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The US President Barack Obama has said that pensions may not be paid in the US in August unless the Whtie House and Congress reach agreement on raising the
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Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the
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Japan's Minister for Reconstruction Ryu Matsumoto has announced his resignation after just a week in the job. He had been widely criticized for making insensitive remarks to governors of
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BBC reports that the last veteran of the World War One died at the age of 110. Claude Stanley Choule was born in Great Britain. At the age of
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The Switzerland government has frozen those bank accounts which might belong to the leader of Libya Muamar Kadafi (nearly 450 million USD), the former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarack
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Indian and Bhutanese authorities are searching for a helicopter carrying the chief minister of northeastern India's Arunachal Pradesh state that went missing Saturday in bad weather along their border. Indian
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In the Southern States of the USA 72 people died from the severe storm, 58 people from which died in Alabama State. This is reported by “RIA Novosti” noting
The White House published the birth certificate of the president of the USA Barack Obama to prove that the president was born in the USA. This is reported by
Ten Thai soldiers were wounded in the latest border clash in Surin province, early on Tuesday morning. As Bangkok Post reported, the fighting occurred when Cambodian soldiers
Today in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster are held. In 1986, 600000 people took part in the work resulted by the
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The Prime Minister of RF Vladimir Putin said that neither he, nor the president Dmitry Medvedev don't exclude their participations in the presidential election in 2012. This is reported
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, has been detained along with his two powerful sons pending investigations into accusations of corruption and abuse of authority, the prosecutor general has said.
MINNEAPOLIS, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The bridge passing over the Mississippi river collapsed in the centre of Minneapolis (Minnesota area) in the United States of America
PARIS, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The first tour of the parliamentary elections in France will take place on June 10. 7640 candidates will run for 577
PARIS, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Nicolas Sarkozy can not keep his promise concerning stopping the Turkey-EU negotiations process," Nikolas Sarkozy's opponent socialist Segolene Royal stated during the
TOKYO, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Toshikatsu Matsuoka, the Minister of Agriculture of Japan committed a suicide by hanging himself. A number of
MADRID, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Spain, Italy, Great Britain and U.S. supporting Turkey's membership to the European Union will ecplain the strategic importance of Turkey to
PARIS, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The ministers' protfolios in the staff of the 15-person government headed by Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon will be distributed
WASHINGTON, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has announced about his resignation. The reason for his pre-term resignation
STRASBOURG, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Turkish engineer Melih Vidinli addressed to the European Court of Human Rights with a demand of compensation of 150 million evros
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sent a message on October 24, on the occasion of the United Nations Day. It is, particularly, said in the message submitted
PARIS, OCTOBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. An action of protest will take place on October 21 in the Bastille Square of Paris. The action of protest will
PARIS, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide and its denial should be punished. Recognition of the Genocide and establishing a punishment for its denial are the result of
PARIS, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. On October 12, the French National Assembly adopted a law on establishing punishment for denying the Armenian Genocide. The law was adopted with 106 in favor and
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The American ®Amnesty International¯ organization expressed its indignation on the occasion that a criminal action was brought already for the third time with accusation of "humiliating the
BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. In the report concerning the progress fixed by Ankara within the framework of Turkey's membership to the European Union, the European Parliament did not stipulate Turkey's recognition
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Turkey condemned on September 5 the report adopted on the previous day by the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, in which it is
STRASBOURG, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. European Union lawmakers approved a highly critical report on Monday accusing Turkey of dragging its heels on reforms, marking the start of looming crisis
ISTANBUL, JUNE 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Vahid Erdem, a representative of Turkey arrived in Yerevan in the staff of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's delegation the last week addressed letters of
ANKARA, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Turkey has recognized the Republic of Montenegro separated from Serbia through a referendum. According to the Chihan Turkish news agency, Foreign Minister of Montenegro Vlahovich applied to
ISTANBUL, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A monument dated of June 1, 1884 was found during the excavations implemented near the church of the Akhatamar Island in Lake Van.
