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Headlines for December 23, 2011POWERFUL QUAKE ROCKS NEW ZEALAND
The earthquake-devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch was rocked by two powerful 5.8 magnitude tremors Friday, sending terrified residents onto the streets and forcing the airport to close. According ...FRANCE LEADS WORLD AS GLOOMIEST COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO GALLUP
France leads the world as the "most pessimistic" country in terms of the economic outlook, with the lowest recorded score in more than 30 years, according to a global poll published on Friday. ...AZERI OFFICIAL DEMANDS 'CONSTRUCTIVE POSITION' FROM ARMENIAN SIDE
If Armenia fails to follow a constructive policy, negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh will be impossible to continue, Novruz Mammadov, Head of the Foreign Relations Department, Presidential Administration ...EU OFFICIAL: NO PLANS TO REPLACE FRANCE AS CO-CHAIRING COUNTRY OF MINSK GROUP
There are no plans to replace France as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group, according to Roland Kobia, the head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan. In an interview to the Azerbaijani news ...RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SENDS LIBERALIZATION PLAN TO PARLIAMENT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to parliament draft bills easing the rules for registering political parties and presidential candidates as part of his program of sweeping political reforms, ...TASHIR HOLDING TO INVEST US $1BN IN SEVEN PROJECTS IN MOSCOW
This year, the Tashir developer holding has been involved in seven projects by investing over US $1bn in them. This December, the company purchased a trading and entertainment center project near the ...IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN ARMENIA (PHOTOS)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia on Friday morning. His official visit was scheduled for June but it was later postponed, reportedly by the mutual agreement of the two countries. ...ARMENIAN PREMIER RECEIVES UNICEF REP
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan held a meeting with UNICEF Representative in Armenia Henriette Ahrens. The Armenian premier congratulated Ms. Ahrens on her appointment. Armenia highly appreciates ...FRENCH FM CALLS FOR TURKEY'S 'GOOD SENSE AND MODERATION'
The French Foreign Minister has asked the Turkish authorities not to overreact to the French National Assembly's decision to approve the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. According to ...ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTALISTS
The annual ore output at the Zangzur copper and molybdenum combine is 15 to 17 million tons, Inga Zarafyan, Chairwoman of the Ecolur NGO, told journalists Dec. 23. The toxins accumulate in soil. "With ...TURKEY'S THREATS TO LAST FOR WEEKS - ARMENIAN POLITICIAN
Yesterday's statement that approval of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was France's response to Turkey's unwillingness to ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols is erroneous. At ...AZERBAIJAN FAILED TO GAIN ADVANTAGE OVER ARMENIA THIS YEAR - EXPERT
Azerbaijan failed to gain military or human advantages over Armenia in 2011 a military expert has said. David Jamalyan told reporters on Friday that Armenia managed to purchase enough military supplies ...FORMER KARABAKH FM QUESTIONS CREDIBILITY OF ELECTIONS
A former foreign minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Arman Melikyan, is uncertain about the fair outcome of the upcoming elections.
At a news conference on Monday, the politician said the ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROBLEM LEVER IN RUSSIA'S HANDS - ARMENIAN POLITICIAN
Clash of superpowers' interests causes geopolitical changes, Arman Melikyan, former minister of foreign affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh, told journalists Dec. 23. The primary reason is Russia's diminished ...EUROPEAN STATES MAY FOLLOW FRENCH PARLIAMENT'S GENOCIDE DENIAL POLICIES - OPPOSITION MP
European countries may follow the French parliament's Genocide denial criminalization policies, says an opposition lawmaker. Speaking to Tert.am, Stepan Safaryan of the Heritage party faction in parliament ...ARMENIAN EXPERT CALLS FOR BRINGING OLIGARCHS TO THEIR KNEES
Overall, 36% of Armenia's population live in poverty. Both the Armenian authorities and the Diaspora must be concerned over this fact, Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC), ...SARKOZY URGES TURKEY TO RESPECT FRENCH PARLIAMENT'S DECISION
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called upon the Turkish authorities to respect his country's stance on the Armenian Genocide criminalization. "I respect the views of our Turkish friends - ...ARMENIAN, IRANIAN LEADERS FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
An Iranian delegation led by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on an official visit at the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The Iranian leader held meetings with his Armenian counterpart, ...AZERI FM DISAPPROVES FRENCH PARLIAMENT'S GENOCIDE DENIAL BILL
The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister has criticized the French parliament's decision to criminalize the Armenian Genocide denial. APA news agency has quoted the Elmar Mammadyarov as saying the French National ...ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE PROMISES FURTHER PROGRESS
This year has been a stabilization year for Armenia's agricultural sector, Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan told journalists Dec. 23. 'We will do our best to ensure further progress next year," ...FRENCH LEADER REACTS TO CRITICISM
Today, in an interview with journalists from the French television France 2, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reacts to criticism of Ankara, said: "France [has a] supremely defined policy. France ...SYRIA SAYS TWIN SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN DAMASCUS KILL 40
At least 40 people have been killed in two suicide car bombings outside security service facilities in Syria's capital, Damascus, BBC News reported. State TV earlier said suspected al-Qaeda militants ...ARMENIA'S FIRST WORLD CHAMPION IN BOXING DIES
Armenia's first world champion in boxing, Norayr Musheghyan, passed away on December 23 at the age of 76, according to the website of the Armenian National Olympic Committee.
