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Headlines for June 11, 2012FRENCH SOCIALISTS WIN IN FIRST ROUND
The final results in French parliamentary election have shown thatPresident Francois Hollande's Socialists and their allies are set for a majority following the first round, BBC News reported. Left-wing ...EURO 2012: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BEATS CROATIA 1-3
Republic of Ireland's prospects of progressing beyond the group stages of Euro 2012 suffered a huge blow as they were undone by a clinical and classy Croatia in Poznan, BBC Sport reprted.
Mario Mandzukic's ...EURO MAKES GAINS AFTER SPAIN DEAL
The euro has made gains against the dollar and the yen as markets react to the eurozone deal aimed at shoring up Spain's troubled banks, BBC News reported. In early Asian trading on Monday the euro ...ARONYAN LOSES MATCH IN TAL MEMORIAL
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronyan has suffered a defeat in the Tal Memorial 2012 tournament in Moscow.
Aronyan lost the game in the third round, in a match against Britain's Luke McShane.
Having scored ...ANTI-ARMENIAN QUESTION IN TURKEY'S SCHOOL TESTS
Anti-Armenian question containing elements of racism and discrimination was included in school tests in Turkey, Agos newspaper reports. In the exam tests of the 8th grade students Armenians and Greeks ...ISRAELI KNESSET TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Isreali Knesset is expected to hold a public discussion about the Armenian Genocide of the Armenian people, at the request of MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz). The move comes ahead of the publication of ...SMALL CALIF. TOWN SHOCKED BY FAMILY MURDER-SUICIDE
Neighbors of an Indian family killed in a murder-suicide grappled with allegations Sunday that the man accused in the shooting in a small California agricultural town was a former Indian army officer ...6.0 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS OFF TURKEY'S SOUTH-WEST
An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit off southwestern Turkey today, Hurriyet Daily News said, citing NTV television. No immediate reports of casualties or injuries were reported.
The quake struck at 13:44 ...TWO ARMENIANS WOUNDED IN ARMED ATTACK IN MOSCOW
Unknown individuals have opened gunfire against two Armenian citizens in Moscow, Life News reported.
The armed attack occurred after a scuffle that followed a dispute. The unknown men reportedly used ...ARMENIAN CELLIST FINDS STOLEN INSTRUMENT AFTER 16 YEARS
US Armenian musician Vahe Hayrikyan has found his cello that was stolen from his apartment in 1996, The Lost Angeles Times reported.
Early in 2011, 15 years after the 200-year old instrument went missing, ...NIGERIA VIOLENCE: SEVEN DEAD AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACKS
Boko Haram militants have attacked two churches during Sunday services, triggering deadly reprisal attacks, BBC reports. In the central city of Jos, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church, ...GOOGLE, APPLE TO USE SPY PLANES TO FILM BACKYARDS
Spy planes able to photograph sunbathers in their back gardens are being deployed by Google and Apple, The Daily Mail reported.
The US technology giants are racing to produce aerial maps so detailed ...CHILEAN POLICE CLASH WITH ANTI-PINOCHET DEMONSTRATORS
Hundreds of demonstrators in Chile have clashed with the police after the screening of a documentary praising the former military government of General Augusto Pinochet, BBC reports. The mayor of the ...SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL ELECTS KURDISH ACTIVIST ITS LEADER
The main Syrian opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Council, elected Kurdish activist Abdelbasset Sida as its leader at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing a council statement ...LADY GAGA GETS CONCUSSION DURING SHOW (VIDEO)
Pop diva Lady Gaga suffered concussion when a dancer accidentally hit her on the head with a metal pole during her final New Zealand show, Channelnewsasia.com reported.
The US artist was performing ...366 ARMENIAN LAWYERS TO GO ON STRIKE TODAY
Some 366 members of Armenia's Chamber of Lawyers are launching a strike on Monday as a sign of protest against what they claim to be the unlawfulness of the judiciary.
The attorneys, who have joined ...AZERBAIJANI ARMY'S PREPAREDNESS LEVEL LOW, AZERI MP SAYS
The tension on the line of contact and losses of the Azerbaijani army during the clashes show that Azerbaijani army needs to be worked on, MP of Azerbaijani parliament Gurdet Hasangulieyv said. According ...BRITISH PM DAVID CAMERON LEFT DAUGHTER IN PUB
David and Samantha Cameron left their eight-year-old daughter alone in a pub as they travelled home from Sunday lunch with friends, it emerged last night, The Telegraph reports. The Prime Minister, ...ARMENIAN REPUBLICANS TO COMMEMORATE DECEASED PM
High ranking members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will visit Komitas park's pantheon on June 12, birthday of former leader of the party, deceased prime minister Andranik Margaryan. According ...ARMENIAN, CHINESE TOP PROSECUTORS SIGN COOPERATION DEAL
A cooperation program between the prosecutor generals' offices of Armenia and the People's Republic of China was signed in Yerevan on Monday at a meeting between the two countries' top prosecutors.
