Archive for March, 2010
5% of entire number of outgoing phone calls from Russia falls on Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. 5% of the entire number of outgoing phone calls in both fixed and mobile networks from Russia in 2009 falls on Armenia. Mediamax informs, referring to “Vedomosti”, Comnews Research studies reads this. At that, according to the research, Armenia occupies the second [...]
Apple’s iPad at stores Saturday; new pre-orders will be shipped April 12
Apple's iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves at the company's retail stores and "most Best Buy" locations Saturday, but fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must wait a week. The "iPad connects users with their apps and content in a far more intimate and fun way [...]
LA police probe 3rd slaying in Armenian family
LOS ANGELES—Police say an Armenian family is being targeted by a killer who has slain a child and both of her parents in Los Angeles. Police Detective Dan Myers said Monday there is a connection between the recent shooting death of a 38-year-old mother in Hollywood and the killing of her [...]
Turkey – US Discuss Armenian Genocide Resolution
Turkey is pressing the U.S. to oppose a measure that would label the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago as genocide, ahead of the April anniversary of the killings. Turkey's foreign ministry says the issue was the main item of discussion in a phone call Sunday between [...]
They will leave Armenia with sacks of money
Last Thursday PACE co-rapporteurs welcomed Armenia's response to their call for a "roadmap" to put into effect the reforms recommended in the aftermath of the March 2008 election violence. The relatives of the March 1st ten victims consider the co-rapporteurs' step immoral. "How can they [...]
No explosive found in roundhouse
The alert on an explosive planted in Yerevan's rotunda for locomotives was false. Bomb technicians arrived on the site after receiving an anonymous caller earlier today. South Caucasian Railways CJSC reports that employees were evacuated from the site shortly after receiving the bomb alarm. No [...]