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Headlines for February 22, 2012ABKHAZIAN PRESIDENT FACES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
An assassination attempt has been made on the President of Republic of Abkhazia Aleksandr Ankvab. The president was unharmed, however, one bodyguard is dead and two more are seriously injured, Rt.com ...IAEA SAYS IRAN TALKS FAILED
The United Nation's atomic watchdog said it failed to win access to Iran's suspected nuclear-related military base, as an Iranian general warned his country may launch a pre-emptive strike to protect ...AUSTRALIAN FM RESIGNS
Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has resigned amid widespread reports of a leadership tussle between him and Prime Minister Julia Gillard, BBC News reported. He made the announcement at a press ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS OSCE MISSION CHIEF
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received on Tuesday the new head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin. Congratulating the diplomat, the minster wished him fruitful work. ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA SUBMITS ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO FOREIGN EXPERTS
At a meeting at its central office last Saturday, the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) submitted its economic program to foreign experts. Vardan Bostanjyan, a PAP parliamentary group member, told Tert.am ...EGEMEN BAGISH: TURKEY'S MINISTER OF GENOCIDE DENIAL
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier
Even though all Turkish government officials routinely deny the Armenian Genocide, one particular minister has turned denial into a full-time job. ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM TO FIGHT WITH EX CHAMPION
The Germany based professional Armenian boxing champion Arthur Abraham is returning to the ring on March 31 to fight at the Sparkassen-Arena in the town of Kiel. The IBF Middleweight will face Poland's ...RUBEN ISHKHANYAN WINNER OF SOUTH CAUCASUS CONTEST OF YOUNG WRITERS
The 1st contest of young Russian-language writers of the South Caucasus was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The contest was organized by the Russian Club education union, which was founded nine years ago, ...EX GEORGIAN MP FREED ON BAIL AFTER ARREST ON BORDER
A former member of Georgia's parliament, Valery Gelbakhiani - who was recently arrested on the Armenian-Georgian border - has been released on bail. According to the Georgian news agency GHN, the court ...ARMENIA WINE COMPANY WINS GOLD MEDAL AT PRODEXPO 2012 EXHIBITION
The products of the Armenia Wine winery won two gold medals and one silver medal at the ProdExpo 2012 exhibition in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 13 to 17. The company's press service reports that Armenia Wine ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting on Wednesday with a delegation headed by Andrey Kovatchev, Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, European Parliament. The Armenian leader welcomed ...EU, JUSTICE MINISTRY TO ESTABLISH ARBITRATION INSTITUTE IN ARMENIA
The European Union, in collaboration with Armenia's Ministry of Justice has developed a new project aimed at creating an arbitration institution in Armenia. The plan was introduced on Wednesday at a ...SOCIOLOGIST FORECASTS PARTIES' RATING AHEAD OF POLLS
The ruling coalition parties - the Republican and Prosperous Armenia - will be major players ahead of the May parliamentary election, according to a sociologist. At a news conference on Wednesday, Aharon ...ARMENIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SEC MEETS WITH FRONTEX DIRECTOR
Chairman of the National Security Council of Armenia Artur Baghdasaryan received on Wednesday Mr Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation ...SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IMPORTANT FOR KARABAKH
The independence referendum issue, discussed presently in Scotland, is very important in terms of the Karabakh settlement talks, according to Karen Bekaryan, a political analyst, who recently visited ...ARMENIAN EXPERT CALLS FOR REVEALING TRUTH ABOUT KHOJALU
Azerbaijan's propaganda machinery is spreading disinformation on the events that occurred in Khojalu on Feb. 27, 1992, throughout the world and believe it to be their victory. On the other hand, with ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN TO BUY ROBERTO CAVALLI?
The Russia based Tashir Group of Companies holding is reportedly planning to purchase the Italian fashion designing brand Roberto Cavalli. Citing the leading business publication Il Sole 24 Ore, the ...ARARAT, GERMAN-TURKISH FILM, SCREENED IN BERLIN (PHOTOS)
The Berlin International Film Festival this year saw the screening of the short-length film Ararat, a German-Turkish joint production. According to the festival's official website, the director of the ...CHILD SOLDIERS FORCED TO JOIN SOMALIAN ARMY
Children as young as 10 years old increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has targeted them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters, CNN reported, ...ARMENIAN PM CALLS FOR AMENDING STATE OF EMERGENCY LAW
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has proposed amending the law on the Legal Regime of State of Emergency. According to a press release by the Government, the premier has submitted a written notice ...BUSINESS REGISTRATION TO TAKE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
The registration of limited liability companies will now take businessmen no more than 9.41 minutes, a deputy minister of justice has said. At a news conference on Wednesday, Aram Orbelyan said that ...COMBINATION OF TWO DRUGS KILLS CANCER CELLS?
The experimental drug MRK003 can destroy pancreatic cancer cells when used in combination with a chemotherapy drug called gemcitabine, scientists have found.
During their animal test David Tuveson and ...ARMENIAN, AZERI INTELLECTUALS MEET IN MOSCOW
The representatives of Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectuals have finished their meeting in Moscow. Speaking on the outcomes of the discussion, Mikhail Envoy, a special envoy on cultural cooperation ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Creation of the Armenian Supreme Ecclesiastic Council in Echmiadsin - the Synod attached to the Catholicos of All-Armenians.
- 1909 Birth of Taras Toosoozyan in Yekaterinodar (now Krasnodar). He was a Major-General of the Soviet Army. He was the Military Commissar of the Armenian SSR from 1950 to 1969.
- 1931 The Central Affairs Committee decides to establish a Radio-Broadcasting Committee.
- 1932 Birth of architect Arthur Tarkhanyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He designed and implemented the "Tsitsernakabert" Genocide Memorial Complex, the "Airarat" (formerly "Rossiya") movie theater, the Palace of Youth, "Zvartnotss" Airport, and many other buildings.
- 1938 Birth of Artavazd Peleshyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He became a famous artist, State Prize Laureate, and a master of the documentary film genre .
- 1939 The Armenian Supreme Soviet awards the right to the Opera and Ballet Theater of Yerevan, to be called the Alexander Spendarian Opera and Ballet Theatre.
- 1960 The Armenian Theater Association in Beirut decides to be known as the Vahram Papazyan Association.
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