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Headlines for December 27, 2011CHINA GETS APPROVAL FOR AFGHANISTAN OIL EXPLORATION BID
China has gained potential access to millions of barrels of oil after it won approval for oil exploration and extraction in Afghanistan. The country's cabinet approved a deal to allow China National ...ARAB OBSERVERS AIM TO SEE SYRIA'S DEADLIEST CITY
Newly-arrived Arab League peace monitors will try Tuesday to see for themselves the situation in the Syrians city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say has been pulverized by government ...EX RUSSIAN ARMENIAN LAWMAKER NAMED ANTI-PERSON OF YEAR
A former Armenian member of the Russian State Duma, Ashot Yeghiazaryan, who was stripped off his immunity earlier this year, has been named an anti-person of the year. According to the Russian news website ...AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP IN MINSK GROUP - AMBASSADOR
Azerbaijan wishes Turkey to become a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, according to Faik Bagirov, the Azerbaijani ambassador to Ankara. Speaking to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, the diplomat said his ...ARMENIA'S ECONOMY MINISTER OPTIMISTIC
Armenia's Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan believes this economic year has been successful for the country. At his Dec 27 meeting with journalists, Minister Tigran Davtyan summed up this year, placing ...US CONGRESS MAY BAN MILITARY AID TO TURKEY?
A bill proposing a ban on the US military supplies to Turkey has been submitted to Congress for approval, the Turkish media reported. It is particularly aimed at prohibiting the delivery of Super Cobra ...DEPARDIEU TO PLAY STRAUSS-KAHN IN MOVIE
French actor Gerard Depardieu gave credence yesterday to rumours that he had been asked to play a character based on the disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a ...COMPULSORY CAR INSURANCE CONTACTS IN EFFECT IN ARMENIA
The Armenian Motor Insurers' Bureau issued a statement Dec. 27. The statement indicates the necessity for compulsory car insurance contracts in 2012. The statement particularly reads: 1. Car insurance ...FRANCE CANNOT BE NEUTRAL IN OSCE MINSK GROUP - TURKISH LAWMAKER
With its National Assembly bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, France made it clear that it cannot be neutral in the OSCE Minsk Group, a Turkish parliament member said. The Azerbaijani ...RISE IN PRICES FOR ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN ARMENIA
The essential products - bread, potatoes, meat, dairy milk products - constitute 71% of the consumer basket. A jump in prices for these essential products has unfavorable impact on the vulnerable sections ...KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT
Dec. 27, the newly appointed Kuwaiti Ambassador to Armenia Basam Muhammed al-Qabandi presented his credentials to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the Kuwaiti ...NEITHER ARMENIA'S AUTHORITIES NOR OPPOSITION KEEPS PROMISES
This year, neither Armenia's authorities nor the opposition forces, particularly the Armenian National Congress (ANC), has honored its public promises. So the former will not be able to receive 5% of ...ARMENIA ONLY ONE CONTRIBUTING TO SOUTH CAUCASUS SECURITY
Armenia's army is faced with numerous problems, Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC), told journalists Dec. 27. He is concerned over army murders - Armenian soldiers murder ...MATTHEW BRYZA COMPLETES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO AZERBAIJAN?
US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mattew Bryza has completed his diplomatic mission to the country. According to the Azerbaijani news agency APA, President Ilham Aliyev received the diplomat on that occasion ...HERITAGE, ARF-D APPEAL TO ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and the Heritage party issued a joint statement praising the parliamentary and extra-parliamentary forces' positions on free and fair elections ...AUTHOR OF GENOCIDE DENIAL LAW FACE'S THREATS FROM TURKS
The author of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, Valerie Boyer, is facing new threats from Turks. The Turkish media have quoted the French lawmaker as telling BFM TV channel ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT EX-SPEAKER FORECASTS SECOND RULING PARTY'S DEFEAT
In response to a question on the PAP support for Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after winning the parliamentary elections, the ex-speaker of Armenia's parliament Hovik Abrahamyan voiced the opinion ...ADAMS STERLING TO REPLACE BRYZA AS US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN?
