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<title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IS HOPEFUL]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/lra/20080516/3853</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to the press service of the president, Serge Sargsyan met with Tom Adams, U.S. State Department coordinator of assistance to Europe and Eurasia. The counterparts discussed the situation that ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>27</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[MINING FOR MOLYBDENUM?: ENVIRONMENTALISTS RAISE MORE PROTESTS OVER TEGHUT IMPACT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3037</link>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental and other nongovernmental organizations have launched a decisive struggle for the operation of the Teghut mine and entrails surveys in Armenia to be stopped, which they say is the only way ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>23</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[TRAFFIC ACCIDENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/a1p/20080516/60564</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fire was reported near house 17 on Rustaveli Str., Yerevan, at 6.27 p.m. May 15. A VAZ-21010 turned out to have run into a GAZ-3110 causing a gas leakage. At least five got injuries and one died as a...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>20</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[CONGRESSMAN SHERMAN CO-SPONSORS HRANT DINK BILL]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/azg/20080516/2008051601</link>
<description><![CDATA[At the urging of the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly), Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) is now a sponsor of House Resolution 102 (H.Res.102), which honors the life and legacy of Turkish-Armenian ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>19</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TO MEET ON JUNE 7]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/azg/20080516/2008051604</link>
<description><![CDATA[Serge Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev, the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are supposed to meet on June 7 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. According to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian's report, m...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>18</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT IS NOT TO SUPPORT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/lra/20080516/3849</link>
<description><![CDATA[For two weeks the government will keep the door ajar for entrepreneurs to come up with proposals on improvement of the state of businesses and the business environment. This is an episode from the meeting ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>17</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARMENIAN JEWELERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/azg/20080516/2008051602</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 5th conference of International Association of Armenian Jewelers (IAAJ) US East Shore was held on May 3 of this year in Boston, President of IAAJ Gagaik Abrahamian informed "Azg" daily. About 100 ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>12</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO DIRECTOR EMPHASIZES PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN KARABAKH]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/azg/20080516/2008051603</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to APA, UNESCO Director General Koishiro Matsuura said on a press conference in Baku that the protection of historical monuments in Karabakh is a very important cultural issue. Matsuura stressed t...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>12</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[SAFE AMID DANGER: ARMENIANS UNSCATHED IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN LEBANON]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3038</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenians in Lebanon remained mostly unaffected by internal violence that erupted in this Middle East country in recent weeks, according to an Armenian Foreign Ministry official.   Armen Melkonyan, who ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>12</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[JACQUES CHIRAC CONGRATULATED EDWARD NALBANDIAN]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/azg/20080516/2008051605</link>
<description><![CDATA[French former President Jacques Chirac sent a congratulatory message to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian that states in particular, "I found out with great pleasure that you entered the Government ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>11</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[COURT CLAIM: FIRED DIPLOMATS SURE OF IMMINENT REINSTATEMENT IN JOBS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3036</link>
<description><![CDATA[A number of diplomats who, according to the Foreign Ministry, violated the Law on Diplomatic Service by making a political statement in the tense post-election period and were immediately relieved of ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>11</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[THE CORE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
     
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<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/has/20080516/255782413</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan: “The status of Karabakh is the core of the negotiations, which must be solved by a referendum. It will give a chance to the people of Karabakh to express ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>7</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[THE WANT A MASS MEETING]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/arv/20080516/40877</link>
<description><![CDATA[After a political &ldquo;disaster&rdquo; the civil society keeps on demanding to respect its rights, in particular its constitutional right of holding mass meetings, demonstrations and processions. But t...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>6</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN DISCOVERS NEW “BASIC PRINCIPLES”
     
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<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/has/20080516/255782357</link>
<description><![CDATA[As we know the meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents is previewed in the scope of the non-formal Summit and International Energy Forum, to take place in St. Petersburg on July 6-8.  On t...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>6</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[RF MFA: GEORGIA-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON ABKHAZIA TO HAMPER CONFLICT SETTLEMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080516/26075</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized as counterproductive on Friday a move by the UN General Assembly to adopt a Tbilisi-sponsored resolution on the return of refugees to Georgia’s breakaway republic ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>6</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[NKR AND ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES READY FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080516/26077</link>
<description><![CDATA[Large-scale hostilities between the NKR and Azeri armies are unlikely at present, the Armenian Defense Minister said.   “First, we do our utmost to resolve the problem peacefully. Second, the balance ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>5</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[UN: ARMENIA VOTES AGAINST RESOLUTION ON RETURN OF DISPLACED TO ABKHAZIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080516/26073</link>
<description><![CDATA[The General Assembly today adopted a resolution in which it recognized the right of return of all refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), regardless of their ethnicity, to Abkhazia.   With 14 ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>5</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[REP. SCHIFF INTRODUCES BILL TO END TURKEY'S BLOCKADE OF ARMENIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/yer/20080516/1805</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation today calling on the President and Secretary of State to urge Turkey to lift its 15-year blockade of Armenia and outline concrete steps taken by the Administration ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>4</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[ARMENIANS SUFFER NO LOSSES
     
