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JOE BIDEN TO DISCUSS ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS IN ANKARA
- US Vice President Joe Biden is leaving for Ankara, Turkey on December 2 to meet with the country's top officials. The Turkish media have quoted Tony Blinken, Biden's advisor for national security policy, as saying that the meetings with President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will focus, among other things, the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process. On December 3, Biden will attend the Global Initiative Summit in Istanbul. He is then scheduled to travel to Greece before returning to the United States on December 5.
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Headlines for November 29, 2011MICHAEL JACKSON'S DOCTOR TO FACE SENTENCE?
Michael Jackson's mother says she's hoping Dr Conrad Murray will get the harshest sentence possible, four years in a state prison, in the death of her son, CNN reported. "I don't believe that he ...STALIN'S DAUGHTER DIES IN US
The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died of colon cancer in a US care home, aged 85, according to BBC News. US officials have confirmed to BBC Russian that Svetlana Alliluyeva, also ...PUTIN WARNS WEST NOT TO INTERFERE IN RUSSIA'S ELECTIONS
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sternly warned the West not to interfere in Russia's elections, as he launched his campaign to reclaim the presidency in a speech Sunday before thousands of flag-waving ...ANC GRASSROOTS ENERGIZES AND EDUCATES ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
An unprecedented more than 500 Armenian community members and activists attended the Armenian National Committee - Western Region's inaugural ANC Grassroots event over Thanksgiving Weekend to chart a ...REPUBLICAN SPOKESMAN TO BECOME PARLIAMENT'S VICE SPEAKER?
The local daily Haykakan Zhamanak says it has learned from sources that the spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Edward Sharmazanov, is going to become the National Assembly's ...NO NEWSPAPERS-NO DEMOCRACY, CLAIM GEORGIAN PAPERS
'No newspapers-no democracy' appears to be the slogan of Georgia's leading newspapers today. According to the Russian news website Vz.ru, several Georgian journalists are going gather outside the Tbilisi's ...PASSENGERS FALL FROM BUS, ONE REPORTED DEAD
Three passengers fell from a bus heading from the third largest city of Vanadzor to the northern town of Lernavan yesterday night as the front door suddenly opened on the fifth kilometer of the Vanadzor-Spitak ...JOE BIDEN TO DISCUSS ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS IN ANKARA
US Vice President Joe Biden is leaving for Ankara, Turkey on December 2 to meet with the country's top officials. The Turkish media have quoted Tony Blinken, Biden's advisor for national security policy, ...JAVAKHK NOT A GEORGIAN REGION DE FACTO - AZERI EXPERT
It's a long time since the Armenians in Georgia have been de facto considering Javakhk a non-Georgian territory, according to an Azerbaijani expert. In an interview with the Salamnews.az, political ...ASIA SHARES GAIN AMID EURO HOPES
Asian shares and the euro extended a rally into a second day on Tuesday, as investors were buoyed by expectations that European policy makers will outline details of how they will leverage a bailout fund ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS CONDEMNED ITSELF - SDU LEADER
The Self-Determination Union (SDU) has no leader yet, as the SDU congress has been put off, Paruir Hairikyan told journalists in Yerevan, Nov. 29. He does not consider the latest reshuffles important ...ARMENIA'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE MEETS WITH RUSSIAN AIR ATTACHÉ
Armenia's First Deputy Minister of Defense D. Tonoyan received Nov. 28 Air Attache, RF Embassy in Armenia, Colonel Ye. Vasilyev. In the context of identical approaches to military education reforms in ...ARMENIAN MP PROPOSES DRUG PRICE LIMITS
Karen Avagyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group, points to a number of urgent problems in Armenia's drug market. "Number one problem is expired drugs. It is common ...CAUCASUS MUSLIMS' LEADER DID NOT SEEK TO ESTABLISH PEACE, SAYS AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN
Caucasus Muslims' leader Aallahshukur Pashazade's visit to Armenia was not aimed at establishing peace, according to Griogry Ayvazyan, the head of the Azerbaijani-Armenians' Assembly. At a news conference ...ARMENIAN COMPOSER'S GENOCIDE REQUIEM PRAISED IN GERMANY
Talented Armenian composer Tigran Mansuryan's requiem dedicated to the Armenian Genocide victims has received a warm welcome in Germany. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, the musician said he ...GEORGIAN PRESIDENT PROMISES ARMENIAN LEADER TO SIMPLIFY RELATIONS FURTHER
Georgia has taken serious steps to simplify its relations with Armenia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in Tbilisi, following his official meeting with his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sargsyan. ...SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAY, BFI SIGN CONTRACT
Nov. 28, Shevket Shaudullin, Director General of the South Caucasus Railway Company, and Khokim Matchanov, General Director of the Blacksea Ferry and Investments Company (BFI), signed a rail transportation ...ARMENIAN VIRTUAL LIBRARY CREATED
Armenian scientists will from now on have access to the world's online magazines. The presentation of an Armenian virtual library program has been held in Yerevan. The library stock consists of more ...2011 MARKS UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS IN ARMENIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS
The year 2011 turned out an unprecedented period in terms of the development of the Armenian-Georgian cooperation, President Serzh Sargsyan has said in Tbilisi. "Over the past two years, we recorded ...BREIVIK NOT MENTALLY FIT FOR PRISON, SAY PROSECUTORS
Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was insane when he killed 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage in Norway, and should be sent to a psychiatric ward instead of prison, prosecutors said ...ARMENIAN AND MUSLIN RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO MEET IN CONFLICT ZONE
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and Chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazade agreed to meet in the conflict zone. A relevant agreement was reached in Yerevan, the ...S. OSSETIA SUPREME COURT ANNULS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
South Ossetia's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared null and void the outcome of the November 27 runoff presidential elections because of violations, court spokesman Atsamaz Bichenov said.
