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Headlines for November 19, 2011

IRAN CONDEMNS IAEA RESOLUTION AS 'UNPROFESSIONAL, ILLEGAL AND POLITICIZED'
The International Atomic Energy Agency's resolution on Iran's controversial nuclear program was "unprofessional, illegal and politicized," RIA Novosti quoted Iran's envoy to the IAEA as saying. Iranian ...
HRAPARAK: PRESIDENT TO GET RID OF HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN'S RELATIVES
The paper claims it has learned that President Serzh Sargsyan intends to get rid of former Chairman of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan's relatives who hold key positions in their native province ...
NORWAY MASSACRE: BREIVIK 'PLANNED TO KILL POLITICIANS'
The man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July planned to kill three leaders of the ruling Labour Party, BBC Nnews reported. Anders Behring Breivik told police he had memorised a speech ...
US SUSPECTS RUSSIAN HACKERS OF ATTACKING WATER SYSTEM IN ILLINOIS
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Hackers apparently located in Russia attacked a water system in the US state of Illinois last week and damaged one of its pumps, the Washington Times said on Saturday quoting a report from the state fusion ...
ANTI-MILITARY RAID IN CAIRO
Tens of thousands of Egyptians were holding a rally in Cairo on Friday to protest against Egypt's military rulers, BBC News reported. Demonstrators from across the political spectrum had gathered in ...
RUSSIA SIGNS TRADE PACT WITH EX-SOVIET NEIGHBORS
Russia signed a pact Friday with former Soviet neighbors Kazakhstan and Belarus to coordinate trade and economic development, according to The Wall Street Journal. Leaders from the three countries agreed ...
FRANCE OFFERS TO HOST TURKISH-ARMENIAN HISTORIANS' MEETING
The French foreign minister said that his country could host a Turkish-Armenian joint history commission meeting. At meeting with Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu in Turkey Alen Juppe expressed thought that ...
EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION WILL NEED NEW SINGLE CURRENCY, SAYS NAZARBAYEV
None of the national currencies of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is suitable for the role of the single currency of the Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Saturday. "First ...
POLICE NOT MIXED WITH POLITICS - VLADIMIR GASPARYAN
The police system has always stayed aloof from politics, the chief of police has said. Vladimir Gasparyan made the statement in an interview with the local daily Haykakan Zhamanak, when asked whether ...
ARMENIAN FM SET TO MAKE A TOUR TO EUROPE
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandya is starting a tour to the European countries. Between November 21-26, he is set to visit the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Belgium and Lithuania. ...
AZERI AUHORITIES ACCUSE OPPOSITION OF HIGH TREASON
Certain opposition figures in Azerbaijan have chosen the policy of betraying their own state and people, according to an Azeri official. In an interview with Apa news agency, Ali Hasanov, the head of ...
ARMENIA, BELARUS NEGOTIATE OVER FRIENDLY MATCH IN TURKEY
The Armenia and Belarusian Football teams are negotiating over a friendly match due in Turkey next year, according to the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA). Sergey Safaryan, the head of the Football ...
US, RUSSIA EXCHANGE NOTES TO EASE VISA REGIME
Russian and US delegations to the East Asia Summit, which is taking place in Indonesia, exchanged notes on Saturday to ease visa regimes between the two countries, RIA Novosti reported. Under new rules, ...
NANOTECH CREATES WORLD'S SMALLEST CAR
A tiny nano-sized car which can propel itself forward in response to electrical pulses has been created by scientists in the Netherlands. According to CNN, the electric-powered vehicle, which is the ...
AZERBAIJANI SNIPER KILLS ARMENIAN SOLDIER IN KARABAKH
An Armenian soldier in Nagorno-Karabakh's Defense Army was killed by the enemy's bullet yesterday night. Aren Simonyan, 19, was gunned down at 7:00 pm on Friday while performing duty in the southern ...
GUINEAN, TANZIAN NATIONALS SWINDLE LARGE SUMS IN ARMENIA
The General Prosecutor's Office and the National Security Service have launched a criminal proceeding against Guinean and Tanzanian nationals who are accused of swindling a large sum and legitimizing ...
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MEETS SURVIVORS OF MURDERED ARMENIAN FAMILY
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has met the relatives of the Minasyan family three of whom had 17 years ago been murdered by Georgians citizens. According to Georgian media, Saakashvili said that ...
ANGRY CROWD ATTACKS PLANE WITH ARRESTED GADDAFI'S SON
A crowd of people is trying to storm a plane that brought Saif al-Islam, the arrested son of the late former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to the northern Libyan town of Zintan, RIA Novosti reported. Several ...