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Headlines for December 20, 2006
Pipeline Break Cuts Russian Gas Supply To Armenia
By Ruzanna Stepanian
Armenia was receiving a fraction of its regular gas supplies from Russia for a third consecutive day on Wednesday due to the reported rupture at a vital pipeline running through neighboring Georgia. ...Another Village Chief Shot Dead
By Astghik BedevianThe mayor of a big village in southern Armenia was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in what his relatives and friends claimed was a politically motivated killing. Roland Mkrtchian, 60, was gunned ...U.S. Voices ‘Solidarity’ With Armenian Rights Defenders
By Emil Danielyan
A senior U.S. diplomat on Wednesday heaped praise on Armenia’s leading human rights defenders, saying that the United States believes their activities are “critical” for the country’s democratic future. ...Yerevan Seeks International Condemnation Of Monument Destruction
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The Armenian government has launched a traveling photo exhibition of what it claims is destruction of monuments at an ethnic Armenian cemetery in the Azerbaijani region of Nakhichevan. "The Armenian ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1808 Birth of Mser Mseryants (public figure and philologist) in Smyrna. He died in 1873 in Moscow (Russia).
- 1883 Spandar Spandarian publishes the "Nor Dar" newspaper in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1885 Birth of Askanaz Mravyan (bolshevik politician). He was murdered by Soviet Police in 1929.
- 1912 The tsarist government promulgates a law on farmers' rights in the regions of Tbilissi, Kutais, Yerevan, Elizavetpol, and Baku provinces. Their servitude is abolished and they are allowed to buy back their land with state support.
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