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Headlines for September 01, 2012US DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WE ARE EXPRESSING OUR DEEP CONCERN TO AZERBAIJAN REGARDING THIS ACTION
The United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov, who returned to Baku today following his transfer from Hungary. Mr. ...MEXICO 'DRUG LORD' EXTRADITED TO US
A suspected leader of Mexico's once-notorious Tijuana drugs cartel, Eduardo Arellano Felix, has been extradited to face trial in the United States, according to BBC.
Arellano Felix, 55, was arrested ...VENEZUELA'S OIL REFINERY REOPENS AFTER FIRE
Venezuela's largest oil refinery has resumed production after a massive blast killed 42 people last week, state oil company PDVSA says, according to BBC.
Last Saturday's explosion at the Amuay refinery ...UNPRECEDENTED CIVIL UNION UNITES BRAZILIAN TRIO
Brazilian public notary Claudia do Nascimento Domingues set off a firestorm by granting Brazil's first civil union to a trio, an act so unprecedented that there isn't a word for it in Portuguese, CNN ...POLICE TRY TO IDENTIFY DISMEMBERED BODY FOUND IN NIAGARA RIVER
Niagara Regional Police asked Friday for the public's help in identifying the woman whose dismembered body was found in the Canadian portion of the Niagara River, CNN reported.
The torso, which had ...U.S. SCIENTISTS TEST NEW MARINE ROBOT HURRICANE-HUNTERS
As Tropical Storm Isaac was on its path through the Caribbean before becoming a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week, U.S. scientists were testing an experimental new weather spy tool - an unmanned, ...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by Black Sea front influence. The 1st and 2nd of September will be mostly cloudy; rain and thunderstorm are expected all over the territory from time to time; ...RA MFA: RA MFA NOTIFIED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HUNGARY ABOUT SUSPENSION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO STATES
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia has released a statement. "On 31 August, 2012 the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary has announced about its authorisation ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: VARDAN GHUKASYAN'S SECURITY GUARD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR 2 MONTHS
Harutyun Hambaryan, the security guard of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, was taken into custody for 2 months on Friday within the framework of the criminal case on the crossfire incident in Gyumri, Haykakan ...FRANK PALLONE: ‘I AM OUTRAGED BY THE RECKLESS ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN'
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), co-chair of the Congressional Armenian Issues Caucus, issued the following statement condemning the Azerbaijani Government's pardon of Azerbaijani military officer ...BRAD SHERMAN: ‘BAKU'S ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE A STUBBORN REFUSAL TO AVOID THREATS AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOR'
Congressman Brad Sherman, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding Azerbaijan's freeing of Ramil Safarov:
"I am deeply dismayed by the Hungarian ...CHORRORD INKNISHKHANUTYUN: GOGA, RUBEN VARDANYAN ATTEND ROBERT KOCHARYAN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, solemnly marked his 58th birthday in Artsakh on August 31, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun reports. "Rumors say among the invitees were high ranking military ...ARMENIAN FM TO MEET WITH OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS IN PARIS
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Paris, where he will meet with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on September 2, Armenian Foreign Ministry press service reported.ARAVOT: SHOOTING REPORTED OUTSIDE CAFÉ OWNED BY FORMER MP
Yesterday, it was reported that shooting took place outside the Lemon Lunch café in Yerevan's Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district, according to Aravot daily.
