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Headlines for May 28, 2012CHAMBER OF LAWYERS EXPECTS MEMBERS EFFECTIVE WORK IN PARLIAMENT
The Armenian Chamber of Lawyers is hopeful that its members elected to the National Assembly will work effectively in the new parliament. In a statement congratulating the elected members, President ...KOFI ANAN TO VISIT SYRIA AMID VIOLENCE
Special envoy Kofi Annan is to visit Damascus on Monday, the day after the UN condemned Syria for its use of heavy weaponry in the town of Houla, where at least 108 people were killed, BBC News reported. ...FACEBOOK TO LAUNCH SMARTPHONE NEXT YEAR
Facebook may be gearing up to launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report suggests.
According to The New York Times, engineers have been sought by recruiters to work on building hardware ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATES ARMENIANS ON REPUBLIC DAY
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan released a congratulatory address on the occasion of Republic Day. The message runs as follows: "Dear Compatriots, I congratulate us all on the occasion of Republic ...ARMENIA CELEBRATES FIRST REPUBLIC DAY (PHOTOS)
Today is May 28, the anniversary of Armenia's first republic.
The country declared its independence on May 28, 1918, two days after the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Seim. The other states in the ...ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN MURDERED IN HIS OWN RESTAURANT IN RUSSIA
Two people were murdered in St. Petersburg Camelot restaurant on May 27, Russian mass media reports. According to law enforcements, a man entered the restaurant at about 6 pm and shot at one of the ...ONE KIDNEY ILLEGALLY TRADED EVERY HOUR, WHO WARNS
The illegal trade in kidneys has become so rampant that more than one of the organs is traded every hour, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Every year, some 10,000 illegal kidney operations ...YOUNG WRITERS DEMAND TERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF RESTAURANT NEAR KECHARIS MONASTERY COMPLEX
The participants of the 10th conference of young writers released a statement demanding that the construction of a restaurant complex near the Kecharis monastery complex be stopped. The statement addressed ...YEREVAN'S CLOSE MARKET IS BEING DISMANTLED; ACTIVISTS VOICE ALARM
Photo by Mediamax An Armenian civil initiative protesting against a decision to pull down the Close Market in central Yerevan warned on Sunday night that the market's roof is being dismantled.
In a ...MICHAEL HANEKE'S 'AMOUR' TOP PRIZE WINNER AT CANNES
The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, 'Amour', IBN Live reported.
The ...NABUCCO GAS PROJECT MAY BE DROPPED
The project to lay the 3,300 kilometre-long Nabucco gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea region to the EU countries bypassing Russia may be dropped for good by late June, Russian ITAR-TASS reports. This ...LAZIO CAPTAIN ARRESTED IN MATCH-FIXING INVESTIGATION
The captain of Lazio has been arrested by police investigating claims of match-fixing. Midfielder Stefano Mauri, 32, was held along with former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, police said. Officers ...EX BOXING CHAMPION JOHNNY TAPIA CHAMPION FOUND DEAD
Five-time world boxing champion Johnny Tapia was found dead in his Albuquerque home Sunday night, aged 45, myfoxny.com reported, citing police sources.
The shocking discovery by a family member marked ...STRONG QUAKE STRIKES ARGENTINA'S NORTH
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern Argentina early on Monday, Reuters reported, citing the US Geological Survey said. The quake occurred at 2:07 am local time (1.07 a.m. EDT) and was centered ...ARMENIA'S LEADERSHIP VISIT SARDARAPAT MEMORIAL
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied with Armenia's senior officials, visited today Sardarapat Memorial on the occasion of Republic Day. His Holiness Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II, ...ALI LARIJANI REELECTED AS SPEAKER OF IRAN'S PARLIAMENT
Members of the 9th Majlis on Monday elected former Parliament speaker Ali Larijani as speaker of the new Majlis, IRNA news agency reports. Larijani and Gholamali Haddad Adel were two candidates of the ...ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS CALL FOR ACTIVE EFFORTS TO PROTEST MINING PLAN
The environmental groups campaigning for the protection of the Trchkan Waterfall (Syunik region) and the Teghut Forest (Lori region) have issued a statement, informing the population of public hearings ...IRAN WANTED TO KILL ISRAELI, US DIPLOMATS?
