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Published on September 19, 2012
CLASHES BREAK OUT BETWEEN PKK MILITANTS AND FREE SYRIAN ARMY
- Clashes broke out between the PKK militants and Free Syrian Army on the Syrian-Turkish border, Turkish newspaper Zaman reported on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, eight PKK militants were killed during the clashes. Earlier Turkish media outlets reported that during the fighting between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and government forces, the FSA took the Tel Abyad checkpoint located on the Turkish border with Syria under full control.
Rebels tore the country's flag from the checkpoint. It is reported that the fight for capturing the checkpoint had been waged since yesterday.
Anti-government protests have continued in Syria for a year and half.
According to UN, the total number of victims of the conflict in Syria is nearing 20,000.
More than 230,000 have become refugees with around three million in need of humanitarian assistance. The Syrian authorities say they oppose the well-armed militants.
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Headlines for September 19, 2012AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Australia's parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject gay marriage, after days of heated debate that saw one senator resign from a key role after linking same-sex unions to bestiality.
The House ...FRENCH MAG TO PUBLISH CARTOONS OF PROPHET MOHAMMED
A French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic faithful and militants who have already rioted in more ...S. KOREA BANS FRENCH NOVEL BY DE SADE FOR OBSCENITY
South Korea has issued a ban on an erotic novel by the 18th-century French nobleman and writer, the Marquis de Sade, for "extreme obscenity," a Seoul official and publisher said Wednesday.
The Korea Publication ...ROBBIE WILLIAMS BECOMES A FATHER
Angels singer Robbie Williams and his wife, Ayda, welcomed daughter Theodora Rose into the world on Tuesday and the tot - who will be known as Teddy - weighed in at 7lbs4oz.
Both mother and baby are doing ...U. S. AMBASSADOR'S CAR ATTACKED IN BEIJING
Anti-Japanese protesters attacked U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke's car in an area close to the American Embassy on Tuesday, the Associated Press revealed citing a document issued by the U.S. State ...GENOCIDE RECOGNITION PRECONDITION TO TURKEY'S EU BID, SAYS EURO-PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT
The President of the European Parliament Martin Shultz announced Monday that Turkey's integration into Europe is preconditioned by the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reiterating the body's 1987 ...JAY-Z & BEYONCE SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA IN NEW FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN
The couple with the most star-power, Jay-Z and Beyonce, are hosting a fundraiser to raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election.
Jay-Z & Beyonce have already been outspoken for their support ...EMOTICONS REACH THEIR 30TH BIRTHDAY
The digital emoticon turns 30 years old this month having been devised by a University professor in September 1982.On September 19 that year, Professor Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh ...MASS GRAVES FOUND AFTER TRIBAL FIGHTING IN KENYA
Two mass graves were found in Kenya's coastal Tana River region and 20 people were charged with murder, police said on Tuesday, after a wave of inter-tribal fighting that killed more than 100 people over ...HARVARD SCHOLAR'S DISCOVERY SUGGESTS JESUS HAD A WIFE
A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife.
Karen King, an expert ...BRITISH PM FIRES 'CHIEF MOUSER' LARRY THE CAT
British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a major cabinet move: he fired his pet cat.
Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, has been cat-napping on the job, reports the Daily Mail.
Recruited ...'MALLIKA SHERAWAT, WHO?'
Remember the so-called dirty dancing pictures of Mallika Sherawat and Hollywood heartthrob Antonio Banderas floating around a couple of weeks ago? Well, those photographs were taken at a Cannes Film Festival ...TALIBAN FORCES DID NOT ENTER ARMENIA: NSS
Head of press department of the Armenian National Security Service Artsvik Baghramyan commented on the news about Taliban forces being in Armenia. Such information was spread today by the "Armenian Times". ...CLASHES BREAK OUT BETWEEN PKK MILITANTS AND FREE SYRIAN ARMY
Clashes broke out between the PKK militants and Free Syrian Army on the Syrian-Turkish border, Turkish newspaper Zaman reported on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, eight PKK militants were killed ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THE GREATEST JEREMY IRONS!
Jeremy John Irons was born in 19 September 1948. He began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions.
Irons married Irish actress Sinéad Cusack ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1854 The allies move towards Sebastopol during the Crimean War.
- 1883 Birth of Rromanoss Melikyan (composer). He died in 1935.
- 1886 Birth of writer Aharon Tsatooryan. He died in 1965.
- 1912 Invited representatives from various Armenian social group, meeting in Tbilissi, request that the Russian government again raise the issue of the Armenian Question.
- 1918 At the Battle of Arara (Palestine), Armenian soldiers from the Eastern Legion fighting for the Allies, defeat the Turkish forces.
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- 1956 Inauguration of the Byurakan observatory.
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