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TURKEY, US, RUSSIA WANT TO ORGANIZE SARGSYAN-ALIYEV MEETING - OZKAN
- The United States, Turkey and Russia want to organize a regular Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meeting, Guner Ozkan, political analyst of the Turkish International Strategic Research Center, told SalamNews. In his words, for a fair settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict Turkey intends to bring the Azerbaijani president, while the United States and Russia plan to bring the Armenian leader for the talks. Earlier Al Jazeera reported on a possible meeting, noting that U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmed Davutoglu will be the mediators at the meeting.
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Headlines for March 26, 2012DEFENSE COMMITTEE EX-CHIEF LEADS S. OSSETIA POLLS
According to preliminary data, ex-chair of State Defense Committee Leonid Tibilov is leading the South Ossetia presidential elections with 41.94 percent of the vote, RIA Novosti reported, citing the country's ...OBAMA WARNS N. KORA, IRAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
US President Barack Obama on Monday emphasized his vision for a nuclear-free world and warned that North Korea and Iran should shun nuclear weapons or face tough action from the international community, ...JAMES CAMERON COMPLETES HISTORIC DIVE
Hollywood icon James Cameron has made it to Earth's deepest point, the Associated Press reported. The director of "Titanic," ''Avatar" and other films used a specially designed submarine ...ANC CONSIDERS OPENING CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
The members of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) discussed the possibility of establishing a campaign headquarters at their Sunday session chaired by first President Levon-Ter-Petrosyan. ...EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIA'S GEGHARKUNIK REGION
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake rocked the eastern region of Gegharkunik at 07:28 pm local time on Sunday. According to the Emergency Ministry's National Center for Seismic Protection, the quake strength ...JAPAN CLOSES NUCLEAR REACTOR
Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to abandoning atomic energy for the time being, following the Fukushima disaster, BBC News reported. Only one of the 54 nuclear ...POPCORN HAS HIDDEN HEALTH BENEFITS
A new study has confirmed that the hull of popcorn has some good nutritional qualities — assuming it's not smothered in butter, oil and salt, USA Today reported. Researchers at the University of ...GUATEMALA PRESIDENT OFFERS LEGALIZING DRUGS
Guatemala's president made a formal pitch to his fellow Central American leaders over the weekend, urging them them to sign on to a regional security plan that would include legalizing drug, CNN reported.
President ...WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AFTER HOUSE FIRE (PHOTOS)
A resident of Yerevan's Tichina street was found burnt to death after a fire broke out in her house overnight. The case was reported to the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 05:42 am local time. ...OBAMA, ERDOGAN ADDRESS GENOCIDE, KARABAKH CONFLICT
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A recent meeting between US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan on the sidelines of the South Korea-hosted Nuclear Security Summit focused, among other things, on the ...BENEFACTOR DONATES APARTMENT TO HOMELESS FAMILY IN GYUMRI
A family living without a roof in the second largest city of Gyumri received a three-room apartment from an unknown benefactor after a video material telling about their plight appeared on the internet. ...ARMENIAN EXPERT CRITICAL OF ‘POLL: A SNAPSHOT OF PRE-ELECTORAL ARMENIA'
The sociologist Aharon Adibekyan does not regard as reliable the results of the poll entitled "Poll: A Snapshot of Pre-Electoral Armenia" and published by the European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA). ...ARMENIA'S MINISTER OF NATURE PROTECTION RESPONDS TO VIDEO RECORD
Armenia's Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan responded to the report on illegal felling of ten trees in one of Yerevan's communities. Press Secretary Hasmik Mkrtchyan told Tert. am that ...HERITAGE LEADER WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY
The leader of the opposition Heritage party, Raffi Hovhannisyan, decided to quit the campaign for a majority seat in parliament after it became known that another opposition candidate, Editor-in-Chief ...SEMINAR ON PENSION REFORMS IN ARMENIA
Armenia's State Social Security Service and Pension System Awareness Center fund organized a 2-day international seminar on social security and pension reforms. The seminar was organized under the Technical ...ARF-D REP. ON DISAPPOINTED VOTERS
Vahan Hovhannisyan, the leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun faction in parliament, blames the authorities for the people's current disappointment with electoral processes. ...ARMENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER'S ASSESSMENT OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES IN 2011
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan issued a statement assessing the human rights situation in Armenia. Below is the text. Shortcomings and problems identified The RA Ministry ...TURKEY CLOSES EMBASSY IN SYRIA
Turkey on Monday closed its embassy in Damascus and called back its ambassador to Syria, citing a worsening security situation in the country, Boston.com reported. Activities at the embassy in the Syrian ...ARMENIA TO ADOPT ESTONIA'S PENSION REFORM MODEL
Armenia's implementation of pension reforms pgoram will largely rely on Estonia's example, a member of the Central Bank's board, Aharon Chiligaryan, has said.
