with businessmen initiated by ARF Supreme Body. "There are two types of economies in Armenia. One is the ...SERGEY AVAKYANTS APPOINTED COMMANDER OF THE PACIFIC FLEET
Dmitry Medvedev of Russia has appointed Sergey Avakyants Commander of the Pacific Fleet, news agency Interfax said. Kremlin statement said Avakyants was the deputy head of the fleet's headquarters. Sergey ...SPIEGEL: AZERBAIJAN IS SUBJECTED TO HARSH CRITICISM IN GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY'S CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
Prisoners in Azerbaijan are mistreated, parliamentary debate is "nearly impossible" and the activities of the opposition are "noticeably restricted" through measures that even include "state repression." ...EXPERT: AZERBAIJAN CHASING FOR WAR INDUCEMENT
"Azerbaijan's armed forces undertake intensified operation on the threshold of every elections, which must be condemned," military expert said. Speaking to Panorama.am Hrachya Petrosyanc said once Azerbaijan ...SPIEGEL: THE CRITICISM OF AZERBAIJAN HAS INCREASED AHEAD OF EUROVISION
Television stations and newspapers in Germany have been reporting extensively on human rights abuses in Azerbaijan ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, and now Baku accuses "certain circles" ...IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER SAYS AZERBAIJAN NOT COMMITTED TO ISLAMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION
Azerbaijan does not meet commitments before Islamic cooperation organization, news agency "Aria" quotes Vahid Kazem Zaden, secretary of Human Islamic rights committee in Iranian Western Atrpatakan province ...PARLIAMENT AGAIN CANCELS SESSION
Today the Armenian National Assembly again canceled its session because there were insufficient MPs attending to form a quorum.
Under the Parliament's Rules of Procedure, the registration of MPs lasted ...‘MOURINHO IS A FOOTBALL COACH WHO NEVER TALKS ABOUT FOOTBALL' - VILANOVA
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho's fierce rivalry with Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola is well documented, but there was never much love lost between the Portuguese boss and his assistant Tito Vilanova either, ...URUGUAYAN FM TO VISIT ARMENIA
At the invitation of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro will pay an official visit to Armenia on May 4-5, Foreign Ministry's press office reported. As ...FOREIGN POLICY JOURNAL: THE POLICY OF POGROMS IN SUMAYIT LATER UNFOLDED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY BY AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES
The tragic events of the "Bloody Sunday" in January 1972, when mostly unarmed civilian protesters were killed on the streets of Derry in Northern Ireland, might be much similar to the events in Azerbaijani ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1881 Khatshatoor Kerektsyan creates the "Protector of the Fatherland" organization in Karin (Western Armenia).
- 1905 Birth of Vardan Achemyan (theater director). He died in 1977.
- 1957 Death of academician and armenologist Greegor Ghapantsyan.
- 1997 Lebanon's Assembly adopts a declaration to the effect that every April 24 will be a day of solidarity with the Armenian people to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
- 1998 Ceremonial transfer of the remains of Serob Aghbyur's spouse and the national hero Sosseh Mayrik (Sosseh Vardanyan) from Alexandria (Egypt) to Armenia.
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