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Headlines for August 21, 2008
SARKISIAN EXPLAINS TAX SERVICE OVERHAUL
By Shakeh Avoyan
President Serzh Sarkisian launched a blistering attack on the leadership of Armenia’s State Tax Service (STS) on Thursday as he explained his decision to merge the agency with the State Customs Committee ...TER-PETROSIAN BLAMES GEORGIA FOR CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA
By Emil Danielyan 15
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has issued a blanket endorsement of Russia’s military campaign in neighboring Georgia, saying that it saved the population of South Ossetia from “genocide.” He also ...DASHNAKS VOW PROTESTS AGAINST GUL’S VISIT
By Anush Martirosian
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will face street protests if he accepts his Armenian counterpart’s invitation to visit Yerevan and watch the upcoming match between the national football teams of the two ...PARLIAMENT APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL GOVERNMENT BILLS
By Karine Kalantarian
The Armenian parliament overwhelmingly approved on Thursday controversial government bills that have drawn strong protests from many small traders and environment protection groups. One of the bills ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1421 Battle of Bagrevand during which the Karakooyoonloos are defeated.
- 1899 Aram Aramian was hanged in Carnoy.
- 1903 Catholicos Khrimian "Hairik" orders not to hand over church properties to the civil authorities.
- 1921 The first Assembly of Armenia's Komsomol (the Young Communist League) in Yerevan.
- 1998 Baroness Caroline Cox, deputy spokeswoman of the House of Lords visited Armenia for the 38th time. During a Yerevan press conference, she announced that she would raise the issue of the Armenian Genocide with the British Government.
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