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Published on May 08, 2012
ROBERT QOCHARYAN IN NKR
- Second president of RA Robert Qocharyan is in Artsakh taking part at the triple celebrations. Head of Robert Qocharyan's office Viktor Soghomonyan informs about this.
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Headlines for May 08, 2012PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA IN NKR
President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan arrived to NKR to be present at the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi, ...ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR IN VATICAN
RA ambassador Vigen Chitechyan passed his credentials to the Pope Benedictos XVI.
During his visit to Vatican, the ambassador had meetings with a number of officials.GOOGLE+ HANGOUTS ON AIR LIVE BROADCASTING OPENS FOR ALL
Google took the beta wraps off Hangouts On Air, which gives users worldwide the ability to create instant Webcasts over Google+, the company's fledgling social networking site. Through the service, members ...TURKEY IS READY TO FACE ITS HISTORY: ERDOGAN
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Turkish PM Erdogan announced in Slovenia that Turkey will face its history if the facts prove that they had committed the Armenian Genocide.
"We are able to face our history, if Armenia will be able ...92-YEAR-OLD SAN DIEGO WOMAN WHO SOLD SUICIDE KITS GETS PROBATION, FINE ON TAX CHARGES
A 92-year-old Southern California woman who acknowledged selling kits intended to help people commit suicide has been sentenced to five years supervised probation for failing to file federal tax returns.
U.S. ...ISRAEL EARLY VOTE CANCELED AS KADIMA JOINS COALITION
Israeli opposition party Kadima agreed to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition in a surprise announcement that nullifies plans to hold national elections in September.
"Kadima is ...JOINT HQ WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON MAY 10
"The joint HQ will come with an announcement on May 10", said the president of the union of political scientists Hmayak Hovhannisyan.
He noted that the 3 political forces have had a meeting and analyzed ...CIA: WE STOPPED "UNDETECTABLE" BOMB
The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama ...MORE THAN 100 AFTERSHOCKS OCCURRED IN AZERBAIJAN FOR THE DAY: OVER 1,000 HOMES DESTROYED
Aftershocks continue to shake Azerbaijan and the surrounding regions of Georgia. An earthquake in Zagatala in the north-west of Azerbaijan and the surrounding regions continues for the second day.
Gurban ...COCA-COLA CHLORINE-TAINTED DRINKS RECALL STIRS PUBLIC DISCONTENT
Though Coca-Cola is trying to save its brand image in China with a recall of its chlorine-tainted products, the beverage giant's move may backfire as it has aroused further discontent among local costumers.
On ...ARF WAS PREVENTING ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONSHIPS TO GET BETTER
President of "New times" party Aram Karapetyan is sure that the authorities have lowered the number of ARF votes on purpose.
He believes that the authorities have to pay a huge price for that. Inside ...ELECTIONS DIDN'T RECORD THE DESIRE OF OUR PEOPLE: ARF
Another Parliamentary election ended in Armenia, which were moral and political trial for our society.
ARF stood in front of the nation with a precise program, which would changes the quality of people's ...AZERBAIJAN SENDS LETTER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL OVER "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS" IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev sent a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over "presidential elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh. The letter notes that according to media ...ROBERT QOCHARYAN IN NKR
Second president of RA Robert Qocharyan is in Artsakh taking part at the triple celebrations. Head of Robert Qocharyan's office Viktor Soghomonyan informs about this."GALLUP" HAD DONE CORRECT SURVEY ONLY 5 TIMES
Sociologist Aharon Adibekyan is sure that the hope we had for fair and free elections, came true.
Adibekyan analyzed the elections today during the press conference that the reason ANC had higher votes ...ARAS OZBILIS HAD A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY
Midfielder of the Armenian National team and Amsterdam's "Ajax" Aras Ozbilis had had a surgery on May 7th.
Aras informed during the telephone conversation that the surgery went on quiet well and he feels ...PUTIN HANDS MEDVEDEV PRIME MINISTER ROLE AMIDST SUSTAINED UNREST
Russian police detained more than 20 people on Tuesday in a new crackdown on protests over Vladimir Putin's return as president as parliament rubber-stamped his ally Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister.
Mr. ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Mareri was the 10th month in the old Armenian calendar (May 8 to June 6). It relates to the time when trees (mayrik) acquire new foliage.
- 1851 Birth of Yeghya Demeertjeepashyan. He died in 1908.
- 1883 Inauguration of the Tbilissi-Baku railway.
- 1930 Murder, by the Soviet Police, of Catholicos, Gevorg the Fifth (Sooreniants).
- 1958 The Eighth Congress of Armenian Trade Unions opens in Yerevan.
- 1992 A counterattack by Artsakhs armed forces retakes Shushi, thereby stopping the random bombardment and shelling of Stepanakert.
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