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<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/has/20080516/255782425</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to the representative of RA Foreign Ministry Armen Melkonyan: “Lebanese Armenians and Armenian citizens visiting Lebanon at the moment didn’t suffer any losses and their lives are not at danger ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[ADAMS URGES TO HEAL SOCIAL DIVISIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/a1p/20080516/60596</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. Assistance Coordinator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Adams is in Armenia May 14-17, in his final visit to our country in that capacity. Adams was accompanied by his deputy, Daniel Rosenblum, who h...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[WHAT NEXT FOR NKR?: 14 YEARS AFTER CEASE FIRE, NEGOTIATIONS GO ON]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3047</link>
<description><![CDATA[May 12 marked the 14th anniversary of the truce in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict zone. Heavy military defeats in 1993-1994 had forced Azerbaijan to accept Russia’s initiative of truce offered on May ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[AAC GEORGIAN DIOCESE SHOCKED BY ENCROACHMENT ON SAINT NORASHEN CHURCH]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080516/26072</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church expressed indignation at the encroachment on Saint Norashen Church and its surroundings instigated by Father Tariel Sikinchelashvili of the Georgian ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[MELONHEAD?: ONE GIRL’S EARTH DAY IS A LESSON IN HARD WORK AND GROWTH]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3043</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have lived in a rural area for 17 years but it was only last week when I learned of how hard a villager’s work is.  Relatives who live in Yeraskhavan village (Armavir region) were planting melon seedlings. ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[FROM SPRINGS TO TAPS: STEPANAKERT MUNICIPALITY PROMISES RESIDENTS WATER SUPPLY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3050</link>
<description><![CDATA[In early May Stepanakert municipality announced a tender for a reconstruction project of the city’s water supply system and promised the residents to have all the documents ready for modernization of ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[HISTORY KEEPER: MUSEUM IN KAPAN HAS MUCH TO TELL BUT HAS NO PROPER HOSTING PLACE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3041</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kapan Geological Museum will celebrate May 18, the International Museum Day as a ruined premise with half-built walls and nothing exhibited.   The Museum was one of the town’s notable cultural centers, ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[STATE SECURITY OR POLITICS OF POWER?: PARTY LEADER’S ARREST ILLUSTRATES PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARDS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3045</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tigran Ter-Yesayan, head of the Forum legal center says the most “original and fantastic” among the cases of arrested activists characterized as political prisoners from opposition is the arrest of the ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[“FREEDOM FIGHTERS” FACE FIGHT FOR THEIR OWN FREEDOM: NKR WAR VETERANS AMONG “POLITICAL PRISONERS”]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080516/3044</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chairman of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers (YUV), former Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Manvel Grigoryan stated in his message addressed on Yerkrapah (“Freedom Fighte”) Day last week that ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>3</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[CORE WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/lra/20080516/3897</link>
<description><![CDATA[“Help me to understand. In that case, why did Serge Sargsyan who occupies the post of president not appoint someone from the coalition, someone outstanding, who was at the front line, as prime minister ...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>2</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[ARAM KARAPETIAN HOSPITALISED]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/a1p/20080516/60570</link>
<description><![CDATA[The press secretary of the department of penitentiaries of the ministry of justice of Armenia issued a press release on May 16 which holds, “The recent information about the state of NZhK Leader Aram K...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>2</news_click>
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<title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL OFFICE BROKEN INTO]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/a1p/20080516/60572</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At 10:30 today morning employees of Panorama.am information website found the gate of their office at 34 Khorenatsi unlocked. One of the banisters was broken into pieces.  They immediately realised th...]]></description>
<news_date>20080516</news_date>
<news_click>2</news_click>
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