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PREPARING TO MEET CLINTON: US SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES IN ARMENIA TODAY
- U.S. Secretary of State Mrs Hilary Clinton is paying a visit today to Armenia at the start of her Caucasus trip. Yesterday late in the evening Isakov Avenue connecting Zvartnots airport with the capital city was being cleaned out and getting preparing to meet Mrs Clinton. Hilary Clinton will have meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan and other senior statesmen, as well as with the representatives of the civil society. Mrs Clinton will depart for Georgian On June 5, she will then pay a visit to Azerbaijan and wrap up her Caucasus trip with a visit to Turkey.
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Headlines for June 04, 2012ALL PASSENGERS DEAD IN NIGERIA PLANE CRASH
A passenger plane with about 150 people on board has crashed into buildings in a densely populated district of Nigeria's main city of Lagos, BBC reported. Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority said there ...EU TO PRESS PUTIN ON SYRIA AT SUMMIT
EU officials are expected to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a stronger line on Syria during a summit in St Petersburg, BBC reported. EU nations want Russia to put pressure on its ally ...15 MILITANTS KILLED IN SUSPECTED U.S. DRONE STRIKE IN PAKISTAN
A suspected U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning killed 15 militants and wounded three others, a local government official said, according to CNN. The drone fired at least six ...TORONTO POLICE SAY THEY KNOW IDENTITY OF MALL SHOOTER
Toronto police said on Sunday they think they know the identity of the shooter who killed one person and wounded six others on Saturday in a rare outburst of major violence at the city's main downtown ...BIG BEN TO BE RENAMED THE ELIZABETH TOWER
The tower housing Big Ben will be renamed 'The Elizabeth Tower' in honour of the Queen's six decades on the throne under plans backed tomorrow by the majority of MPs, The Daily Mail said. David Cameron, ...NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED IN YEREVAN
The weather will be conditioned by feebly expressed high pressure field. From the 3rd to 5th of June it will be sunny and partly cloudy. Meteo-tv said transitory rain and thunderstorm possible today in ...STRONG EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SOUTH OF PANAMA
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Panama on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, according to CNN. The center of the quake was roughly 215 miles south of David, Panama, and ...EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS WANT MUBARAK TO RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY
Defiant demonstrators took to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, decrying a judge's decision to put deposed President Hosni Mubarak behind bars for life but clear a number of his top officials, CNN reported. ...PREPARING TO MEET CLINTON: US SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES IN ARMENIA TODAY
U.S. Secretary of State Mrs Hilary Clinton is paying a visit today to Armenia at the start of her Caucasus trip. Yesterday late in the evening Isakov Avenue connecting Zvartnots airport with the capital ...VLADIMIR AKOPIAN'S PERFECT VICTORY IN ALBENA
Olympic champion Vladimir Akopian took an excellent victory at the open in Albena, Bulgaria, armchess.am. He scored 7 points out of 9 and won the first prize among 113 participants. Today Akopian's current ...RHODE ISLAND'S OLIVIA CULPO CROWNED MISS USA
Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island was named Miss USA on Sunday after saying it would be fair for transgendered contestants to win the pageant, giving her a crown that she will wear when representing the United ...AZERBAIJANI ATTACK LEAVES 2 DEAD AND 5 INJURED
Azerbaijan attacked one of Armenian military stations located near the village of Chinari. According to preliminary information two Armenian soldiers were killed and five were injured. Speaking to Panorama.am ...RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS UN RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
The United Nations Human Rights Council's resolution on Syria is "biased" and goes against its May 27 statement that the circumstances of the Houla massacre are unclear, Russia's Foreign Ministry said ...TURK IS A TURK, BUT OUR PEOPLE IS STRONG, HEAD OF CHINARI VILLAGE
Chinari village is not in chaos and local residents are not in panic, head of the rural community Samvel Saghoyan told Panorama.am. "Our people are strong, they do not plan leaving the village. They have ...AZERBAIJANI DIVERSION ATTACKS TO CONTINUE UNTIL INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TAKES STEPS TOWARDS THEIR SUSPENSION - EXPERT
Azerbaijan tries to aggravate the situation at the line of contact, with regional situation remaining unstable due to Azerbaijan's policy, military expert Samvel Petrosyan told Panorama.am, commenting ...AZERBAIJANI DIVERSION ATTACK KILLS 3; MILITARY PROSECUTOR ARRIVES AT SCENE
Today, according to preliminary information, Azerbaijan once again grossly violated the ceasefire, trying to break into Armenian military posts in the north-eastern region of the contact line between ...K. SARIBEKYAN: WHY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS MUTE
"Unless the international community "closes their eyes on" such incidents, they will continue on the border," member of European Volunteer Union, MP Karen Saribekyan said. Speaking to Panorama.am Mr Saribekyan ...ARTHUR SAKUNTS: HILLARY CLINTON TO BE REPORTED ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
