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Published on June 12, 2012
ELINA DANIELIAN TO FACE BETUL YILDIZ AT KAZAN WOMEN GRAND PRIX ROUND 3
- Elina Danielian drew with Humpy Koneru in Kazan Women Grand Prix round 2. Scoring 1 point, Danielian shares 4th-9th places with Stefanova, Yildiz, Koneru, Lahno and Kosintseva.
Muzychuk, Galliamova and Kosteniuk have scored 1.5 points each, while Yifan, Cmilyte and Kosintseva have 0.5 points each. Elina Danielian will face Turkey's Betul Yildiz in round 3 today.
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Headlines for June 12, 2012CHAVEZ REGISTERS FOR VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has registered to run for a third term in October's elections, BBC reported. Mr Chavez joined tens of thousands of supporters outside the electoral office in the capital, ...SYRIAN CHILDREN USED AS HUMAN SHIELDS - REPORT
Children in Syria have accused troops of using them as human shields, a UN report has revealed, according to BBC. Some children said they had been forced to ride on tanks to stop attacks by opposition ...YACHT EXPLOSION REPORT MAY BE HOAX
The Coast Guard responded to a reported yacht explosion in the Atlantic Ocean about 17.5 miles east of Sandy Hook, N.J. where at least nine passengers were reportedly injured today, but officials are ...LIMBLESS FRENCHMAN PLANS AFRICA TO ASIA SWIM
A Frenchman who has lost all of his limbs said he plans to swim 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) across the Red Sea from Taba in Egypt to Jordan's Aqaba this week as part of a global challenge, AFP reported. ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: GREEN CARD LOTTERY RESULTS INVALIDATED
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According to Hraparak paper, Grigor Madatyan, the brother of Orinats Yerkir Party member Eduard Madatyan, has been dismissed from his position as deputy director of the National Center of Technical Security ...BAKO SAHAKYAN MEETS WITH OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, in Yerevan today called on all parties to refrain from the use or threat of force and to abstain from ...AGNIESZKA HOLLAND TO BECOME SPECIAL GUEST AT GOLDEN APRICOT FILM FESTIVAL
Famous Polish director and scriptwriter Agnieszka Holland has been invited as an honorary guest to participate in the 9th annual Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. Her latest film, In ...ELINA DANIELIAN TO FACE BETUL YILDIZ AT KAZAN WOMEN GRAND PRIX ROUND 3
Elina Danielian drew with Humpy Koneru in Kazan Women Grand Prix round 2. Scoring 1 point, Danielian shares 4th-9th places with Stefanova, Yildiz, Koneru, Lahno and Kosintseva.
Muzychuk, Galliamova ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE: SIDES MUST UNDERTAKE SERIOUS MEASURES
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian highlighted the NK conflict, the recent processes, in ...CLINTON SHOULD SHARE THE BLAME FOR KILLINGS OF ARMENIAN SOLDIERS
A tragic pattern of bloody engagements continues to recur along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border at great human cost. Whenever high level visits or international meetings are scheduled on the Artsakh (Karabagh) ...INJURED RAY CLEMENCE ENGLAND'S LATEST CASUALTY
England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence is set to return home for surgery after snapping his Achilles tendon during the warm-up to the 1-1 draw with Group D rivals France, Goal.com reported. The former ...NALBANDIAN SAYS TURKEY CREATING OBSTACLES IN NEGOTIATING PROCESS
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Statement of Turkish Foreign Minister smells of racism, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said today in a joint news conference with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Deputy Prime Minister of ...ERDOGAN AGAINST ABORTION; 55.5% OF TURKS SUPPORT IT
Public discontent in Turkey is escalating as a draft resolution bans abortion and cesarean operations. The initiative to legally ban abortions in Turkey belongs to Turkey's ruling "Justice and development" ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN AND LEVON ZURABYAN HAD A MEETING
Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and Armenian National Congress parliamentary faction leader Levon Zurabyan have had a meeting, MP Levon Zurabyan told the reporters. Mr Zurabyan said he recommended ...KOFI ANNAN ‘GRAVELY CONCERNED' OVER RISING SYRIAN VIOLENCE
International envoy Kofi Annan says he is "gravely concerned" over rising violence in Syria and reports that civilians are trapped in cities besieged by government forces, Radio Free Europe/Radio ...MAYOR OF VERONA INVITED TO VISIT ARMENIA
Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Karapetyan has visited the city of Verona, Italy, lately, where he met with Mayor of Verona Flavio Tosi, Foreign Ministry's press office said. At the meeting, parties ...GAYANE GASPARYAN ELECTED THE NEW RECTOR OF STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY
A couple of minutes ago Gayane Gasparyan has been elected with the majority of votes the new rector of Yerevan State Linguistic University after V Bryusov. Professors waiting for the voting results outdoor ...ERIK HAMREN: WE DIDN'T REACH THE LEVEL WE WANTED
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Hamren raged: "We didn't show the courage I felt we should get from the players. ...ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ: WE SHOULDN'T HAVE LOST IN UKRAINE
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimović considers that his team did not deserve the defeat in their first match at Euro 2012 against Ukraine, the official website of UEFA reported. "It's tough, it's tough. ...ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS IN GOLDEN SANDS
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On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of the former Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by the highest leadership of the country, visited today the Komitas Pantheon ...EXPERT: SOLUTION KEY IN ARTSAKH
"The recent two incidents were, first of all, unprecedented in their size and secondly, certain operations were carried out against the civilians," expert Edgar Hovhannisyan told Panorama.am commenting ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE EAMON GILMORE
President Serzh Sargsyan received today a delegation led by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore. Parties discussed Armenia's reform process, ...EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN KILLS 80
At least 80 were confirmed dead in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in mountainous northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials confirmed to NBC News. "msnbc" report said a search was ...VARTAN OSKANIAN STATEMENT: IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE MONEY LAUNDERING, THERE MUST FIRST BE DIRTY MONEY
Below we present a statement by member of Prosperous Armenia Party parliamentary faction Vartan Oskanian: "Today the National Security Service issued a statement trying to prove that the criminal case ...HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADEQUATELY ASSESS AZERBAIJAN'S CONDUCT
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Today in Armenian history- 1200 Birth of Vardan Aigektsee (writer of fables).
- 1724 The Russian-Turkish agreement was signed in Constantinople. Almost the whole of Transcaucasia is ceded to Turkey.
- 1752 Azad Khan marches against the Khanate of Yerevan.
- 1839 The Turkish army is overwhelmed near Nizba (northern Syria) by the Egyptian viceroy's forces.
- 1901 The Tsar lifts the Land Tax and the Tobacco Tax in Transcaucasia. He institutes the Spade Tax.
- 1903 Tsar Nicolas the Second confirms the law on the confiscation and nationalization of Armenian church properties and estates. He closes Armenian Parish Schools.
- 1921 Soviet Armenia declares that Artsakh is an integral part of its territory on the basis of the repeatedy expressed will of the majority of its population.
- 1957 Birth of Monte Melkonyan (Commander of Artsakh forces in Martooni). He died in 1993.
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