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      <title><![CDATA[ Photographer who Witnessed the War ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Max Sivaslian first came to Armenia in 1992. He left for Artsakh to cover the war. He was wounded 
twice. For the past twenty years, Max has been living in Armenia. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:49 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Owners Battle For TV Station ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26812/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A new team has abruptly taken over programming at TVi, one of Ukraine’s few remaining independent media outlets, and journalists are crying foul. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:15 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ PACE Standing Committee to Meet in Yerevan on May 31 ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26805/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The themes on the agenda include promoting alternatives to imprisonment, parental leave as a 
way to foster gender equality, and budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the 
biennium 2014-2015. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Stone Cross Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Sumgait Pogrom Unveiled in Beirut ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26800/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A stone cross (khachkar) commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Armenian pogrom in Sumgait 
was officially unveiled yesterday in the courtyard of the Saint Nshan Armenian Apostolic Church in 
Beirut. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Golden Apricot Organizers Have Invited Aznavour; Singer's Star to Grace "Walk of Fame" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26797/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Organizers of this year’s 10th Annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival, to take place in 
Yerevan from July 7 -14, say they have invited Charles Aznavour to witness the placing of his “star” at 
the square that bears his name outside the   Cinema Moskva. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:44 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 12 Aragatzotn Villages Protest Water Shortage: What General Owns the Mini Hydro-Plant Causing the 
Problem? ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26793/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ For the past two months villagers in twelve rural communities in the Aragatzotn Province have 
complained that they are going without water. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:10 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ U.S. Ambassador Heffern: "President Obama uses words that will assist Armenian-Turkish 
reconciliation" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26794/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ When asked by reporters why President Obama didn’t use the word “genocide” in his April 24th speech, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern stated that the U.S. leader used words that would “assist the reconciliation process” between Armenia and Turkey. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ EuFoA Calls for Common EU-Armenia Efforts to Stop Gas Wastage ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26790/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The announcement of sharply increased gas prices for Armenia have sparked many questions 
about social and geo-political consequences. Discussions on the exact extent, the timing and the 
handling of the price increase are still on-going and will hopefully lead to a feasible solution. 
Meanwhile, it is worth looking at the large potential for helping Armenian citizens based on similar 
experiences made in other European countries. In this context, EuFoA (www.eufoa.org) calls upon 
the Armenian government and the EU to redouble their common efforts to reduce avoidable gas 
consumption and waste in Armenia in mainly two areas: ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ All-Armenian Fund Celebrates Opening of Karmir Shouka Water Network and 
Martouni Hospital in Artsakh ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26786/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 23, the delegation officially unveiled two major infrastructure projects in the Martuni 
Region: the potable-water network of Karmir Shuka Village, and the Martuni Hospital. The 
construction of both projects was sponsored by Armenia Fund USA, the Hayastan All-Armenian 
Fund’s Eastern US affiliate.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Cyclists to Particpate in "Get to Know Yerevan" Race ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26785/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 26, some 300 cyclists will take part in a contest called “Get to Know Yerevan”. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:48 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Reporters Without Borders Condemns Sentencing of Sevan Nişanyan ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26781/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the sentence of 13 and a half months in prison that an Istanbul magistrate’s court passed yesterday on Turkish-Armenian journalist Sevan Nişanyan for posting “insulting” comments about Mohammed in his blog. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Saatchi Gallery in London to Display Work of Kaloust Guedel ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ His Cityscape #147 assemblage/collage art work will soon be on display at the prestigious Saatchi 
Gallery in London. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Gas Protest: Activists Demand to be Heard at Parliament Talks ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26772/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A few score of citizen activists gathered today outside the gates of the National Assembly to protest any hike in 
natural gas rates. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Electricity Rates to Rise by 27% ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26756/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Garegin Baghramyan, who heads the Rates Policy Unit of the Public Services Regulatory Commission, 
today announced that electricity prices would rise some 27% (7-8 AMD per 1 kilowatt hour), adding 
that he couldn't say when the rise would take effect. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 76 to 41: Parliament Passes Government Programme ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26750/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ By a vote of 76 to 41, the RA National Assembly minutes ago approved the government’s “program” 
for the next five years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:56 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Akhtala Mayor: "The ministry has forgotten about our tailing waste problems" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26749/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Haygaz Khachikyan, mayor of the northern Armenian town of Akhtala, says he warned provincial 
authorities about the growing environmental dangers his community faces caused by the tailings dams 
