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Headlines for June 13, 2012'RECALLING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NOT ATTACK ON TURKS'
Rivlin says Knesset discussion of murder of more than a million Armenians nearly a hundred years ago not political.
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Tuesday that Israel had an obligation to remember ...RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVES VISIT AZERBAIJANI SERVICEMAN IN ARMENIA
On June 12, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation to Armenia visited the Azerbaijani serviceman held in Armenian captivity.
Spokesperson for ICRC Delegation ...TURKISH HACKERS BROKE THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF BEELINE
...CHARLES AZNAVOUR MET WITH UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Famous Armenian singer, RA ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
During the meeting they have discussed issues of cooperation between ...ASSAILANT KILLED AFTER ATTACK ON POLICE STATION IN ISTANBUL
Two attackers targeted a police station in Istanbul's İstinye neighborhood last night, throwing a hand grenade and opening fire on the building. One of the attackers was injured after the police officer ...SASSOUNIAN: CLINTON SHOULD SHARE BLAME FOR KILLINGS OF ARMENIAN SOLDIERS
A tragic pattern of bloody engagements continues to recur along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border at great human cost. Whenever high-level visits or international meetings are scheduled on the Artsakh (Karabagh) ...DESCENDANTS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO RECEIVE $2.1M
About $2.1 million finally will be paid out from a compensation fund for descendants of Armenian Genocide victims that had been ensnared in litigation for more than a year. During a hearing Monday, ...SHAHUMYAN WAS ARMENIAN POPULATED TILL 1992
Northern Artsakh, Shahumyan fell 20 years ago today.
Deputy Dean of Literature institution Vardan Devrikyan noted today during the press conference that the reason it has fallen is because "the opponent ...CLASHES BETWEEN AZERBAIJANI SOLDIERS AND VILLAGERS
Clashes took place between soldiers and villagers of once-an Armenian village Gulistan that has been occupied by Azerbaijan in 1992.
Clashes started after the villagers were prohibited to bring their ...TURKEY TO INTRODUCE ELECTIVE KURDISH LESSONS
Turkey on Tuesday announced plans to introduce elective Kurdish language instruction in schools, a step aimed at easing tension that Kurdish minority activists argued didn't go far enough.
Kurdish politicians ...FERRAGAMO IN PINK AND SAND
Imagine a movie in which the Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and the Indian actress Freida Pinto are exploring American Indian territory. They are dressed in pieces of fringed leather and clinging python ...IRAQ: BOMB ATTACKS IN SIX PROVINCES 'KILL 62'
A wave of bombings in six Iraqi provinces, including 10 locations in Baghdad, has killed 62 people and wounded dozens more, Iraqi police say.
Many of the dead in the Iraqi capital were Shia pilgrims gathering ...US SENATE PANEL TO CONSIDER AMBASSADOR NOMINEE TO AZERBAIJAN
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider President Obama's nomination of Richard Morningstar to serve as Ambassador to Azerbaijan, during a hearing on Wednesday, June 13th at 2:45pm that ...EDMONTON WOMAN WHO HOARDED 1,000 RABBITS BANNED FROM PET STORES
A woman charged after more than 1,000 rabbits were seized from an Edmonton home has been fined $8,500.
A judge also banned Shelley Zenner from owning pets, except a dog or cat that must be spayed or neutered.
The ...AZERBAIJAN JAILS IRANIAN JOURNALIST ON DRUGS CHARGE
A court in Azerbaijan sentenced an Iranian journalist to two years in prison for drug possession on Tuesday in a case that his family says is politically motivated.
Anar Bayramli, 31, a reporter for Iran's ...CLINTON'S VISIT: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent visit to the South Caucasus was primarily aimed at shoring up American geopolitical interests in the region in order to further strengthen its hand in ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1878 Signature of the Treaty of Berlin. Unlike the Treaty of San Stefano, no guarantees for reforms in Western Armenia were stipulated. Turkey undertook no reforms.
- 1884 A tax rebellion starts in Zeitoon against the Turkish "reforms". It is led by the mayor, Prince Papik.
- 1896 Bishops Ormanian and Doorian publish the "Massees" denominational daily.
- 1921 The first "Sovkhoz" (State Farm) is created in Armenia.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR denies the 1988 02 20 petition by the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Gharabagh to rejoin Armenia.
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