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Headlines for June 04, 2012ARMENIAN CITIES AND TOWNS TO HOST CHALK DRAWING CONTEST ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
On the occasion of the June 5 World Environment Day, the Armenian civil movement We Can is launching a chalk-drawing contest in different cities and towns across the country. According to the organization's ...EU TO PRESS PUTIN ON SYRIA AT SUMMIT
EU officials are expected to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a stronger line on Syria during a summit in St Petersburg, BBC reports. EU nations want Russia to put pressure on its ally ...LAGOS AIR CRASH: NO SURVIVORS, OFFICIALS SAY
A passenger plane with about 150 people on board has crashed into buildings in a densely populated district of Nigeria's main city of Lagos, BBC reports. Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority said there ...HILLARY CLINTON VISITS ARMENIA ON SOUTH CAUCASUS TOUR
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Armenia today at the start of a tour to the South Caucasus. In Armenia she will meet with country's President Serzh Sargsyan, high ranking officials, ...US DRONE STRIKE 'KILLS 15' IN PAKISTAN
A strike by a US drone aircraft has killed 15 people near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say. They said missiles hit a suspected militant compound in the town of Mir Ali in the North Waziristan ...BRITISH NATIONAL 'KIDNAPPED BY KURDISH REBELS'
Kurdish rebels claim they have kidnapped a British national in southeastern Turkey, according to local officials, the AFP reports. The rebels reportedly stopped a passenger bus on the Diyarbakir-Bingol ...PAKISTAN BUS FALLS INTO RAVINE, KILLING 25
At least 25 people were killed and over 60 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a deep ravine in Pakistan's northern city of Kahuta in the wee hours of Monday, Chinadaily reported, citing police ...5.1 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS ITALY; NO CASUALTIES REPORTED
No casualties were reported but some buildings collapsed in central-northern Italy as amagnitude 5.1 quake on Sunday evening shook the same area that was hit by two powerfulfatal quakes on May 20 and ...NIGERIA DECLARES 3 DAYS OF MOURNING FOR CRASH VICTIMS
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared three days of national mourning Sunday after a plane carrying 153 people crashed in the economic capital Lagos, with all those aboard feared dead.
Jonathan ...AZERBAIJAN'S SUBVERSION KILLS 2, INJURES 5 IN ARMENIA
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The Azerbaijani side has committed subversion against the Armenian military post in the village of Chinari, Tavush region, last night, head of the community Samvel Saghoyan told Tert.am. Saghoyan reported ..."LOST DAUGHTERS OF DERSIM" TO SPEAK AT TURKISH PARLIAMENT
A Turkish parliamentary sub-committee conducting an inquiry into the fate of the Dersim massacre survivors is going to invite several "lost daughters" to hear their stories about the tragedy.
According ...CALMING THE ROILING CAUCASUS - NEW YORK TIMES
By Denis Corboy, William Courtney and Kennet Yalowitz Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia this week is timely. The Caucasus holds risks of confrontation that ...TURKISH WOMEN PROTEST PLAN TO BAN ABORTION
Thousands of demonstrators on Monday staged the largest protest yet against plans by Turkey's Islamic-rooted government to curb abortion, which critics say will amount to a virtual ban, IBN Live reported. ...JORGE SOROS: EUROPE HAS THREE MONTHS TO SAVE EURO
Europe has three months to save the euro, billionaire investor George Soros said this weekend amid global pressure to end eurozone turmoil rocking financial markets and creating deep economic uncertainty, ...ACCESS TO IRAN NUCLEAR SITE TO TOP IAEA AGENDA
Iran's suspected nuclear drive will top the agenda when the UN atomic agency's governors meet this week in Vienna, aiming to get unlimited IAEA access to a key Iranian military base, The Express Tribune ...RULE OF LAW PARTY GETS THREE MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS
The Rule of Law party will have three ministerial portfolios in the newly-formed government. According to Tert.am sources, the portfolio of the Urban Development Minister will be given to the RoL party ...TOLL IN TAVUSH REGION SUBVERSION REACHES 3; ARMENIAN FORCES HALT ENEMY
The number of the dead in the Azerbaijani-perpetrated subversion in Tavush region has reached 3, the Ministry of Defense has said in an official statement.
The incident on the north-eastern section ...ARMENIA'S SECURITY ISSUES DISCUSSED AT YSU CONFERENCE
A conference on Armenia's security in the context of regional military-political processes kicked off today in the Yerevan State University (YSU). YSU rector Aram Simonyan said in his opening remarks ...EXCESS EXERCISE DAMAGES HEART - RESEARCH
Extreme exercise such as marathons may permanently damage the heart and trigger rhythm abnormalities, The Daily Mail reported, citing a recent research.
