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<title><![CDATA[BACK ON THE STUMP: OPPOSITIONISTS PACK GOVERNMENT HALL TO HEAR LATEST RALLY BY TER-PETROSYAN]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3019</link>
<description><![CDATA[The opposition movement led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan held a congress in a closely packed conference hall in the Government Building Friday. More than a thousand people had gathered outside ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[JUDGE ORDERS RESUMED INQUEST INTO APPEAL IN DISMISSED “DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY” CASE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3002</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Yerevan lower court on Tuesday ordered a resumed judicial inquest into the appeal in a case of a death in police custody that prosecutors had dismissed for lack of evidence suggesting a violent cause. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PARTNERS FOR AWARENESS: GENOCIDE MUSEUMS OF AMERICA AND ARMENIA ENTER AGREEMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3004</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA) and the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, announced the signing in Yerevan of a permanent ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AT HOME & ABROAD: ARMENIANS TO HAVE TWO IDS, INCLUDING BIOMETRY FOR TRAVELS ABROAD]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3024</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenia is going to have a new passport system introduced in 2010 whereby citizens will bear two documents – a personal card to use domestically and a passport containing biometrical data to go abroad. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[STRASBOURG LESSONS FOR ARMENIA: COURT DECISION SPARKS PM CALL FOR CAUTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3001</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against an Armenian court in a four-year old dispute between a citizen and the state tax service.  While it is the fifth time the Strasbourg court has overruled ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[REMEMBRANCE DAY: NOT JUST GENOCIDE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3000</link>
<description><![CDATA[We marked Thursday the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It is a dull number, 93. It is a good number to forget, or else to spend on old arguments, old parallels and that famous quote from Hitler ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FEELING THE WORLD’S PAIN: ARMENIA PART OF INTERNATIONAL TREND IN FOOD COSTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3006</link>
<description><![CDATA[As reported worldwide in recent weeks, the United Nations and World Bank warn that a world food crisis is possible. The rise in prices for food and foodstuffs jeopardizes many countries’ stability and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SPORT: ARMENIAN BOXING STAR ON THE DEFENSIVE AFTER RAPE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY GERMAN TABLOID]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3010</link>
<description><![CDATA[Boxing  Boxing champ Arthur Abraham has found himself at the center of a tabloid-driven sex scandal after a German newspaper spread information alleging that the 28-year-old performing for Germany had ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NOT FREE, AGAIN: ARMENIA GETS COTE D’IVOIRE, GUINEA AS NEIGHBORS IN LATEST PRESS FREEDOM RANKINGS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3005</link>
<description><![CDATA[In advance of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, New-York-based Freedom House this week released data from its annual survey of global press freedom, evaluating Armenia as “Not Free” and ranking it 144th-149th ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ICHTHUSIASM?: RELEASE OF FINGER FISH AIMS TO REPOPULATE JEWEL OF ARMENIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3013</link>
<description><![CDATA[For several days shooting has been the Lake Sevan basin. It is not, though, hunters who are disturbing the peace, but rather fish-friendly environmentalists engaged by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[KICKING FOR KIDS: BRAZILIAN EMBASSY, ENTHUSIASTS HOLD SOCCER TOURNAMENT FOR ARMENIAN ORPHANS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3018</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yerevan’s Hrazdan Stadium that saw FC Ararat rising to international eminence in the 1970s became a venue for an afternoon fun for Armenian kids and teenagers deprived of parental care.  A soccer tournament ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CURE OR CRIME?: ARMENIAN LAWMAKERS REVISE PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG ABUSERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3009</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new amendment to Armenia’s Criminal Code will reduce illegal drug use and possession to a civil crime rather than a felony.  If the amendment goes into force (the amendment was approved by first reading ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[REVIEW AND DISSENT: OMBUDSMAN’S REPORT CONTINUES MARCH 1 DEBATE OF CIRCUMSTANCES]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3008</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Armen Harutyunyan, who until recently was not distinguished by a particularly critical attitude to the internal political situation in the country, triggered considerable ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ALTERNATIVE APPROACH: KARABAKH AND AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS MEDIATE FOR PEACE-PROCESS BY MEANS OF DOCUMENTARY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3015</link>
