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Headlines for April 21, 2012UN TO VOTE ON SYRIA RESOLUTION
The UN Security Council has agreed a draft resolution on sending 300 international monitors to Syria, after considering two versions, BBC News reported. The final draft, which merges details of Russian ...LOS ANGELES CITY HALL COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Los Angeles City Council conducted their annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration on April 20, in the Rotunda of City Hall, hosted by Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Krekorian was joined by former ...ZHOGHOVURD: PRESIDENT FINDS INDIFFERENT RECEPTION IN ARAGATSOTN
President Serzh Sargsyan, who recently visited Aragatsotn region as part of the ruling Republican Party's pre-election campaign, was met with indifference by the local residents, the paper has learned. ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: MAN WHO KILLED GRANDMOTHER WAS MENTALLY DISTURBED BECAUSE OF CHILDHOOD DISEASE
The young men who was earlier reported to have brutally killed his grandmother with axe had mental disorders caused by a childhood disease, the paper has found.
The mother of Aram Sukiasyan, 19, has ...GLENDALE YOUTH TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The United Youth Organization of Glendale will this year commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by holding a candle lighting ceremony in Glendale Concert Hall's parking area.
The event ...ARMENIAN BOOKS ON DISPLAY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
An exhibit of Armenian books, that opened at Harvard University's Lamont Library on Monday, April 9, according to the Armenian Mirror Spectator.
The initiative has justifiably satisfied Professor of ...YERKAPAH MEMBERS ARE FREE IN THEIR CHOICE, SAYS ACTIVIST
The members of the Yerkrapah Volunteers' Union do not face any pressure in terms of backing majority candidates in different electoral districts, says Gagik Davtyan, the head of the organization's territorial ...OBAMA APPEALS FOR PEACE TO PEOPLE OF SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN
US President Barack Obama made a videotaped message to the people of Sudan and South Sudan that aired Saturday, saying "conflict is not inevitable," and their leaders have a chance not to drag them into ...MASHTOTS PARK ACTIVISTS BACK YSLU STUDENTS
The activists campaigning for the protection of green areas in Yerevan's Mashtots Park have issued a statement, expressing solidarity with the Yerevan State Linguistic University (YSLU) students' efforts ...DINK'S MURDER WAS MASTERMINDED BY GROUP, SAYS SUSPECT
Turkish nationalist Erhan Tuncel, who stands trial over the Hrant Dink murder case, has claimed that the plot to kill the Armenian-Turkish journalist was masterminded by a group.
In an interview with ...TURKEY PREPARES FOR GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION
Ahead of the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, several Turkish organizations have started preparations for commemorating the tragedy.
The main event is scheduled in Istanbul's Takcim square, ...HERITAGE LEADER AGAINST JOINT HEADQUARTERS DEAL
The leader of the opposition Heritage party, Raffi Hovhannisyan says they have refused to be work with the joint headquarters expected to monitor the parliamentary election.
"The document on creating ...EDWARD NALBANDYAN MEETS GEORGIA'S DEPUTY FM
FM Edward Nalbandyan received on Saturday Georgia's first deputy foreign minister, Nikoloz Vashakidze, who has arrived in Armenia to attend interagency consultations.
Greeting the guest, Armenia's top ...BRITAIN'S MOST EXPENSIVE TOY SOLD FOR £76,000
A 107-year-old toy battleship, with its own steam engine inside, has been sold for £76,000, making it probably the most expensive toy in Britain, according to BBC News.
The model of HMS Terrible ...PARLIAMENT'S ‘INCOMPLETE BILLS' AND THEIR FUTURE
Armenia's fourth parliament, which is finishing its term on May 6, has around 400 draft laws, with half not yet being included in the sessions' agenda.
In response to Tert.am's request about those bills ...ISTANBUL COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN SOLDIER
Istanbul hosted today a protest rally in commemoration of Sevak Shahin Balikci, the Armenian soldier who was killed by a fellow servicemen in the Turkish gendermerie's military unit on April 24 last year. ...UZBEKISTANI WOMEN STERILIZED AGAINST THEIR WILL
A two-month long investigation for the BBC World Service and Radio 4 has uncovered what appears to be a systematic state-run programme inUzbekistan to sterilise women, often against their will and without ...OPPOSITION CANDIDATE LOOKS FORWARD TO DEBATE WITH CONTESTANT
Republican Party member Samvel Farmanyan, who is running for parliament in electoral district No. 2 (Yerevan's Nor Nork district), has addressed in his Facebook page his contestant, Vladimir Karapetyan's ...FREEDOM HOUSE URGES INVESTIGATION INTO VANADZOR ATTACK
Freedom House has urged Armenia's authorities to conduct an immediate, independent investigation into the recent attack against the offices of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA), in Vanadzor, and the ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS NORTHERN REGIONS
President Serzh Sargsyan started today a working visit to the northern regions of Lori and Tavush.
Sargsyan first departed to Lori where he attended the opening of a new bridge, Jamarlu, which is designed ...TURKEY MAY OPEN BORDER BY 2015, SAYS GENOCIDE MUSEUM DIRECTOR
As 2015 marks the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Turkey is very probably elaborating steps ahead of the anniversary, says Hayk Demoyan, the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1729 Birth of Tsarina Catherine the Second, Empress of Russia from 1762. She died in 1796.
- 1858 Sultan Abdul Megid proclaims the Agrarian Law, which sets out new norms of land ownership.
- 1924 Death of Italian dramatic actress Eleanora Dyoozeh.
- 1926 Death of semasiologist Y. G. Mrmyan.
- 1990 An international, three-day meeting on the Armenian Genocide takes place in Yerevan. It was devoted to the 80th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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