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Published on March 12, 2012
NOMINATION PROCESS STARTS TODAY
- Nominations of Proportional and Majoritarian lists of political parties and alliances are to start today.
Deadline is on March 22nd at 18:00, and campaign is to start on April 8.
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Headlines for March 12, 201214 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS KILLED IN FIRE IN TURKEY
A fire engulfed a tent used as a dormitory for construction workers at an Istanbul construction site late Saturday, killing 14 people, a local official said.
The workers were staying in a giant tent at ...9 DEAD IN EXCAVATION OPERATION IN EGYPT
9 people were killed and another one injured in an illegal excavation operation in a town in Egypt' s southern Qena governorate, a local security official told Xinhua on Sunday.
Sahah Mazeed, director ...LONDON OLYMPICS FORCES THE QUEEN TO CLOSE BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE PUBLIC
With a unique exhibition to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, officials hoped that a record number of visitors would flock to Buckingham Palace this year. Mandrake can disclose that the Queen has, ...SWISS VOTERS REJECT EXTENDING VACATIONS
Who turns down a long vacation? Known for their work ethic, Swiss citizens appear to be leading the way on European austerity, rejecting a minimum six weeks' paid holiday a year.
Switzerland counted ballots ...NICOLAS SARKOZY THREATENS TO PULL FRANCE OUT OF SCHENGEN ZONE
Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to pull France out of Europe's passport-free zone on Sunday unless the EU tightened its borders against illegal immigration in a "make or break" campaign rally before 60,000 ...NOMINATION PROCESS STARTS TODAY
Nominations of Proportional and Majoritarian lists of political parties and alliances are to start today.
Deadline is on March 22nd at 18:00, and campaign is to start on April 8.THE TRIAL OF ICELAND'S PRIME MINISTER IS ABOUT DEMOCRACY, NOT MONEY
As an Icelander, I found it chilling to watch the trial of my country's ex-prime minister Geir Haarde get under way. Haarde was PM of Iceland during and leading up to its economic meltdown in 2008, and ...PAKISTAN WILL SUPPORT AZERBAIJAN
"If Azerbaijan decides to liberate its "occupied lands" the Pakistan will support the military aggression", announced ambassador of Pakistan to Azerbaijan Inayatulla Kakar during the press conference, ...NEW IPAD'S FIRST AD HIGHLIGHTS RETINA DISPLAY
As Apple does with all of their newly launched products, they released the first TV ad for "The new iPad", solely focusing on the new Retina Display. Eventually, as time progresses, Apple may highlight ...GERMAN-ARMENIANS COMPLAIN AGAINST THE TOLERANCE AWARD TO BE GIVEN TO ERDOGAN
Armenians living in Germany complain against the award that is to be given to turkish PM Rejep Tayyip Erdogan. They are about to hold rallies when Erdogan visits Germany to accept the Steiger Award.
President ...TURKISH COURT REJECTS PROBE INTO INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FAILURE
A court in Ankara has rejected an appeal by the family of slain journalist Hrant Dink against a prosecutor's decision not to investigate two officials of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) who ...PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT GET EXCITED BY THE ANNOUNCED NUMBERS
yerkir.am's interview with ARF Bureau representative Hrant Margaryan:
Q. Mr. Margaryan, during the 13th assembly of the Republican Party the president of Armenia made a huge notion concerning the social-economic ...ANGELA MERKEL'S AFGHANISTAN VISIT COMES DAY AFTER US SOLDIER SHOOTING SPREE
Chancellor Angela Merkel paid an unexpected visit to German troops serving in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after an American soldier killed 16 civilians in a shooting spree that has further strained troubled ...DECLARING SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON SIR COULD IMPROVE LGBTSTUDENTS' COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Though sexual orientation is commonly considered a personal issue, a new proposal in the University of California Academic Senate would allow the university to quantify the lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...CNN TO BUY MASHABLE FOR $200 MN; LATEST IN THE STRING OF TECH BLOG ACQUISITIONS
According to reports, international news giant CNN, a unit of Time Warner, is in talks to acquire the social news website Mashable for $200 million. Mashable, an American news website and news blog founded ...GOOGLE AWARDS HACKER $60,000
Internet giant Google has awarded a prize of 60 thousand dollars to a Russian student from Tyumen who is the first to have hacked the Google Chrome browser.
The student's name is Sergei Glazunov and he ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1846 Opening of the Armenian Circus (the "Aram Theatre") in Constantinople.
- 1854 Birth of epidemiologist Margar Aroostamov (Aroostamian) in Shooshee.
- 1898 Birth of writer, literary figure, and artist Aram Yeremian in Marzvan (Western Armenia). He made a great contribution to further develop the art of Armenian minstrel songs.
- 1900 Birth of the founder of Armenian circus arts, the equilibrist Vagharshak Arzoomanyan.
- 1906 Birth of the scholar, professor and doctor of historical sciences, Hmayak Harootyoonian in Lamzkert (Van Province of Western Armenia). He studied medieval Armenian history.
- 1918 The Turkish army re-occupies Karin (Erzroom, Western Armenia).
- 1922 Representatives of the Central Executive Committees of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbajan, meeting in Tbilissi (Georgia), create the Transcaucasian Federation.
- 1965 Opening of the National Assembly of Repatriated Armenians, in Yerevan's Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Hall.
- 1966 Death of Norayr Seessakyan, biologist, public speaker, and professor.
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