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SARKISIAN BLASTS ‘CORRUPT’ CUSTOMS
By Emil Danielyan 3
President Serzh Sarkisian has launched an unusually blistering attack on the Armenian customs, saying that corruption within its ranks is “thriving” and hampering the country’s economic development. ...PROMINENT OPPOSITIONIST RELEASED
By Astghik Bedevian
A prominent opposition figure arrested in the wake of Armenia’s disputed presidential election was released on Thursday night pending investigation into his involvement in anti-government demonstrations ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1862 Birth of H.F.B. Lynch in London of Irish parentage. Besides his study of law, he became noted as a writer, a geographer, a politician, and a traveller, with a keen interest in Armenia. His two-volume book on his Armenia travels is a classic and describes life in Armenia at the end of the 19th century. In 1906, he was elected to serve as a member of the British Parliament. (He died in London on 1913 11 24).
- 1877 The Yerevan detachment of the Russian forces, headed by General Ter-Ghukasov, occupies Bayazet for 12 days with the help of Armenian home guards.
- 1933 Death of Avetik Sahakian (Father Abraham), the Parliamentary President of the First Armenian Republic.
- 1953 The administrative districts of Yerevan, Kirovakan, and Leninakan are dissolved.
- 1958 Inauguration of the Armenian SSR's Art Institute.
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