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Headlines for October 14, 2011NCA-WR AND VIZA TEAM UP FOR GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Socially-conscious rock band Viza will team up with the Armenian National Committee of America - Western Region (ANCA-WR) for its Saturday, October 22, 2011 show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA.
In ...ANCA WELCOMES NEW US PRESSURE TO RETURN ARMENIANS' RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has welcomed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first-ever public assertion that the US government is actively pressing the Turkey to restore the ...19 REPORTED DEAD IN SYRIA CLASHES
At least 19 people are reported dead in continuing unrest across Syria. Citing a UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, BBC News reported that 10 people died when government troops attacked the ...SCIENTISTS REPORT CLUSTER OF BROWN DWARFS
A new survey has turned up more than two dozen failed stars, including one lightweight only about six times the mass of Jupiter, ABC reports. The discovery could shed light on these strange objects, ...FORMER GLENDALE MAYOR LARRY ZARIAN DIES
Former Glendale Mayor Larry Zarian has passed away at age 73, Glendale News press reported. In 1983, Zarian became the first Armenian-American elected to the Glendale City Council, where he served for ...IRAN TO BILD 10 NUCLEAR PLANTS
The government of Iran, in an act of enriching its defense made a surprising announcement of building 10 new uranium nuclear plants in the country, Shiny Bulletin reported. The announcement came through ...WALL STREET PROTESTERS PLAN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE?
New York city officials on Thursday announced that the monthlong occupation by Wall Street protesters of a park that spawned similar gatherings across the nation will have to clear out for a cleanup, ...APPLE 4S TO HIT MARKET ON FRIDAY
Apple's latest iPhone is due in stores starting Friday morning. According to Wdrb.com, a third wireless carrier is now involved which will mean more choices for consumers at Apple begins selling its ...TURKISH GOVERNOR SLAMS OFFICIAL FOR VISITING ARMENIA
The governor of the Turkish town of Kars, Ahmet Kara, has reprimanded Water Affairs Regional Director Hayati Celenk for visiting Armenia. According to CNNTurk, the visit prevented the Turkish official ...FESTIVAL OF ARMENIAN STREET TO TAKE PLACE IN LVOV
A festival dedicated to one of the oldest streets, Armenian street, is to be held in Lvov, Ukraine, Oct. 22. The idea is based on the traditions and history of the Armenian community in Lvov, which had ...ARMENIAN-ORCHESTRATED DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME DISCLOSED IN LA
Two doctors and eight other people have been arrested in a Los Angeles based drug trafficking ring that illegally distributed more than 1 million OxyContin pills, Mfoxla.com reported, citing federal authorities. ...AZERIS START CONSTRUCTION OF DEFENSIVE WALL ON CONTACT LINE (PHOTOS)
The Azerbaijanis have started the construction of a defensive wall across the Line of Contact with NagornKarabakh. Active construction is now going on in the regions of Aghdam, Terter and Geranbo. ANS ...BEREZOVSKY NOT TO QUIT ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM
Football fans have launched a Facebook campaign, asking the goal-keeper of Armenia's national team, Roman Berezovsky, not to resign. Over 2,100 fans have joined the group Berezovsky Do not Leave.
Earlier, ...YERKIR: FORMER FRENCH MPS REMAINS TO BE BURIED IN ARMENIA, NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Henri Saby, a former member of the French Parliament and old friend of the Armenian people, who died this June, willed to be buried in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). His ashes have been brought ...LIGHT EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ARMENIA
A magnitude 4-5 earthquake shook Armenia at 12:30 pm local time. The epicenter, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations was 10 km west from the town of Garni (south of Yerevan) . The earthquake ...DIALOGUE PROVED LOSS FOR ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - ANM REP
The demand for snap elections implied negotiations and discussions, which actually proved part of the dialogue. At his Oct. 14 press conference, Aram Manukyan, Board Chairman, opposition Armenian National ...OPPOSITION ENTERED INTO DIALOGUE TO UNMASK ARMENIA'S AUTHORITIES - POLITICIAN
The demand the Armenian National Congress (ANC) put forward at its week-long rallies remains unchanged: President Serzh Sargsyan's immediate resignation. "From that moment on, there is no point ...ARMENIAN ARMY 'PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION' FOR PEOPLE - WOMAN POLITICIAN
Armenia is on the brink of war, but the people view the Armenian army as a penitentiary institution, Lyudmila Sargsyan, Chairwoman of the Social-Democratic Hnchakian Party, told journalists in Oct. 14. ...PEOPLE'S PARTY LEADER TO JOIN ANC?