<description><![CDATA[Last week reporters from Karabakh and Azerbaijan met again in Tbilisi to exchange opinions about an unprecedented project between the two countries: joint documentaries by Karabakhi and Azeri journalists. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CHALLENGE: CONCERN LINGERS OVER MILLENNIUM ACCOUNT FUNDING]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Among concerns since the February 19 presidential election has been whether Armenia can meet requirements of the Millennium Challenge Account and earn the balance of $235 million earmarked for Armenia ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CHILDREN’S JOY: A CENTER IN KAPAN OFFERS NEW MODEL FOR EDUCATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3017</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pre-school educational center in Kapan is unique for the genre in Armenia. It is not a nursery school, does not include meals, does not have sleeping period, typical of Armenian kindergartens.  In Kapan, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NEW PITS, OLD PROBLEM: GYUMRI RESIDENTS DREAM OF NO-HOLES TOWN]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3016</link>
<description><![CDATA[Walking along some streets in Gyumri may become an adventure, especially at night or during rainy weather.  City streets are marked by ditches, dug for installing or restoring water pipes, fixing the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CATCHING UP TO CONTEMPORARY COMMERCE: HSBC ARMENIA LEADING THE WAY FOR PROGRESSIVE BANKING]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3012</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Armenian banking market’s rapid development is an indication of the economic strengthening of the country heralded during the Kocharyan years. In total, there are 22 banks with offices here, a remarkable ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FAITH AND REMEMBRANCE: GOOFY WHITE GUY’S MENTAL MELTDOWN WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3011</link>
<description><![CDATA[Let’s go ‘round one more time &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harry ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GAP: ARMENIA LACKS A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080502/3014</link>
<description><![CDATA[In an earlier commentary I had characterized as “less than significant” the passage of the Azerbaijani sponsored U.N. Assembly resolution asserting its territorial integrity and demanding the withdrawal ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FARE SCARE: HIKE IN GAS PRICE FUELS SPECULATION ABOUT INCREASED TRANSPORTATION CHARGES]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3022</link>
<description><![CDATA[Since yesterday taxi fares in Armenia increased by 50 percent – the taxi fare of 100 drams (or about 30 cents) per kilometer that existed for years and the minimum charge of 500-600 drams increased to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FORMER OPPOSITIONIST GETS PROMISED SECURITY COUNCIL POSITION]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3021</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree Sunday appointing his former vocal critic and ex-parliament speaker as Secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council, the presidential press service reported. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEEKING REPATRIATION: FOUR ARMENIANS STILL IN AZERI CAPTIVITY AFTER GOING ASTRAY NEAR BORDER]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3020</link>
<description><![CDATA[A group of Armenian citizens who inadvertently crossed the Armenian border into an Azeri exclave early last week still remain prisoners in Nakhichevan.   The repatriation of the four men, identified by ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LAYING THE GROUNDWORK: ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS IN MEETING TO KEEP TALKS ALIVE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3023</link>
<description><![CDATA[International negotiators have been meeting with the top diplomats of Armenia and Azerbaijan early this week in a bid to revitalize the agonizing peace process between the two neighboring countries.  ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SUPREME INTEREST OR SUPREME DECEPTION?: HISTORIC BUILDING FOCUS OF CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ITALIAN CONSUL AND YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3033</link>
<description><![CDATA[The “Gegham Mnatsakanyan Residential House”, a historic and cultural monument, built in 1898 at Koghbatsi 22 may be dismantled to cede space to the historic and cultural district (which is designed on ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TALKING POINTS: IF COALITION BELIEVE THEIR OWN NUMBERS, WHY CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH TER-PETROSYAN?]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3026</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s not yesterday anymore . . .  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Talking ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FOOD FOR THOUGHT: OPPOSITIONIST ANALYST HAS CAREER AS HUNGER STRIKER]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3031</link>
<description><![CDATA[When in the middle of April law enforcement entered Lusine Hayrapetyan’s home for the purpose of conducting a search they advised her to voluntarily surrender weapons, leaflets or pamphlets that were ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NO PLACE FOR PACE: THREE WEEKS ON, NO MOVEMENT ON FOLLOWING COE RESOLUTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3035</link>
<description><![CDATA[Twenty days have past since the adoption of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Resolution 1609 in Strasbourg, calling for release of prisoners and other stipulations to bring more ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MOVEMENT: NKR ISSUE SEES RENEWED ATTENTION AS MFA GETS ACQUAINTED]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3034</link>
<description><![CDATA[An obvious boost in attention to the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh has been observed in Armenia in recent months. Never before has Stepanakert been visited by Armenia’s parliament speaker and foreign minister ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NO ALTERNATIVE?: JEHOVAH’S WITNESS REFUSES OPTIONAL MILITARY SERVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/anw/20080509/3029</link>
<description><![CDATA[By court decision Vanadzor resident Davit Petrosyan will spend the next two and half years in prison for avoiding alternative military service.  The Vanadzor (Lori province) court of general authority ...]]></description>
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