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Headlines for November 26, 2011

EGYPT'S MILITARY UNDER PRESSURE AMID PROTESTS
The US has increased pressure on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals have turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed ...
KIM KARDASHIAN SERVES THANKSGIVING MEALS TO THE HOMELESS
Kim Kardashian took a break from being a tabloid cover girl to help serve Thanksgiving meals to the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission on Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. "I'm on gravy duty, ...
RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
The presidential election campaign officially started in Russia on Saturday, with the polls scheduled to take place on March 4, 2012, RIA Novosti reported. The Russian parliament's upper house, the Federation ...
GEORGIAN PATRIARCH NOT TO ATTEND SOUTH CAUCASUS RELIGIOUS LEADERS' MEETING IN YEREVAN
Georgian Patriarch Ilia II will not be very probably attend the South Caucasus religious leaders meeting in Yerevan, according to the Georgian news website Apsny.ge. Zurab Abashidze, an advisor at the ...
YOUNG ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYER LEADS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
In the eighth round of the World Youth Chess Championship held in Brazil Young Armenian chess grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan has celebrated his seventh victory. After gaining advantage with the United ...
OFFERING BRIBE TO BE CRIMINALIZED IN ARMENIA
In an interview with Armenia's Public TV, Armenia's Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan spoke of the planned legislative reforms. Specifically, reforms envisage criminalization of demand for or offer ...
ARMENIAN SOLDIERS' LIFE OF VERY GREAT VALUE - PRESIDENT
As long as the problem remains unsolved, the situation will remain tense on the border, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told journalists as he commented on the recent border incidents. "I hope ...
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN GAVAR TO SERVE AROUND 200 PATIENTS ANNUALLY
Under the Government's 2010-15 national strategy, the Ministry of Healthcare has approved an action plan aimed at the prevention, early detection and treatment of child disabilities and deviations. In ...
BAKO SAHAKYAN MEETS MEMBERS OF LOS ANGELES UNION OF IRANIAN-ARMENIANS
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR, Artsakh ) Bako Sahakyan met on Friday wih the representatives of the Los Angeles Union of Iranian-Armenians According to a press release by the NKR presidential ...
BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING TAKES WORRYING TURN
Black Friday's typical jostling and jockeying took a more ominous turn during this year's bargain-hunting ritual with a shooting, a pepper spraying and other episodes of violence that left several people ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ON HERITAGE LEADER'S STATEMENT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has made comments on a letter addressed to him by Chairman of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan. In his letter, the opposition member proposed a number of steps ...
SAAKASHVILI TURNS TOUGHER WITH ARMENIANS - AZERI EXPERT
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has ceased to pursue pro-Armenian policies after a failure to gain the Armenian lobby's support to strengthen his positions in the country, an Azerbaijani political ...
ARMENIAN CB TO OPEN TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER IN DILIJAN
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit to Dilijan, visisted the construction site of the Dilijan training and research center of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA). The center is ...
PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF ELECTIONS - STRATFOR
Republished from EurasiaNet During the past month, several Armenian government officials either resigned or were dismissed by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, including high-ranking figures such as ...
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ GETS FIRST SHIPMENT OF GOLD FROM EUROPE
President Hugo Chavez's government began repatriating Venezuela's gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight from Paris, The Associated Press reported. Troops ...