GORIS TO HOST ARMENIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Armenian town of Goris will host 73rd Armenian Chess Championship First League on September 17-30. The championship hosts 14 participants, including six Grandmasters and three International Masters, website of Armenian Chess Federation reported.

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Headlines for September 17, 2012

HEZBOLLAH URGES NEW FILM PROTESTS
The leader of the Shia Muslim militant group, Hezbollah, has called for fresh protests in Lebanon on Monday over a film deemed offensive to Muslims, BBC reported. The world needed to know Muslims ...
KATE, WILLIAM TO MAKE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OVER TOPLESS SHOTS
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took topless pictures of the duchess, BBC reported. The couple's lawyers will make the complaint to ...
IRAN HAS HAD FORCES AS 'ADVISERS' IN SYRIA
Iran has had forces in Syria as "advisers," the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Sunday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. A spokesman for Iran's ...
LEON PANETTA HOLDS TALKS IN TOKYO AMID CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is meeting with senior Japanese officials in Tokyo on Monday against the backdrop of an increasingly volatile dispute between Japan and China over a group of small ...
50 ARRESTED IN U.S. CONSULATE ATTACK, LIBYAN LEADER SAYS
Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by foreigners ...
CLEAR WEATHER EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by high pressure field. On September 17, no precipitation is expected in the whole territory. Wind intensification is possible, especially in the Ararat Valley ...
BAKO SAHAKYAN: 20TH CENTURY CAN BE QUALIFIED AS GOLD ERA OF ASTRONOMY
On September 16, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan released an address for the participants of the "Mankind and Space" conference in Artsakh capital, Stepanakert. "Respected participants ...
FOUR NATO TROOPS KILLED BY AFGHAN POLICE
Four NATO soldiers were killed Sunday in the second suspected attack by Afghan police in two days, AFP reported. Afghan authorities said the shooting took place in Zabul province, part of the restive ...
TODAY IS MEMORIAL DAY, OBSERVED AS NON-WORKING DAY
Today, September 17, is a Memorial Day in Armenia. This day, observed as a non-working day, comes after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the last one of the five major feasts of the Armenian ...
IRAN BOOSTS BOUNTY TO KILL SALMAN RUSHDIE
Iran has reportedly raised the reward for the death of Brit-Indian author Salman Rushdie by 500,000 dollars, and said if the writer had previously been killed for blasphemy, then the anti-Islam film that ...
POLICYMIC: NEW CRISIS HAS ERUPTED IN CAUCASUS REGION
Armenians are furious after Hungary released Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, PolicyMic writes. A new crisis has erupted in the Caucasus region. Hungary extradited Ramil Safarov, a 35-year-old Azerbaijani ...
HRANT MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: KARABAKH'S PARTICIPATION IN TALKS SHOULD BE MADE PRECONDITION FOR NEGOTIATIONS
Ramil Safarov's extradition has raised tensions in the region, and is viewed by the international community as a serious challenge to regional security, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told ...
KARINA AMBARTSUMOVA BECOMES BLITZ CHESS CHAMPION IN MOSCOW
Scoring 14 points out of 19, Armenian WIM Karina Ambartsumova became blitz chess champion in Moscow, website of Armenian Chess Federation reported.
MANCHESTER CITY WILL BE A TOP TEAM LIKE REAL MADRID IN 10 YEARS, MANCINI SAYS
Roberto Mancini admits that his Manchester City side is nowhere near as big or successful as Real Madrid but expects the two to be on the same level in the next decade, according to Goal.com. Mancini ...
ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ASHGABAT BOOK FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 22-28
Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, will host International Book Fair on September 22-28, Eduard Militonyan, head of Book and Publishing Center of Armenian Culture Ministry, told Panorama.am. The official noted ...
4.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR ARMENIA'S KAPAN
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook northwestern Iran, near the Armenian city of Kapan today, September 17, 12:21 local time. The earthquake's hypocenter was located at a depth of 10km, Emergency Channel ...
HAK COORDINATOR, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ARMENIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Armenian National Congress (HAK) Coordinator, Levon Zurabyan, met today with Russian Ambassador to Armenia, Vyacheslav Kovalenko. During the meeting, the parties discussed Armenia-Russia relations, regional ...
ARTSAKH PRESIDENT RECEIVES A GROUP OF FAMOUS ASTRONAUTS
On September 16, President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received a group of the participants of a conference titled "Man and the Space," professor of the Institute of Astrophysics of Canary ...
DUTCH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SAFAROV PARDON
Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Verhagen, who visited Baku last week, expressed concern and urged restraint in the conflict with Armenia about the rising tensions due to the granting of amnesty to an ...
GORIS TO HOST ARMENIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Armenian town of Goris will host 73rd Armenian Chess Championship First League on September 17-30. The championship hosts 14 participants, including six Grandmasters and three International Masters, ...
IRANIAN FM LEAVES TO ATTEND CAIRO MEETING ON SYRIA
The Foreign Minister of Iran has left for Egypt to attend a quadrilateral meeting on Syria in Cairo, Iran's Fars news agency said. Tonight Cairo will host a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Iran, Turkey, ...