owned by the Akhtala Enrichment Plant ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:49 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Prosperous Armenia Rejects Government's Proposed Future Program ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26748/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Speaking on behalf of the Prosperous Armenia Party, MP Stepan Margaryan today stated in 
parliament that his party could not support the government’s plan for the next five years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:37 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Consumer Advocate: "Everyone should refuse to pay gas price hike" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26747/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ashot Mirzoyan, President of the Consumers’ Assistance Center, today told reporters that the only 
way to avoid a gas price hike would be for the nation en-masse to not pay their utility bills. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Visits Pak Shouka; Sees No Violations ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26745/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After being grilled by MPs yesterday regarding on-again, off again, construction at Yerevan’s Pak 
Shouka (Closed Market), RA Minister of urban Construction Samvel Tadevosyan visited the site. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:56 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Yerevan-Tbilisi Flights from June 1 - October 26 ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26742/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Georgian Airways will begin scheduled daily flights from Yerevan to Tbilisi from June 1 to October 26. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Newspaper Editors Launch Campaign to Combat Copyright Infringement ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26741/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The editors argue such reproduction of material is not along a copyright violation but also causes 
financial damage to the already strapped print media in Armenia. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Baffling Wealth: How Did Marzpet Khachatryan Boost Revenues from 3 Million to 7 Billion? ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26733/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Syunik Provincial Governor (Marzpet) Sourik Khachatryan is a classic example of how one becomes a 
billionaire overnight in Armenia. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:30 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ SEC Investigates Ericsson Bribe Allegations ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26732/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an investigation into Swedish multinational Ericsson’s business practices in Romania. The investigation is related to allegations made by a former Ericsson employee that the company used an approved slush-fund to pay off Romanian officials and decision makers to win contracts. OCCRP published an in-depth story revealing the controversy in March 2013. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Leak Shows Telecom Negotiated Bribes With Dictator’s Daughter ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26731/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ New details have emerged regarding TeliaSonera’s alleged dealings with Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of 
Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov. Documents obtained by Swedish Television (SVT) allege the direct involvement 
of Gulnara Karimova in the establishment of a protection scheme designed to shield TeliaSonera from customs 
and tax authorities in return for millions of dollars in kickbacks to Karimova. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:59 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Istanbul Court Sentences Turkish-Armenian Writer to 58 Weeks for Blasphemy ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26725/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ An Istanbul court has sentenced Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nişanyan to 58 weeks imprisonment for allegedly offending the Prophet Muhammad in a blog post, according to today’s Hurriyet Daily News. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ARF MP to Ministers: "The people would beat you up in the streets" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26724/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ ARF MP Vahan Hovhannisyan labelled the recent attempts by the government to defend its platform 
for the next five years as a “circus performance”. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Current Yerevan Municipal Council Convenes Last Session ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26720/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The last session of the current Yerevan Municipal Council convened today and Yerevan Mayor Taron 
Margaryan congratulated members for their productive work. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mini Hydro Plants Have Destroyed Armenia's Large River Eco-Systems ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26715/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ever since Armenia regained independence the number of mini hydro-electric plants has increased by 
136 from the 13 operating in the Soviet era. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:05 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ MP Abrahamyan: “It’s very alarming when immoral individuals insult those who are moral" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26714/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ At today’s parliamentary session Republican Party MP Vahram Baghdasaryan called on Speaker 
Abrahamyan to “call to order” those legislators using insulting language. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ RA Family Code Bill Voted Down ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26712/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A Heritage Party bill including changes and amendments to the RA Family Code was voted down 
today by 66 votes to 41. There was one abstention. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ U.S. Embassy Conference Findings: Armenia is Still Energy Insecure ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26709/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenia is still energy insecure and remains one of the most energy-import dependent countries in the 
region.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Energy Minister: Gas Negotiations with Russia Ongoing ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26705/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources told reporters today that until negotiations with Russia 
are completed deliveries of gas to Armenia would remain at $180. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ House Resolution Goes Beyond Genocide Recognition Seeking Truth and Justice ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26700/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In a welcome move, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that 
