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Headlines for February 11, 2008
HIGH COURT REFUSES TO DELAY ARMENIAN VOTE
By Ruzanna Khachatrian
The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s demand to postpone Armenia’s presidential election by two weeks because of state television’s perceived biased coverage ...OPPOSITION ELECTION ALLIANCE ‘STILL POSSIBLE’
By Ruzann Stepanian and Emil Danielyan
Former parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian indicated on Monday that he might still endorse fellow opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian while having his name on the ballot. Prime Minister ...ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTRY GUTTED BY FIRE
By Hovannes Shoghikian
Firefighters needed more seven than hours to put out a fire that gutted on Saturday the building housing the Armenian Ministry of Justice and destroyed many documents kept there. Officials said the blaze ...KOCHARIAN DENIES AGREEING TO LAND SWAP WITH AZERBAIJAN
By Emil Danielyan
President Robert Kocharian has dismissed as a “cheap pre-election ploy” his predecessor Levon Ter-Petrosian’s claims that he had agreed to a controversial land swap with Azerbaijan that would strip Armenia ...TURKISH ACTIVISTS DEMAND JUSTICE AT DINK MURDER TRIAL
AFPTurkish intellectuals and politicians called for a fair and transparent ruling Monday in Istanbul as the third hearing began in a case against three alleged killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1818 Birth of Anton Garagashyan (historian) in Constantinople. He died in 1903.
- 1829 Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Ambassador in Iran, poet and a friend of the Armenians, falls victim to Fateh-Ali Shah's brutal attack.
- 1841 Birth of Patriarch Malachia Ormanyan in Constantinople. He died in 1918.
- 1882 Birth of Garsoev (Garsoyan). He was a military figure, and a Professor of Naval Science. His rank was Captain, Second Level.
- 1884 Birth of Ashkharabek Kalantar (Lorees Kalantar) in Ardvee (Loree Province). Thanks to this professor of armenology, archeology, and history, many scholarly materials, including Anee's archeological collections, have survived.
- 1936 Birth of Paulo Cuneo, Italian architect and art critic. He was one of the founders of the Medieval Armenian Architecture Department at Rome University.
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