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Headlines for July 12, 2012'BOMB DETECTOR' MAKER JIM MCCORMICK FACES FRAUD CHARGES
A businessman who sold a bomb-detecting device to 20 countries, including Iraq, has been charged with fraud, Avon and Somerset Police said, according to BBC.
Jim McCormick, 55, has been on bail for ...ISRAELI JAILED FOR ILLEGAL US KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
An Israeli convicted of arranging US kidney transplants for profit has been given a two-and-a-half-year sentence, BBC reported.
Levy Izhak Rosenbaum admitted brokering kidney transplants for profit, ...FATHER DENIES KILLING DAUGHTER IN UK 'HONOR MURDER' CASE
A man accused of killing his teenage daughter in England because of her "Westernized" lifestyle denied the murder in court Wednesday, CNN reported.
Iftikhar Ahmed said it was "devastating" ...EGYPT PRESIDENT SEEKS TALKS OVER PARLIAMENT CRISIS
Egypt's Islamist president said on Wednesday he wanted talks with the judiciary and political powers to defuse a crisis over him trying reinstate parliament in defiance of generals who dissolved it last ...HRAPARAK: HAK, PAP HAVE DIVIDED FUTURE POWER
Hraparak touched upon the forthcoming presidential elections and possible cooperation between HAK and PAP. "Vartan Oskanian will be the best candidate. It will not be difficult to persuade HAK to back ...ZHOGHOVURD: RELATIONS BETWEEN HERITAGE AND FREE DEMOCRATS BECOMING TENSE
Zhoghovurd, citing well-informed sources, reports that relations between Heritage and Free Democrats parties are deteriorating and becoming tense.
"There is serious distrust between these two parties. ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: TAMAMYAN MAY BE PARDONED
Former Head of the Central Department of Criminal Investigation of RA Police Hovhannes Tamamyan, who was sentenced to four years in prison for abuse of office, may be pardoned, Haykakan Zhamanak writes. ...ZHOGHOVURD: DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE FALLS ABRUPTLY
Dollar exchange rate suddenly fell during one night to 414 (sale) and 417 (purchase) from 420 and 417, respectively, Zhoghovurd writes.
"In such cases authorities always blame "floating" exchange rate, ...ZHAMANAK: VARDAN GHUKASYAN NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION
Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan is not running for reelection. Zhamanak reports that Serzh Sargsyan decided that PAP member Samvel Balasanyan should run for mayor of Gyumri. PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan ...168 ZHAM: OSKANIAN'S CASE DEADLOCKED
The ruling clique and the National Security Service have reached a deadlock situation concerning criminal proceedings against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and Civilitas Foundation, 168 Zham ...ARAVOT: INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIES THOSE WHO TRANSPORTED GAS BALLOONS TO REPUBLIC SQUARE
High temperature and open fire caused the explosion of methane-filled balloons in Republic Square on May 4, according to expert conclusion, Aravot reports. According to the paper, the preliminary investigation ...GAGIK KHACHATRYAN VISITS ARTSAKH
President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia Gagik Khachatryan on July 11.
At the meeting, the sides discussed issues related to cooperation ...OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR OBSERVANCE OF CEASEFIRE, VOICES SUPPORT TO REFORM
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, on an official visit to Armenia today, stressed the importance of strict observance of the ceasefire on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on the ...BIN LADEN'S COOK FREED FROM GUANTANAMO
A man who spent a decade as a prisoner in the U.S. detention facility for militants in Guantanamo Bay returned Wednesday to his native Sudan after completing a shortened sentence for aiding al Qaeda in ...WILD BOAR STORMS BANK IN AUSTRIA
This wild boar stormed a bank in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria and was caught on the bank's CCTV, Austrian Times reported.
The pig had stormed into the Raiffeisen bank in the middle of the night ...ARMEN GEVORGYAN CONDUCTS CABINET MEETING
Armenian cabinet meeting was held today. Deputy Prime Minister, Territorial Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan conducted the meeting. The cabinet decided to hold an All-Armenian Forum of Political ...U.S., ARMENIA LAUNCH ANTI-CORRUPTION AWARENESS PROJECT
On July 12, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern and Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian officially launched a joint anti-corruption awareness project at Zvartnots International Airport. ...COUNCIL OF EUROPE LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR ARMENIA 2012-2014
The Council of Europe will launch a three-year action plan on 12 July in Yerevan to support Armenia's agenda for reform in the areas of human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
The new plan will ...SUPPORTING SEVAN MUNICIPALITY TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION LEVELS
Dafina Gercheva, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia and USAID/Armenia staff visited the town of Sevan on July 12 to tour the waste collection and recycling activities of the ...ALEXANDER MARGAROV: ANY POLITICAL PROCESS IN ARTSAKH IS IMPORTANT IN ITSELF
Electoral processes in Artsakh are important in themselves, political scientist Alexander Margarov told reporters, commenting on the forthcoming presidential elections in Artsakh. "Presidential elections ...ARTSAKH PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE
On 12 July Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree appointing Hakob Ghahramanyan chairman of the NKR State Commission on Regulating Public Services and Economic Competition for a term of 5 years, ...JOSE MOURINHO: I AM CERTAIN JOHN TERRY IS NOT A RACIST
Jose Mourinho has expressed his certainty that John Terry is not a racist. The current Real Madrid boss worked alongside Terry during his three-year stint in charge of Chelsea up until 2007. In a character ...WORLD BANK GROUP PROVIDES OVER $10.4 BILLION TO EMERGING EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
The World Bank Group provided US $10.47 billion in funding to governments in Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) in fiscal year 2012, which ended on June 30, amid uncertainty in the Eurozone and modest ...MAYOR OF GYUMRI TO RUN FOR REELECTION
"Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan will run for reelection. We have not changed our plans," Lilit Aghekyan, spokesperson for Vardan Ghukasyan, told Panorama.am, commenting on media reports that Vardan ...YIRIKIAN TO CHILDREN: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STARTS WITH YOUR ASPIRATIONS FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, is pleased to announce that the cooperation with Children of Armenia Fund is expressed not only in material form, but also by raising awareness ...VILLAS-BOAS ACCUSES ROMAN ABRAMOVICH OF BREAKING HIS PROMISE
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas says he "will never accept" his sacking from Chelsea, accusing owner Roman Abramovich of breaking his promise last season, ESPN reported.
Villas-Boas ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1864 Birth of satirist Harootyoon Alpiar. He died in 1919.
- 1923 Creation of the Bureau of History of the Communist Party of Armenia as an adjunct to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia.
- 1924 Under the initiative of the Norwegian scholar Friedthof Nansen, the League of Nations decides to grant Nansen Passports to the Armenians who had survived the Armenian Genocide.
- 1933 Death of the writer Nar-Dos (Meekael Hovhannissyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1867.
- 1934 First issue of the "Communist" newspaper (property of the Central Committee of Armenia's Communist Party, Yerevan's City Committee, and the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR).
- 1938 Opening of the first session of the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet's first convention.
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