According to ...IRAN PROTESTERS STORM UK EMBASSY IN TEHRAN
Protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have broken into the UK embassy compound during an anti-British demonstration, BBC News reported.
Militant students are said to have removed the British flag, ...CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED INTERNATIONALLY - OSCE CO-CHAIRS
Minsk Group co-chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have said at a meeting with Armenia's defense minister Tuesday that ceasefire violations across the Line of Contact with ...RUSSIAN NAVY DRILLS IN MEDITERRANEAN ‘UNRELATED TO SYRIA'
The dispatch of a Russian Navy task force to the Mediterranean Sea is part of a scheduled exercise and is not connected to the situation in Syria, chief of Russia's General Staff Nikolai Makarov said ...FILM ON GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO BE SCREENED IN LOS ANGELES
Director Suzanne Khardalian will discuss her film, Grandma's Tattoos, following a screening of the film at the Glendale Public Library Auditorium at 7 pm on Friday December 2, 2011, according to Asbarez.com
"Grandma ...FRANCE TO PAY 2000 EUROS TO ILLEGAL ARMENIAN MIGRANTS AND SEND HOME
France has said that those migrants, including Armenian ones, who have been denied temporary leaving permit in the country will be paid 2000 euro (per person) and will be repatriated.
According to the ...TURKEY RAISES MILITARY OPTION IN SYRIAN UNREST
Turkey Tuesday raised the option of military intervention in neighboring Syria while Russia rejected even an arms embargo as Damascus tries to stifle anti-government protests, Reuters reported.
Highlighting ...ARMENIAN FOOTBALLER HRAYR MKOYAN TRANSFERS TO SKA-ENERGY
Defender of Armenia's national football team and Yerevan's Mika club Hrayr Mkoyan is being transferred to Russia's SKA-Eneregia (Khabarovsk) coached by Armenian Alexander Grigoryan.
According to the Armenian ...STALIN'S DAUGHTER LANA PETERS DIES OF CANCER IN US
The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died in the US at the age of 85, BBC News reported.
Svetlana Alliluyeva, also known as Lana Peters, died of colon cancer at a care home in the state ...IRANIAN PROTESTERS TAKE 6 PEOPLE HOSTAGE IN BRITISH EMBASSY: REPORT
Iranian protesters have taken six people hostage in the British embassy compound in Tehran, Reuters reported.
The potesters had enetered the embassy earlier today and had removed the mission's flag, replacing ...RUSSIA ACTIVATES MISSILE EARLY WARNING RADAR SYSTEM
Russia has turned on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe, according to BBC News.
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1868 Death of Mkrtich Peshiktashlian, writer and public figure. He was born in 1828.
- 1868 Death of Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (public figure) in Constantinople. He was born in 1829.
- 1876 Death of Nahapet Rusinyan (physician and public figure) in Constantinople. He was born in 1819.
- 1920 Soviet power is established in Armenia.
- 1922 Inauguration of the Lenin irrigation canal in Echmeeadsin.
- 1926 Birth of painter Grigor Khanjyan in Yerevan. He died in 2000.
- 1926 Opening of Yerevan's soap and oil factory and lumber mill.
- 1928 Opening of Gyumri's cotton-mill and the "May Revolt" power station.
- 1929 Opening of the Leninakan-Artik railroad.
- 1929 Inauguration of the Yerevan Youth Theatre.
- 1930 Opening of Sardarapat's irrigation canal.
- 1931 Opening of the Kartchevan irrigation canal in the Meghri region.
- 1933 The chemical plant of Kirovakan and the cement factory of Davaloo start operations.
- 1934 Inauguration of the Yerevan-Kanaker railroad.
- 1935 M.I. Kalinin visits Yerevan.
- 1937 Yeghisheh Charents (writer) is murdered in 1937 by the Soviet Police. He was born in 1897.
- 1939 Catholic Gevorg the Sixth addresses the governments of the USSR, USA and Great Britain requesting the reunification (with Armenia) of the Armenian territories occupied by Turkey.
- 1943 The Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences is opened.
- 1944 Opening of the Loree and Adgaman (Martooni region) irrigation canals.
- 1951 Death of Levon Shant (writer, public figure). He was born in 1869.
- 1960 Inauguration of the eternal flame in Shahumyan Park to commemorate those who died for the sovietization of Armenia.
- 1965 Inauguration of Meekael Nalbandyan's (politician/writer) monument in Yerevan.
- 1970 Hrazdan's mineral-chemical plant's cement factory starts production.
- 1992 Artsakh forces liberate the villages of Hayi Bazar, Loolidooz, Ghozloo, and Gharajanli in the northern front of the Lachin corridor.
- 1998 Death of Karp Khachvankyan (actor) in Yerevan. He was known as the "Prince of Laughter". He was born in 1923 in Akhaltskha (Georgia).
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