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Headlines for January 23, 2012ARAB LEAGUE URGES REFORMS IN SYRIA
The Arab League has outlined a series of reforms it wants Syria to undertake to end the violence in the country, BBC News reported. After a meeting in Cairo, the league called on the Syrian authorities ...EUROZONE MINISTERS TO RULE ON GREECE TALKS
Euro zone finance ministers will decide on Monday what terms of a Greek debt restructuring they are ready to accept as part of a second bailout package for Athensafter negotiators for private creditors ...COE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER DISAPPROVES GENOCIDE DENIAL BILL
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, during his İstanbul visit, said he disapproves of the French Parliament's genocide denial bill, the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman ...DAVUTOGLU CANCELS BRUSSELS TRIP OVER FRENCH SENATE VOTE TO OUTLAW GENOCIDE DENIAL
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has cancelled a Brussels visit Monday in order to follow the French Senate's vote on a bill criminalizing the denial of Armenian genocide, .naharnet.com, citing ...US AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERS PERSIAN GULF
A US aircraft carrier has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf, a month after Iran warned the United States not to send carriers to that strategic waterway, Voice of America reported.
A ...SYRIA REJECTS ROADMAP FOR ASSAD POWER TRANSFER
Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League plan that would see Syrian President Bashar Assad hand over power to his deputy, calling it a "flagrant interference," Jerusalem Post reported.
Syrian ...FRENCH SENATE TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL TODAY
On Jan 23, at 3:00pm Paris time (6:00pm Yerevan time), the French Senate is to start discussing the bill criminalizing demial of the Armenian Genocide. On Dec. 22, the French National Assembly approved ...RUSSIA CALLS FOR REINFORCING TRUST OVER KARABAKH PEACE DEAL
Ahead of the Medvedev-Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting set to begin in the Russian resort town of Sochi later today, Moscow has issued an official statement calling upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to strengthen trust ...CROATIANS VOTE IN FAVOR OF EU MEMBERSHIP
Croatians voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union despite a poor turnout for the referendum — a sign of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost its appeal within countries ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES
At their meeting in Krasnaya Polyana Jan. 23, Armenian and Russian Prresidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitri Medvedev, discussed bilateral relations and regional problems, RIA Novosti reports. "We have ...RUBEN VARDANYAN TO BE APPOINTED SBERBANK MANAGER
A merger between Troika Dialog and Sberbank (Savingsbank) of Russia will create a new corporate investment and wealth management structure, Ruben Vardanyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Troika ...HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH RELEASES REPORT ON ARMENIA
More than three years after deadly street clashes between police and opposition protesters left 10 individuals dead, there has been no meaningful accountability for the excessive use of force by law enforcement, ...EU LEADERS AGREE ON IRANIAN OIL SANCTIONS
European Union ambassadors have agreed the details of an oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme, diplomats have said. According to BBC News, the measures are expected to be officially approved ...FRENCH ARMENIANS TO HOLD RALLY TODAY
Ahead of the French Senate's debate to outlaw the denial of the Armenian Genocide, the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) is organizing a rally today, a senior representative ...ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MEET IN SOCHI
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitri Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev are holding a trilateral discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The meeting is taking place in Krasnaya ...POLICE TEST EFFICIENCY OF HYBRID ELECTRIC CARS
A hybrid electric car was imported to Armenia before the New Year holidays upon the request of the Police. Considered ecologically purer products, this type of vehicles have a battery with a top power ...BRITAIN MAY BAN SCOTTISH WHISKEY EXPORT?
Scotland's most famous export will be hit by a Foreign Office ban if the country breaks away from the UK, According to William Hague.
The Daily Mail has quoted Foreign Secretary as saying Britain's 140 ...PARTICULAR AGREEMENTS WITH PARTICULAR OLIGARCHS - ARMENIAN EXPERT
The authorities' PR program will fail in case of switch-over to the proportional representation system, the political scientist Edgar Vardanyan told journalists Jan. 23. According to him, the opposition ...SOCIAL NETWORKS TO MAKE ELECTION FRAUDS LESS LIKELY, SAYS EDITOR
The upcoming electoral processes are going to be different from previous ones, according to Hakob Avetikyan, the editor-in-chief of the local daily Azg. At a news conference on Monday, Avetikyan said ...ARMENIAN, AZERI LEADERS READY TO AGREE ON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
The Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and Dmitri Medvedev held their 10th meeting in Sochi, Russia. The three presidents issued a statement on the meeting results, ...AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA ADMIT NEED FOR REJECTING MAXIMALIST POSITIONS
At the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting in Sochi, the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, admitted the need for rejecting maximalist positions and exerting ...EX MILITARY PROSECUTOR QUESTIONS PROMISES TO RESOLVE MARCH 2008 EVENTS
Armenia's former military prosecutor, Gagik Jhangiryan, has compiled a 10-page document on the Special Investigative Service's report originally expected to raise public awareness of the March 2008 post-electoral ...3RD REPUBLICAN SCHOOL FESTIVAL 'LITERARY JUBILEES 2012' TO OPEN IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
The 3rd Republican School Festival "Literary Jubilees 2012" is to open at Yerevan School #114 after Khachik Dashtents, Jan. 24. Senior students will present a musical and literary composition dedicated ...ARMENIA'S AUTHORITIES WANT SEE OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT - EXPERT
Armenia's authorities want the opposition forces to get into Parliament as a result of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the political scientist Edgar Vardanyan told journalists Jan. 23. "The ...ARMENIA'S HERITAGE TAKES UP THE GAUNTLET
If Armenia's election law is not amended, the Heritage parliamentary group will nominate candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, Anahit Bakhshyan, a Heritage ...FRENCH SENATE DISCUSSING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
The French Senate has started discussing the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. Besides the Armenian Genocide, France recognized the Jewish Holocaust, and denying the latter is a crime ...NEWLY ELECTED PACE PRESIDENT AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
The newly elected president of the CE Parliamentary Assembly, Jean-Claude Mignon from France, stated he, as a French MP, objects to the approval of the Armenian Genocide bill. It is not MPs business ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL PURSUES MERCENARY AIMS - ISABELLE PASQUET
Speaking at a discussion of the bill criminalizing denial of genocides being held at the French Senate, Senate member Isabelle Pasquet said that the bill obviously has mercenary aims. "The question is: ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL MAY AFFECT ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS - JEAN-PIERRE SUEUR
At a discussion of the Armenian Genocide bill being held at the Senate of France, Senate member Jean-Pierre Sueur called for voting against the bill. According to him, the bill runs counter to Article ...FRANCE SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL LONG AGO - PATRICK OLLIER
France should have adopted a bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide back in 2001, when France recognized the Armenian Genocide, Patrick Ollier, French Minister for Relationships with Parliament, ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL TO PUT EVERYTHING RIGHT - LUC CARVOUNAS
Speaking at a discussion of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide being held at the French Senate now, Senate member Luc Carvounas stated that approval of the bill will not punish denial. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Hungarian-Armenian linguist and philologist, Ghookass Badroopanyan.
- 1904 Birth of the Armenian-Italian physician, Professor, Michael Arlen, son of the famous doctor Yervand Arlen. Michael Arlen was a Full Member of the British Medical Association.
- 1921 The ceremonial opening of Yerevan's People's University. In 1923 it was renamed Yerevan State University.
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