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Headlines for January 31, 2012SYRIA FACING INCREASING PRESSURE FROM WEST
Western countries are preparing to push for a tough resolution at a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis in Syria, BBC News reported. Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi will be asking ...TURKEY'S RESIDENCE LAW TO AFFECT ARMENIAN STUDENTS
Children of Armenian workers that are enrolled in Turkish minority schools are waiting apprehensively for a new foreigners' residence law as the new regulations could result in many foreigners being expelled ...OBAMA PRAISES DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA
US President Barack Obama offered encouragement Monday for of Georgia's hopes for a preferential trade agreement with the United States, but said the country has a way to go in its economic reforms. ...NEW BOOKS TO UNCOVER HOLLYWOOD'S SEX STORIES
A former US Marine claims to have run a clandestine prostitution ring for gay and bisexual male movie stars in the 1940s, and to have arranged sexual liaisons for leading actresses, The Telegraph reported.
Scotty ...COLD SNAP KILLS 32 IN EASTERN EUROPE
Heavy snow and a severe cold snap killed at least 32 people across eastern Europe and many areas were under emergency measures on Monday as schools closed down, roads became impassable and power supplies ...COALITION PARTNERS MEET AT PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
The political parties representing the ruling coalition held an extended session at the Presidential Office on Monday.
Speaking to Tert.am, Edward Sharmazanov, a spokesperson for the ruling Republican ...ARMENIAN SENTENCED FOR 6 YEARS FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
An Armenian man will spend six years in federal prison for his part in a Charleston-based Medicare fraud scheme that threatened to cost the government more than $4 million in false health-care claims, ...SNOWFALLS EXPECTED IN ARMENIA ON TUESDAY
All the regions across Armenia are expected to see precipitations, predominantly snowfalls, on Tuesday. According to the meteorological website Meteo-TV.am, the whether in several regions will be conditioned ...FRANCE OF SARKOZY ERA BASED ON DOGMAS, PREJUDICES, DELUSIONS - TURKISH PREMIER
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan hopes that the French people will oppose the adoption of a bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, Anadolu Agency reported. "During the Age of Enlightenment ...US NUCLEAR REACTOR STOPPED
A nuclear reactor at a northern Illinois plant shut down Monday after losing power, and steam was being vented to reduce pressure, Inquirer News reported, citing officials from Exelon Nuclear and federal ...PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING 100% PROPORTIONAL VOTING SYSTEM
The National Assembly's Committee on State and Legal Affairs is going to consider the proposal on adopting a 100% proportional representation system in Armenia on Wednesday. Speaking to Tert.am, the ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY ‘HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE' - SPOKESPERSON
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) was correct in debating with its coalition partner, Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). "No one can 'explode' the RPA. Everyone is well aware it is dangerous," RPA ...ARMENIA-BASED SDU REMAINS ALONE
Several months ago, the National Self-Determination Union (SDU) stated its willingness to form an alliance with other political forces. However, the statement has so far remained unanswered. At his meeting ...''DEAD SOULS'' NO LONGER TO GET PENSIONS - MINISTER
The current pension reforms in Armenia will no longer allow for paying out pensions to the ''dead souls '', the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs has said. At a news conference on Tuesday, Arthur ...PASSAGE OF GENOCIDE BILL WAS NOT WELL-ADVISED - EXPERT
The passage of the Genocide denial criminalization bill was not a politically well-advised step by the French Senate, according to Aleksey Vlasov, Russian political analyst. In an interview with the ...ARMENIA'S SECOND PRESIDENT BAD ACTOR - NDU LEADER
Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan is a bad actor, Paruir Hairikyan, Chairman of the National Self-Determination Union (SDU), told journalists Tuesday. He highly respected Robert Kocharyan until ...FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DEBATE GENOCIDE BILL
The French Constitutional Court is going debate bill criminalizing the denial of genocides. According to the Turkish TV channel TRT Haber, a sufficient number of French lawmakers have voted in favor ...ARMENIAN ARMY VICTORIOUS ARMY - COMMANDER
Despite the difference in military parades in Armenia and Azerbaijan - the latter was showing off arms and uniforms - it was a mere show. With respect to efficiency, it does not mean anything, the military ...IT'S UP TO MG TO STRIP FRANCE OFF MANDATE - KOBIA
The Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is the only competent body to recall France as a mediator in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal, according to Roland Kobia, ...ARMENIA'S CEC DISCUSSES ELECTION-RELATED ISSUES
Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was to hold its regular sitting at 3:00pm. local time. A number of issues are on the sitting agenda: journalists' accreditation to the CEC, order and terms ...TWITTER REVENUE TO HIT $540M IN 2012
Marketing analysis firm eMarketer is predicting that Twitter's advertising revenue will triple over the next three years to hit $540 million by the end of 2014. The research, which is reported by Bloomberg, ...BLOOD PRESSURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARMS REVEAL HEALTH HAZARDS
A difference in blood pressure between the right and left arm could indicate an increased risk of dying from heart disease, the Daily Mail reported, citing recent studies by doctors.
It has been discovered ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT ‘AT TOP OF CORRUPTION PYRAMID' - OPPOSITION REP
Zoya Tadevosyan, a member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), believes that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is the main culprit in corruption in Armenia. At a Tuesday discussion of ...WIKILEAKS' ASSANGE TO APPEAR IN CARTOONS
The founder of the scandalous website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is now going to appear in TV shows.
According to The Daily Mail, the silver-haired Assange will appear in the popular cartoon as himself ...TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES' TOP PRIORITY
Bagrat Yesayan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) believes that Armenia's authorities must not rely on "local bosses." At his meeting with journalists Tuesday, ...ANC TICKET MUST BE PERFECT - ARMENIAN OPPOSITION REP
If the ANC Board chairman had to personally compile the ticket of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), he would decide on the candidates' by means of a nation-wide referendum. Talking to Tert.am, Aram ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES EU SPECIAL REP FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received Tuesday Mr Philippe Lefort, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia. The sides discussed issues pertinent to Armenia-EU ...ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN MEETS WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan received Tuesday British Ambassador to Armenia Mrs Katherine Jane Leach. Ambassasor Katherine Leach stressed the Ombudsman's important role ...AZERI STUDENTS HOLD PROTEST IN GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
Azeri students studying in Georgia held a protest in front of the French Embassy in Tbilisi. In protest at the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, they were chanting ...OFFICIAL ANKARA HAILS FRENCH SENATORS' APPEAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL
The MPs in the country with centuries-old democratic traditions made the right decision to defend their values, Turkish President Abdullah Gul stated as he commented on French Senators' decision to appeal ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1860 Birth of Sargis Moubaiajyan (writer). He died in 1937.
- 1860 Birth in Ghars, of the Armenian writer and public figure Atrpet (Sargees Moobayajyan). His short story, "Tjvtjvik", reflects the social life of the times.
- 1911 Birth in Constantinople of astronomer, faculty member (emeritus) of the University of Mexico Dr. Pishmish (also known as Pareess or Mary Sookeeasian).
- 1924 Adoption of the First Constitution of the USSR.
- 1931 Birth of doctor, pharmacologist and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Emil Gabrielyan in Ashtarak. He is presently working on the cure for AIDS as the leader of the group that has discovered the Armenicum drug.
- 1931 Birth of artist Rafael Atoyan in Leninakan (currently Gyoomree).
- 1965 Death of writer Aharon Tsatoorian. He was born in 1886.
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