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<title>Panarmenian</title>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DISPLEASED WITH ARMENIA-IRAN COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25971</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State has issued Country Reports on Terrorism 2007.   The Armenia Report says:  “Armenia’s counterterrorism contribution included ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN GOING TO SEND GUNMEN FOR GEORGIA’S WAR AGAINST ABKHAZIA?]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080505/25980</link>
<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan intends “to assist Georgia in resolving its territorial problems.”  For the purpose, Baku-Kabul flights suspended in March 2008 will be resumed. Trained Afghan mujahids and large lots of weapons ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN TO RETURN FOUR ARMENIAN CITIZENS TODAY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25972</link>
<description><![CDATA[On May 3, at 6 .m. local time, near the settlement of Yeraskhavan, Ararat region, the Azeri side will transfer fours Armenians, who several days earlier lost their way, finding themselves in Nakhijevan, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERIS PELT ARMENIAN STUDENTS WITH BOTTLES AND STONES DURING PFUR FESTIVAL]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25958</link>
<description><![CDATA[Every year Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia conducts a “South-West Planet” festival where various associations represent their national culture.  During the Armenian performance, some Azeri and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, ANKARA CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25964</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Truth about the Armenian Genocide Is That It Is True! The denial policy of Turkey and the corresponding justification of the genocide sends the wrong message to the new generations of Turkey; worse, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SERZH SARGSYAN OFF TO STEPANAKERT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS DATED TO SHUSHU LIBERATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080508/26014</link>
<description><![CDATA[NKR President Bako Sahakian met Thursday with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, who arrived in Stepanakert to take part in festivities dedicated to the Victory Day, NKR Defense Army formation and the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TIGRAN BALAYAN: ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS NOT TARGETED AT THIRD STATES]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080506/25990</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenia eyes Iran as a friendly state with a historically formed Armenian community, said the Spokesman for the RA Foreign Ministry.   “The Armenian-Iranian relations are not targeted at any other state. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERI MFA EXCEEDS THE LIMITS OF DIPLOMATIC ETHICS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25966</link>
<description><![CDATA[The statement by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s spokesman on “ignorance” of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian exceeds the limits of diplomatic ethics, RA MFA acting spokesman Tigran Balayan ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DMITRY MEDVEDEV INAUGURATED AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080507/25998</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia’s president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country’s economic development and civil rights.  Medvedev took the oath of office in the Kremlin’s golden-hued ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERI POPULATION DISCONTENT WITH OSCE MG]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25968</link>
<description><![CDATA[The population of Azerbaijan is extremely discontent with the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.  According to a survey conducted by Ray (Opinion) ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RA FM DISCUSSES KARABAKH PROCESS WITH OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080507/25997</link>
<description><![CDATA[Currently in Strasbourg for participation in the 118th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Tuesday with Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NATO HOPES FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA IN VARIETY OF SPHERES]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080506/25989</link>
<description><![CDATA[NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer sent a congratulatory address on appointment of Tigran Sargsyan as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the government’s press office reported.   The ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RA FM: ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT WILL DO UTMOST TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080508/26013</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian delivered a speech at the the118th session of the Council of Europe, the RA FA press office reported.   Thanking the Council of Ministers for support, the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OSCE M EXPECTS “GOOD RESULTS” FROM NALBANDIAN-MAMMADYAROV MEETING]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080505/25981</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers will be a familiarization, we do expect good results, said French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.  “This meeting due on the threshold ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ANCA "END THE GAG RULE" CAMPAIGN HITS CAPITOL HILL]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25967</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) nationwide "End the Gag Rule" campaign has gone to Capitol Hill, highlighting the unacceptability of Turkey’s use of threats and intimidation to veto ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN RELEASES SHIPMENT FOR IRAN’S BUSHEHR NPP]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25962</link>