New evidence has emerged indicating the involvement ofHezbollah operatives and Iranian agents in several attempts to assassinate Israeli, American and Saudi officials, the Israeli website Washington Post ...NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN TO BE KNOWN ON MAY 30 - EDUARD SHARMAZANOV
The session of the executive body of the ruling Republican party set for May 30 will make it clear who will become the chairman and deputy chairmen of the National Assembly, spokesman for the RPA, deputy ...WIDE-SCALE WORKS ON SETTLING ARMENIA-TURKISH RELATIONS UNDER WAY - ABDULLAH GUL
On the way to Turkey from US San Francisco, Turkish President Abdullah Gul stated about the wide-scale works Turkey is undertaking for the normalization of the Armenia-Turkey relations. According to ...WORLD'S OLDEST MASK TO BE AUCTIONED IN JUNE
A 9,000-year-old limestone mask, the oldest art object ever offered at Christie's, could sell for up to $600,000 when it goes under the hammer in June, Reuters reported, citing the auction house. The ...THOSE WITH THE MOST POSITIVE OUTLOOK LIVE LONGEST, SAYS STUDY
For all those pessimists among you, there's some even worse news. Optimists appear to live longer, the Daily Mail reports. According to research, those who make 100-plus tend to have a sunny disposition. ...'OLYMPIC RINGS' MOLECULE OLYMPICENE IN STRIKING IMAGE
Researchers have succeeded in taking a stunning image of a newly synthesised molecule called olympicene, BBC reports. The molecule - just over a billionth of a metre across - gets its name because its ...INDEPENDENCE DAY SHOULD BE OBSERVED ON MAY 28, POLITICAL SCIENTIST SAYS
Armenia's Independence Day should be observed not on September 21 but May 28, as this is the day of restoration of Armenian state, its recreation, political analyst Sergey Shakaryants said at a news conference ...BOTH TURKEY AND EU TIRED, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT SAYS
President of the European parliament Martin Schulz is paying today a two-day visit to Turkey. One the eve of the visit, Schulz spoke with the German Der Tagesspiegel newspaper, expressing conviction ...ONLY WAY TO SETTLE ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS - TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS, MFA SPOKESPERSON
The only way to settle Armenia-Turkey relations, is to ratify and implement the Armenian-Turkish protocols, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry Tigran Balayan told Tert.am, commenting on the statement ...I AM DETERMINED TO WORK IN PARLIAMENT - HEGHINE BISHARYAN
Vice leader of the Rule of Law party Heghine Bisharyan is determined to work in legislative body as an MP. Speaking to reporters today, she said she follows the media outlets which either take her to ...ARMENIA LACKS IDEA OF BRINGING UP CITIZEN - GAGIK GINOSYAN
Art director of "Karin" song, dance group, freedom fighter Gagik Ginosyan said a person in Armenia is not being brought up as a citizen. Speaking to reporters today, the art figure stated that we are ...ARMENIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT TO BE MORE ACTIVE
Armenia's parliament of the 5th convocations is more politicized and is expected to be more active, which shows similarity with European parliamentarism, Mkrtich Minasyan, a member of the ruling Republican ...US ‘PREPARED' TO ATTACK IRAN, SAYS PANETTA
United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said the US prevents Iran from developing a nuclear weapon at every cost, thenewstribe.com reported.
The American envoy to Israel earlier said that the ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA LEADER SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER
Chairman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan is a member of Armenia's Security Council, Harutyun Amiryan, Spokesman for the Rule of Law party and for the Security Council, told Tert.am. ...WCPAG MEETS IN VIENNA
The World Committee of Pan-Armenian Games (WCPAG) held a meeting in Vienna, May 26. WCPAG Vice-President Albert Boyajan and Secretary Bagrat Burzanyan chaired the meeting. WCPAG members from more than ...MAY VICTORIES, FIRST REPUBLIC DAY MARKED IN PRAGUE
On May 26, the Municipal Library of Prague hosted an even marking the May victories and First Republic Day. Armenian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Tigran Seyranyan delivered a speech. He spoke of ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1877 Russian forces enter Alashkert.
- 1878 Death of Ghookas Paltazarian, the editor of "Arshalooyss Araratian" periodical in Smyrna. He had published his newspaper for 38 years.
- 1905 Death of the armenologist Karapet Ezyan in St. Petersburg (Russia). He was born in 1835.
- 1918 Proclamation of Armenia's (First Republic) Independence after the defeat of the advancing Turkish Army by Armenian forces.
- 1928 Establishment of the Armenian "Pan-National" educational and publishing organization in Cairo, Egypt. It is associated with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party.
- 1963 Agarak's copper-molybdenum plant starts production.
- 1967 Death of Sos-Van, writer and famous publicist. He was born in 1895.
- 2000 The remains of Drastamat Kanayan (Dro) are moved from Boston to Armenia and placed on the grounds of the Monument at Aparan. The Monument commemorates the victory of the Armenian forces, led by Dro, over the aggressing Turkish forces in May, 1918.
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