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Headlines for October 17, 2011HOLLANDE TO CHALLENGE SARKOZY IN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Francois Hollande has been elected the French Socialist Party's candidate for the 2012 presidential vote when he is expected to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy, BBC news reportedd. His rival, Martine Aubry, ...ALIYEV CALLS FOR ESTABLISHING AUTONOMY IN KARABAKH?
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People in Nagorno-Karabakh should live in autonomy, the Azerbaijani president has said. Ilham Aliyev made the statement in an interview with Aljazeera TV when asked about a possibility of finding a peaceful ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN COMMITS SUICIDE?
The photojournalist Gagik Sahmshyan reported Oct. 16 that a suicide was committed in the Kotayk region of Armenia. The local police department received information that a corpse had been found in a ...STEVEN SEAGAL TO PROTECT MEXICO BORDER CROSING
Actor and police officer Steven Seagal has accepted a job with the Hudspeth County sheriff's office in Texas where he will help law enforcement officials protect the US-Mexico border from illegal immigrants, ...CENSUS MEANS OF COMPILING VOTERS' LISTS - ARMENIAN FILM PRODUCER
The population census is one more instrument of the tyrannical government, the founding member of the Sardarapt movement, film producer Tigran Khzmalyan writes on his Facebook page. According to him, ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT HONORS MERITED CHESS-PLAYER
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence, President Serzh Sargsyan honored world-renowned chess player and international grandmaster Rafael Vahanyan with a a First-degree Medal ...SHIRAK CENTER SUPPORTING NEEDY IN GYUMRI (VIDEO)
Azatuhi and Gevorg Karapetyan, a sister and a brother, who repatriated from Aleppo in 1965 and are now 81 and 86 years old respectively, lost their flat in a devastating earthquake in Spitak, in 1988. ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MAKES APPOINTMENT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree Oct. 17 appointing Arman Kirakosyan, Armenian Ambassador to Austria, Armenia's permanent representative at the UN Vienna office and other international ...NEW CHIEF OF PRESIDENTIAL STAFF APPOINTED
President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree to appoint Vigen Sargsyan as the new chief of presidential staff. According to a press release by the presidential office, Sargsyan, who formerly served as ...US EXPERT ON PROSPECTS OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
In an interview with 1news.az, Alexandros Petersen, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, voiced the opinion that the Armenian-Turkish border would not be re-opened by the end of this year. ...FRENCH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO ARMENIA OPENED UP NEW PROSPECTS - AMBASSADOR
This year is a special year for Armenian-French relations, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told journalists in Yerevan, Oct 17. That was an occasion to sum up Armenia's achievements over the ...FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON ARMENIAN-FRENCH ECONOMIC TIES
Armenian-French economic ties are at a high level. France is the second largest investor in Armenia, due to the France Telecom Orange Company, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told journalists ...WHY DID LUCIA MOON REFUSE TO GIVE INTERVIEW TO AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST? (VIDEO)
US based Armenian singer Lucia Moon seems to have been targeted by the Azerbaijani media after the recent reports unveiling her plans to represent Armenia in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. ...CHAVEZ HAS TWO YEARS TO LIVE, SAYS FORMER DOCTOR
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's doctor said he is likely has less than two years to live, as the ailing firebrand traveled to Cuba for a checkup following cancer treatment, Fox News reported. Chavez, ...USD EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN AMD 375/US $ AND AMD 379/US $1 FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK IN ARMENIA
Oct. 10 to 14, the USD average exchange rate was AMD 375.25/US $1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia - a 0.33% decrease. Overall, US $6.75m transactions were effected - a 34.8% decrease as compared with the previous ...MONTEBELLO MAYOR CONGRATULATES MAYOR ELECT OF STEPANAKERT
The mayor of Montebello has congratulated the new mayor of Nagorno-Karabakh capital city Stepanakert on his recent election.
