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Headlines for January 18, 2012COSTA CONCORDIA SALVAGE WORK TO BEGIN
Salvage work is expected to begin later on Wednesday on the Costa Concordia, as hopes fade that any more survivors will be found on the striken cruise ship, BBC News reported. Rescuers have been through ...YAHOO CO-FOUNDER JERRY YANG RESIGNS FROM BOARD
Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo!, has resigned from its board, BBC News reported. Yang founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo and was its chief executive from June 2007 until January ...CANADIAN SOCCER TEAM TO MEET ARMENIA IN CYPRUS
The Canadian men's national team will play Armenia in an international friendly on Feb. 29 in Cyprus. The match, announced by the Canadian Soccer Association on Tuesday, takes place on the first FIFA ...WIKIPEDIA REMOVES ENGLISH CONTENT TO PROTEST ANTI-PIRACY LAWS
Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US, BBC News reported. Users attemping to access the site see a black screen and a political ...WHITE HOUSE LOCKED DOWN OVER BOMB INCIDENT
The White House in Washington was locked down for about an hour overnight as the US authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb that was thrown over the fence of the compound, RTE News reported.
The ...AS FRANCE TIGHTENS THE NOOSE, TURKEY REACTS WITH OUTRAGEOUS WORDS AND DEEDS
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders routinely proclaim that they are not afraid of facing their country's past. Yet, the minute someone reminds them of the darkest ...ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL MEETS WITH PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR
Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan held a meeting Jan 17 with a delegation headed by PACE Monitoring Committee Co-Rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott. Head of the Special Investigation Service ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN FMS MEET IN MOSCOW
Jan. 17, in Moscow, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian held a working meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The sides discussed a number of topical issues related to bilateral relations, as ...INDIA IN ARMENIANS' EYES: EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY OPENS IN YEREVAN
A photo exhibition devoted to the 63rd anniversary of India's independence is opening in Yerevan. The event titled India in Armenians' Eyes is set to run from January 20 to 22 at the Narekatsi Art Center. ...REPUBLICAN, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA TO FINALIZE LISTS IN FEBRUARY
The ruling coalition parties, Republican and Prosperous Armenia, are expected to finalize the lists of their parliamentary nominees next month. Speaking to Tert.am, a spokesperson of the Republican Party ...UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT REMAINS BLOCKED
The heavy weather conditions on the Russian-Georgian border will leave the Upper Lars checkpoint blocked in the coming couple of days. Tigran Balayan, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, told Tert.am ...GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT VICE-SPEAKER'S STATEMENT ABSURD - ARMENIAN NA VICE-SPEAKER
Vice-Speaker of Armenia's parliament Eduard Sharmazanov called his Georgian counterpart Fridon Todua's statement an absurd one. Todua stated that Azerbaijan and Georgia would get the territories round ...SEZH SARGSYAN TO MEET RUSSIAN, AZERI LEADERS IN SOCHI
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is travelling to Sochi on Monday by the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev. According to a press release by the Presidential Office, the working ...RICK PERRY DRAWS FIERY REBUKE FROM TURKISH GOVERNMENT
Rick Perry drew a fiery rebuke from the Turkish government Tuesday after suggesting at a presidential debate that the country is run by Islamic terrorists and questioning its NATO membership, Fox News ...ARMENIA'S EX-PRESIDENT AND COMING ELECTIONS
Viktor Soghomonyan, Head of Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan's office, believes one of the articles in the Jan 18 issue of Haykakan Zhamanak to be a speculation. According to the article, Robert ...TURKEY TO BACK AZERBAIJAN IN CASE OF US-IRANIAN CLASH - RUSSIAN EXPERT
Turkey will more closely cooperate with Azerbaijan, backing the country in case the United States clashes with Iran, according to a Russian expert. "Iran may strike a blow to its neighboring non-friends, ...RUSSIAN ANALYST EXPECTS NO BREAKTHROUGH OF FORTHCOMING MEETING IN SOCHI