<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan released a shipment of Russian equipment for Iran’s first nuclear power plant on Thursday, more than a month after it was halted at its border, Azeri MFA spokesman Khazar Ibrahim said.   Azerbaijan ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SERGEI MINASYAN: ESCALATION OF GEORGIAN-ABKHAZIAN CONFLICT PROMISES NO GOOD FOR ARMENIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25961</link>
<description><![CDATA[Military operations are unlikely in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, an Armenian political scientist said.  “Influence from outside is great. Neither the U.S. nor Russia will allow Georgia to start ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ARMENIAN PEOPLE MARKING VICTORY DAY AND SHUSHI LIBERATION DAY MAY 9]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080509/26023</link>
<description><![CDATA[Armenia is celebrating Victory Day on May 9. A number of events, specifically laying of wreaths to Yerablur Pantheon and Unknown Soldier’s Tomb in Victory Park will be held that day, RA Defense Minister’s ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EXPERT: AMENDED ARTICLE 301 WON’T EASE PRESSURE ON TURKEY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25963</link>
<description><![CDATA[Making amendments to article 301, which had for a long time been a “stumbling block” for freedom of expression in Turkey, testified that the country has moved towards the standards of the European democracy, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[COE WELCOMED TURKEY’S ARTICLE 301 AMENDMENTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25970</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Council of Europe welcomed the recent amendments to the controversial article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) which criminalized insulting "Turkishness," but added the amendment doesn’t alleviate ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERI SIDE FRUSTRATES TRANSFER OF FOUR ARMENIANS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25973</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Azeri side frustrated transfer of four Armenian citizens, who lost  their and found themselves in Nakhijevan several days ago. The transfer was  planned near the settlement of Yeraskhavan at 6 a.m. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EAFJD: ARTICLE 301 AMENDMENT IS NOTHING BUT MANIPULATION OF WORDS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080503/25969</link>
<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, the Turkish Parliament adopted the AKP bill which “amends” the disturbing article 301 that penalizes freedom of expression in Turkey. The amendment, which consists only of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS AGREED TO CONTINUE KARABAKH TALKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080507/25996</link>
<description><![CDATA[Currently in Strasbourg, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Tuesday with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, the RA MFA press office reported.   “It was a familiarization. We ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TURKEY MAKES TERMS TO ARMENIA: KARABAKH AND GENOCIDE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080507/26000</link>
<description><![CDATA[There can’t be any cooperation between Armenia and Turkey unless there is a breakthrough in the Karabakh process, said Hulusi Kilic, Turkey’s Ambassador to Baku.  “Turkey sets two conditions for establishment ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ARAT DINK RECEIVES GUARDIAN JOURNALISM AWARD]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25960</link>
<description><![CDATA[Arat Dink, the son of slain Hrant Dink, received the Guardian Journalism Award from the campaigning group Index on Censorship. It was not just to commemorate his father’s work, but for his own brave refusal ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[KENTUCKY BRINGS NUMBER OF STATES TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO 41]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080505/25979</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear issued a proclamation recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The "Bluegrass State" proclamation brings the number of states to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[POLICE DISPERSES MAY 1 RALLY IN ISTANBUL]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080502/25959</link>
<description><![CDATA[Turkish riot police fired water cannon and tear gas in clashes with crowds gathering for an outlawed May Day rally in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds at a time of heightened political tensions ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[THE WASHINGTON POST: AKP MUSTN’T BE BANNED]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080505/25977</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post called on the Bush administration to prevent banning of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).  “In many countries where elections and Islam overlap, religious political parties ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NESTLE FAILS TO RESIST AZERI PRESSURE]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080505/25982</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Swiss-based multinational food company, Nestle, has apologized to Azerbaijan after a gift attached to a breakfast cereal backfired.   The CD-ROM featured information about countries around the world ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AZERBAIJAN DOESN’T ALLOW ARMENIANS IN THE COUNTRY]]></title>
<link>http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20080507/25999</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Armenian community forms a powerful constituent of consortiums in the South Caucasus, with exception of Azerbaijan, Anton Krevenyuk writes in “Genocide in action: Armenians are banned in Azerbaijan” ...]]></description>
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