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Headlines for January 18, 2008
KOCHARIAN HINTS AT FIRST-ROUND SARKISIAN WIN
By Emil Danielyan and Ruzanna Stepanian
President Robert Kocharian indicated on Friday that he expects Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian to win outright in the first round of Armenia’s upcoming presidential election, saying that a run-off vote ...U.S. DROPS PLANS FOR FIRST-EVER EXIT POLL IN ARMENIA
By Emil Danielyan
The United States has abandoned plans to sponsor a first-ever exit poll in Armenia in the face of serious opposition misgivings about the objectivity of public opinion surveys already conducted with U.S. ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORMALLY REGISTERED
By Ruzanna Khachatrian
All nine individuals seeking to stand in Armenia’s presidential election were formally registered as candidates by the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Friday. The CEC swiftly accepted their applications ...ARMENIA TO BOOST TROOP PRESENCE IN KOSOVO
By Hovannes Shoghikian
Armenia plans to double the number of its soldiers stationed in Kosovo in line with its commitment to expanding its participation in multinational peace-keeping missions abroad, Defense Minister Mikael ...THOUSANDS TO RALLY IN ISTANBUL ON DINK MURDER ANNIVERSARY
By Nicolas Cheviron, AFP
Thousands are expected to gather in Istanbul Saturday in memory of Armenian-Turk campaigning editor Hrant Dink, on the first anniversary of his hate-slaying outside his weekly newspaper's offices. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1830 Following Sultan Mahmood's decree and the advice of the French, British, and Russian ambassadors, the Armenian Catholics in Turkey were given a Patriarchate and their own administrative organization.
- 1888 Birth, in Constantinople, of the actor Vahram Papazyan. He is considered to have no equal in the Armenian theater.
- 1906 Birth of composer Ashot Satian. He died in 1958.
- 1911 Birth of theater personality Gevorg Ashughyan.
- 1990 Start of hostilities between Armenian and Azeri Turkish forces near Raskh.
- 2001 The French Senate recognizes the 1915 Genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
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