Addressing a two-day international seminar ...AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANC AND HERITAGE BREACHED - ACTIVIST
The Armenian National Congress (ANC) and the Heritage party had a prior agreement to nominate candidates in several constituencies but the deal was breached, according to Nikol Pashinyan, a member of ...ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SHOULD MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS - RAFFI HOVANNISIAN
Chairman of the Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian wants the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia to meet national, rather than international, standards. "I made comments on our party list several ...ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM MEETS CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS
Deputy Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received on Monday several students from the Cambridge Univeristy's Department of Politics and International Studies. According to a press release by the Ministry, ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT REP ON COOPERATION WITH HERITAGE PARTY
In an interview with Tert.am, Aram Manukyan, Board Chairman, Armenian National Movement (ANM), commented on a statement by Raffi Hovannisian, Chairman of the Heritage party. Earlier Hovannisian said ...CAUCASIAN FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN TBILISI
Tbilisi is preparing to host the Caucasian Film Festival, a regional event held in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia under the patronage of the British Embassy to the South Caucasus. The event will run ...SARKOZY TO BAN RADICAL IMAMS' ENTRY TO FRANCE
France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, President Nicolas ...ARMENIAN NA VICE-SPEAKER RESPONDS TO OPPOSITIONIST
Pashinyan will get an answer in compliance with the law, Armenian Parliament Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told Tert.am. Speaker of Armenia's parliament Samvel Nikoyan is absent from Armenia now. ...OPPOSITIONIST INVITES BUSINESSMAN MP TO DEBATE
The editor-in-Chief of the opposition newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak, Nikol Pashinyan, who has nominated his candidacy in electoral district No. 7, has invited his contestant, Samvel Aleksanyan, to a televised ...OMBUDSMAN ASSESSES SITUATION IN THE MILITARY
After unveiling its report on the 2011 developments in the justice sector, the Human Rights Defender's office has presented the its assessments on the situation in the military.
The report, prepared by ...ARMENIAN OPPOSITION JOURNALIST NOT RIVAL FOR BUSINESSMAN MP
The businessman MP Samvel Alexanyan, who is running for parliament in election district #7 views Vardan Vardanyan, rather than Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times), ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES TO LEADERS OF OSCE MG CO-CHAIRING STATES
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, which was launched under a decision of the Conference on security and cooperation in Europe, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION LEAVES FOR ALMATY
An Armenian parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker Samvel Nikoyan left for Almaty on Monday to take part in the Jubilee Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS Council to be held on ...ODIHR REGISTERED FOR MONITORING ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is so far the only international organization that has got registered for monitoring the May 6 parliamentary elections in Armenia. The ...ARMENIAN MP HAS ‘WORTHY PLACE' IN RPA LIST
MP from the Republican Party of Armenia Hovhannes Sahakyan thinks he has got a worthy place in the list of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Speaking to reporters on Monday, Sahakyan said he does ...ARMENIAN DELEGATION HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN BAKU, MP SAYS
If Armenian MPs are heading to Baku to attend the 2nd plenary session of the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly (PA), they have something to say there about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as well, Hovhannes ...TURKEY, US, RUSSIA WANT TO ORGANIZE SARGSYAN-ALIYEV MEETING - OZKAN
The United States, Turkey and Russia want to organize a regular Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meeting, Guner Ozkan, political analyst of the Turkish International Strategic Research Center, told SalamNews. ...AZERBAIJANIS DISSATISFIED WITH THE ACTIVITY OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP
The "Atlas" research center conducted public poll among 500 Azerbaijanis ahead of the 20th anniversary of the OSCE Minsk Group.
According to the APA news agency, only 12% of the inquired are pleased with ...DEFENDERS ARE THE FIRST WHO NEED PROTECTION - LARISA ALAVERDYAN
Arthur Sakunts, head of the Helsinki Association Vanadzor office, shares the concern of The Choice is Yours NGO that the observers will not avoid persecutions during the upcoming parliamentary elections ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1636 The Kzlbash retake Fort Yerevan.
- 1878 Birth of singer and teacher Tigran Nalbandian in Van. He was soloist of a choir and student of Makar Ekmalian. Arthur Aidinian, Hovhanness Badalian and other famous singers were his students.
- 1928 Birth of artist and professor Romanos Sargsian in Tbilissi. He died in 1981.
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