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Published on March 30, 2012
MAN JAILED FOR PRAISING TOULOUSE GUNMAN
- A French court has sentenced a 20-year-old man from the same neighbourhood as extremist gunman Mohamed Merah to three months in prison for praising his crimes, prosecutors in Toulouse said today.
Mohamed Redha Ghezali was convicted yesterday of "provoking racial hatred" and "apology for terrorism" and Toulouse prosecutor Michel Valet said the conviction was a signal that authorities would not tolerate any statements supporting Merah's crimes.
Ghezali was arrested last week in the Toulouse area of Les Izards a few hours after Merah was shot dead in a hail of bullets after a 32-hour siege that followed his killings of three soldiers and three children and a teacher at a Jewish school.
The Depeche du Midi reported that while haranguing a group of police officers, he said: "My mate Mohamed, that's a real man. It's too bad he didn't have time to finish the job."
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Headlines for March 30, 2012ALEXANDER MANTASHYANTS' STATUE IN YEREVAN
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In the center of Yerevan, in the neighborhood of St. Anna, will be positioned statue great Armenian benefactor Alexander Mantashyants, informs Municipality of Yerevan.
Author of the statue is RA renowned ...VLADIMIR HAKOBYAN SHARED HIS POINTS
Individual chess championship continues in Plovdiv, where Vladimir Hakobyan is in the top ranks with 7 points. 6 players also have 7 points each. In the 9th tour Hakobyan played with Vladimir Malakhov. ...BISHARYAN'S SELF-CONFIDENCE IN UNRELATED
Former press secretary of 'Rule of Law' party Susanna Abrahamyan told 'yerkir.am' that she will inform about her leave from the party when the time is right.
Earlier on she informed us about the possibility ...TWO KILLED IN ISTANBUL CAFE BLAST
Two women were killed in a blast in a cafe in Istanbul on Friday which was probably caused by a gas canister, Turkish media reported.MEETING WITH A GROUP OF INTELLECTUALS FROM RUSSIA AND ARMENIA WHO HAVE ARRIVED TO ARTSAKH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF THE DAYS OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
On 29 March President Bako Sahakyan met a group of intellectuals from Russia and Armenia who have arrived to Artsakh within the frameworks of the Days of the Russian Language. A wide range of issues related ...20 SUSPECTED ISLAMISTS ARRESTED, FRANCE
French police have arrested about 20 suspected Islamists in dawn raids, most of them in the hometown of an extremist who was shot dead by police last week after a killing spree.
Agents from France's DCRI ...BLOODSHED IN AZERBAIJANI ARMY
A fatal criminal case was recorded in Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's N military unit situated in Terter region. Press service of the Defense Ministry told APA that soldier Abbasov Mammad Abbas killed ...HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT LOSES DOCTORATE IN PLAGIARISM CASE
Semmelweis University has stripped Hungarian President Pál Schmitt of his doctoral degree after determining that he copied much of his thesis from other sources, prompting opposition politicians ...ARF ARMENIAN CAUSE CONFERENCE LAUNCHED
Forth conference of ARF Armenian Cause was held today, where over 60 representatives from 25 delegations partook, including from Argentina, USA, UAE, Australia, France and other countries.
Plans for ...ALL OUR PROBLEMS ARE RESULTS OF THE GENOCIDE
"Even though the Armenian Parliament has dozens of delegations in International establishments but the staff of our Parliament, mildly said, is not ready to commit diplomatic actions", said member of ...IDEOLOGY OF THE ARMENIAN CAUSE IS INVULNERABLE
"Ideology of the Armenian Cause is invulnerable", said representative of ARF Supreme body Armen Rustamyan and called to not be afraid to defend the raised problems either it is the Artsakh problem or ...MAN JAILED FOR PRAISING TOULOUSE GUNMAN
A French court has sentenced a 20-year-old man from the same neighbourhood as extremist gunman Mohamed Merah to three months in prison for praising his crimes, prosecutors in Toulouse said today.
Mohamed ...SHARAPOVA, RADWANSKA REACH MIAMI FINAL
Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska, neither having to deal with the world's No. 1 player this week, reached the finals Thursday at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Either Sharapova or Radwanska will become ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS AFFECTED GREATLY
Representative of Jerusalem's Armenian Cause Hakob Sevan told the journalists today that the delegation of the Armenian Cause of Jerusalem will continue its efforts towards the Knesset's recognition of ...WILL OBAMA PRONOUNCE 'GENOCIDE'?
Representative of US West coast Armenian Cause office Zareh Sinanyan noted today during the press conference that he cannot predict weather Barak Obama will pronounce word "Genocide" or not.
"I would ...SHOE THROWN AT TURKISH MINISTER
A shoe was thrown at Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar, the Haber7 TV channel website reported.
Bayraktar was greeted by protests arranged by a group of students at the ...ARMENIA WEAKENS ITSELF WITH ITS POLICY
President of Europe Armenian Cause office Gaspar Karapetyan told the journalists today after the conference that their strategy is clear and it has not been changed.
"Now we negotiate over the Armenian ...IT'S CRISTIANO V NADAL IN NEW NIKE ADVERT
The Real Madrid ace joined world No2 Rafael Nadal to play a unique tennis match for Nike's latest advert. But while Nadal used his usual racket, Ronaldo donned his new boots to show off his silky footwork ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1804 Birth of the Hungarian-Armenian armenologist, church and public figure Kristof Lookachin (Khachik Lookachian or Ghukasian). He frequently raised the issue in the Austro-Hungarian Government and the Pope to free Armenians from Latin bishops' power and to reestablish the Armenian bishopric.
- 1805 Russian forces occupy Artik (Sultanate of Shoragyal).
- 1827 The Armenian Volunteer Corps Military Parade takes place in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1828 Creation of New Bayazet. From 1959, it was called Kamo. Presently it is known as Gavarr.
- 1856 Signature of the Paris Treaty to end the Crimean War.
- 1909 Sultan Hameed was dethroned in Constantinople.
- 1933 The Children's Park is founded in the place of Yerevan's old market place (Ghanthar).
- 1935 Death of Rromanoss Melikyan (composer) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1883.
- 1943 Nelson Stepanyan (pilot, war hero) arrives in Yerevan.
- 1998 The Municipal Council of Venice condemns the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and expresses its solidarity with the Armenians, historical truth, and the defence of human rights.
- 1998 Robert Kocharian was elected President of Armenia in the second round of the Presidential elections, with 59 % of the votes.
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