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Headlines for June 17, 2012

EGYPT VOTES IN FINAL DAY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Egyptians vote Sunday in the second and last day of a highly divisive run-off presidential election between an Islamist once jailed by Hosni Mubarak and the ousted leader's last prime minister, The AFP ...
THIRTEEN DEAD IN TURKISH PRISON FIRE
Thirteen prisoners have died and five others have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a prison in southeast Turkey, officials said. The victims suffocated after inmates set bedding alight ...
GREECE HOLDS KEY ELECTIONS OVER EU BAILOUT
The polls have opened in Greece for crucial elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone, BBC reports. The main contenders, the left-wing Syriza and right-wing New Democracy, ...
STAGE COLLAPSE IN TORONTO KILLS ONE AHEAD OF RADIOHEAD SHOW
A man in his 30s was killed when an outdoor stage raised in a Toronto park for a concert of the British group Radiohead collapsed, police said, The AP reports. "Shortly after 4 pm, a partial piece ...
STATE GRADUATION EXAMS RECORDED FOR GRADUATES TO APPEAL MARK
According to the newly amended order of state graduation exams, from this year the process of exams is being recorded. Speaking to Tert.am, pro-rector of State Pedagogical University Mher Melik-Bakhshyan ...
IF ANYTHING DEPENDS ON ME, I WILL DO THE UTMOST TO SEND OSKANIAN INTO PRISON - NIKOL PASHINYAN
Chief editor of Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) daily Nikol Pashinyan said he will vote "for" if the issue on opening a criminal against ex-foreign minister Vartan Oskanian and his arrest appears in ...
HRANT DINK'S ASSASSIN SPEAKS ABOUT DETAILS OF MURDER, HIS FEELINGS
Representatives of Turkish opposition the Republican People's Party visited Ogun Samast, the murderer of chief editor of Agos newspaper Hrant Dink, in jail. Speaking with them, the latter revealed the ...
FRANCE PARLIAMENT RUN-OFF VOTE OPENS
French voters are taking part in a second round of parliamentary elections seen as crucial for President Francois Hollande's reform agenda, BBC reports. The socialist leader, who was elected last month, ...
SYRIAN TROOPS EVACUATE CHRISTIAN-POPULATED VILLAGE
The Syrian government has completely emptied Ghnemiye village, not far from Latakia port city, mainly populated with Christians, including Armenians. Many Syrian-Armenians have villas and lands there. ...
LONDON 2012: IOC BEGINS OLYMPICS TICKETS INVESTIGATION
The International Olympic Committee has begun an investigation into claims Olympics representatives were willing to sell thousands of tickets for the London Games on the black market, BBC reports. The ...
SUMMIT LETS OBAMA, PUTIN SIZE UP THE COMPETITION
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will use their meeting Monday, the first since Putin returned to Russia's top job, to claim leverage in a mutually dependent but volatile relationship, ...
TURKEY CLOSES COMMITTEE STUDYING ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
Following the suspension of the settlement of the Armenian-Turkish relations, Turkey closes the national committee studying the relations between the two countries, Turkish Vatan writes. The committee ...
ARMAVIA'S FLIGHT DELAYED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH JET'S ENGINE
St. Petersburg-Yerevan flight was not implemented yesterday because of the problems with the engine of the jet, Sara Tonoyan, mother of a passenger, told Gagik Shamshyan. She said the flight was to ...
US PLANNING ATTACK ON SYRIA - DEBKA
US official sources say the United States is definitely planning a military intervention in Syria and it is only a matter of time. "The intervention will happen. It is not a question of 'if' but 'when'," ...
UEFA OPEN ENGLAND FANS DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
Uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association for the ''inappropriate conduct'' of England supporters during the Euro 2012 match against Sweden. Uefa are looking into an ...
EURO ZONE NEEDS COMMON FINANCE MINISTER: IMF CHIEF
The euro zone needs a common finance minister and should consider issuing region-wide bonds to help pull it out of its economic crisis, said International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, Reuters ...
14-YEAR OLD BOY HANGS HIMSELF IN ARMENIA'S LORI REGION (PHOTOS)
A 14-year old Artyom Vardanyan has committed suicide through hanging in the cellar of his house in the Lernantsk village of Spitak region of Lori. Photo journalist Gagik Shamshyan reports that according ...
TURMOIL MARS APARTMENT LOTTERY IN ARMENIA'S GYUMRI
Some 528 families in the second largest city of Gyumri are participating today in a lottery event to win apartments. A resident from Gyumri told Tert.am that more than 2500 people have come to participate ...
ARAMYANTS HOSPITAL ON THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE IN GEORGIA
A hospital founded by outstanding Armenian industrialist and philanthropist Mikael Aramyants (1843-1924) is on the edge of collapse in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. Aramyants' contribution to the development ...
DAVID NALBALDIAN DISQUALIFIED FROM QUEEN'S FINAL FOR INJURING A LINESMAN AFTER KICKING HOARDING AROUND HIM (VIDEO)
David Nalbandian has been disqualified from this afternoon's AEGON Championships final against Marin Cilic at Queen's after kicking an advertising board into a linejudge's leg, the Telegraph reports. ...
DIVERS STUDYING THE UFO-SHAPED OBJECT FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BALTIC SEA
Sceptics expected that a deep-water dive would debunk the slew of extra-terrestrial theories surrounding an unidentified object sitting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. But the Swedish expedition team ...
CANINES BATTLE IN CALIFORNIA SURFING COMPETITION
More than 50 dogs from across the United States came together for the seventh annual surfing competition in San Diego, the Daily Mail reports. The canines competed in a series of heats, subdivided according ...
NAPOLEON'S DEFEAT AT BATTLE OF WATERLOO REPLAYED 197 YEARS ON
It was the battle the English have remembered ever since - and the French have done their best to try and forget. Waterloo, where Napoleon was finally defeated by the army of his nemesis the Duke of ...