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Headlines for March 28, 2008
FREEZE ON U.S. AID TO ARMENIA ‘VERY REAL’
By Ruben Meloyan 4
The United States could freeze its multimillion-dollar economic assistance to Armenia if the authorities in Yerevan continue to crack down on dissent, restrict civil liberties and roll back democratic ...HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DEPLORES ARMENIAN RALLY BAN
By Emil Danielyan
A leading international human rights organization demanded on Friday that the Armenian authorities lift their effective ban on opposition demonstrations and end mass detentions of opposition supporters ...OPPOSITION LISTS CONDITIONS FOR DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT
By Ruzanna Stepanian and Anna Saghabalian
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his leading political allies on Friday reaffirmed their stated readiness to engage in “dialogue” with Armenia’s leadership but said it is conditional on an end ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1799 Birth of Eone Kish (Kishian), Hungarian Armenian revolutionary figure.
- 1827 General Ivan Paskevich is appointed Governor of the Caucasus and Commander of the Caucasian Special Corps.
- 1830 Birth of organist, conductor, teacher, and public figure, Anton Mayilian in Tbilissi.
- 1907 Birth of surgeon Ivan Gevorgian. He invented pain-killers and pioneered new ways for blood transfusion.
- 1920 The Drama Institute presents its first play.
- 1923 Birth of two-time hero and pilot Nelson Stepanian. The group of pilots led by Nelson Stepanian sank more than 50 enemy ships and destroyed 13 airplanes in World War Two. Nelson Stepanian flew 240 sorties. He died in a dogfight in 1944.
- 1928 Birth of artist and sculptor Ara Harootoonian. His great architectural work is the Sardarapat complex.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR rejects Artsakh's demand to be reunited with Armenia.
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