advocates a new approach for the pursuit of Armenian rights in Congress, going beyond genocide recognition. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Russia: Chanel Sweatshop Dismantled, Over 7,200 Counterfeit Shoes Recovered ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26693/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Russian interior ministry officers busted an underground sweatshop where more than 100 Chinese citizens produced counterfeit Chanel shoes in deplorable conditions, JustMedia reported on Monday. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New Cuban Ambassador to Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26687/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Emilio Lozada Garcia, Cuba’s newly appointed Ambassador to Armenia, presented his credentials 
today to RA President Serzh Sargsyan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ MP Bagratyan to Government: "Go to Google Map and see how much land is devoted to grape 
growing" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26682/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ At today’s parliament session HAK MP Hrand Bagratyan said the nation was at a crucial juncture and 
that the government needed to focus on several main issues. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Agricultural Expert: Armenia's Hail Cannons Ineffective and Outdated ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26681/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hrach Berberyan, president of the Village Agrarian Union, told reporters today that his organization 
estimates that recent hailstorms caused $35-40 million worth of damage to some 17-20,000 hectares of 
cropland in Armenia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mystery Dig: Who's Removing the Pipes in Lori? ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26677/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Someone has been digging up water pipes from the fields that stretch along the road connecting the Lori Province towns of Stepanavan and Tashir. Local residents say they haven't a clue as to who is removing the pipes or why. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Grenade Disarmed on Village Bus ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26675/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ An emergency services crew disarmed a hand grenade yesterday that had been found on a public bus 
in the Ararat Marz village of Dashtavan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:07 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ US: $520 Million Lost To Online Crime In 2012 ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26669/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Over 280,000 complaints of online criminal activity were reported by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 
in 2012, according to the US organization’s annual report released on May 14, 2013.The total calculated financial 
loss due to online criminal activity was estimated to be more than $520 million. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Somewhere in the City: Pigeon Fanciers ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26674/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Some Yerevan residents still continue to keep busy doing the things that they love, while at the same 
time enjoying 
the warmth and sun of the city. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Bruno Didn't Know the Armenian-Turkish Border Was Closed: A Traveller's Tale ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26664/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Bruno told me that he graduated as an ecologist from Toulouse University and specializes in 
butterflies. His father is a Dane and his mother French. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Criminal Case for Attempting to Vote Instead of Another Person at 09/17 Pilling Station Sent to Court ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26610/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The prosecutor implementing prosecutorial supervision confirmed the bill of indictment on the criminal case initiated against E. Yepremyan for attempting to vote instead of another person in the precinct N 09/17. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Four Years and Four Deaths Later: Why the Cover-Up Regarding the Nairit Plant Explosion? ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26570/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hrant Karapetyan’s son Artour was 39 when he dies in the blast. The father is now 81 and lives alone 
with only a photo album of Artour to keep him company. Every time he leafs through the album, tears 
stream down his face. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hailstorm Hit Farmers: "We want the government to freeze our loan payments" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26571/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Representatives of 47 rural communities whose plantings were wiped out in a recent hailstorm scoffed 
at government assistance proposals, labelling them as insufficient and ill-targeted. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:37 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Transparency International: Government's Pledges to Battle Corruption are Ridiculous ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26566/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center issued a statement ridiculing the Armenian 
government’s lofty pledges that it is committed to systematic reform and stamping out official 
corruption. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ “Just One Tree” To Make Yerevan Greener ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26545/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The initiative is open to all. It is unique because every company, regardless of size or financial 
standing can fully contribute. The “Just One Tree” principle asks each participating company to 
plant one tree for each employee, so both small and large ICT companies can help in the 
reforestation of Yerevan. A large company like Synopsys might plant hundreds of trees, and a 
small startup might plant only a few trees. Both are contributing fully.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:48 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Government Pledges to Subsidize Gas Rate Hikes by 30% ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26543/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Most likely taking into growing popular fears that the price of natural gas imported from Russia will 
drastically rise, Armenia’s PM Tigran Sargsyan announced at a cabinet meeting today that the 
government would subsidize any price hike by 30%. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:38 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Greens Union Prez: "Akhtala could become a dead zone in five years if Metals Prince continues in 
this manner" (video) ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26538/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday, Armenia’s Greens Union President Hakob Sanasaryan led a group of environmentalists 
on 
a visit to the town of Akhtala to inspect the Shamlough open pit mine operated by Metals Prince 
Ltd. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Demonstrators Converge on Government Building to Protest Likely Gas Hike ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26536/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A large crowd gathered outside the Government Building in Yerevan to protest a possible 64% rise 
