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Headlines for March 20, 2012EGYPT MOURNS FOR COPTIC POPE
Big crowds are expected in the Egyptian capital for the funeral of Coptic Pope Shenouda III, who died on Saturday , BBC News reported. A service will be held at St Mark's cathedral, followed by burial ...AFGHAN KILLINGS SUSPECT TO PAY $1.5M IN FRAUD CASE
The soldier accused in the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians owes $1.5 million from a 2003 arbitration ruling that found him guilty of securities fraud, The Associated Press reported. The National Association ...12 MEXICAN POLICEMEN KILLED AFTER BEHEADINGS
Gunmen in western Mexico have killed 12 policemen investigating the beheadings of 10 other people. According to BBC News, the officers were attacked as they searched for bodies after severed heads were ...GRENADE BLAST IN YEREVAN DISCO CLUB (VIDEO)
A grenade explosion in a Yerevan disco club has reportedly left an entire hall ruined. As Tert.am learned from the Public Relations Department of the Police, the Alen Elen disco club in Abovyan street ...23 KILLED IN EXPLOSIONS ACROSS IRAQ
Car and roadside bombs exploded in cities across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people and wounding as many as 100 others, Al Arabiya reported.
The deadliest attack was in the southern Shiite holy ...THE ONLY TOP-CLASS REPUBLICAN NOT INCLUDED IN CANDIDATES' LIST
A deputy leader of the ruling Republican party of Armenia (RPA), Mikael Minasyan, appears to be the only top-class RPA member not registered in the Party's list of candidates, the local daily Hraparak ...BABIES FED ON DEMAND LIKELY TO HAVE HIGHER IQS
Babies who are fed on demand are more likely to have a higher IQ and perform better at school, new research has found.
The study suggests that eight-year-olds who were demand-fed as infants had IQs that ...NEW DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN HERITAGE AND FREE DEMOCRATS?
The leaders of the opposition Heritage and Free Democrats parties are reported to have met yesterday, but none of the parties' senior figures appears to be aware of the fact. Speaking to Tert.am, Stepan ...FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL RACE ANNOUNCED
A total of 10 politicians have been confirmed as candidates in the French presidential election on 22 April, one of the most closely fought in decades, BBC News reported. The conservative sitting President, ...ARMENIA'S VICE-PREMIER MEETS WITH RUSSIA'S REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER
Armenian Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan held a meeting in Moscow, Russia, with Russian Minister of Regional Development Victor Basarygin. The sides discussed development ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TRAVELS TO US
A delegation led by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has left for the United States on a working visit. According to a press release by the Ministry, the delegation will first meet with Kansas officials ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA LEADER'S SPOKESMAN REFUTES MEDIA REPORTS
In an interview with Tert.am, Khachik Galstyan, Spokesman for Chairman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan, refuted recent media reports. Specifically, he said that at the PAP congress ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH CITIZENS TO GET COMPENSATIONS FOR DEPOSITS
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on preliminary compensation of deposits devalued since 1993. According to the decree, funds allocated under the law "On 2012 ...ARMENIAN PREMIER RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH COMPETITION AUTHORITY
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received on Tuesday Bruno Lasserre, President of the French Competition Authority. The Armenian premier noted that competition control is among the Armenian government's ...PROSECUTOR OFFERS PRISON TERM FOR EX POLICE OFFICIAL
Harutyun Harutyunyan, a senior public prosecutor conducting legal proceedings against the ex-chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police, Hovhannes Tamamyan, has called for sentencing ...POLITICIAN EXPECTS RULING PARTY'S VICTORY IN PARLIAMENT POLLS
The leader of the Constitutional Rights Union, Hayk Babykyanyan, expects the ruling Republican Party of Armenia to garner 50% of votes in the May parliamentary election. At a news conference on Tuesday, ...‘MUCH-TALKED-OF' INDIVIDUALS NOT TO ‘AFFECT' ARMENIAN RULING PARTY'S LIST
At his Tuesday meeting with journalists, Razmik Zohrabyan, Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), refuted the media reports on the MP Vazgen Karakhanyan's discontent with the RPA list. ...MINSK GROUP LAYING FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AGREEMENT, SAYS CO-CHAIR
The negotiations over the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are in a quite intensive phase, according to the Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. Speaking to the Russian news ...INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DOWN IN ARMENIA
A 5 to 6 per cent reduction in violations of intellectual property rights was reported in Armenia last year as compared with the previous years, Susanna Nersisyan, Director of the Hayheghinak (Armenian ...3 ARMENIANS REPORTED DEAD IN TEHRAN-YEREVAN BUS CRASH
Three Armenians died and several others were injured in a passenger bus crash in northern Iran earlier today. The bus that was heading to the Islamic Republic from Yerevan crashed on the 30th km of the ...TANKIAN, EGOYAN TO SPEAK AHEAD OF GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY
Two days before the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, two artists of Armenian descent will come together to discuss its lasting impact.