Art Barajas' congratulatory address to Suren Grigoryan is below:
"I would like ...NAZIK AVDALYAN TO RETURN TO SPORTS IN TWO YEARS
Armenia's world weightlifting champion Nazik Avdalyan, who got a serious traumas after a car accident earlier this year, is expected to return to the arena in two areas. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, ...REPUBLICAN PARTY TO DISCUSS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA
Armenia's political life is following its normal course, Hovhannes Sahakyan, an MP of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) told journalists in Yerevan, Oct. 17. "We are in a situation when the ...ARMENIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT ELECTED 20 YEARS AGO
October 16 marks the anniversary of the first ever presidential election in Armenia. Twenty years ago today, Levon Ter-Petrosyan became the newly independent republic's first president having obtained ...AZERBAIJAN STRENGTHENS POSITIONS REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY - MEDVEDEV
Azerbaijan is strengthening its positions both regionally and globally, the Russian president has said. According to the Azerbaijani news agency Trend, Dmitry Medvedev made the statement in a congratulatory ...EXPERTS UNCONVINCED ABOUT VAN GOGH'S SUICIDE STORY
Experts at the Van Gogh Museum say they remain unconvinced by evidence in a new book that says the 19th century Dutch artist was accidentally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO QUEEN OF DENMARK
Oct. 14, at the Fredensborg Palace, Armenian Ambassador to Denmark Hrachya Aghajanyan presented his credentials to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II congratulated the Armenian ...IRAN LAUNCHES URANIUM YELLOWCAKE PRODUCTION
Iran has manufactured the first batch of uranium yellowcake, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti.
Salehi spoke at a ceremony to mark the shipment of the ...ARMENIAN CB JOINS IOPS
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), which is coordinating and supervising the country's pension system and relevant financial agencies, has joined the International Organization of Pension Supervisors ...RUSSIA DEVELOPS NEW LONG-RANGE MOBILE RADAR
Russian scientists have developed and tested a new mobile radar which will soon become part of the country's aerospace defense, RIA Novosti reported.
The new radar, dubbed 55Zh6ME, is capable of detecting ...ELENA BASHKIROVA TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN
The renowned pianist Elena Bashkirova is to give a concert with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia, in Yerevan, Oct. 18. Her concert is part of the Yerevan Prospects festival. Bashkirova will perform ...AZERBAIJAN HAS NOT ANY ALLIES TODAY, SAYS POLITICAL EXPERT
There is no country today that could be considered an ally of Azerbaijan, Arastun Orujlu, Head of the East-West Research Center has said. Speaking to the Russian-language news agency Regnum Orujlu criticized ...US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
The newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern presented his credentials to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The Armenian leader congratulated Ambassador John Heffern on his appointment ...L'OREAL HEIRESS BETTENCOURT LOSES CONTROL OF FORTUNE
L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, 88, is to be placed under the guardianship of members of her family, BBC News reported. A French judge made the ruling based on concerns about Bettencourt's declining ...SAMSUNG SEEKS IPHONE 4S EMBARGO IN AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
Samsung electronics has raised the stakes in its current legal battle with Apple by seeking a ban on sales of iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan, BBC News reported. This follows similar pleas by the Korean ...OWNER OF ARAY LLC MIGHT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Armen Petrosyan, owner of Aray LLC, might have been driven to commit suicide, according to the criminal case launched in relation to his death. The criminal case was launched under Section 1 of Article ...UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION TO INITIATE EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Ukrainian opposition party Batkyvshchyna will move to dissolve parliament and call early elections, party leader Alexander Turchynov said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti.
Ukraine has no need for ...ALIYEV SAYS KARABAKH CONFLICT IS UNPREDICTABLE, BIGGEST THREAT TO REGION
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is unpredictable and is the biggest threat to the region, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Al-Jazeera. He said despite the achievement of the ...THIRD LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ARMENIAN DAILY IN OCTOBER
A scientific-research center has lodged a complaint against the Armenian daily Zhoghovurd (People) - the third such case launched against the paper in October. Benik Harutyunyan, Director of Spa Treatment ...LIBYAN FIGHTERS SEIZE BANI WALID
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council says its fighters have captured the town of Bani Walid, one of two last remaining strongholds of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, Al Jazeera reported.
NTC military ...SOLDIER LEAVING YEREVAN GARRISON ILLEGALLY DIES IN ACCIDENT
A car accident killed one conscript and injured two others on Yerevan-Sevan motorway at around 8pm on October 16. The conscripts had left their army unit in Yerevan with permission but they were forbidden ...PUTIN TO ‘CONSOLIDATE POLITICAL SYSTEM' AS RUSSIA'S NEW PRESIDENT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday he is determined to return to the Kremlin to consolidate the foundations of the country's political system and facilitate economic diversification.
According ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1830 Birth of Matheos Mamooryan (translator, novelist) in Smyrna. He died in 1892.
- 1895 The Tsar imprisons Ghazaros Aghayan and Alexander Shirvanzade.
- 1905 Tsar Nicholas the Second publishes a decree promising a legislative council and democratic liberties.
- 1957 Avetik Issahakyan (writer) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1875.
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