Musheghyan was born in Yerevan ...ANOTHER SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCH FAILS IN RUSSIA
Russia's recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure, according to BBC News. This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after ...FATE OF ARMENIAN DOCTOR WHO SOLD BABIES UNCLEAR YET
Yerevan Municipality and Ministry of Healthcare are yet to decide on whether or not to dismiss a doctor sentenced for organizing the sale of two babies. Speaking to Tert.am, Shushan Hunanyan, the spokesperson ...ARMENIAN PREMIER MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sagsyan held a meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is on an official visit to Armenia. The Armenian premier welcomed the Iranian leader, saying his visit ...TURKEY CUTS ALL CONTACTS WITH FRANCE OVER GENOCIDE BILL
Turkey announced it cancelled bilateral military and economic cooperation and suspended all bilateral political consultation with France, describing the French vote as "doing politics via racism and xenophobia ...FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER TO RUN FOR MAYORAL ELECTION IN HRAZDAN CITY
Former MP and political prisoner Sasun Mikaelyan will nominate his candidacy for the position of mayor of Hrazdan city in Kotayk province.
Speaking to Tert.am after a session in Hrazdan, Sasun Mikaelyan ...RUSSIA BRACES FOR FRESH PROTEST AS KREMLIN FLOATS REFORM
Russia braced for another mass protest in the heart of the capital Saturday by voters angry over recent elections won by Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, according to RIA Novosti. Tens of thousands ...CATHOLICOS ARAM I HAILS FRANCE'S ADOPTION OF GENOCIDE BILL
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, has hailed France's move to adopt that bill that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian Genocide. In a letter addressed to the French President ...MORE THAN 1,000 MISSING IN PHILIPPINES AFTER STORM
More than 1,000 people are missing in the aftermath of a tropical storm that wreaked havoc across the southern Philippines last weekend, the country's government said Friday, as it grappled with the mounting ...MAN SUSPECTED TO HAVE STABBED HIS BROTHER IN MASIS
New details have come to the forth over the murder of young man in the city of Masis. Under the condition of anonymity, a source told Tert.am that the Erik Talashyan, 25, was stabbed by his brother ...INDONESIAN TSUNAMI GIRL 'REUNITED WITH FAMILY'
An Indonesian girl swept away in the 2004 tsunami has been reunited with her parents seven years on, the family say. According to BBC News, Meri Yulanda turned up at a cafe in Meulaboh, Aceh, remembering ...ARMENIA PARTY HAILS FRANCE'S DECISION OVER GENOCIDE BILL
Opposition Armenian party Heritage welcomed Friday the adoption by the French parliament of the bill that penalizes the denial of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated in 1915. In a statement the party ...ISRAEL CANCELS DEFENSE DEAL WITH TURKEY
Officials in Jerusalem have decided to cancel a $141 million defense deal with Turkey, saying they were concerned that Ankara could hand over cutting-edge intelligence equipment to third parties hostile ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT THANKS FRENCH COUNTERPART FOR GENOCIDE BILL
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has thanked his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy over the adoption by the French parliament of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. In a letter ...RUSSIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES BULAVA MISSILES
Russia successfully test launched two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles on Friday, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said. According to RIA Novosti, the missiles were launched ...
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