According to the finding, the safe 'upper limit' ...CIS COUNTRIES LEADERS IN NUMBER OF FORCED LABOR VICTIMS - ILO
The CIS countries, Central and Eastern Europe are the leaders in the number of victims of forced labor, every fourth resident of these countries is a slave, stated the study of the International Labour ...PM TIGRAN SARGSYAN MANAGES TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, REPUBLICAN PARTY REP SAYS
The Republican party of Armenia discussed the issue of Armenian prime minister, making unanimous decision not to replace him, member of the Republican party's faction Mkrtich Minasyan told at a news conference ...CANDIDATE VITALY BALASANYAN KARABAKH PRESIDENT'S MAIN RIVAL, SOCIOLOGIST SAYS
The main struggle at the presidential elections in Artsakh Republic on July 19 will be elaborated between the incumbent President Bako Sahakyan and former defense minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, Artsakh ...ARMENIAN POLITICIANS ON CLINTON'S VISIT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving in Armenia later today as part of her regional visit to the South Caucasus. In that connection, Tert.am has talked to Heritage party member Styopa Safaryan, ...ARTSAKH PEOPLE WANT SOLUTION TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS - EXPERT
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The people in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) expect their new president to deal primarily with socio-economic issues, according to Aharon Adibekyan, a sociologist who recently visited ...RULING PARTY MP ON GOVERNMENT'S WORK
Some of the former government members did not retain their posts, which, however, does not mean that they did not work well or President Serzh Sargsyan was discontent with their work, Gagik Minasyan, ...ARMENIAN MP EXPLAINS AMD DEPRECIATION
Gagik Minasyan, an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, believes that the USD/AMD exchange rate fluctuations ...ARMENIAN EXPERT: ARMED INCIDENT LINKED TO CLINTON'S VISIT
The armed incident in Tavush region is directly linked to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's scheduled visit to Armenia, according to Artsrun Hovhannisyan, a military expert.
Speaking to Tert.am, ...OBAMA WIN COULD COST ROMNEY $5 MILLION
In case Barack Obama wins the presidential election this year, Mitt Romney would pay half what he would under President Barack Obama's tax plan.
According to the Associated Press, that could save almost ...PREMIER-LED ARMENIAN DELEGATION IN BRUSSELS, HERITAGE, RULE OF LAW STAY IN ARMENIA
On June 3, an Armenian delegation led by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan arrived in Belgium for a 2-day working visit. The Armenian premier is to deliver a speech at the Brussels-based Centre for European ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT APPOINTS THREE MINISTERS
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree to appoint three of the cabinet members.
According to an official statement by the Armenian leader's press office, Edward Nalbandyan, Seyran Ohanyan ...JAPAN MOBILE OPERATOR DEVELOPS DUAL-SIDED TRANSPARENT SMARTPHONE
A predominant mobile phone operator in Japan along with a leading European computer company has doubled the user's pleasure by creating a prototype smartphone that has front and back touch panels and ...US SECRETARY OF STATE IN ARMENIA
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Armenia. Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian and US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern met the US Secretary of State at the Zvartnots airport. In Armenia ...AZERBAIJAN FRUSTRATES ARMENIA-TURKEY PROCESS -EXPERT
Azerbaijan appears to be the basic factor impeding the Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process, according to a Turkish expert.
Speaking at a Yerevan-hosted round table on Monday, the director of the Global ...SECRETARY CLINTON JOINS ARMENIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HONOR RIGHTS ADVOCATES
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, joined the U.S. Embassy, Counterpart International, the British Embassy, the OSCE, and the EU to honor individuals working to promote human rights, accountable ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT JAPAN, VIETNAM
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to be on an official visit to Japan, June 5 to 7. In Tokyo, the Armenian leader will hold meetings with top-ranking Japanese officials to discuss Armenian-Japanese ...ARMENIAN PREMIER VISITS IBA MOLECULAR COMPANY
An Armenian delegation led by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is on an official visit to Belgium. The Armenian premier visited the IBA Molecular Company in Leuven. Accompanied by IBA Board Vice-Chairman ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED US SEC OF STATE
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received on Monday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on a working visit to Armenia. The Armenian leader assured the US Secretary of State that she is always ...ARMENIAN CAPITAL MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS COOPERATION
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan received on Monday Mr Petr Kužel, President of Czech Chamber of Commerce. Attending the meeting was Martin Sargsyan, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of ...US SEC OF STATE CONDEMNS ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI BORDER INCIDENT
At her meeting with journalists on Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on a working visit to Armenia, condemned the latest incident on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which claimed ...ARMENIAN PREMIER DELIVERS SPEECH AT BRUSSELS-BASED CEPS
An Armenian delegation led by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is continuing its visit to Belgium. At the Brussels-based Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), the Armenian premier delivered a speech. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1100 Birth of Nerses Shnorhalee (poet, historian). He died in 1173.
- 1679 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 7.0) occurs at Garrnee. After shocks continue till October.
- 1855 Khrimian 'Hayrik' edits 'The Eagle of Vaspurakan' periodical in Constantinople. From 1858 to 1864, it is published in Varada Monastery. It is republished in 1872 by Manuel Ananian in Constantinople.
- 1878 Defense treaty signed between England and Turkey to safeguard the eastern territories occupied by Turkey, in return for which Turkey cedes Cyprus to England.
- 1909 Archbishop Yegheesheh Doorian was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1918 The Treaty of Ghars is signed between the representatives of Turkey and the Armenian National Council in Batum. Turkey is given extensive Armenian territories.
- 1925 The "Pioner Kanch" (Call of the Pioneer) newspaper was first published in Yerevan.
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