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Headlines for May 22, 2008
ARMENIA TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO KOSOVO
By Astghik Bedevian
The National Assembly voted unanimously on Thursday to allow the government to double the number of Armenian troops serving in Kosovo as part of a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force. The government ...HIGH COURT UPHOLDS OPPOSITIONIST’S SENTENCE
By Hovannes Shoghikian and Anna Saghabalian
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Thursday essentially upheld the lengthiest of prison sentences given to arrested supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian so far. Harutiun Urutian, who managed ...IMF COMPLETES LENDING SCHEME FOR ARMENIA
By Emil DanielyanThe International Monetary Fund has disbursed the final $5.4 million installment of a three-year lending program for Armenia designed to support its government’s efforts to maintain macroeconomic stability ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1864 Turkish forces attack Sassoon (Western Armenia), but retreat because of Armenian resistance.
- 1907 Birth of composer Goorgen Alemshah. He died in 1947.
- 1918 Start of the four-day battle of Sardarapat at the end of which the Armenian forces defeated the Turkish Army.
- 1919 The Publication of Constantinople's Extraordinary Military Tribunal's decision on the perpetrators of the deportation of Trabizond's Armenians.
- 1924 Birth of Charles Aznavour (singer).
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