in 
the price of natural gas. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ One Soldier Dead, Another Wounded, in Weapon Discharge Incident ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26532/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The RA Defense Ministry reports that a soldier was killed and one wounded yesterday after another 
soldier discharged his weapon. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Turkish High Court: Dink Murder Was “Organized” Crime ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26516/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals today overruled previous decisions absolving suspects in the Hrant Dink murder case of any connection to armed criminal organizations, according to Hürriyet Daily News.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:18 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Safety Specialist Can't Cite Oldest Amusement Ride Operating in Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26513/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Lousineh Hovhannisyan, who works for the National Center for Technical Safety attached to the 
Ministry of Emergency Situations, told reporters today that none of the 126 amusement rides now 
operating in Armenia have failed their inspections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Message on The International Day of Families ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26508/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Families hold societies together, and intergenerational relationships extend this legacy over time.  This year’s 
International Day of Families is an occasion to celebrate connections among all members of the constellation that 
makes up a family.  It is also an opportunity to reflect on how they are affected by social and economic trends – 
and what we can do to strengthen families in response.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:35 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Catholicos Garegin II Hosts Delegation from Armenia's Compulsory Enforcement Service ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26505/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Today, Catholicos Garegin II hosted a reception in Etchmiadzin for employees of the RA Compulsory 
Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts to mark the agency’s 15th anniversary. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ White House Files Politically-Motivated, Anti-Armenian Brief to US Supreme Court ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26492/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Obama Administration last October if it should review a Federal 
Appeals 
Court decision that had struck down a California law (Section 354.4) extending the statute of limitations 
on 
Armenian Genocide-era life insurance claims. 
 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ "Reading Olympiad" Winner Gets Two Tickets to Rome ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26491/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  Maria Navasardyan, a school pupil in Armenia, was declared the winner of a “Reading Olympiad” and 
awarded two tickets to Rome for her efforts. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Italian Trial Looks At Mafia-State Pact ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26484/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ A much anticipated trial in Italy is set to begin in Palermo on May 27 where prosecutors will charge that high level Italian government officials made a pact with Sicilian Mafia bosses. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:53 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Son of Drug Boss Naser Kelmendi Sentenced To Four Years for Attempted Murder ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26483/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Elvis Kelmendi, son of alleged drug kingpin Naser Kelmendi, was sentenced to four years in prison for 
the 
attempted murder of Elvis Hodzic in 2010, Klix.ba reported. The prosecution has appealed the 
sentence, claiming 
that the court showed too much leniency due to Elvis Kelmendi’s confession, and that the crime 
deserved a 
harsher sentence. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:49 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Moscow's Arbitration Court Again Postpones "Interstate Bank v Nairit" Case ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26482/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ As in the first session, the defendant Rhinoville never showed up at the proceeding. The company 
argues that the court has no jurisdiction to review the matter involving loans to Armenia’s Nairit 
Rubber Plant. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:35 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Diasporan Monitors Remain Positive Despite Widespread Election Irregularities ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26468/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ As reports of irregularitiesduring the Yerevan Municipal election continue to make headlines in the media, 
members of a joint local-Diaspora monitoring team, which exceeded 100 people, are neverthelessoptimistic about 
the level of engagement and partnership between local organizations and Diaspora resources. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Departing Swiss Ambassador: $8 Million to Promote Farming in Syunik ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26465/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ambassador Obolensky noted that Switzerland will be investing $8 million to promote farming 
operations in Syunik Province. This compares to last year’s investment of $4 million. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:07 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Criminal Case in Relation to Illegal Turnover of Mercury Sent to Syuniq Court ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26462/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ According to the factual data obtained during the pre-trial proceeding V. Grigoryan procuring metallic mercury and keeping it for the purpose of sale, on February 9, 2013 reached a prior agreement with his cousin M. Grigoryan then with the latter's friend G. Hakobyan and decided to transmit it to Yerevan and sell. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Son of Former President Robert Kocharyan is Biggest Landowner in Talvorik ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26460/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ It turns out that Sedrak Kocharyan, eldest son of former RA President Robert Kocharyan, is the largest 
landowner in Talvorik. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:03 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Varoujan Avetisyan: "This parasitic regime has no need of Artsakh war vets" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26459/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ While speaking to reporters today about the sit-down protest that several Artsakh war vets launched 
two days ago in Yerevan’s Freedom Square, legal expert and depot battalion Colonel Varoujan 
