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Headlines for March 01, 2012POLICY OF A MUTE
Massacre of Khujalou organized and realized by Azerbaijan is now turned upside down and presented as Armenian massacre against Azerbaijan and actions are taken to make it recognized by other countries. ...LENNON AND MCCARTNEY HOMES GIVEN GRADE II LISTED STATUS
The childhood homes of John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have been listed as Grade II buildings by English Heritage.
Lennon's house - Mendips, on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, and McCartney's home on Forthlin ...COURT SNUFFS OUT FDA RULE ON CIGARETTE-PACK NOTICES
The federal government cannot force tobacco companies to put large graphic images and anti-smoking warnings on their cigarette packages, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
"Although an interest in informing ...WIKILEAKS REVEALS SPECULATIONS ON TURKEY IN STRATFOR EMAILS
As the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks on Monday began publishing more than 5 million emails from a US-based global security analysis company, Stratfor, emails emerged in regards to Turkey, Israel and the ...CLINTON: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ABOUT SYRIAN OPPOSITION
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has admitted that her government lacks a clear understanding of the Syrian opposition. She spoke out against arming it, saying the weapons could potentially end up ..."KARABAKH, HIDDEN TREASURE" IN STEPANAKERT
"Karabakh, hidden treasure" movie was shown yesterday in Spetanakert.
President Bako Sahakyan and many high-ranking officials took part in the premiere.
Director of the movie Jivan Avetisyan made that ...FRANCE DELAYS OPENING TURKISH CONSULATES AFTER LAW ANNULMENT
France has delayed inauguration of a Turkish consulate general in Bordeaux due to Ankara's strong diplomatic reactions to a French law criminalizing denial of Armenian allegations regarding the incidents ...10 WOUNDED AS BOMB BLAST HITS POLICE BUS IN TURKEY
A bomb explosion wounded 10 people in and around a Turkish police bus near the ruling party headquarters in Istanbul early Thursday, Anatolia news agency reported citing police.
"It appears to be a remote-controlled ...MORE REPS. OFFER CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS MARKING SUMGAIT MASSACRES
Representatives Gary Peters (D-MI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and have offered U.S. House floor statements over the past week marking Azerbaijan's pogroms and massacres ...RIOTS IN GUBA, AZERBAIJAN
Up to 10,000 people gathered this morning in front of the executive of Guba (a town 170 km north of Baku), expressing their discontent. The participants are outraged by offensive remarks of the Chief ...U.S. REPRESENTATIVES PRESS SECRETARY CLINTON ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
During testimony before two key U.S. House Committees today, Secretary Clinton was pressed on a range of concerns to Armenian Americans, including, most prominently, her recent remarks misrepresenting ...PAKISTAN READY TO PROVIDE MILITARY SUPPORT TO AZERBAIJAN
Pakistan will support Azerbaijan in a peaceful settlement to the Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan, like Pakistan, has suffered from aggression, but experience shows that in resolving conflicts, it is necessary ...ROGER FEDERER VS MIKHAIL YOUZHNY
As soon as Roger Federer landed in Dubai he announced that he wants his No 1 position back by the end of this year and would love to win Dubai Championships for the fifth time.
The Swiss Ace started ...ARMENIAN WOMAN KILLED IN MOSCOW
Armenian business woman Irina Ziroyan has been killed today in Moscow.
The woman had gone to "Tanuki" restaurant and on coming out unidentified people shot to her direction. She had died and her bodyguard ...EUROVISION-2012 DISCUSSIONS STILL GO ON
Singer Alla Levonyan was against Armenian participation in Eurovision-2012 right from the start.
She believes that there are some principles which must not be walked over.
"If we want to prove something ...MANCHESTER CITY TO SHATTER £200,000-A-WEEK TO DAVID SILVA
Manchester City will begin new contract talks with David Silva next month - and are ready to make him the fourth £200,000-a-week player at the club, Goal.com can reveal.
City officials want to tie ...OHIO DEER SAVES WOMAN FROM ASSAULT
Authorities say a woman under assault got some crucial help from a darting deer.
Police in this western Ohio college town say a man was choking her with her purse straps and punching her in the forehead ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 World Civil Defense day.
- 1856 Birth of the cleric, historian, ethnologist, teacher and translator, Gyoot Aghanyan (Harootyoon Ter - Arakelian) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He translated literary classics and re-wrote Yeghisheh's "Vardanants Story" in modern Armenian. He wrote textbooks on religion and library science. He was the first in Eastern Armenia to publish a wall-calendar.
- 1857 Opening of the school at Varaga Monastery (western Armenia) for the education of "orphan and homeless" children.
- 1865 Birth in Tbilisi of Teegran Hovhannisian, translator and lawyer. He translated the novels "Harootyoon" (Resurrection) written by Lev Tolstoy and "Arants Davananki" (Without Faith) written by Henry Senkeveech.
- 1867 Birth of the writer Nar-Dos (Meekael Hovhannisyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He died in 1933.
- 1901 Birth of the poet Sarmen (Armenak Sargsian) in Pakhvants (Western Armenia). Many popular songs have been written using his poems as lyrics.
- 1915 The First Meeting of Armenian immigrants took place in Echmiadsin. The meeting tried to integrate the work of the many benevolent unions that were created to help the survivors of the 1915 Genocide.
- 1920 Azeri Turks perpetrate the Genocide of Shooshee. Some 20 000 Armenians are killed.
- 1920 The Government allots 50 million rubles for agricultural development. Agricultural tractors are brought to Armenia for the first time.
- 1930 The Sardarapat tractor plant starts production.
- 1934 Death in Yerevan of Toros Toramanyan (architecture historian).
- 1960 Martiros Saryan is awarded the title "People's Painter of the USSR".
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