PARIS, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The discussion of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide planned for the May 18 session of French National Assembly was postponed due to lack
SOFIA, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Parliament of Bulgaria refused on May 10 the resolution of one of extremist parties which called on to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
BAKU, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The last statements of Armenian Foreign Minister V.Oskanian are constructive and demonstrate adherence to the process of peaceful negotiations. Tair Tagizade, Head of the Information and Press
ISTANUL, APRIL 20, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The film "The Armenian Genocide" of Andrew Goldberg was aired on April 17 by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
NEW YORK, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Assembly of Turkish American Associations and the Azeris' Union of America envisage to hold a demonstration of complaint in the "Times" square
ISTANBUL, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Kudret Hasankuliyev, one of the leaders of the People's Front opposition party of Azerbaijan, submitted a bill to the country's parliament demanding that a
ISTANBUL, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The most part of young people of Armenia does not want to refuse to present land demands to Turkey. The Turkish "Milliet" daily informs
ANKARA, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Turkish Parliamentary Union (TPB) sent letters to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) including the photos of those Turkish diplomats killed by ASALA (Armenian
MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Vladimir Kazimirov, former head of the Russian Intermediary Mission on Nagorno Karabakh turned to the Azerbaijani and Armenian NGOs with an open letter, calling on them to
ANKARA, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Chihan News Agency (Turkey), Armenian President Robert Kocharian called on in Brussels the European leaders to apply pressure on Turkey during the negotiations on Turkey's
ANKARA, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Hrant Dink, the Agos newspaper editor-in-chief, convicted and given a six-month suspended prison sentence for insulting Turkey in one of his articles, has received support from journalists,
BERN, AUGUST 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Peter Brener, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Senate - the upper chamber of the Swiss parliament, stated last week that "the Senate will not
BISHKEK, AUGUST 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A group of archaeologists from the Slavonic Institute of Kyrghyzstan discovered a medieval Armenian monastery on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrghyzstan). "We heard long ago about
ANKARA, Jan 31 (AFP-NT) - Greek and Turkish forces prepared Wednesday to withdraw from around a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea following heavy pressure from the United States to step
ATHENS, Jan 31 (AFP) - Three Greek soldiers were reported missing early Wednesday after their helicopter crashed into the sea near a disputed Aegean islet, Greek military officials said. The military
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (AFP-NT) - The US Export-Import Bank gave preliminary approval Tuesday for financing of the sale of one billion dollars worth of aviation equipment from US suppliers to Russia.
ATHENS, Jan 31 (AFP-NT) - Greece and Turkey concluded an agreement overnight acknowledging Greek sovereignty over a disputed Aegean islet, following the intervention of US assistant secretary of state Richard Holbrooke, Greek
New York 24 (DPA-NT) - U.S. oil companies had solid operational results in 1995, due to higher crude oil prices, continued cost cutting and very strong chemical earnings, according to American petroleum
NOORDWIJK, Netherlands, Jan 24 (AFP) - The most ambitious experiment ever made to keep track of changes in world's ozone layer is in danger of grinding to a halt next year
SYDNEY, Jan 24 (AFP-NT) - Australia is continuing to violate the most fundamental human rights of Aborigines, the country's representative to the UN Human Rights Commission said Wednesday. "The position of indigenous
JERUSALEM, Jan 24 (AFP-NT) - Cancellation of clauses in the PLO charter calling for Israel's destruction is of capital importance for Palestinians and Jews alike, even though the document retains little more
DUBLIN, Jan 24 (AFP) - The international commission on disarming Northern Ireland's paramilitaries rejects London's insistence that illegally held weapons be handed in before all-party talks on the province's future can begin,
Washington (DPA, AFP -NT) - U.S. President Bill Clinton used his annual State of the Union address Tuesday to challenge the Congress and the American people to work together to strengthen community,
SARAJEVO, Jan 24 (AFP-NT) - Top US human rights official John Shattuck on Tuesday publicly reprimanded Bosnia's former belligerents for failing to meet commitments to release all prisoners. In a blunt
