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Headlines for February 17, 2012UK, FRANCE SIGN NUCLEAR ENERGY ACCORD
The UK is to sign a deal with France to strengthen co-operation in the development of civil nuclear energy, BBC News reported. The government has said it reiterates the UK's commitment to nuclear energy ...UNGA CONDEMNS SYRIA VIOLATIONS
The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Syria for "widespread and systematic" violations of human rights in its deadly crackdown on an 11-month-old opposition ...NY TIMES REPORTER DIES IN SYRIA
New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who strove to capture untold stories in Middle East conflicts from Libya to Iraq, died Thursday in eastern Syria after slipping ...JAPAN EMPEROR HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART SURGERY
Japanese Emperor Akihito has entered the hospital for scheduled heart bypass surgery, the Associated Press reported.
An official from the Imperial Household Agency said Friday that a medical team will ...AZERIS DISRUPT SCREENING OF FILM ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR
Several Azerbaijani activists have disrupted the screening of a film featuring the story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. According to the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the film's presentation ...EX GEORGIAN MINISTER TO SUE BILLIONAIRE POLITICIAN
Georgia's foreign minister, Irakli Okruashvili, is going to file a lawsuit against billionaire politician Bidzina Ivanishvili, accusing him of defamation, the Russian language website Vz.ru reported. ...PROTEST IN YEREVAN'S CENTRAL PARK CONTINUES
The tension in Yerevan's Mashtots Park continues as environmentalists keep protesting against a decision to move dismantled kiosks to the green area. Our correspondent reported from the scene that the ...US POINTS TO LINKS BETWEEN AL QAEDA AND SYRIAN UPRISINGS
Top US intelligence officials have pointed to al Qaeda in Iraq as the likely culprit behind recent bombings in Syria, the deadliest attacks against the Syrian government in the 11-month uprising, Stuff.co.nz ...AUTHORITIES SEEK TO ALIENATE ARMY - ACTIVIST
The Armenia based Sardarapat Movement has protested against parliament approved law on the Legal Regime of State of Emergency. An activist of the group, Zhirayr Sefilyan, believes that such legislation ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS MEETINGS IN LEBANON
On Thursday, Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan held meetings with Lebanese Minister of Culture Gaby Layoun and Beirut Mayor Bilal Hamad. The sides discussed resumption of bilateral cultural ...ARMENIAN PLAYWRIGHT'S NEW WORK TO GO ON STAGE IN LA
Gyank (Life), a new performance by Los Angeles based Armenian playwright Vahe Berberyan, is going to be staged in the city's El Portal Theatre beginning March 16.
"I am really energized about Gyank, especially ...ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY TO FORM MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT - MP
At his Friday meeting with journalists, Rafik Petrosyan, an MP of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), said that the ruling party would form a majority in Armenia's new parliament. The latest local ...GERMAN PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AMID SCANDAL
German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation in a scandal over favours he allegedly received before becoming head of state - creating a new problem for Chancellor Angela Merkel, The ...FEB. 17 RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS DAY
February 17 marks the international holiday of Random Act of Kindness. It is a name of an unofficial holiday increasingly celebrated around the world by localities or organizations, or nationwide, in ...MARS INC TO PUT SNICKERS AND OTHER CANDIES ON DIET
Mars Inc., the maker of Snickers and Twix candy bars, will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year, the Star.com reported, citing a spokeswoman. The ...PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SACKED OVER NIGHT-CLUB SCANDAL
An employee of the Public Prosecutor's office of Armenia's Armavir region has been sacked over a scandal that pointed to his improper behavior as a public servant. According to the official website of ...WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPION NAZIK AVDALYAN JOINS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA
European and world weightlifting champion Nazik Avdalyan has applied for membership in the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). Naira Zohrabyan, a PAP MP, confirmed the information. As to whether the sportswoman ...AZERI OFFICIAL CALLS FOR CHANGING MINSK GROUP FORMAT
A deputy speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament, Bahar Muradova, has said her country will voice its opinion on the OSCE Minsk Group format once the French Constitutional Council issues a ruling on the ...TWO-THIRDS OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM NOMOPHOBIA
Researchers found 66 per cent of people are terrified of being without their phone, and the younger they are the more worried they are, The Telegraph reported.
First identified in 2008, it would appear ...WORLD'S TALLEST FOOTBALLER NOT TO PLAY WITH ARMENIA
A senior football player of Serbia's national team, Nicolas Zhigic, will not compete with the Armenian sportsmen in Cyprus on January 28. According to the Serbian TV channel b92, the sportsman representing ...8TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN OFFICER GURGEN MARGARYAN'S MURDER
Today, February 17, is the 8th anniversary of murder of Gurgen Margaryan by Azeri officer Ramil Safarov. The Armenian officer was brutally murdered during the NATO training courses in Hungary. Hayk ...ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY FEDERATION STOPS ADMISSION
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) prevent admission of new members before the elections, Artashes Shahbazyan, Secretary of the ARF-D parliamentary group, told Tert.am. He noted ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM DELIVERS LECTURE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
On Thursday, at the Center for European Studies, Yerevan State University, Armenian Deputy FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan delivered a lecture for a group of students from the Catholic Students' Union. The students ...‘ARE YOU A POLICEMAN TO SPEAK IN THE NAME OF THE LAW?'
One more incident has been reported from Yerevan's Mashtots park, where environmentalists are staging a protest. Ara Yernjakyan, a Yerevan Municipal Council member (Republican Party of Armenia - RPA), ...ARMENIAN NA SPEAKER GETS NO LETTER FROM SIS
Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan did not receive a letter from the Special Investigation Service (SIS). "If we receive a letter, we will discuss it," Hrair Zoryan, Head of the Public Relations ...
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Today in Armenian history- 362 Birth of Mesrop Mashtots. He invented the Armenian alphabet. He died in 440.
- 1811 Establishment of the Mkhitarist Congregation of Vienna (Austria). It is still located on Mechitaristengasse.
- 1830 Birth of poet Gevorg Dodokhyan in Gogenlo (Crimea, the Ukraine). He died in 1908.
- 1888 Death of Hovsep Shishmanyan (Tserents) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He wrote historical novels. He was born in 1882 in Constantinople.
- 1908 The Armenian National Council of Teheran is organized. In 1911 it was recognized by the government and called "Teheran's Armenian General Council".
- 1948 Death of Hakob Oshakan. He was born in 1883.
- 1951 Death of Nikoghayos Tigranian, composer and pianist.
- 1992 Artsakh forces control the important Azeri Turk military cross-road of Gharadakhlu.
- 2000 The remains of Armenias Hero, General Andranik are transferred to Armenia.
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