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Headlines for January 25, 2007
POLICE GUARD TURKISH-ARMENIAN PAPER AFTER DEATH THREATS
Ruben Meloyan in Istanbul and Emil Danielyan
A Turkish-Armenian newspaper whose prominent editor Hrant Dink was gunned down last week was placed under police protection on Thursday after reporting death threats from a shadowy ultranationalist group. ...COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES TURKISH LAW CHANGE
Reuters
A European rights watchdog urged Ankara on Thursday to change a law that many Turks say fuels hardline nationalism and contributed to the murder of a prominent Armenian editor. The Parliamentary Assembly ...TOP GENERAL TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT ON DASHNAK TICKET
By Astghik Bedevian
A top army general confirmed on Thursday reports that he will resign as Armenia’s deputy defense minister to run for parliament on the ticket of the governing Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). ...ARMENIAN MILITARY OPENS FIRST THINK-TANK
By Astghik Bedevian
Armenia’s Defense Ministry inaugurated on Thursday a special think-tank that will advise it on defense and national security. A new two-story building of the National Institute of Strategic Studies was ...
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By Ruzanna StepanianTOP GENERAL TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT ON DASHNAK TICKET
By Astghik BedevianEX-KARABAKH STRONGMAN RULES OUT ELECTION BLOCS
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Today in Armenian history- 1855 The Patriarch of Constantinople formally forbids the use of Roosseenian's "Orthology" and "Calendar" in Armenian schools. He condemned their style and ordered Armenian writers to bring the contemporary language closer to the "ancestor's true language".
- 1891 Birth of mathematician and civil-engineer, professor Ashot Ter-Mkrtchyan in Shooshee (Artsakh).
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