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Armenia Left Without Anthem
By Astghik Bedevian
Armenia was effectively left without a national anthem on Wednesday as its parliament failed to meet a constitutional deadline for reaffirming the existing state symbol or introducing a new one. The ...New ArmenTel Owner Vague On Investments, Prices
By Karine Kalantarian
The new Russian owner of the ArmenTel national operator on Wednesday pledged to improve the quality of telecommunication services in Armenia but stopped short of making specific investment commitments. ...Contract Killing Suspect Freed, For Now
By Ruzanna Stepanian
One of the two men charged with assassinating a senior Armenian tax official has been released from pre-trial detention pending investigation, law-enforcement authorities said on Wednesday. Sona Truzian, ...Parliament Extends Iraq Mission
AP
Armenia's parliament on Wednesday approved extending this ex-Soviet republic's small troop presence in Iraq for one year. Lawmakers in the 131-seat parliament voted 85-19, with one abstention, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1846 The Tsar recognizes the khans, beks, aghalars, and meliks as hereditary land-owners.
- 1863 The group inspecting the Zeitoon affair (consisting of Europeans and Armenians) travels to Marash.
- 1907 Death of novelist Perch Proshyan in Baku. He was born in 1837.
- 1920 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR decrees Armenian to be the state language.
- 1921 Arshavir Shirakian executes the Grand Vezir Sayid Halim Pasha in Rome for his role in the Armenian Genocide.
- 1921 Arshavir Shirakian executes Turkish Prime Minister Sayid Halim in Rome for his part in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
- 1956 Death of Derenik Demirchyan (writer) in Yerevan. He was born in 1877.
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