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Headlines for August 20, 2008

ARMENIAN RAIL TRAFFIC VIA GEORGIA ‘SET TO RESUME’
By Emil Danielyan
Armenia’s rail communication with the outside world, disrupted by the weekend sabotage attack in Georgia, could resume in the coming days through an old bridge bypassing the damaged section of the Georgian ...
GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO SHRINK KEY ARMENIAN LAKE
By Karine Kalantarian 1
The National Assembly began debating on Wednesday government plans to lower the rising water level of Armenia’s ecologically vital Lake Sevan which have met with fierce resistance from environment protection ...
ARMENIA’S TAX, CUSTOMS SERVICES MERGED
By Emil Danielyan
In a move reflecting his administration’s ongoing crackdown on tax evasion, President Serzh Sarkisian merged the Armenian government’s tax and customs services into a single agency on Wednesday. A statement ...
SARKISIAN ORDERS PROBE INTO RFE/RL JOURNALIST’S BEATING
By Ruzanna Stepanian
President Serzh Sarkisian ordered law-enforcement bodies on Wednesday to promptly investigate an attack on the acting chief of RFE/RL’s Yerevan bureau that has drawn strong condemnation from Armenia media ...
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS MORE JAIL TERMS FOR OPPOSITIONISTS
By Anush Martirosian
Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld on Wednesday prison sentences that were given recently to two prominent opposition politicians accused of committing electoral crimes. A court in the Armenian city of ...