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Headlines for March 24, 2008

SARKISIAN VISITS MOSCOW, PLEDGES CLOSER TIES
By Aza Babayan in Moscow
Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Monday discussed the post-election unrest in Armenia with Russia's top leaders and assured them he will strive to further deepen Russian-Armenian relations during his ...
POPULAR FUNDRAISER KEEPS INDEPENDENT TV ON AIR
By Satenik Vantsian in Gyumri
A cash-strapped independent television station looked set to avoid an immediate closure on Monday thanks to an unprecedented fund-raising campaign that has enabled it to pay the bulk of a hefty fine imposed ...
FIRED DIPLOMATS SUE ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
By Astghik Bedevian
Four Armenian diplomats who were fired after publicly describing last month's presidential election as fraudulent filed a lawsuit against the Foreign Ministry on Monday, saying that their sacking was ...

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1724 The Armenians and Azeri Turks of Gandzak sign an agreement to stand up to the Ottoman Turks.
1873 Birth of Nikolay Aghbalyan (educator). He died in 1947.
1894 The Hntshak Party figure Jeerayr was hung in Yozghat.
1903 Birth of philosopher and art historian, Hrant Apresian.
1922 Opening of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR.
1932 Birth of Vladimir Yengibarian, world famous boxer, European, World, and Olympic Games' champion, international referee.
1934 Birth of American Orientalist Robert Thomson. He was awarded a PhD from Cambridge University for Assyrian and Armenian translations. He translated the "Armenian History" by Agathangelos.
1988 The Presidency of the Supreme Soviet of Armenia decided to stop the "Gharabagh" Committee by considering its activity illegal and anti-constitutional.
1988 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union appoints Arkadi Volski as its authorized representative in the territory of Artsakh.
1992 The Helsinki Additional Meeting of the CSCE (now Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE) Council decides to have a Chairman-in-Office visit the region to contribute to the establishment and the maintenance of a cease-fire in Transcaucasia.

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