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Headlines for March 17, 2008

TER-PETROSIAN, ALLIES DISCUSS NEXT STEPS
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Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his opposition allies remaining at large have met to discuss their further steps, saying that they will continue to strive for regime change in Armenia by “legal ...
KOCHARIAN DEFENDS CONTINUING MEDIA BLACKOUT
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President Robert Kocharian defended through a spokesman on Monday his administration’s continuing refusal to allow Armenia’s leading independent and pro-opposition newspapers and online publications to ...
SAUDI ROYALS ON FIRST-EVER TRIP TO ARMENIA
A prominent Saudi prince met President Robert Kocharian and Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan at the weekend during a first-ever visit to Armenia by a member of Saudi Arabia’s ruling dynasty. ...

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Today in Armenian history

1863 The Sultan confirms the shortened version of the National Constitution of Western Armenians.
1863 Turkish government approves the 1860 05 24 "National Constitution" with severe restrictions and censorship.
1865 Birth of Manuk Abeghyan (linguist) in Astapat, Nakhichevan (Armenia). He died in 1944.
1872 Birth of Nathan Amirkhanian (Knyazev), composer, conductor, organist and teacher. He was a Director of the Odessa Opera and also organized Armenian Choirs in Baku.
1898 Russia's committee of Ministries decides to give Armenian school properties to the state authorities.
1922 Birth in Alexandropol (Gyoomree) of Sergey Hambardzoomian, mechanics scholar and academician. He was Vice-President of the Armenian Academy of Science, and Rector of Yerevan State University.
1962 Khojivank's Cemetery of Tbilisi, which had long since become a park by this time, was now to be called the Armenian Pantheon of Culture. Thirty four remains (Toomanian, Aghayan, Mooratsan, Jivany, Akhverdian, Oganezashvily and others) lie here. The first to be interred was the Great Komitas, who had died in a Paris asylum - after losing his mind on receivng the news of the 1915 Genocide.
1963 Sixth Election of the Armenian SSR's Supreme Soviet.
1975 Birth of Alexander Jivelegov, in New Nakhitshevan (Rostov, Russia). He was a historian, art and literature critic, translator, and corresponding member of the Armenian Academy of Science.