A man, 23, resident of Georgia's ...ARMENIA MARKS KNOWLEDGE DAY - SEPTEMBER 1
On Saturday, September 1, Armenian students mark Knowledge Day, the beginning of a new school year. All schools in the country traditionally hold a celebratory assembly, while at colleges and universities ...PROTEST VIGIL OUTSIDE ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
A protest vigil is taking place outside the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Yerevan against the extradition of killer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan by the Hungarian authorities. The protest is organized ...SERZH SARGSYAN: THERE CAN BE ONLY AN EDUCATED ARMENIA, AN UNEDUCATED ARMENIA SIMPLY CANNOT EXIST
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has issued a congratulatory address on Knowledge Day. "Dear Schoolchildren,
Teachers and Parents,
Dear Students and Professors, I congratulate you on the occasion of ...VIVACELL-MTS: NEW TERMS FOR ‘HOT NIGHTS' TARIFF PLAN SUBSCRIBERS
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, is glad to announce that the new subscribers of the "Hot Nights" prepaid tariff plan can consume 200 MBs of Internet during the daytime (from 09:00 ...YOSSI BENAYOUN BACK AT WEST HAM
Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun has made a return to West Ham, five years after leaving the club, ESPN reported.
Benayoun, 32, moves to Upton Park on a season-long loan deal. He spent the last campaign ...TRIPLE VOLUME OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FOR ORANGE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR CLOSE ONES
On the occasion of the start of the new academic year, today Orange launched two new offers for internet, company's press service reports. Starting from today and until October 31st, when subscribing ...GREGORY VAN DER WIEL HEADING FOR PSG
Holland right-back Gregory Van der Wiel is believed to be on his way to Paris for a medical at Paris Saint-Germain, Sports Mole reported. The Ajax defender has been linked with both Arsenal and Newcastle ...ANZHI SIGN LASSANA DIARRA ON LOAN
Real Madrid have announced on their official website that they have reached an agreement with Anzhi Makhachkala over the one-season loan of Lassana Diarra, pending a medical, Goal.com reported. The Russian ...ARMENIA'S DELEGATION LEAVES FOR STEPANAKERT
Today a delegation of the Republic of Armenia, led by Speaker of Armenian National Assembly, Hovik Abrahamyan, left for the capital of Artsakh, Stepanakert, to attend festive events dedicated to the 21st ...ARMENIAN OFFICER, WHO ESCAPED KILLING BY RAMIL SAFAROV, TO SUE AZERBAIJAN AND HUNGARY
Armenian officer Hayk Makuchyan, who escaped killing by Azeri officer Ramil Safarov in Budapest in 2004, is going to apply to relevant European institutions to defend his rights. He is consulting his ...BALOTELLI TO UNDERGO EYE SURGERY
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has confirmed that Mario Balotelli is set to undergo eye surgery on September 4, according to Goal.com. The 22-year-old is no longer able to wear contact lenses and ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Knowledge Day.
- 570 Signature of the Treaty between Armenia and the Byzantine Empire.
- 1387 Tamerlane's forces surround and occupy Fort Van (Western Armenia).
- 1850 The "Ararat" weekly is first published in Tbilissi (Georgia). Gabriel Patkanyan is the publisher.
- 1860 Creation of the "National Union" with the active participation of Meekayel Nalbandyan in Constantinople.
- 1860 The Armenian Benevolent Union is created.
- 1861 G.Yeranyan, N.Tashtchyan and T.Tshookhadjiyan publish the semi-annual "Armenian Lyre" periodical devoted to music.
- 1868 Opening of the Yerevan Gymnasium.
- 1868 Birth in Elizabetpol (Gandzak) of Melik Melikyan (Bolshevik politician). He was murdered in Baku in 1918.
- 1886 Minas Cheraz opens the Central College at Kalatia (Constantinople).
- 1894 The centenary of Armenian journalism is celebrated.
- 1920 The First Assembly of Eastern Peoples opens in Baku with Armenian participation.
- 1939 Start of the Second World War.
- 1958 The Agriculture and Agrochemistry Research Institute is founded within Armenia's Ministry of Agriculture.
- 1966 Continuing an unbroken practice since the thirties, Soviet Armenia sends petitions to the central authorities in Moscow to return Artsakh to Armenia. These petitions eventually are accompanied by mass protests in Artsakh, which lead to a crackdown by the Communist authorities.
- 1997 Arkady Ghukasyan (former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Artsakh) is elected President of Artsakh.
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