NEW DELHI, Jan 23 (AFP) - India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) formally charged three former members of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's cabinet with corruption on Tuesday. The federal detective
NOVOGROZNY, Russia, Jan 23 (AFP-NT) - Hostages held by Chechen independence rebels were not freed Tuesday as planned, but will be released on Wednesday, rebel military commander Aslan Maskhadov said. "Tomorrow
GENEVA Jan 23 (DPA-NT) - United Nations Secretary General Butros Ghali and U.S. President Bill Clinton have called on the 38 member states of the U.N. Disarmament Conference in Geneva to
Rome Jan 23 (DPA-NT) - Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus submitted his country's official application for European Union membership to Italian Foreign Minister Susanna Agnelli, whose country currently holds the E.U.'s revolving
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (AFP-NT) - The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, Tuesday elected as its speaker Yegor Stroyev, a conservative former apparatchik, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. Stroyev,
ANKARA, Jan 23 (AFP-NT) - Prime Minister Tansu Ciller Tuesday proposed a coalition government with the conservative Motherland Party on the principle of a rotating prime ministry. Motherland leader Mesut
Athens Jan 23, (DPA-NT) - The new Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis and his newly-formed cabinet were sworn in by President Kostis Stephanopoulos Monday. Papandreou's last
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (AFP) - The self-rule elections have in effect turned the Palestinian territories into an independent state, a left-wing Israeli minister said Monday. "The elections have created a
TOKYO, Jan 22 (AFP) - North Korea is seeking additional rice aid from Japan amid international efforts to coordinate an approach to a food crisis in the hardline communist state, a Japanese
Washington Jan 22 (DPA -NT) - Melting snow and ice, combined with earlier heavy rains, swelled the great rivers of the eastern United States Monday and caused some of the worst flooding
TBILISI, Jan 22 (AFP-NT) - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze Monday accused Russian opponents of President Boris Yeltsin of undermining Moscow's interests by supporting separatists in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. "Supporters
Bonn Jan 22 (DPA-NT) - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel travels to Georgia Tuesday in a trip aimed at underscoring Germany's continuing political and economic interest in the Transcaucasian region, the Bonn
ROME, Jan 21 (AFP) - Efforts to form a new government in Italy ran into trouble at the weekend after neo-fascist leader Gianfranco Fini, who wants early elections, refused to accept Lamberto
Gaza/Jerusalem Jan 22(DPA-NT) - On the most basic level Saturday's general elections provided a sweeping and unifying victory for Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and his policies of peace with Israel. But just
PARIS, Jan 22 (AFP-NT) - The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial countries sought to convey a signal of confidence to business and consumers at the weekend, asserting that Japan, helped by
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Jan 22 (AFP-NT) - The newly-elected Palestinian legislative council will declare an independent Palestinian state during its three-year mandate, a senior PLO official said here Sunday. "The
ANKARA, Jan 19 (AFP) - Turkish President Suleyman Demirel asked caretaker Prime Minister Tansu Ciller to form a government Friday, after pro-Islamic leader Necmettin Erbakan failed to find a coalition partner and
TEHRAN, Jan 20 (AFP -NT) - The foreign ministers of Iran, Armenia and Turkmenistan held talks here Saturday on boosting economic cooperation. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar
HEBRON, West Bank, Jan 19 (AFP-NT) - A small group of American Christian social workers and farmers have set up an unofficial peacekeeping force between Jewish settlers and Palestinian Moslems in the
Moscow/Bonn Jan 19 (DPA-NT) - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel will travel to Moscow for a one-day visit on January 27 to discuss with his Russian counterpart Yevgeny Primakov the Chechenia crisis,
HEBRON, West Bank, Jan 19 (AFP-NT) - Jewish settlers on Thursday called for a demonstration on the day of Palestinian elections, as Israeli troops clashed with Arab women protesters, raising tensions in
Los Angeles Jan 19 (DPA-NT) - Lisa Marie Presley, the wife of controversial pop star Michael Jackson, filed for divorce Thursday, citing "irreconcilable differences", records showed. According to the three-page divorce petition
SARAJEVO, Jan 19 (AFP-NT) - Deadlines in Bosnia's peace accord must be met, Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who brokered the agreement, said here Thursday ahead of the Friday midnight limit for
JORDAN RIVER, West Bank, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - Orthodox Christians gathered here Thursday for colorful celebrations at the site where tradition says Jesus was baptised, but an historic twin ceremony on the
ATHENS, Jan 19 (AFP) - Greece's socialist PASOK party on Thursday elected pro-European modernist Costas Simitis to succeed ailing Andreas Papandreou as the country's new prime minister, officials said.
