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Headlines for April 14, 2012

ANCA-HOLLYWOOD TO HOST "ARMENIAN CULTURAL SHOW: REVIVAL THROUGH ART"
The Armenian National Committee of America, Hollywood Chapter will host an Armenian Cultural Show in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on the evening of Friday, April 20th. "We have not forgotten ...
TWO BLASTS IN BOGOTA
Two small bombs exploded in Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, and police said they may have been a protest by leftist guerrillas against the presence of US President Barack Obama elsewhere in the country ...
ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONIST COMPLAINS OF UNEQUAL RACE
A representative of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), Vladimir Karapeyan, has met with long-term observers of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to share ...
ONE ARMENIAN'S FATEFUL ESCAPE FROM THE TITANIC
By Daisy Sindelar From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Neshan Krekorian was barely in his twenties when his father urged him to emigrate from western Armenia and start a new life far away across the ...
ORGANIZED CRIME DEPARTMENT AUTHOR OF ANTI-PIRACY BILL
The Legal and Organized Crime Departments of the Armenian Police have proposed amendments to the Criminal and Administrative Codes to strengthen the protection of copyright and adjacent rights, and reduce ...
PAKISTANI GUNMEN KILL 8 SHIA MUSLIMS
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle have killed eight Shia Muslims in two sectarian attacks in south-west Pakistan, The Guardian reported, citing police sources. A senior police officer, Shaukat Ajmad, said ...
UN DIPLOMAT CALLS FOR SC MEMBERS' CONSENT TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT
The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict requires consent by all the five members of the United Nations Security Council, according to Fikret Akchura, the UN resident coordinator to Azerbaijan. ...
ARMENIAN PM VISITS YEREVAN OPHTALMOLOGICAL CENTER
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited on Saturday the Malayan Ophtalmological Center of Yerevan to get familiarized with the medical services and development plans of the clinic, the Government's Press ...
HUNGARY TO SUE EU OVER IMF LOAN
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attacked the European Union for imposing political conditions on an EU-IMF loan desperately needed by Budapest, in an interview on Friday, AFP reported. "Creating ...
VOTERS ELECT PARTIES BASED ON SYMPATHY - POLLS
Opinion polls conducted by the Public-Political Survey Center have found that people in Armenia often elect political parties based on sympathy. As the Center's coordinator, Daniel Vardanyan, told reporters ...
US SECRET AGENTS RECALLED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT
US secret service agents sent to provide security for Barack Obama at a summit in Colombia have been sent home after allegations of heavy drinking and consorting with prostitutes, The Guardian reported. Spokesman ...
SINGLE-MANDATE SYSTEM IMPORTANT FOR ARMENIA
All kinds of complaints and rumors about the single-mandate system are absolutely baseless as such voting procedure is important for Armenia, Aharon Adibekyan, the president of the independent survey ...
FIVE CITIES TO BID FOR 2020 OLYMPICS
The five cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympics will state their cases for the first time at the Association of National Olympic Committees' (ACNO) general assembly in Moscow today, AFP reported. Bid ...