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Headlines for April 30, 2008
NEW ARMENIAN CABINET WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
By Astghik Bedevian
Armenia’s newly formed government received a predictable vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers overwhelmingly endorsed its four-year policy program based on President Serzh Sarkisian’s ...SARKISIAN SAYS COMMITTED TO CLOSER TIES WITH IRAN
By Emil Danielyan
President Serzh Sarkisian assured a senior Iranian diplomat on Wednesday that Armenia will continue to strengthen its political and especially economic links with neighboring Iran during his tenure. ...HOVANNISIAN STILL HOPEFUL ABOUT DIALOGUE
By Ruzanna Stepanian
Raffi Hovannisian pledged on Tuesday to make further attempts to defuse Armenia’s post-election political crisis by mediating a dialogue between fellow opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian and President ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1901 Death of Srapion Tolian (Sipili Yessayi), playwright, critic, and teacher of P. Doorian.
- 1915 Death of Sargees Barseghian (Vana Sargees), of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party. He was born in 1875.
- 1927 Opening of Yerevan's carbide factory.
- 1941 Death of Panos Terlemezyan (artist) in Yerevan. He was born in 1865.
- 1947 The International Armenian Congress takes place in the USA.
- 1981 The United States Holocaust Memorial Council, an independent Federal agency, unanimously resolved that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum would include the Armenian Genocide in the Museum and has since done so.
- 1991 Soviet and Azeri Turkish forces start "Operation Circle" in Getashen and Martakert.
- 1993 The UN Security Council, at its 3205th meeting, adopts resolution 822.
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