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Published on April 13, 2012
INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE OF KAREN YESAYAN MURDER CASE KILLED
- On Friday, at 1:00 am, in front of the Gyumri Police Department in Garegin Nzhdeh Str., Vahram Beibutyan, Chief Investigator in charge of the murder case involving the Gyumri mayor's would-be son-in-law, was run over. The driver fled the scene. Beibutyan died on the way to hospital. Traffic police found the criminal and his VAZ 21011 car. Photo Gagik Shamshyan
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Headlines for April 13, 2012N. KOREA ROCKET LAUNCH FAILS
North Korea's keenly-watched rocket launch has failed, Pyongyang has confirmed. According to BBC News, the rocket - seen by many as a banned test of long-range missile technology - was launched from ...GOOGLE TO SPLIT STOCK TO PRESERVE CONTROL
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A draft UN resolution has outlined plans to send an advance mission of 20 to 30 unarmed observers to Syria monitor compliance with a new peace plan, possibly by early next week, BBC News reported. The ...WOULD-BE SON-IN-LAW OF GYUMRI MAYOR FOUND DEAD (PHOTOS)
The would-be son-in-law of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan was found dead in his car in the vicinities of the city's Mother Armenia statue yesterday night. The residents of the second largest city told ...MONGOLIA'S EX-PRESIDENT ARRESTED OVER CORRUPTION
Anti-corruption investigators have arrested Mongolia's former president, seizing him in a dawn raid after he refused to answer questions about corruption, The Associated Press reported.
Uniformed and ...IRANIAN, AZERI SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN AZERBAIJAN
A group of Iranians and Azeris has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling arms and military supplies from Iran into Azerbaijan, the Azeri National Security Ministry said on Thursday.
"It was a group ...CATS PAINT WITH IPAD (PHOTOS)
A Los Angeles animal shelter that lets its cats chase toys on top of iPads hope the digital art created by the movement will encourage donations of money and tablet computers, Huffington Post reported. ...MINING SITE PROTECTION GROUP SENDS OPEN LETTER TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
A working group representing the civil initiative Teghut Protection has sent an open letter to President of Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan, calling for an academic discussion over issues that ...ELECTION IS LIKE EXAM, SAYS CHIEF OF POLICE
Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan says he treats the upcoming parliamentary election as a specific exam for himself and the entire police system. Speaking at a joint discussion organized by ...UAE RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM TEHRAN
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On Friday, at 1:00 am, in front of the Gyumri Police Department in Garegin Nzhdeh Str., Vahram Beibutyan, Chief Investigator in charge of the murder case involving the Gyumri mayor's would-be son-in-law, ...NEW CHIEF OF CHARENTSAVAN POLICE APPOINTED
Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan has signed decrees to replace the chiefs of Charentsavan town's (Kotayk region) police department. As Photo reporter Gagik Shamshyan told Tert.am, Colonel ...PROSECUTOR, JUDGE IN DINK CASE TO FACE PENALTIES
Judicial authorities in Turkey have recommended that disciplinary proceedings be launched against the judge and the prosecutor in the Hrant Dink murder trial for statements they made following the case's ...GYUMRI MURDERS NOT POLITICAL - CHIEF OF ARMENIA'S POLICE
Chief of Armenia's Police Vladimir Gasparyan claims that the death of Vahram Beibutyan, Chief Investigator in charge of the murder case involving the Gyumri mayor's would-be son-in-law, has no political ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ARARAT REGION
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is now in Ararat region on a working visit. His first stop was Ayntap community, where the president found a warm reception, with a bread and salt welcome. The president ...EXPERTS ON EMPLOYMENT RIGHT IN ARMENIA
Artur Sargsyan, Chairman of the Employment Right Arbitrator's Office, held a meeting with journalists on Friday. Workers' rights are not protected in Armenia, he said. "Armenia's labor code has numerous ...ARMENIA'S NATIONAL MINORITIES AT A DISADVANTAGE - EXPERT
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Lawyers ...MAY 6 MUST PROVE AN END TO ENMITY - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
Armenian President and Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan held public meetings in the villages of Aijntap and Hayanist, as well as in Masis, Ararat and Vedi, Ararat region, ...ONE DETAINEE IN KARENYESAYAN MURDER CASE
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Armenian President, Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan visited Ararat, where he held a public meeting. The meeting took place in Vazgen Sargsyan square. Before delivering ...PROMINENT ARMENIAN-AMERICAN SINGER LILI CHOOKASIAN DIES AGED 90
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Today in Armenian history- 531 The Persian army defeats the Byzantine forces.
- 1386 Tamerlane occupies Tabriz (Iran) then conquers the Armenian provinces of Syooneek, Ararat, and Nakhitchevan. Fort Yerngak is besieged.
- 1800 Birth of Karapet Papazyan (composer and conductor).
- 1827 Russian forces enter Echmiadsin.
- 1866 Birth of Vrtanes Papazyan (writer) in Van (Western Armenia). He died in 1920 in Yerevan.
- 1889 Death of Gabriel Patkanyan (historian, public figure) in St. Petersburg (Russia). He was born in 1802.
- 1917 Death of Alexander Tsatoorian, writer and translator.
- 1918 A telegram of complaint is sent by the Soviet Russian government concerning the advance of the Turkish army in Transcaucasia and the atrocities committed against civilians.
- 1920 Start of Dro's 45-day campaign in Artsakh.
- 1942 The Armenian 408th Artillery Division was formed in Armenia.
- 1984 The People's Permanent Tribunal's Special Meeting takes place in Paris from April 13 to16. It discusses the Question of the Armenian Genocide. A decision is taken to condemn the Armenian Genocide .
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