The leader of the People's Party, finds political alliance to be the opposition's only way to success in the 2012 parliamentary election. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Tigran Karapetyan said the ...ARMENIA MAY JOIN INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION IN 2012
Armenia is very likely to become a full-fledged member of the International Police Association (IAC) next year, according to Grisha Sargsyan, the president of the IAC Yerevan branch. Visiting Armenia ...ARMENIA-BASED HERITAGE PARTY MAY JOIN EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
On Oct. 13 evening, at the Brussels Headquarters of the European People's Party (EPP), Stepan Safaryan, Chairman of the Heritage group, Parliament of Armenia, held a meeting with EPP President Wilfried ...AZERI MP PROPOSES MEETINGS BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND AZERI COMMUNITIES OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
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The Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE/PA) proposed holding a meeting between the Armenian and Azeri communities of Nagorno-Karabakh, said Bahar Muradova, Vice-Speaker of ...20 SOLDIERS KILLED IN CEASEFIRE VIOLATION IN 2011 - OSCE OFFICIAL
The violations of the ceasefire accord on the Contact Line between and Azerbaijan claimed two dozen soldiers' lives in 2011, according to the personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office. ...BILL GATES TO RENT $600,000-A-MONTH MANSION FOR HIS DAUGHTER
Bill Gates will reportedly rent a $600,000-a-month mansion in South Florida for his daughter. America's richest man is believed to have signed a six-month lease on the $12.9million property in Wellington, ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE PARTY HAS HIGH AMBITIONS
The Heritage party plans to hold a number of public meetings in Yerevan and Armenia's regions to keep track of social developments. At a meeting with journalists Oct. 14, Party Spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan ...ARMENIA-BASED NO SILENCE GROUP DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF JOINT STAFF CHIEF
In response to the demand for Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's resignation by the Facebook group "Army free of dubious suicides", and the group's calls for joining this demand, the ...SYRIA UPRISING: UN SAYS PROTEST DEATH TOLL HITS 3,000
The United Nations has said 3,000 people have been killed in Syria, in the protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, according to BBC News. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay ...AZERBAIJAN BUILDS WALL OF PROPAGANDA, SAYS ARMENIAN EXPERT
The wall that Azerbaijan is reportedly building on the line of contact with Karabakh is for propaganda purposes, Armenian political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan has said.
Speaking at a press conference ...MEDVEDEV WARNS EUROPE OF RESPONSE TO ENERGY PACKAGE
The EU's Third Energy Package is causing problems for Russia's cooperation with Europe and Russia will have to take retaliatory measures, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
Medvedev said he and ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM ON AZERBAIJAN: FROM A SNIVELING AGGRESSOR INTO AN AGGRESSIVE SNIVELER
Azerbaijan's hypocritical complaints about the consequences of its aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh are not at all new, Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan told Regnum. Commenting on Azeri high-ranking ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH SYMPOSIUM TO BE HOSTED BY GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in US is organizing a symposium on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on October 15 2011.
According to the website of the school, the symposium ...HUSBAND GETS 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE
The Court of First Instance of Ararat and Vayots Dzor provinces has sentenced Yanis Sarkisov to ten years in prison. Sarkisov was found guilty of murdering his own wife, Zaruhi Petrosyan. Petrosyan, ...FRANCE'S SARKOZY SEEKS TO ‘AMEND TIES' WITH TURKEY IN GENOCIDE COMMENT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called Turkish Ambassador in France in an attempt to ease the tension caused after his Genocide comment during the recent visit to Armenia, Turkish news agency Anadolu ...RUSSIA ASKED TO JOIN EXOMARS PROJECT
Europe has formally invited Russia to participate in space missions to Mars in 2016 and 2018, the BBC News reported. A "yes" from the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) may be the only way to ...YANIS SARKISOV'S SENTENCE IS LIGHTER, SAYS RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Ten years in prison is an incomparably light punishment for Yanis Sarkisov who killed his own wife, Arthur Sakunts, Head of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Association has said. Speaking at a press ...BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY RESIGNS AFTER ABUSE OF POWER SCANDAL
British Defense Secretary Liam Fox resigned on Friday, following a scandal with his close friend, Adam Werritty, who was involved in ministerial affairs despite having no official government role, the ...ARMENIA'S ARMY-BUILDING WASN'T AFFECTED BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Global economic crisis did not affect Armenia's army-building process in any way, President Serzh Sargsyan has said in an interview with Allies: CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) publication.
"Though ...NO PRIMARIES FOR RUSSIA'S PUTIN, SAYS PRESS SECRETARY
There is no need for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to participate in primaries to be nominated for president, his spokesman said on Friday.
According to the RIA Novosti, Dmitry Peskov dismissed ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1280 Founding of Gludzor University.
- 1794 Start of the first Armenian newspaper "Azdarar". Its editor was the clergyman, Harootyoon Shmavonyan.
- 1834 Birth of Grigor Otyan (public figure) in Constantinople. He died in 1887 in Paris.
- 1903 Assassination attempt on Galitsin by the Hntshaks.
- 1967 Death of the writer Sstehpan Zoryan. He was born in 1890.
- 1978 Ceremony, in Yerevan, on the 150th Anniversary of the integration of Eastern Armenia in the Russian Empire. Soviet Armenia awarded itsthird Order of Lenin.
- 1993 The UN Security Council, at its 3292nd meeting, adopts resolution 874.
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