US Deputy Ambassador to Azerbaijan Adam Sterling may be appointed a charge d'affaires in case the incumbent ambassador, Mathew Bryza, does not receive the Congress approval to extend his term, 1news.az ...ETHIOPIA JAILS SWEDISH JOURNALISTS ON TERROR CHARGES
Two Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism, BBC News reported.
Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were detained in July ...ARMENIA'S OFFICIALS TO FACE CHALLENGES NEXT YEAR
Next year will prove a year of challenges for certain Armenian officials, Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC), told journalists Dec. 27. He noted this primarily concerns ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC HAILS HERITAGE-ARF-D JOINT STATEMENT
Opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (HAK) has hailed the December 27 joint statement by the Heritage party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun - ARF-D). In a statement ...SYRIA UNREST: PROTEST IN HOMS AS PEACE MONITORS ARRIVE
Thousands of demonstrators have rallied in the Syrian city of Homs, activists said, as Arab League peace monitors arrived in the protest flashpoint. According to BBC News, the observers are verifying ...TURKEY HARMS THE WORLD, SAYS FRENCH-ARMENIAN POLITICIAN
Turkey's criticism of the French National Assembly's bill outlawing the denial of the Armenian Genocide is harmful for the entire world, a former French minister and a member of the French People's Union ...ARMENIAN MINISTER DENIES RESIGNATION CLAIMS
Armenian Minister of Environment Protection Aram Harutyunyan has dismissed allegations about his resignation.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Harutyunyan said he would hold his position as ...RUSSIA'S PM VLADIMIR PUTIN REJECTS POLL REVIEW
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dismissed calls for a review of disputed parliamentary election results and has accused protesters of lacking clear aims, RIA Novosti reported.
He was speaking ...ARMENIAN EXPERT SAYS RISE IN DAIRY PRICES ‘MYSTERIOUS'
Prices of dairy products rose during the outgoing year mysteriously, a market expert has said, analyzing the results of a research that has used the data issued by Armenia's National Statistical Service. ...RUSSIAN EX-MINISTER WANTS TO MEDIATE KREMLIN-OPPOSITION TALKS
Russia's ex-finance minister, Alexei Kudrin has said that he is ready to be a mediator in talks between the Kremlin and opposition activists.
In interview with the Vedomosti business daily newspaper ...DIALOGUE 'IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN OPPOSITION AND AUTHORITIES'
The dialogue between Armenia's authorities and the opposition all through this year repaired their ties, political analyst Richard Giragosian has said. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Giragosian ...EGYPT COURT STOPS VIRGINITY TESTS IN MILITARY PRISONS
A Cairo court has ordered forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons to be stopped, according to BBC News. The court made the decision after a case was brought by protester Samira ...ARMENIA'S ECONOMY STEPPING INTO NEW PHASE, SAYS MP
Armenia's economy is stepping into a new phase, an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gagik Minasyan said that the main achievement of 2011 economic ...RUSSIA PROTESTERS EDUCATED BUT DIVIDED: STUDY
The Russians protesting against Vladimir Putin have higher educations and are regular Internet users but have no single vision about an alternative leader, a study said Tuesday, according to AP.
At Saturday's ...FRENCH GENOCIDE BILL UNDERMINES STABILITY, SAYS ALLAHSHUKUR PASHAZADE
Grand Mufti of the Caucasus has said that the adoption by the French parliament of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide undermines the possibility of peaceful settlement of conflicts ...ARMENIAN FOOTBALLER VOTED AS BEST HALF-BACK IN SHAKHTAR
Armenian footballer Henrikh Mkhitaryan who plays for the Ukrainian Shakhtar has been recognized as the best half-back of the team. On online voting organized by Shakhtar's website found out that about ...MAN SUED FOR KEEPING COMPANY TWITTER FOLLOWERS
A man is being sued for keeping Twitter followers that he attracted while working for a US mobile news website, BBC News reported. Noah Kravitz tweeted for Phonedog as @Phonedog_Noah, but later changed ...HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND TO NEGOTIATE WITH KARDASHIAN OVER TELETHON
American-Armenian show-business star Kim Kardashian may participate in the 15th telethon of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Gevorg Gevorgyan the funds' press officer told Tert.am
"Of course, we cannot set ...
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