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Headlines for September 20, 2012UN CHIEF: NO MILITARY SOLUTION IN SYRIA
The UN secretary general has said a military solution is not the answer to the Syrian conflict, though both government and rebels seem determined to defeat each other by force, BBC reported.
Ban Ki-moon ...US ACTRESS SUES OVER ANTI-ISLAM FILM
A US actress who appeared in the anti-Islam film that sparked protests across the Muslim world is suing the film's suspected director, BBC reported.
Cindy Lee Garcia accused Nakoula Basseley Nakoula ...FIRST MOTHER-DAUGHTER WOMB TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED IN SWEDEN
Two Swedish women have received new wombs donated by their mothers in the first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants, officials said, according to CNN.
The first woman had her uterus removed years ...SYRIAN CHILDREN TORTURED, UN OFFICIAL SAYS
Four young men were burned to death in Hama province Wednesday when regime forces set fire to a house, an opposition group said, according to CNN. They are among dozens killed Wednesday in the bloody ...NEW CHARGES SOUGHT AGAINST COLORADO GUNMAN
Prosecutors have filed a motion to add 10 new charges against accused Colorado gunman James Holmes, arrested following the July movie theater shootings that killed 12 people, and have asked to amend 17 ...AIR TEMPERATURE WILL NOT CHANGE
The weather in Armenia will be conditioned by feebly expressed high pressure field. Overcast weather is expected today in the northern regions, transitory rain is possible in spots. Sunny weather is expected ...CHORRORD INKNISHKHANUTYUN: MNATSAKAN MNATSAKANYAN WILL GIVE UP HIS PARLIAMENTARY MANDATE?
Rumors say MP Mnatsakan Mnatsakanyan told his RPA teammates that he has decided to give up his parliamentary mandate, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes. "The lawmaker complained to his friends that he ...ZHOGHOVURD: VAZGEN MANUKYAN GIVEN TERRITORY IN NORTHERN AVENUE
Zhoghovurd daily, citing well-informed sources, reports that months ago, chairman of Armenia's Public Council, Vazgen Manukyan, was given a territory in Yerevan's Northern Avenue. When asked to comment ...HRAPARAK: AT LONG LAST, ZULOYAN, KARAPETYAN GET POSITIONS
At long last, yesterday, Nelson Zuloyan and David Karapetyan, Orinats Yerkir Party proportional list candidates (9-10th positions) were appointed Acting Head of the Project Implementation Unit of Ministry ...ARTSAKH PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR YEREVAN TO ATTEND ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS
...CANADIAN MP: MURDER SHOULD BE CONDEMNED, NOT REWARDED
Canadian MP Harold Albrecht condemns the pardon and glorification of Azeri axe-murderer Ramil Safarov. He made the following statement on Safarov case at parliament on Wednesday. "I rise today to express ...FORMER TALIN MAYOR REFUTES REPORTS OF HIS INTENTION TO RESIGN AS MP
Mnatsakan Mnatsakanyan, former Talin mayor, member of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary faction, told Panorama.am that he is tired of gossip about himself. Commenting on today's media reports, ...ARMENIAN HEALTH MINISTER ORDERS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL ON DRUG MARKET
Armenian Health Minister Derenik Dumanyan has visited the Scientific Center of Drug and Medical Technology Expertise and met with the personnel, Armenian Ministry of Health said. Mr Dumanyan ordered the ...TRIAL AGAINST LIEUTENANT COLONEL VARDAN SAMVELYAN DETAINED OVER ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP HARSNAKAR RESTAURANT STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 25
The trial against Armenian Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Samvelyan, who was detained over an attempt to blow up the Harsnakar restaurant, starts at the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan's Kentron and ...VIVACELL-MTS NAMED BEST EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, announces the Company has been recognized as the Best Employer during the Best Public Servant and the Best Trademark of the Year National Award ...PACE TO DEBATE SAFAROV ON OCTOBER 1
A request has been made to debate Safarov in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), according to the draft agenda of PACE (October 1-5), published on PACE website. The debate on Safarov ...ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: CSTO EXERCISE WAS IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE
Caucasus Institute director, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan believes CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force Cooperation-2012 joint military exercise that was held in Armenia was important and unique ...LEVON BABUJIAN LEADS ARMENIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
GM Levon Babujian leads First League of 73rd Armenian Chess Championship in Goris with 3 points after three rounds.
GM Artur Chibukhchian has scored 2.5 points. FM Robert Aghasaryan and IM Hovik Hayrapetyan ...MOURINHO SUES MARCA EDITOR
Jose Mourinho has filed a civil lawsuit against Marca editor Roberto Palomar for making defamatory comments in an article about Real Madrid coach, Goal.com reported. The journalist published a story on ...ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE AMD 20 MILLION MONETARY AWARD TO ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS FOR WINNING OLYMPIC CHAMPION TITLE
Armenian government has allocated AMD 114 million to Armenian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to give monetary awards to Armenian chess players, Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, ...ORANGE: ALL ON-NET SMS MESSAGES TO COST 1 AMD ON SEPTEMBER 21ST
Tomorrow, on September 21st, Independent Armenia becomes 21 years old. Only on this day all Orange customers will have the possibility to send congratulations through SMS to all Orange subscribers for ...SHAKIRA, FOOTBALLER GERARD PIQUE EXPECTING FIRST CHILD
Spanish and Barcelona defender Gerard Pique will become dad as his singer girlfriend Shakira announced to be pregnant on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Colombian Shakira, who's bowing out of a music festival ...SYRIAN FORCES KILL 100 AFGHAN MILITANTS
A Syrian military gunship crashed Thursday near Damascus' suburb of Douma, the state-news agency SANA said, according to Xinhua.
There have been no further words from the official media about the ...ARMENIAN, ARTSAKH PRESIDENTS VISIT MATENADARAN
President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan, along with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, visited today Matenadaran museum-institute of old manuscripts and got acquainted with the institute's renovated ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Russian forces occupy Fort Sardarapat.
- 1854 The Battle of Alma in the Crimea.
- 1908 Birth of Catholicos Vazgen the First. He died in 1994.
- 1918 A British Army firing squad summarily murders the 26 Baku Commissars of the Baku Commune (including Stepan Shahoomyan) somewhere on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
- 1962 The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet awards composer Avet Avetisyan the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
- 1990 The Azeri Turk attack on Martooni (Artsakh) is repulsed.
- 1992 Artsakh unsuccessfully petitions the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States and other countries for recognition of its independence.
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