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Headlines for November 28, 2011

OCCUPY LA DEADLINE NEARS, PROTESTERS WON'T GO
Hundreds of Occupy Los Angeles protesters showed no sign they planned to move Sunday ahead of a city-imposed midnight deadline to abandon their encampment, saying they would instead hold an "eviction ...
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON LIBYAN PREMIER
In the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday an assassination attempt was made on the Prime Minister of Libya Abdel Rahim al-Kib. But no information about the incident was until Sunday, according to The ...
DNA DISCOVERY MAY BOOST STEM CELL SAFETY
A region of DNA that can boost the growth of stem cells has been found in the largest ever study of human embryonic stem cells, ABC reports. The discovery could lead to safer cell therapies, says study ...
ICE CRUST MAKES SELIM MOUNTAIN PASS HEAVY GOING
The Selim mountain pass proves difficult to traverse following the recent snowfalls that have left the ground ice-crusted. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the section neighboring Gegharkunik ...
RUSSIAN PATRIARCH KIRILL I OF MOSCOW ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow has arrived in Yerevan. Armenian Catholicos Garegn II, the spiritual leader of the Russian community in Armenia and clergymen, officials of the RF Embassy and of Armenia's ...
GRANT THORNTON INTERNATIONAL REVEALS NEW FOOD PRICE PRESSURES IN ARMENIA
Food producers, that until now have been absorbing higher costs, are set to increase their prices, according to Grant Thornton International. The recent findings of the organizations Food and Beverage ...
TURKS PUBLISH NEW SCIENTIFIC EDITION ON ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS
A new research featuring the history of the Armenia-Turkey relations has been published in Turkey. According to the Turkish newspaper Zaman, the encyclopedia published by the Degisim publishing house ...
EX GEORGIAN LEADER SAYS COMPETING WITH RUSSIA NO GOOD
Georgia's former president, Edward Shevardnadze, has said in a recent interview that he does not recommend anyone to compete with Russia. Speaking to the Georgian newspaper Asaval Dasaval, Shevardnadze ...
ECHMIADZIN DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN 11TH OWHC CONFERENCE IN PORTUGAL
The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) held its11th world conference in Sintra, Portugal. A delegation of Echmiadzin, Armenia, led by Mayor Karen Grigoryan, participated in the conference. ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT GEORGIA
Nov 29, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to go on an official visit to Georgia. At a Nov. 28 press briefing, Georgian Deputy Minister of Niko Kalandadze said that the Armenian leader is visiting ...
ARMENIAN ARYANS HAIL RETALIATION AGAINST AZERIS
The Armenian Aryan Union has issued a statement over the Azerbaijani armed forces' violations of the Ceasefire Accord across the Contact Line, expressing willingness to be actively involved in the Armenian ...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS HOLD PROTEST IN FRONT OF ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT
Young Armenian environmentalists demand that the Parliament remove the environmental impact assessment bill from its agenda. With this end in view, they held a protest in front of the Armenian Parliament, ...
ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN MAY APPROXIMATE POSITIONS - BRYZA
Armenia and Azerbaijan may approximate their positions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. The Azerbaijani news website has quoted Mathew Bryza ...
HERITAGE PARTY RESPONDS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT
The Heritage party issued a statement.Below is the full text of the statement. The Heritage party board response to President Serzh Sargsyan. We express bewilderment over the November 26 response of ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH EU SPECIAL REP
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Philippe Lefort. The sides discussed issues of Armenia-EU cooperation and settlement of the regional ...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR WITHDRAWING SNIPERS FROM CONTACT LINE
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims' Board Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Kiril II have met in Yerevan on the sidelines of ...
JUNIOR EUROVISION DELEGATIONS ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
Delegations from different countries are arriving in Yerevan to attend the Junior Eurovision 2011 Song Contest set to take place at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Complex Center on December 2 and 3. ...
WOMEN WITH CHILDREN HAVE BETTER HEALTH - STUDY
A new Australian study suggests that women having children are much healthier than women with no children at all. According to the Globe and Mail, researchers at the Deakin University looked at the ...
ARMENIAN FM RECEIVES EU SPECIAL REP
On November 28, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received Philippe Lefort, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia. In the course of the meeting ...
SOUTH CAUCASUS: (ALMOST) GROWN UP AT 20
By Thomas de Waal Senior associate Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment The fifteen successor states that were born from the wreck of the Soviet Union are now twenty years old. If these ...