The international community, in particular, OSCE Minsk Group, must have active mechanisms for maintaining the ceasefire regime in border settlements, head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office, ...BOZOYAN: AZERBAIJAN ALWAYS RESORTS TO DIRTY TRICKS AHEAD OF IMPORTANT VISITS
Azerbaijan always resorts to dirty tricks ahead of important visits, political expert Yervand Bozoyan told reporters, commenting on Azerbaijan's diversion attack near Chinari village, Tavush region of ...EXPERT: UNADDRESSED STATEMENTS GIVE BIRTH TO NEW INCIDENTS
"At the regional visit of the U.S. Secretary of State this incident is disrespect towards OSCE Minsk group co-chairs and individually towards USA," expert Edgar Hovhannisyan told Panorama.am commenting ...TURKEY ALARMED BY BOYER'S CANDIDATURE
Valerie Boyer, representative of France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's "People's movement union" (UMP) Party, author of the bill criminalizing the denial of Armenian Genocide, has run for parliamentary ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN RETURNS GOHAR POGHOSYAN TO PARLIAMENT
Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan appointed Gohar Poghosyan spokesperson for the National Assembly Speaker, head of NA's Public Relations and Information Department Hrayr Zoryan told Panorama.am. Gohar ...SHARMAZANOV: CRIMINAL BECOMES MORE AND MORE IMPUDENT
Azerbaijan once more proved that it carries out state-level terrorism and Armenophobia policy, planning at a high-level a military adventure ahead of the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...TOUGH SITUATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CONDITIONED BY AZERBAIJAN'S INTERFERENCE
"The role of mass media in the modern phase of Armenian-Turkish relations" round table discussion was held today by the initiative of Yerevan press club and Eurasia Cooperation Foundation. Turkish journalists ...MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENSE AND EMERGENCIES APPOINTED
President Serzh Sargsyan, in accordance with the RA Constitution, has appointed today three of Cabinet members upon the PM's recommendation. By Serzh Sargsyan's decrees Edward Nalbandian, Seyran Ohanyan ...SAMVEL BABAYAN: IT'S ALREADY USELESS TO EXPECT ADEQUATE STEPS FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
"Azerbaijan realizes the dangerousness of its steps, therefore it will constantly try to deny the fact that it carried out a diversion attack, but this is impossible," expert Samvel Babayan told Panorama.am, ...SIX OF BALLOON FIRE-SUFFERED STILL IN HOSPITAL
Six people of balloon fire-suffered are still getting cured in medical hospitals in Yerevan, Ministry of Healthcare said. Police public relations and press department told Panorama.am investigation is ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN TO VISIT JAPAN, VIETNAM
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Japan on June 5-7, presidential press office reported. President Sargsyan will meet with Japan's leadership to discuss further development ...ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN 1ST GRAND EUROPE OPEN
Another great tournament, 1st Grand Europe Open, starts in Golden Sands Bulgarian resort immediately after the end of Albena Open. The tournament participants include GMs Vladimir Akopian, Tigran L. Petrosian, ...VEGETABLE OIL FACTORY BEING BUILT IN ARTSAKH
President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Taghavard village in the Martouni region and got acquainted with the construction activities of a vegetable oil factory there. President Sahakyan stressed ...US READY TO ASSIST WITH YOUR CONTINUOUS ACTIVITIES AS GOOD LEADER - HILLARY CLINTON TO SERZH SARGSYAN
President Serzh Sargsyan received today U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
According to presidential press office, welcoming the guest, the President in particular said,
"Indeed, you are ...CLINTON SADDENED BY CHINARI INCIDENT, PROMISES TO ASK AZERBAIJANI LEADERSHIP "SERIOUS QUESTIONS"
"I was saddened to hear the latest news," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan, commenting on the ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan recorded ...‘I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR POSITIVE REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS ON ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS' - CLINTON
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a joint news conference with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan that she was happy to hear positive reports of international ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1100 Birth of Nerses Shnorhalee (poet, historian). He died in 1173.
- 1679 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 7.0) occurs at Garrnee. After shocks continue till October.
- 1855 Khrimian 'Hayrik' edits 'The Eagle of Vaspurakan' periodical in Constantinople. From 1858 to 1864, it is published in Varada Monastery. It is republished in 1872 by Manuel Ananian in Constantinople.
- 1878 Defense treaty signed between England and Turkey to safeguard the eastern territories occupied by Turkey, in return for which Turkey cedes Cyprus to England.
- 1909 Archbishop Yegheesheh Doorian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1918 The Treaty of Ghars is signed between the representatives of Turkey and the Armenian National Council in Batum. Turkey is given extensive Armenian territories.
- 1925 The "Pioner Kanch" (Call of the Pioneer) newspaper was first published in Yerevan.
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