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Headlines for January 30, 2012EU LEADERS TO DISCUSS EUROZONE CRISIS
The eurozone crisis will dominate an EU summit on Monday, with an emphasis on growth and "smart" budget discipline, BBC News reported. The EU has more than 23 million unemployed people and ...DAMASCUS SEIZED BACK FROM REBELS
Troops seized eastern suburbs of Damascus from rebels late on Sunday after two days of fighting only a few kilometers from the centre of power of President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reported. "The ...BELGIANS TO SEE FIRST GENERAL STRIKE IN 20 YEARS
Belgium's first general strike in almost two decades will bring the country to a near halt on Monday in an anti-austerity protest aimed at the government as well as at EU leaders meeting in Brussels, ...ULTRASOUND WAVES TO STOP SPERM PRODUCTION
A dose of ultrasound to the testicles can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of contraception. A study on rats published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology ...ARMENIAN MAN TO BE TRIED FOR RAPING COUSIN
The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia's Rostov region has confirmed criminal charges against a 33-year old Armenian citizen claimed to have committed a gang assault and sexual crimes, including the ...STARS CELEBRATE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS IN LA
Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were the maids of honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, where their Deep South drama "The Help" won them acting prizes and earned the trophy for overall ...US TO TARGET IRAN VIA GEORGIA? - RUSSIAN PAPER
Georgian and US Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili and Barack Obama will meet in Washington on Monday to discuss the situation in Iran, and Georgia's possible assistance to the United States in case of a ...ARMENIA'S RULING COALITION TO MEET AT PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE
Armenia's coalition forces plan to hold a meeting at the Armenian presidential residence one of these days. "I cannot say anythiung. No specific date has been fixed," Minister of Urban Development Vardan ...1915 EVENTS WERE NOT GENOCIDE - TURKISH OFFICIAL
Turkey's State Minister Egemen Bagish, who visited Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum, refused to use genocide to refer to the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. "We ...DAYS OF SAINT PETERSBURG TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA'S CAPITAL
A delegation from Saint Petersburg, Russia, was on a visit to Yerevan Jan. 25 to 28. The delegation arrived in Armenia's capital to discuss the preparations for Days of Saint Petersburg in Yerevan, Apr. ...TBILISI'S ST NSHAN CHURCH IS ARMENIAN - EXPERT
The Georgian Patriarchate's recent statement that Tbilisi's St Nshan church has Georgian roots is devoid of substantiated evidence, an Armenian monument expert has said. At a news conference on Monday, ...OBAMA TO GIVE VIRTUAL INTERVIEW FROM WHITE HOUSE
On Tuesday, citizens from across the US will participate in the nation's first completely-virtual interview from the White House.
At 5:30 pm President Barack Obama will answer questions submitted from ...SERIOUS PARTY WOULD NOT NEED EXTRA BURDEN, SAYS RPA REP
Artak Zakaryan, a member of the Republican Party (RPA) faction in parliament, has dismissed the reports that employees of medical institution are being massively forced to join the ruling political force. ...RUSSIA COORDINATES STEPS WITH US, FRANCE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS - ARMENIAN FM
Azerbaijan's claims that the Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meetings mediated by Russia are official Moscow's initiative are false. Russia is coordinating its activities with the other OSCE Minsk ...POLICE CATCH DEAN RED-HANDED IN GYUMRI
Police officers from the Organized Crime Department have arrested a dean in the second largest city of Gyumri at the moment when he was taking a bribe from a student. The Public Relations Department ...STRONG QUAKE ROCKS PERU COASTLINE
Peru's central coastline has been hit by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, BBC News reported, citing the US Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor hit just after midnight (05:00 GMT) with ...ARMENIA-TURKEY RECONCILIATION MAJOR ISSUE FOR UK