In an interview with 1news.az, Aleksandr Sotnichenko, Associate Professor, Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, and Leading Analyst at the Saint Petersburg ...TURKEY CLAIMS ISRAEL AIDS KURDISH REBELS
Turkish intelligence agencies are claiming that Israeli Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) spied for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), israelnationalnews.com reported, citing the Turkish newspaper ...RUSSIA'S PUTIN NEVER INTERESTED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH - US ANALYST
Alex Jackson, an independent analyst of security and political issues in the Caspian region, has low expectations about the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting in Sochi, Jan. 23 and 24. ...INCIDENT IN AZERBAIJANI ARMY LEAVES SOLDIER DEAD
One serviceman has died and two others were wounded in a recent incident in the Azerbaijani Army. According to the Apa.az, serviceman Huseynazade Asiman Niyaz opened fire from a gun, negligently shooting ...POLITICAL FIGURES 'KIND OF BUMF' - ARMENIAN ACTOR
The actor Sergey Danielyan calls on Armenian citizens not to sell themselves to political figures on the threshold of parliamentary elections. At his Jan. 18 meeting with journalists, Danielyan noted ...ARMENIAN POET HOVHANNES TUMANYAN'S HOUSE-MUSEUM OFFERED FOR $70,000 IN TBILISI
Renowned Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan's house is now offered for sale in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, the price having risen from $25,000 to $70,000. At a news conference on Wednesday, the poet's grand-daugter, ...WORLD TOURISM GROWS IN 2011
International tourist numbers expanded in 2011 despite the economic crisis, the Arab spring and Japanese disasters, and will hit one billion this year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. ...60% OF BUDGET REVENUES OBTAINED FROM MAJOR TAXPAYERS
Armenia's State Budget gets 60% of its income from major tax-payers, the head of the State Revenue Committee has said. At a news conference on Wednesday, Armen Alaverdyan said the major part of the ...GRIEF-STRICKEN BRIDEGROOM MARRIES DECEASED GIRL-FRIEND
TV producer Chadil Deffy has married his dead girlfriend at her funeral and then posted their wedding snaps on his Facebook page.
According to The Daily Mail, the grief-stricken bridegroom wore a top ...ARMENIAN VICE-PREMIER MEETS WITH WB DELEGATION
Armenian Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan held a meeting Jan. 18 with a delegation of the WB team working at the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) report on Armenia. ...EDUCATION MINISTER ASKS UNIVERSITIES TO REFRAIN FROM POLITICS
Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan has asked the institutions of higher education to refrain from politics. As he told reporters on Monday, the universities have been instructed to strictly follow ...POLITICAL PARTIES PROPOSE REDUCING AMD 8M SECURITY FOR CANDIDATES
On the threshold of parliamentary elections, eight political have proposed amendments to Armenia's election law. The initiative has been introduced by Aram Sargsyan, Chairman of the Democratic Party ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS WITH HEAD OF EU DELEGATION TO ARMENIA
Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan received Jan. 18 the newly appointed Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia Traian Hristea. Minister Ohanyan congratulated the ambassador ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO CANADA MEETS WITH MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM
Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganyan held a meeting Jan. 18 with Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenny. The sides discussed different aspects of Armenian-Canadian ...ANC POLITICAL COUNCIL FAILS MAKE DECISION
The Political Council of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) held a meeting Jan. 18. The forthcoming parliamentary elections were on the meeting agenda. However, the Council did not make ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1830 Following Sultan Mahmood's decree and the advice of the French, British, and Russian ambassadors, the Armenian Catholics in Turkey were given a Patriarchate and their own administrative organization.
- 1888 Birth, in Constantinople, of the actor Vahram Papazyan. He is considered to have no equal in the Armenian theater.
- 1906 Birth of composer Ashot Satian. He died in 1958.
- 1911 Birth of theater personality Gevorg Ashughyan.
- 1990 Start of hostilities between Armenian and Azeri Turkish forces near Raskh.
- 2001 The French Senate recognizes the 1915 Genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
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