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Headlines for January 31, 2008
DASHNAKTSUTYUN’S HOVANNISIAN BLASTS FORMER, PRESENT GOVERNMENTS
By Ruben Meloyan
Vahan Hovannisian, the presidential candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), lashed out at Armenia’s present and former leaderships on Thursday, saying they are both to blame ...SARKISIAN DENIES HEAVY RELIANCE ON KARABAKH NATIVES
By Anna Saghabalian 1
Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian defended himself against a common line of opposition attack Thursday when he assured voters that he and President Robert Kocharian never heavily relied on fellow natives ...MPS SEEK RELEASE OF TER-PETROSIAN SUPPORTERS
By Astghik Bedevian
Three pro-government members of Armenia’s parliament were on Thursday reportedly trying to secure the release of four supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosian arrested for assaulting a man who heckled the former ...PROMINENT EX-PREMIER IN RARE MEETING WITH KOCHARIAN
By Emil Danielyan
President Robert Kocharian and Armen Sarkisian, a London-based former prime minister of Armenia, met on Thursday for the first time since their high-profile falling out eight years ago. Kocharian’s office ...ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE ‘UNDER FIRE’
By Emil DanielyanArmenia’s Office of the Prosecutor-General said on Thursday that an unknown gunman fired overnight at its headquarters in downtown Yerevan, in what it described as an attempt to “destabilize the situation” ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1860 Birth of Sargis Moubaiajyan (writer). He died in 1937.
- 1860 Birth in Ghars, of the Armenian writer and public figure Atrpet (Sargees Moobayajyan). His short story, "Tjvtjvik", reflects the social life of the times.
- 1911 Birth in Constantinople of astronomer, faculty member (emeritus) of the University of Mexico Dr. Pishmish (also known as Pareess or Mary Sookeeasian).
- 1924 Adoption of the First Constitution of the USSR.
- 1931 Birth of doctor, pharmacologist and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Emil Gabrielyan in Ashtarak. He is presently working on the cure for AIDS as the leader of the group that has discovered the Armenicum drug.
- 1931 Birth of artist Rafael Atoyan in Leninakan (currently Gyoomree).
- 1965 Death of writer Aharon Tsatoorian. He was born in 1886.
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