ANKARA, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - Islamic leader Necmettin Erbakan on Thursday refused to confirm that he would abandon the quest to form a coalition and return his mandate to Turkey's
Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the state as part of an 11-day visit to the United States. The Syrian-born, Oxford-educated prelate, enthroned last April, is
Washington, Jan 18 (ANCA, NT) Below is the statement by the White House Press Secretary made after the meeting of president Clinton with His Holiness Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of
BAKU, Jan. 18, (Noyan Tapan). In early March Spiritual Administration of Caucasian Muslims plans to hold a summit with the participation of spiritual leaders of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan dedicated to
TBILISI, Jan 18 (AFP) - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will call for tougher action against Abkhaz separatists at a CIS summit opening in Moscow Friday, blaming them for trouble in the Caucasus
ANKARA, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - About 25,000 people of Chechen origin live in Turkey, where a pro-Chechen armed group has seized a ferry on the Bosphorus with more than 160 passengers
Berlin, Jan 18 (DPA -NT) - A leading member of Germany's Bundesbank, Otmar Issing, has joined those expressing concern about the prospects for introducing a common European currency by the turn of
MOSTAR, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Jan 18 (AFP) - The January 20 deadline for the reunification of Mostar has been "de facto" postponed, a spokesman for the city's EU administrator said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - The director of an Iraqi children's hospital told a French parliamentary fact-finding team on Wednesday that infant mortality rates had increased 19-fold since UN sanctions were imposed
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) Indian opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani resigned from parliament after being named in a huge bribery scandal involving the country's political elite. The president of the Hindu-revivalist
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - President Bill Clinton would lose out with just 48 percent of the vote against 49 percent for Republican Bob Dole if a presidential election were held
TEHRAN, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani scorned the United States on Friday for earmarking 20 million dollars for covert action against Iran, urging Washington to use the money
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - Members of the Council of Europe attacked Russia's human rights record Saturday during a three-day fact-finding mission. They warned that Russia did
VATICAN CITY, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - John Paul II on Saturday warned that peace in the Middle East could prove ephermeral unless a lasting solution was found for Jerusalem in negotiations
GENEVA, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - International attempts resume here Monday to curb the use of anti-personnel mines, of which 110 million are estimated to be lying in wait for the
NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - India's 1991 market reforms have propelled the economy onto a fast track, with New Delhi motivated by trying to increase consumer satisfaction, the head of the
Beirut Jan 15 (DPA -NT) - Ukraine opened a trade office in Beirut Wednesday in a move aimed at boosting economic relations. Vice-president of the Ukrainian parliament Oleg Dyomin, heading an economic
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - The US Treasury opened an information centre here on Friday with a telephone hotline to give advice to Russians concerned about the introduction of new 100-dollar
Moscow (DPA-NT) - The new Russian foreign minister Yevgeni Primakov has announced resolute steps by Moscow for a solution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, around the region of Nagorny Karabagh.
Ankara Jan 15 (DPA -NT) - The national-liberal Motherland Party (ANAP) said Saturday it has turned down an offer from the pro-Islamic Welfare Party (RP) to form a governing coalition in Turkey.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - Nine people have died in violent snow and rain storms throughout Iran which also caused millions of dollars in damage, state television reported Sunday.
BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - The Iraqi government has announced a sudden hike in food prices, telephone rates and other services to counter a new drop in the national currency and
ANKARA, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - Four ethnic Kurdish ex-parliamentarians appeared before a special court Thursday in connection with alleged links to Kurdish rebels after an appeal court earlier quashed convictions against
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - An AIDS patient who underwent an unorthodox baboon-to-human transplant of bone marrow cells is doing so well that he will be going home, a hospital
Damascus Jan 12 (DPA -NT) - U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Russia's new foreign minister, Yevgeny Primakov, agreed Thursday in a telephone conversation to meet in Europe in mid-February, the
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (AFP) - The United States called on Chechen rebels in southern Russia Thursday to release hostages held for two days but also urged Moscow to exercise restraint in dealing
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (AFP - NT) - The eastern United States braced for a new snow storm on Friday, as weary residents in various states were still digging out from a
MOSCOW, Jan 12 (AFP-NT) - Gross domestic product fell in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by 5.4 percent in January-November 1995 compared with the same period last year, the CIS statistics
Jan 11 (AFP -NT) - The Iranian parliament has approved a 16-million-dollar budget to be used to foil US undercover activities against Iran, an MP said Thursday. Hassan Ghashghavi, a deputy
Jan 11 (DPA -NT) - Two Turkish offices in Cologne and Bochum were damaged in attacks during the night, police said Thursday. Unknown attackers threw a paving stone through the window
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