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Headlines for December 30, 2011

ARMENIA'S MOVSISYAN BEST STRICKER IN KRASNODAR IN 2011 - POLL
Armenian footballer Yura Movsisyan has been recognized as the best stricker of Krasnodar football club in 2011, an online poll by Krasnodar's websit has found out. A total of 71% of the participants ...
MATTHEW BRYZA MAY LEAVE AZERBAIJAN
If the US Senate fails to confirm Matthew Bryza as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, he will leave that country on Jan. 3, APA reports. If the US Senate fails to hold a vote, Bryza will leave for Washington ...
NAGORNO-KARABAKH AMONG MOST LIKELY WARS IN 2012?
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Where is war most likely to break out in 2012? Between Georgia and Russia? Armenia and Azerbaijan? Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (or Tajikistan and itself)? News is thin this week between (non-Orthodox) Christmas ...
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA TO HOLD UNPRECEDENTED CELEBRATIONS OF EARTH'S NEW YEAR
At 3:00 pm, Dec. 31, the youth wing of the Republican party of Armenia (RPA) intends to hol an unprecedented action. The entry of New Year to Earth will for the first time be celebrated. The New Year ...
ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSED CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE
The press service of the Armenian Minister of Defense released a New Year congratulatory message by Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. The message particularly reads: "Dear soldiers and officers, ...
UN SENDS TROOPS TO SOUTH SUDAN
The United Nations has moved a battalion of combat troops to the South Sudanese town of Pibor to prevent an attack by the Lou Nuer ethnic group, BBC News reported. Tens of thousands of people from the ...
MEXICAN ELECTION ANNULLED OVER BOXER TRUNK
Mexican election authorities Wednesday annulled the results in last month's hotly contested vote for mayor of Morelia, the capital of Michoacan, President Felipe Calderon's home state, San Fransisco Chronicle ...
UKRAINE'S EX PREMIER TYMOSHENKO MOVED TO PRISON
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of office, has been moved to prison from a detention centre where she has been held since early August, Reuters ...
3D GRAPHICS SHOW SET TO TAKE PLACE ON YEREVAN'S CENTRAL SQUARE ON DEC 31
The Yerevan City Hall invites all the residents of the capital city, as well as guests, to the Republican Square on Saturday night to attend a fantastic festive concert and see the New Year in together. ...
NEW OSCAR POSTER UNVEILED
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the poster for the 84th Academy Awards on Wednesday morning - a poster which pays homage to several great Best Picture winners of the classic gold ...
SYRIAN OPPOSITION URGES RESIGNATION OF MONITORING MISSION HEAD
Syrian opposition is pushing for the resignation of a Sudanese general heading the Arab League's monitoring mission in Syria, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, who ...
AMAZON KINDLE ENJOYS BUMPER AT CHRISTMAS
Amazon is said to have sold more than four million Kindle ereaders and tablets in the United States in the run up to Christmas. Citing figures from the online retail giant, The Telegraph reported that ...
THIERRY HENRY TO REJOIN ARSENAL
Three weeks after being immortalized in a bronze statue outside Arsenal's stadium, Thierry Henry was close to sealing an emotional return to the Premier League club that made him a global superstar. ...
NELSON MANDELA HOSPITAL TWEET PROMPTS NEWSPAPER APOLOGY
A South African newspaper has apologised after tweeting an inaccurate report that former President Nelson Mandela had been hospitalised, BBC News reported. The Times had sourced the story from another ...
TURKISH PM REGRETS KURDISH CIVILIANS' DEATH
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he regrets the deaths of 35 civilians in a military airstrike in a Kurdish area on the border with Iraq, according to CNN. Speaking to reporters ...
CLASHES IN SYRIA AS ARAB MONITORS EMBOLDEN PROTESTERS
Syrian security forces have reportedly clashed with protesters, leaving at least 10 dead, as tens of thousands took to the streets across the country, BBC News reported. Activists said several people ...
N KOREAN NEW LEADERS LASH OUT AT S KOREA AND ALLIES
North Korea sounded a bellicose note in its first communication with the outside world since the death of leader Kim Jong-il, saying its confrontational stance against South Korea would not change and ...
FACEBOOK PHOTOS LEAD TO CHILD ABUSE ARRESTS IN ARIZONA
Two Arizona parents were arrested by sheriff's deputies after apparently posting pictures on Facebook that showed their children, an infant and a toddler, bound with duct tape, authorities said on Thursday. ...
US SINGER KAYE STEVENS DIES
Kaye Stevens, the US singer and actress known for her appearances with the Rat Pack and on Johnny Carson's chat show, has died in Florida, BBC News reported. The 79-year-old, who had breast cancer, died ...
ANGER MOUNTS RAIDS ON EGYPTIAN NGOS
The ruling military council of Egypt is accused of being behind a series of raids on NGOs, so far 17 organisations, including the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation and associations linked to the US Republican ...