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Headlines for June 12, 2012UKRAINE OPENS WITH A VICTORY
Andriy Shevchenko is determined to turn Euro 2012 into a farewell performance to remember, and in his first game he put on quite a show. Shevchenko one-upped Sweden's star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, ...UP TO 100 FEARED DEAD IN AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKES
As many as 100 people are feared dead in two earthquakes and a landslide that buried up to 30 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
Rescuers pulled two women's bodies from the rubble ...MADONNA FLASHES NIPPLE DURING TURKEY CONCERT
Madonna stunned fans in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday night when she bared her right breast during her latest stop on the MDNA tour. The pop superstar was in the middle of performing her hit Human Nature ...PRESIDENT BAKO SAHAKYAN MET OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE EAMON GILMORE
On 16 February President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met in Yerevan OSCE chairman-in-office, deputy premier, minister for foreign affairs and trade of the Republic of Ireland Eamon Gilmore. ...BUS CRASH KILLS SEVEN IN TURKEY'S WEST
Seven people, including a child, were killed when a passenger bus skidded off the road and into a wooded area in the western province of Kütahya earlier today. The accident occurred at around 5:30 ...MUBARAK'S HEART STOPPED TWICE: PRISON SOURCE
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who has been in critical condition since moving to prison, was defibrillated twice after his heart stopped on Monday, a prison hospital source told AFP. Mubarak's ...US EXEMPTS INDIA, NOT CHINA, FROM IRAN SANCTIONS
The United States extended exemptions from its tough, new sanctions on Iran's oil trade to seven more economies on Monday, leaving China the last remaining major importer exposed to possible penalties ...DJOKOVIC GAINS IN ATP RANKING POINTSՈՐՈՒՄ Է ATP ՎԱՐԿԱՆՇԱՅԻՆ ԱՂՅՈՒՍԱԿԸ
Novak Djokovic lost the final of the French Open but strengthened his hold on the No. 1 position in the men's tennis rankings.
Djokovic fell to Rafael Nadal in Monday's completion of the French Open men's ...SPAIN CONSIDERING UEFA PROTEST OVER PITCH
Spain is considering filing an official protest to UEFA over the state of the pitch at Gdansk's PGE Arena after Italy's refusal to consent to extra watering left it dry for their opening European Championship ...FUJITSU APP TRACKS SKIN COLOUR OVER TIME TO SEE WHAT LOTIONS AND POTIONS REALLY DO
Many cosmetics are marketed with outlandish claims of restoring youth and improving skin tone - but a new app monitors skin tone day by day to show what creams are really doing.
The app, launched by ...PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE STATE AND POLITICAL FIGURE ANDRANIK MARGARIAN
On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of the former Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by the highest leadership of the country, visited today the Komitas Pantheon ...ON THE OCCASION OF RUSSIA'S DAY, SERZH SARGSYAN SENT A CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND PRIME MINISTER
On the occasion of Russia's Day, President Serzh Sargsyan sent today a congratulatory letter to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In the congratulatory ...OSCE CHAIRPERSON, IN ARMENIA, CALLS FOR RESTRAINT
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, in Yerevan called on all parties to refrain from the use or threat of force and to abstain from retaliatory ...ARMENIA, ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES
Despite an escalating conflict in Syria and mounting civil unrest in Europe, the world became a more peaceful place in the last year, a study showed on Tuesday, highlighting particular improvement in ...THE REGION NEEDS OPEN BORDERS: PHILIP GORDON
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon attended the annual assembly of the American-Turkish Council, and spoke of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols. ...TURKEY SUPPORTS AZERBAIJAN'S THREATS: MFA
The statement of the Turkish Foreign Minister, according to which he mourns the loss of only the Azeri servicemen as a result of the latest incidents, sounds racist. We have never heard him being concerned ...INTERVIEW OF VARDAN OSKANYAN
Vardan Oskanyan spoke of the criminal case by National Security Service on Yerkir Media.WEDDING PHOTOS OF SERJ TANKYAN
Singer of System of a Down rock band Serj Sankyan got married on June 9 in LA.IRAN LIKELY TO BUILD NEW N. POWER PLANTS IN JOINT VENTURE WITH OTHER STATES
Iran said it is open to study proposals from other countries for the construction of new nuclear power plants in the form of joint ventures. Answering a question about Iran-Russia cooperation in the construction ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1200 Birth of Vardan Aigektsee (writer of fables).
- 1724 The Russian-Turkish agreement was signed in Constantinople. Almost the whole of Transcaucasia is ceded to Turkey.
- 1752 Azad Khan marches against the Khanate of Yerevan.
- 1839 The Turkish army is overwhelmed near Nizba (northern Syria) by the Egyptian viceroy's forces.
- 1901 The Tsar lifts the Land Tax and the Tobacco Tax in Transcaucasia. He institutes the Spade Tax.
- 1903 Tsar Nicolas the Second confirms the law on the confiscation and nationalization of Armenian church properties and estates. He closes Armenian Parish Schools.
- 1921 Soviet Armenia declares that Artsakh is an integral part of its territory on the basis of the repeatedy expressed will of the majority of its population.
- 1957 Birth of Monte Melkonyan (Commander of Artsakh forces in Martooni). He died in 1993.
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