The Hammer Museum will present filmmaker Atom Egoyan ...EU-SPONSORED TWINNING PROJECT TO IMPROVE INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS PROTECTION IN ARMENIA
The 2-year-long Twinning project launched in Armenia is aimed at improving intellectual property protection in the country Susanna Nersisyan, Director of the Hayheghinak (Armenian author) NGO, told journalists ...ARMAVIA PAYS OFF DEBTS
Armenia's national air carrier, Armavia has paid off its debt to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia. According to the Russian news website Lenta.ru, company has paid $178,000 to the ...CHINESE FAMILY LIVES IN RENTED TOILET
A Chinese migrant family rented a public toilet and transformed it into a home of their own. Zeng Lingjun, a cobbler and locksmith made his way to Shenyang to seek his fortune and stumbled upon an unlike ...ANC ACTIVIST TO REPRESENT SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCY IN POLLS
The coordinator of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), Levon Zurabyan, has confirmed the report that he is going to run for parliament from a single-member constituency. "Yes, the information ...ARMENIAN EXPERT ON PRE-ELECTION SITUATION
The congresses different Armenian parties have held this March may influence 17% of the public at most, the sociologist Aharon Adibekyan told journalists on Tuesday. "Others are only listening, without ...‘NO TRAGEDY' BEING OFF THE LIST IN ARMENIA ELECTIONS - VARDAN BOSTANJYAN
Vardan Bostanjyan, an MP of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), is unaware of whether he is on the PAP list or not. However, he does not see any "tragedy" if he is not on the party list, Bostanjyan told ...CRU TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT ON MIXED TICKET WITH ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY
Haik Babukhanyan, Chairman of the Constitutional Right Union (CRU) considers natural the CRU's decision to run for parliament on a mixed ticket with Armenia's ruling party, Republican Party of Armenia ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SATISFIED WITH ‘PROGRESS'
Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan is not at all offended by the fact of being 5th on the list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). "On the contrary, I have made progress," he told ...ARMENIA MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRANCOPHONIE
The world is marking International Day of Francophonie. On this occasion, Armenia is expected to host over 250 social and cultural events. At a news conference hosted by the French Embassy in Armenia, ...IN-DEPTH FRENCH LANGUAGE STUDY PROGRAM TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN SCHOOLS
Armenia's Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have elaborated an in-depth French language study program for ten comprehensive schools in Yerevan. "French lessons will take ...ARMENIA WILLING TO HOST ANY NUMBER OF TOURISTS
No one is surprised at numerous Iranian tourists in Armenia's capital in mid-March now. Many Iranians celebrate Nowruz in Armenia every year. The 10-day celebrations begin on March 21. Talking to Tert.am, ...ARMENIA-BASED RULE OF LAW PARTY PUBLISHES LIST OF CANDIDATES
The Rule of Law party, which is marking its 15th anniversary at the Karen Demirchyan sports and concert complex, has published the lists of its candidates. Artur Baghdasaryan, Chairman of the Rule of ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DINES WITH RUSSIA'S INCUMBENT PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT ELECT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who was on a working visit to Moscow, participated in a dinner Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Russia's president elect Vladimir Putin gave in honor of the state ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1750 First publication in Constantinople of the complete works of Narek, by Archbishop Minas, Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- 1857 Birth of Sheeram (Greegor Talian), troubadour, composer and one of the founders of the Armenian minstrel music genre.
- 1860 Birth of Vardges Soorenyants in Akhaltskha. He was an artist, translator, and fine-arts scholar.
- 1876 Birth of Hrachia Acharyan (linguist) in Constantinople. He died in 1953.
- 1887 Birth of Hovsep Orbeli (scientist) in Kutais. He died in 1961.
- 1920 Azeri Turkish forces attack Gharabagh.
- 1972 Creation of the Armenian News Agency (Armenpress).
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