British Ambassador to Armenia, Ms Katherine Jane Leach singles out the forthcoming parliamentary elections, as well as hard work that has to be done for the best elections in Armenia's history, as political ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER RE-DIRECTS OPPOSITION'S LETTER TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan has re-directed the parliamentary forces' letter demanding parliamentary hearings on a switch-over to the proportional representation to the Standing Committee ...NOKIA TOPS GLOBAL HANDSET SHIPMENTS
Nokia is still the world's number one mobile phone vendor and shifted 417.1 million handsets globally in 2011, placing it well in front of Samsung, Apple and BlackBerry. Total mobile shipments for 2011 ...ANC REP. CALLS FOR HAVING NOMINEES IN ALL CONSTITUENCIES
All the political parties represented in the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) have agreed to create a joint block ahead of the parliamentary polls, an activist has said. At a news conference ...JAPAN'S POPULATION TO DROP 30% BY 2060
Japan's population is expected to fall by 30% to below 90 million by 2060, with two out of every five people 65 or older, a government agency said on Monday, according to Reuters. The grim forecast reportedly ...TASHIR FOUNDATION TO HELP LEUKEMIC CHILDREN
Each of the 27 leukemic children being treated now will receive US $2,000. The Tashir charity foundation will transfer the funds by means of the Ognem (Let me help) charity foundation. Edgar Gyanjumyan, ...BATUMI, NAKHICEVAN TO LAUNCH DIRECT FLIGHTS
Azerbaijan has proposed launching direct flights between the capital city of Ajaria, Batumi, and Nakhichevan, the Georgian news agency GHN reported. Ajarian Minister of Finance and Economy Vazha Bolkvadze ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY ‘MOST REALISTIC, LEAST POPULISTIC' - REP
At his Monday meeting with journalists, Artak Zakaryan, an MP of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), stressed the importance of the forthcoming parliamentary elections. "The forthcoming elections ...POLITICAL PRISONERS EVERLASTING STATUS - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION REP
Levon Zurabyan, Coordinator of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), does not see any difference between political prisoners. It is unacceptable that people that once were considered political ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY REP ON ‘BURSTING POLITICAL BUBBLES'
Khachik Galstyan, Spokesman for Chairman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (RPA) Gagik Tsarukyan, commented on a statement by Vice-Speaker of Armenia's parliament, Spokesman of the Republican Party of Armenia ...ARMENIAN NA VICE-SPEAKER COMMENTS ON AZERI COUNTERPART'S STATEMENT
Armenian Parliament Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov commented on today's statement by Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijan's Parliament Bahar Muradov. Muradov particularly said that France should be replaced by ...ARMENIAN FM RECEIVES NEWLY APPOINTED HEAD OF OSCE OFFICE
Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian received on Monday the newly appointed head of the OSCE office in Yerevan Andrei Sorokin. The Armenian FM congratulated Mr Sorokin on his appointment and expressed hope ...ARMENIA'S FORMER FM ISSUES STATEMENT
Armenia's former foreign minister and head of the Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian issued a statement commenting on the rumors about his possible cooperation with political parties during the forthcoming ...
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Today in Armenian history- 410 Birth of Movses Khorenatsi (historian).
- 1799 Birth of Edward Hyoormoozyan of the Mkhitarist Congregation (Armenian Roman Catholic Order) in Constantinople. He died in 1876 in Rome.
- 1901 Birth of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of Armenia's Communist Party, Aghassee Khanjyan. He was one of the many murdered by Lavrentee Beria in July, 1936 in Tbilisi, where he was invited for consultations.
- 1915 According to statistical data, from the end of 1914 to the beginning of 1915, about 49800 Armenians emigrated from Western Armenia, Persia and the bordering regions of Turkey, to the ten provinces of Yerevan and Tbilisi.
- 1927 First Graduation Ceremony of Yerevan State University students at the Culture House of Yerevan.
- 1975 Opening of the Yeghisheh Charents Museum in Yerevan.
- 2001 French President Jacques Chirac signs the law recognizing the 1915 Genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. From now on, no one in France has the right to deny the fact of the Armenian Genocide.
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