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Headlines for May 17, 2012US FOREIGN AID PANEL PROPOSES MORE THAN DOUBLING AID TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Efforts Led by Rep. Schiff Result in Proposed 150% Increase in Aid to Artsakh, Maintaining Assistance to Armenia, Prioritization of Aid to Javakhk, and Preserving Military Aid Parity between Yerevan and ...NORWAY MAKES ANOTHER STEP IN THE LONG ROAD TO SEPARATING CHURCH AND STATE
The Norwegian Parliament is planning to amend the country's constitution on Monday to continue the long, drawn-out effort to separate the church from the state.
The amendment will abolish the Lutheran ...EU PREPARES PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS FOR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING BETWEEN NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT SIDES
The European Union prepared a package of proposals for confidence-building between the sides of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Roland Kobia said in his press conference ...SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TIKAHITO HARADAI
President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia Tikahito Haradai. On the eve of the President's visit to Japan, the parties ..."HERITAGE" PARTY OF 2007 IS OVER
Political technician Armen Badalyan said today during the press conference that the "Heritage" party fraction of 2007 differs from the "Heritage" party fraction 2012.
"Fraction of 2007 working quiet ...BILLION DOLLAR NEW MEXICO GHOST TOWN TO BE PROTOTYPE "SMART CITY"
We all want self-driving cars, smart traffic systems, and more awesomely automated things of all kinds. Of course, before we can really use or implement any of these things, we have to test them. A lot. ...EUROVISION WEBSITES HACKED IN GAY HATE ATTACK
Prominent Eurovison website, esctoday.com and other fan sites have been hacked today in an apparent anti-gay cyber attack.
The group behind the attack claim that Eurovision backs gay pride.
Years of work ...PRESIDENT BAKO SAHAKYAN PARTOOK AT AN EVENT DEDICATED TO THE LIBERATION OF BERDADZOR
On 17 May President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook at a solemn event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Berdadzor sub-district villages in the Shoushi region. The Head ...MICHAEL OWEN TO LEAVE MAN UTD AS EVERTON FC AND TOTTENHAM SHOW INTEREST
Owen is out of contract this summer and announced on Thursday morning that he will be leaving Old Trafford.
The 32-year-old spent most of the last season on the sidelines after picking up a thigh injury ...FEDERER AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CELEBRITIES: FORBES
The Forbes Celebrity 100 ranks Roger Federer as the 31st most powerful celebrity on the planet, and fourth most powerful athlete in the world, trailing only Tiger Woods (12), LeBron James (15), and Kobe ...DIY INCIDENT POLITICIZATION IS IMMORAL AND REPREHENSIBLE
Representative of ARF Supreme Body Armen Rustamyan said today during the press conference that ARF condemns any kind of violations and illegal acts, no matter who is he author.
"Immorality is equally ...STEVEN GERRARD NAMED ENGLAND CAPTAIN AT EUROS
England will be guided into battle at Euro 2012 by Steven Gerrard after Roy Hodgson confirmed the Liverpool man as skipper on Wednesday.
Gerrard worked as captain under Hodgson during the 64-year-old's ...'MOURINHO HAS NOT CALLED ME' - YAYA TOURE COY ON REAL MADRID LINK
Though the Ivorian has publicly stated that he is happy at the Etihad Stadium, his agent has claimed that his client wants "new challenges" after City wrapped up the Premier League title and the player ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Departure of the First Armenian Voluntary Brigade from Tbilissi for the front.
- 1851 Greegor Otyan (in Scutaree) founded the "Subscription Company". In his "Arshalooys Araratian" periodical's supplement he encouraged people to establish a boarding school for the free education of the poor.
- 1871 Birth of Nikoghos Adonts (armenologist) in Brnakot, Sisian province. He died in 1943.
- 1978 Death of Armin Wegener (soldier, humanitarian). As a German soldier in the Near East, he surreptitiously photographed scenes of the 1915 Armenian Genocide as it was being implemented by the Turks. He unsuccessfully tried to warn governments of possible future genocides. He was born in 1886.
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