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TURKISH-ARMENIAN EDITOR SHOT DEAD IN ISTANBUL
Reuters, RFE/RL, dpa, AFP
Hrant Dink, a high-profile Turkish-Armenian editor convicted of insulting Turkey's identity, was shot dead outside his newspaper office in Istanbul on Friday. Dink, a frequent target of nationalist ...‘PUNISHMENT’ SOUGHT FOR ARMENIAN JUDGES IN ARMY MURDER CASE
By Ruzanna Stepanian
Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian pledged on Friday to seek “punishment” for some of the judges that have handed down diametrically opposite verdicts in the saga of three Armenian soldiers controversially ...JUSTICE MINISTER DENIES PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNS
By Ruben Meloyan
Justice Minister David Harutiunian on Friday sought to end speculation about his participation in the next Armenian presidential election, saying he harbors no ambitions to succeed President Robert Kocharian ...SARKISIAN RULES OUT ARMY RELIANCE IN ELECTIONS
By Ruzanna Stepanian
Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Friday he will not force tens of thousands of army conscripts to vote for his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) in the upcoming parliamentary elections. “I ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1868 Birth of the national public figure and diplomat Tigran Kelekyan in Caesaria. The Shah of Persia awarded him the title of Khan and appointed him ambassador in the USA. After the Genocide of the Armenians by the Turks in Adana (1909), he founded the Kelekyan Orphanage. He also assisted Matisse, Picasso, Braque, and the Ladies' School Assistance Committee.
- 1870 Birth of actor Grigor Avetian. He died in 1946.
- 1910 Birth of Hrachia Kochar (writer). He died in 1965.
- 1918 The "Word of the Worker" newspaper is published in Baku.
- 1920 The First Conference of Armenian Communist Organizations takes place in Yerevan.
- 1920 The Paris Peace Conference recognizes, de facto, the Republic of Armenia.
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