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Headlines for May 03, 2012

EBU FINES ARMENIA FOR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE AT EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN BAKU
The European Broadcasting Union fined Armenia for refusing to participate at "Eurovision-2012" in Baku APA reports. According to the decision of the EBU, Armenia will make a full payment defined for ...
ISRAEL ‘SPIES ON' TURKISH MILITARY TRAINING FLIGHTS
Israel has wiretapped conversations between Turkish pilots on military training flights, a Turkish news report said on Wednesday, prompting Turkish authorities to initiate a program to encrypt conversations ...
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
The United Nation General Assembly declared May 3 as the World Press Freedom Day in 1991 to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and ...
BATUMI TO HOST GEORGIAN-TURKISH BUSINESS FORUM
Georgian-Turkish business forum will be held in Batumi on May 3. From the Turkish side, the forum will be attended by companies that are members of the Chamber of Commerce of Izmir, while from the Georgian ...
'IT'S A LIE, YOU LITTLE SLANDERER': TEMPERATURES RISE IN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATE... BUT NEITHER SARKOZY OR HOLLANDE MANAGE TO LAND A KNOCK-OUT BLOW
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was told he had 'failed' the French people in a bitter televised debate with his socialist rival Francois Hollande. Fighting for his political life, Mr Sarkozy, who trails ...
MUNCH'S 'THE SCREAM' SELLS FOR RECORD $120 MILLION
Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever ...
VOA PERSIAN'S ARASH SIGARCHI WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Arash Sigarchi, a journalist for Voice of America's Persian Service, has won top prize at the 2012 Deutsche Welle International Blog Awards - known as the BOBs. Sigarchi's personal blog, Window of Anguish, ...
TUNISIA FINES TV CHANNEL OWNER OVER CONTROVERSIAL FILM
The owner of a private Tunisian TV station has been fined for showing a controversial animated film. The award-winning French-American film, Persepolis, has been denounced as blasphemous by radical Muslims. The ...
REAL MADRID WIN SPANISH LEAGUE TITLE
Real Madrid won the Spanish soccer league title for the 32nd time, their first time in four years. It was also coach Jose Mourinho's first here and seventh in four different countries. Real sewed up the ...
THE RECORD TO BEAT ALL RECORDS: 68-GOAL LIONEL MESSI IS THE GREATEST GOALSCORER THE GAME HAS EVER SEEN
It was Lionel Messi's saddest week. Defeat to Real Madrid in the Clasico at Camp Nou saw Barcelona relinquish La Liga and there was further personal pain as the Argentine missed a penalty and saw his ...
ATTACK ON NIGERIAN MARKET KILLS 34
Gunmen armed with explosives have killed at least 34 people in northeastern Nigeria when they attacked a cattle market and burned it to the ground. The attack last night in the city of Potiskum was ...
HOLD ‘VICTORY' OVER EMIGRATION, UNEMPLOYMENT AND CORRUPTION
RA second president Robert Qocharyan gave an interview to 'Mediamax', where he had said that it's failed notion to compare politics with chess games. He believes that politics and chess have some differences ...
AJAX IN THE 31TH TIME WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOLLAND
Ajax Amsterdam in a match 33-championship Holland beat Venlo (2: 0). The victory brought amsterdamcam double midfielder Sima de Yong. Thus, Ajax took early scored 31 2nd Championship. "It should be noted ...
THE REPUBLICANS ARE HIDING
"Yerkir.am" is still not able to get any remark from the Republican party concerning the interview of RA second president Robert Qocharyan. Those party members, whose phones are not out of reach, are ...