BELGIUM CLOSE TO HAVING NEW GOVERNMENT
Belgium's record-breaking stint without a government looks set to come to an end this week, after rising fears over the country's debt prompted rival political parties to finalise a coalition agreement ...
GEORGIA REGISTERS WEALTHY OPPOSITIONIST'S MOVEMENT
The Georgian authorities have registered a public movement led billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. According to the Russian news website Vz.ru, the presentation of the new movement - Georgian Dream - is ...
JAVAKHK ARMENIANS APPEAL TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
The Country union received a petition signed by more than 1,600 citizens of Javakhk. Addressed to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, the petition is in defense of the Javakhk-based Armenian political ...
MOODY'S WARNS EUROPE OF DOWNGRADE
Europe's debt crisis has entered a perilous new phase after Moody's yesterday warned events in the region had ''rapidly escalated'', putting the ratings of all European sovereigns under threat for the ...
ENGLISH FILM-MAKE KEN RUSSELS DIES
Ken Russell, the English filmmaker and writer whose outsize personality matched the confrontational brashness of his movies, died on Sunday, The New York Times reported, citing sources. The Associated ...
ACTIVISTS DEMAND THE RELEASE OF VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN
A group of Armenian activists held a march on Monday to the Georgian embassy in Yerevan and handed a letter addressed to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. In the letter the activists demanded the ...
ARMENIA'S NATURE PROTECTION MINISTER LIKES CONTROVERSIAL BILL
At its Nov. 28 sitting, the Armenian Parliament discussed draft amendments to the RA Law on Environmental Impact Assessment. Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan voiced the opinion ...
TWO CANDIDATES CLAIM VICTORY IN S. OSSETIA'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
With official results of South Ossetia's November 27 runoff presidential election yet to be announced, the two participants of the race on Monday both claimed victory, local media said. According to RIA ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT CIS INTERFAITH COUNCIL PRESIDIUM MEETING
Today, President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the session of the Presidium of the CIS Interfaith Council which is taking place in Yerevan on November 28-29. The President of Armenia made a welcoming ...
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT BESTOWS MEDAL ON KIRIL
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan bestowed a medal on Kiril, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russians at a reception in his residence in Yerevan on Monday. Patriarch Kiril was handed the medal - Saint Mesrop ...
QUEUES AS EGYPT VOTES IN FIRST POST-MUBARAK ELECTIONS
Queues have formed at many polling stations as Egyptians vote in the first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February, BBC News reported. Polling started late in some places ...
EURASEC TO DISBURSE 2ND $440 MLN TRANCHE TO BELARUS
The EurAsEc has approved the disbursement of a second tranche worth $440 million to crisis-hit Belarus, Russia's acting Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday, accordingn ton RIA Novosti. "The ...
RESIDENTS SAY MINAS' MURAL WILL REMAIN IN VAHRAMABERD FOREVER (VIDEO)
Residents of Vahramaberd village in Armenia's northern province of Shirak have said that the fresco by prominent Armenian artist Minas will not be moved to anywhere. According to Shirak Kentron non-governmental ...
TURKISH COURT CLASSIFIES MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AS 'WEAPON'
A Turkish court convicted two suspects today on charges of "supplying weapons to a terrorist organization" after being caught with Molotov cocktails, Hurriyet Daily News reported. The court's ruling, ...
PASHAZADE SAYS HE TOLD ALIYEV WAR ISN'T SOLUTION TO KARABAKH CONFLICT
Sheikh Ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus has said in a meeting with Armenian president that he told Azerbaijani president on various occasions that a war cannot be a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
US REP CALLS FOR BOMBING IRAN REFINERIES
US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has called for a military strike against Iran's refineries to stop the country's peaceful nuclear program, Press TV reported. The US should bomb Iran's ...
KIM KARDASHIAN'S NAKED YOGA 'SENT KRIS PACKING'
WAS this naked yoga session responsible for ending Kim Kardashian's marriage? The socialite filed for divorce from Kris Humphries in October, just 72 days after their wedding. And in scenes from her latest ...
SYRIA WELCOMES RUSSIA AS INTERMEDIARY IN RECONCILIATION TALKS
Syria is ready to accept Russia's role as intermediary in the settlement of the current political crisis in the country, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Monday. "If Russia is willing to ...