Under ...ARMENIA'S TAVUSH RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED WITH OFFICIALS' VISITS
The visits of the officials, representatives of political parties to the Armenia's Tavush region have left positive impact on the moral-psychological condition of the residents of bordering settlements. ...LATVIAN REFEREE TO WATCH ARMENIA-ANDORRA MATCH
Andris Treimanis from Latvia has been selected as a referee for the Armenia-Andorra match scheduled tomorrow. This is said to be his second experience in an international football event. Earlier this ...ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNVEIL 120 STUNNING NEW FIGURES AFTER THIRD DIG AT TERRACOTTA WARRIORS' (PHOTOS)
Excavations in China have unearthed a stunning new collection of 2,000-year-old terracotta warriors and hundreds of other artefacts, The Daily Mail reports. Archaeologists unveiled 120 new terracotta ...ARMENIAN ATHLETE QUALIFIES FOR LONDON OLYMPICS
The Armenian Athletic Federation has won the right to participate in the 2012 London Olympics after a brilliant performance in national cup competitions between June 9 and 10.
According to a the National ...NY TIMES: RUSSIA INCREASES MILITARY FLIGHTS OVER ARMENIA
By David M. Herszenhorn
Russian fighter jets are conducting an increasing number of training flights over Armenia, a military spokesman said Saturday, sending a clear warning that Russia could intervene ...US RELIES ON ARMENIA IN THE REGION - AZERI EXPERT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Armenia was a sign of the Western powers' desire to attract the country, Azerbaijani political analyst has said.
According to Mubariz Ahmedoglu, the ...UNOFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS EXIST BETWEEN ARMENIA, TURKEY, EXPERT SAYS
Turkey's invitation to Armenia to attend the Black Sea Economic Cooperation's (BSEC) meeting in Istanbul proves the existence of certain diplomatic relations between the two countries, political analyst ...NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR VETERANS READY TO SERVE HOMELAND
Nagorno-Karabakh war veterans are ready to defend their Homeland and, in necessary, go to the front, Hamlet Hovsepyan, Chairman of the Union of Nagorno-Karabakh War Veterans, told journalists on Monday. ...OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE TO VISIT ARMENIA
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, will be in Armenia June 11-12, Foreign Ministry press service reported. Gilmore is scheduled to meet ...NEW ILLUMINATION IN NORTHERN AVENUE, FREE WIFI IN PARKS AND GARDENS, YEREVAN MAYOR INSTRUCTS
At a regular consultation in the City Hall Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan instructed to complete the renovation of yards and hand them to residents. "We have stated that all the yards of the capital ...LIFE-TERMER GOES ON HUNGER-STRIKE IN ARMENIA
Mher Yenokyan, one of life-terms in Armenia, has gone on a hunger-strike on Monday. He demands a review of his case from Armenia's president and relevant agencies. Yenokyan, whose parents are doctors, ...ARMENIA'S GOVERNMENT STAFF TO BE DECIDED ON THESE DAYS
The sitting of the executive body of the Republican Party of Armenia and RPA's council will probably take place on June 14. Speaking to Tert.am, Vice Speaker of Armenia's parliament, RPA spokesman Eduard ...NADAL TOPS DJOKOVIC FOR 7TH FRENCH OPEN TITLE
Rafael Nadal won his record seventh French Open title Monday, returning a day after getting rained out to put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic, The AP reports. ...BLAST ON UKRAINIAN TRAM INJURES TWO
A blast on a tram injured two people in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Two men suffered burns, Interfax said, citing witnesses who said the tram was travelling ...AZERBAIJANI PAPER CONDEMNS COUNTRY'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP
Azerbaijani Yeni Musafat newspaper has strictly condemned the highest military leadership of the country for entrusting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to the 18-19 years old soldiers, reminding that ...MUBARAK'S DEATH NEWS CIRCULATED
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who has been in critical condition since moving to prison, was defibrillated twice after his heart stopped on Monday, a prison hospital source told AFP. According ...FREE DEMOCRATS MEMBER DISTRUSTS ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY
At a meeting with journalists on Monday, Anoush Sedrakyan, a member of the Free Democrats party, had a debate with Vardan Aivazyan, an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). At the press ...ARMENIA'S EX-FM ISSUES STATEMENT
Armenia's ex-FM and founder of the Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian, who recently joined the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), made a statement, saying: "The National Security Service of the ...MARRIAGES, DIVORCES UP IN ARMENIA
More marriages and divorces have been registered in Armenia as compared with last year, Karine Kuyumjyan, Head of the Census and Demography Department, Statistical Service of Armenia, told journalists ...REVIVAL OF TATEV AND DILIJAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS DISCUSSED IN ARMENIA
Armenia's Acting Vice-Premier and Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan chaired a meeting that discussed the implementation of the Revival of Tatev and Dilijan International School programs. ...POLITICAL PERSECUTIONS PAST IN ARMENIA
The time of political persecutions is in the past in Armenia. The country has entered the epoch of new democratic values, Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Vice-Speaker of ...PROSPEROUS ARMENIA HOPES LAW-ENFORCERS HONOR CONSTITUTION
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) hopes that Armenia's law-enforcement will exclusively be guided by the Constitution in detecting crimes, without hunting for political or any other contexts, PAP Spokesman ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1920 The Russian Communist Party's Armenian wing is recreated as the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of Armenia with its Central Committee and Foreign Bureau.
- 1935 The Institute of History and Literature was created within the People's Commissariat of Education.
- 1942 Death of Professor Ashkharhabek Qalantarian (Lorees Qalantar), armenologist, archeologist, and historian.
- 1997 Start of the Genocide Scholar's Conference at Concordia University (Montreal). It adopted a resolution that the large-scale murder that took place in Turkey in 1915 was a Genocide, which conforms to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
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