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Headlines for February 09, 2012UN CHIEF SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MAY RESUME MISSION IN SYRIA
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria, and has sought help from the UN. According to BBC News, Mr Ban said the "disastrous" failure to agree ...EU PARLIAMENT LEADER ASKS TURKEY TO CONFRONT ITS HISTORY
Turkey should address its troubled past and be prepared for the possibility of eventually recognizing the Armenian Genocide, according to Martin Schulz, the new European Parliament speaker.
Schulz also ...WASHINGTON STATE LAWMAKERS LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGES
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed, the Associated Press reported. ...POLICE, CHAMBER OF ADVOCATES SIGN MEMORANDUM
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Chief of Armenia's Police Vladimir Gasparyan and the president of the Chamber of Advocates, Ruben Sahakyan, signed a memorandum of understanding ...NEW YORK HOTEL MAIDS TO BE GIVEN 'PANIC BUTTONS'
Large New York hotels plan to equip their housekeepers and staff with portable alarms so they get help quickly in case of trouble, AFP reported, citing officials.
Any staff member who must enter guests ...FRENCH REVOLUTION FILM TO OPEN 62ND BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
"Farewell My Queen", recalling the early days of the French Revolution through the eyes of servants at Versailles, has its world premiere on Thursday at the start of the 2012 Berlin film festival, ...SNOWFALLS AND FOGS EXPECTED ACROSS ARMENIA
February 9 and 10 will bring snow and occasional fogs to Armenia. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the eastern regions will see snowfalls and foggy weather on February 11 as well. ...GERMANY CAN REPLACE FRANCE IN MINSK GROUP - TURKISH OFFICIAL
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In case the French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutionality of the bill criminalizing genocide denials, Azerbaijan will have to call for removing France from the OSCE Minsk Group, a Turkish ...YERKRAPAH UNION NOT TO SUPPORT ARMENIA'S POLITICAL FORCES
The Yerkrapah union of volunteers is not a political structure to support either the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) or the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) or any other political force, ...EXECUTIVE AGAINST 100% PROPORTIONAL VOTING SYSTEM?
The Armenian Government has rejected the proposal on organizing debates over a 100% proportional representation system. Speaking at the cabinet meeting on Thursday, a deputy minister of justice, Gurgen ...TRADITIONAL WUSHU CHAMPIONSHIP IN ARMENIA
A traditional wushu championship is to be held in Armenia's second largest city, Gyumri, this Saturday. One hundred athletes aged 14 and up from eight cities will compete in 11 weight classes. The athletes ...BEING ELECTED NOT AN ULTIMATE GOAL - RULING PARTY REP
Lots of people want to have their name registered in political parties' proportional representation lists in order to be elected to parliament, Karine Achemyan, a member of the ruling Republican Party ...ARMENIAN SCHOLAR'S BOOK ON TALYSH CULTURE BOOK OF YEAR IN IRAN
A book on culture and traditions on the Talysh people by Prof. Garnik Asatryan, Head of the Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University, has been recognized a book of the year in Iran. The ...GREECE COALITION FAILS TO AGREE CUTS
Greek PM Lucas Papademos has failed to secure the support of his coalition for a raft of new austerity measures, after more than seven hours of talks, BBC News reported. Papademos met officials from ...ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIES SUM UP BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Artur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, and his Russian counterpart Nikolay Patrushev summed up the bilateral agreements at their meeting in Yerevan, on Thursday. Artur ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY HAS NO RIGHT TO MAJORITY - OPPOSITION REP
At a debate with Hakob Hakobyan, a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the Liberal Party of Armenia (LPA), said the ruling party has no right to ...BOYER: IF GENOCIDE BILL REJECTED, WE'D START EVERYTHING OVER
If the bill criminalizing the genocide denial hadn't passed in the French Senate, we would have started everything over again, the author of the draft, Valerie Boyer, has said. Speaking to the French ...BRITISH TROOPS WAGING WAR IN SYRIA
British and Qatari troops are directing rebel ammunition deliveries and tactics in the bloody battle for Homs, Rt.com reported, citing an Israeli website known for links to intelligence sources. Four ...ARMENIAN BANKS LOBBYING FOR THEIR INTERESTS - OPPOSITION REP
The bill on restrictions on cash transactions is in itself positive. However, it is untimely for Armenia. Speaking of the parliament-rejected bill, Zoya Tadevosyan, a member of the opposition Armenian ...ARMENIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT MUST SHOULDER BURDEN OF DECISION, REAP LAURELS - ARAM SARGSYAN
Aram Sargsyan, Political Council Chairman, Republic party, which formed part of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), gave an interview to Tert.am. With respect to problems within Armenia's ...ARMENIAN PREMIER ON CIVIL SOCIETY
Much has to be done to form civil society in Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated at the government's sitting on Thursday as he commented on a statement by the opposition Armenian National ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH RUSSIAN DELEGATION
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Thursday a delegation headed by Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolay Bordyuzha. "I am happy that the Armenian-Russian alliance is dynamically developing. ...DOUBLE VOLUME OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FOR ORANGE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR CLOSE ONES
Starting from today and until March 8, when subscribing to Internet Now 9,000, 11,000 or 20,000 tariff plan or MyFi 10,000, 12,000 and 21,000 tariff plans or prolonging the existing contract for one year, ...NO ONE BELIEVES PROMISES OF FAIR ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA - OPPOSITION REP
No one believes in promises of free and fair elections except for Armenia's leader, Sargis Tamazyan, a member of the Armenian National Movement (ANM), part of the opposition Armenian National Congress ...ARMENIAN JOURNALIST GETS PROPOSALS TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT
Satik Seyranyan, Editor-in-Chief of the 168 zham newspaper, received a proposal from the Free Democrats party to run for parliament on the party ticket. Talking to Tert.am, Ms Seyranyan said she received ...GRIGORYAN TRIANGLE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIAN VILLAGE
Local elections in the village of Arshaluis, Armavir region, promise to be interesting. Zarvand Grigoryan, the incumbent head of the village community, and the former head of the community Grigor Grigoryan ...ARMENIAN WOMEN NIGHT STREET CLEANERS (VIDEO)
Women streets cleaners work at night in Yerevan. They say it is not easy work for them, but they have no alternative. "We often do our job at night. We begin at 2:30am and finish at 6:30am. We are paid ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1750 Birth of Harootyoon Shmavonyan (public figure). He died in 1824.
- 1888 Birth of Koghbetlyan in Nor Nakhijevan (Rostov, Russia). He was a mathematician, geophysicist and inventor.
- 1916 Senate Concurrent Resolution 12 resolved that "the President of the United States be respectfully asked to designate a day on which the citizens of this country may give expression to their sympathy by contributing funds now being raised for the relief of the Armenians", who at the time were enduring "starvation, disease, and untold suffering".
- 1921 Proclamation on the opening of literacy courses for illiterate and semi-literate citizens.
- 1939 Birth of Yervand Terzyan in Alexandropol (Gyoomree). He later became an astronomer and a member of the International Union of Astronomy. He was a Deputy Director of the Radiophysics and Cosmic Research Department at Cornell University (USA).
- 1953 Death of "Mother" Sosseh.
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