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Headlines for April 02, 2012WHITNEY HOUSTON CLOTHES, JEWELRY AUCTIONED
Bidders paid a total of $80,000 for clothes and jewelry once owned by Whitney Houston in a Beverly Hills auction that took place Saturday just blocks from where the singer died seven weeks ago.
Julien's ...KING ARTHUR EYES WBO TITLE
Arthur Abraham has landed a shot at the WBO super-middleweight title by beating Piotr Wilczewski.
The German, a former world champion who is known as King Arthur, beat the Pole on points in Kiel on Saturday ...WISCONSIN MAN SUSPECTED OF SLAUGHTERING 100 DEER IN 'THRILL KILL'
A Wisconsin man, who along with his three friends is suspected of illegally slaughtering as many as 100 deer in what prosecutors call an unprecedented "thrill-kill" spree, faces up to six months in jail.
Nathan ...ABRAAM RUSSO RECEIVED AN ARMENIAN CITIZENSHIP
Armenian-Syrian singer Abraam Russo received an Armenian citizenship, but he will receive the passport in 5 months.3 KILLED AS HUMAN SACRIFICES IN MEXICO
Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Sonora have arrested eight people accused of killing two boys and one woman as human sacrifices for Santa Muerte -- the saint of death -- officials said Friday.
The ...MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS
Europe's tallest volcano Mount Etna has erupted for the fifth time this year, spewing forth lava and ash.
Stunning images show molten lava pouring down the mountain's side just after 4am local time. Local ...APRIL 2, BIRTHDAY OF SOGHOMON TEHLIRIAN
Soghomon Tehlirian was born on April 2, 1897 in Pakarij, present-day Turkey. At the young age of 18, Tehlirian was one of the few survivors of the Armenian Genocide. The rest of his immediate family was ...PEACE ACTIVISTS IN FAILED BID TO SWARM NATO HQ
Hundreds of peace activists on Sunday tried in vain to break into the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels, with 483 of them arrested by police.
The demonstration, organised ...NOVAK DJOKOVIC ADDS THIRD MIAMI MASTERS
Djokovic, who won here for the first time in 2007, became just the third man to win the title three or more times, along with Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. For his third straight match, Djokovic cruised ...GERMAN PUBLIC WORKERS GET PAY RAISE
Some 2 million German public-sector employees are to get a pay rise totaling 6.3% over two years, employers and a union said Saturday after marathon talks that followed disruptive walkouts in recent weeks.
The ...GERMAN PUBLIC WORKERS GET PAY RAISE
Some 2 million German public-sector employees are to get a pay rise totaling 6.3% over two years, employers and a union said Saturday after marathon talks that followed disruptive walkouts in recent weeks.
The ...ARMENIAN DELEGATION IN BAKU
"Euranest" session of the Parliamentary assembly has launched in Baku. Armenian delegation including Vahan Hovhannisyan, Artak Zakaryan, Ara Nranyan, Lilit Galstyan, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Aram Safaryan, ...ISRAEL, GREECE CONDUCT JOINT NAVAL DRILL AMID ONGOING TENSION WITH TURKEY
Israel, the United States and Greece are in the midst of a naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, in what Greek media outlets are saying is a message to Turkey following frayed ties with both Israel ...TOO LITTLE LEFT TO LOSE
Imagine a situation when people are seated around a table and have betted serious bets. Everyone seems stoned with the exception of the dealer, who spreads around the cards. He keeps sweating, moves, ...ADAM SANDLER FILM SETS RAZZIE RECORD
Adam Sandler and his cross-dressing romp "Jack and Jill" set a Razzies record by sweeping 10 Golden Raspberry awards, for the worst that Hollywood had to offer in 2011.
For the first time in its 32-year ...MAN CALLS KUWAIT POLICE OVER NIGHTMARE
A Kuwaiti had the scare of his life in a nightmare and called the police for help.
The police received a call from a man who pleaded for help and shouted before he hanged up the telephone, a source told ...MEETING WITH MEMBER OF THE DASHNAKTSOUTYUN BUREAU DAVID LOKYAN AND A GROUP OF DIASPORA PHILANTHROPISTS
On 2 April President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsoutyun) bureau David Lokyan and a group of philanthropists from the Diaspora. ...AUTONOMY IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION: VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN
"I believe that status quo in this condition when there's neither war nor peace, cannot last forever, said head of Armenian delegation Vahan Hovhannisyan during Euronest Parliamentary Assembly session ...NEYMAR SCORES HAT TRICK, SURPASSES ROBINHO'S MARK
Neymar is not wasting any time in making his mark with Santos as his latest hat trick moves him past Robinho on the list of the team's greatest goalscorers. Neymar scored three times in the 5-0 rout of ...PEPSI WILL ROLL OUT A LIMITED EDITION CAN FEATURING MICHAEL JACKSON
Pepsi has announced it's developing a limited edition package featuring Michael Jackson to pay tribute to the pop icon and the 25th anniversary of the 'Bad' album, which was released on August 31, 1987.
...LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN IRAN
"Politics should not be made on aggression, but that does not mean that we step back from our demands", said president of ARF Armenian Cause office of Tehran Sourik Abnousyan during his interview with ...OUR MAIN TASK IS TO UNMASK TURKEY
"As the body of Armenian Cause of Lebanon we try to unmask Turkey. Turkey cannot talk about human rights as it violates the human rights inside the country", said the chairman of the Armenian Cause office ...RUSSIA PRAISES WORK OF KARABAKH MEDIATORS
Russian MFA praised the work of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body mediating a solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia is a co-chair of the ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Russian forces start their third assault on Yerevan.
- 1848 Khatshatoor Abovyan (writer) disappears. He was born in 1809.
- 1889 Death of academician Kerovbe Patkanyan (armenologist) in St. Petersburg (Russia). He was born in 1833.
- 1921 The Dashnak Government is ousted from Yerevan by the Bolsheviks.
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