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Headlines for April 21, 2008
NEW ARMENIAN CABINET FORMED
By Emil Danielyan and Ruzanna Khachatrian
President Serzh Sarkisian completed the formation of his coalition government on Monday with the appointment of five more ministers, among them an influential figure close to his predecessor Robert Kocharian. ...THOUSANDS RALLY IN YEREVAN WITH RARE GOVERNMENT CONSENT
By Astghik Bedevian
In what was the first opposition rally authorized by the Armenian government in two months, thousands of people assembled in Yerevan at the weekend to voice support for former President Levon Ter-Petrosian ...YEREVAN ‘ACCEPTS’ COUNCIL OF EUROPE DEMANDS
By Astghik Bedevian and Ruzanna Khachatrian
The Armenian authorities have accepted the Council of Europe’s demands to stop their crackdown on the opposition and restore civil liberties restricted in the wake of last February’s disputed presidential ...TURKEY SAYS WANTS DIALOGUE WITH NEW ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT
APTurkey's foreign minister said Monday he is seeking a dialogue with the new government installed in Armenia to try to normalize ties between two neighbors who have no diplomatic relations. Ali Babacan ...
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SARKISIAN BLASTS ‘CORRUPT’ CUSTOMS
By Emil Danielyan
PROMINENT OPPOSITIONIST RELEASED
By Astghik BedevianDEATH TOLL IN ARMENIA’S POST-ELECTION MELEE RISES TO TEN
By Ruben MeloyanWIVES OF JAILED OPPOSITIONISTS CONTINUE PROTESTS
By Ruzanna KhachatrianNEW ARMENIAN CABINET FORMED
By Emil Danielyan and Ruzanna KhachatrianRETIRED FM DEFENDS DECADE-LONG POLICIES ON KARABAKH
By Anna SaghabalianCOUNCIL OF EUROPE ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ARMENIAN CRACKDOWN
By Ruzanna Stepanian in StrasbourgELECTION OFFICIAL JAILED FOR FRAUD
By Emil DanielyanTHOUSANDS RALLY IN YEREVAN WITH RARE GOVERNMENT CONSENT
By Astghik BedevianSPEAKER DOWNBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH OPPOSITION
By Ruzanna Khachatrian, and Ruzanna Stepanian in Strasbourg
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Today in Armenian history- 1729 Birth of Tsarina Catherine the Second, Empress of Russia from 1762. She died in 1796.
- 1858 Sultan Abdul Megid proclaims the Agrarian Law, which sets out new norms of land ownership.
- 1924 Death of Italian dramatic actress Eleanora Dyoozeh.
- 1926 Death of semasiologist Y. G. Mrmyan.
- 1990 An international, three-day meeting on the Armenian Genocide takes place in Yerevan. It was devoted to the 80th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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