Avetisyan said that while he wouldn’t participate in the protest, he did support it. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ International Russian Organized Crime Ring Does Old-School Gambling In A New Way ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26458/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The April indictment in New York of 34 conspirators involved in gambling and bookmaking rings reads like the 
screenplay for the 1998 poker flick Rounders, with high-stakes games, Russian mafia dons and thugs breaking 
bones to collect from losers in too deep. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:14 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Culture Ministry Calls on Municipality to Halt "Pak Shouka" Construction ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26456/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After months of dilly-dallying and passing the buck, the RA Ministry of Culture has called on the 
Yerevan Municipality to take all necessary steps to halt on-going construction at the city Pak Shouka 
(Closed Market). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:55 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ President of Architects' Union: "They're turning the Pak Shouka into an ordinary store" ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26452/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Mkrtich Minasyan, head of Armenia’s Union of Architects, told reporters today that he held out no 
hope that Yerevan’s landmark “Pak Shouka” could be saved. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 4 People Attempted to Vote Instead of Others at the 03/19 Polling Station: Criminal Case Launched ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26451/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Qanaqer-Zeytoun police launched a criminal case in which a total of four citizens in the recent 
Yerevan municipal election attempted to vote in the stead of another person. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Haigazian dictionaries of Classical Armenian now online ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26449/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Nayiri.com today announced the release of digitized versions of two seminal Classical Armenian dictionaries: Nor Parkirk Haigazian Lezvi (New Dictionary of the Armenian Language, or Haigazian Pararan in short) and the Artsern Pararan Haigaznian Lezvi (Handy Dictionary of the Armenian Language). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:31 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ In reply to video reportage on Alaverdi's "Ankyun Plus" TV ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26442/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ On behalf of the EcoLab project, its partner organisations and donors, we would like to state, that we consider 
the above mentioned reportage as a misuse and misrepresentation of the project, its partners and donors' names 
in favour of Teghut (Lori region, Armenia) copper-molybdenum mining project of Vallex F.M. Establishment. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Soldier Discontent: When Artsakh War Vets Come Out Demanding "Dignity" the Government Better 
Listen ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26440/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ I've known Volodya for more than twenty years. He was one of the guys who fought in Leonid 
Azgaldyan's "Liberation Army" and participated in many battles in Artsakh. Now, Volodya and twenty 
or more soldiers are staging a sit-down strike in Yerevan's Freedom Square. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:10 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The US Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia John Heffern meets students and members of the Winners’ Club ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Todaymembers of the Winners’ Club of  Presidential Educational Award, and students at State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA), specializing at microelectronic circuits, had a unique chance to meetwiththe US Ambassador to the Republic of ArmeniaJohn Heffern at Synopsys Armenia R&D Center (Arshakunyats 41).  General Manager of VivaCell-MTS Ralph Yirikian, President of Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) of ArmeniaArsen Ghazaryan, Director of Unicomp Armen Baldryan,CEO and Chairman Viasphere International, Inc. Tony Moroyan and other guests have attended the meeting.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New Head of National TV and Radio Committee ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26427/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Gagik Bouniatyan was elected president of the RA TV and Radio National Committee on May 7. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:17 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Berlin Buskers: As Diverse as the City ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Street musicians in the German capital of Berlin are a diverse breed, performing an equally varied 
repertoire. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:57 +0400</pubDate>
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      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26422/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ IT specialist Samvel Martirosyan told reporters today in Yerevan that Armenia still lacks a culture of 
protecting personal information and pointed to the website of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) as 
proof. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hungary: Government May Restrict Access To Information ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26421/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Hungarian Parliament adopted a controversial amendment to its Freedom of Information Act on April 
30, a move that will make civilian and journalistic access to information more difficult, Atlatszo.hu 
reported. The amendment was passed less than 48 hours after its introduction. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Deno Gold: Mining Company Threatens the Residents and Environment of Kapan ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26420/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Canadian “Deno Gold Mining Company” files a slander lawsuit against Armenian environmental activist 
Yeghia Nersesian  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:50 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armavir Villagers Close Roads; Demand Hail Compensation ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday’s hail damaged crops and fruit trees in some 39 communities in Armenia’s Armavir Province 
according to initial reports from the field ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:26 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia Invited to JAPAN PRIZE 2013 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Armenia has been invited to participate in JAPAN 
PRIZE (International Contest for Educational Media) 2013. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Man Arrested at Zvartnots for Credit Card Fraud ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian police picked up a man at Zvartnots Airport on May 12 who was being searched for by U.S. 
law enforcement on charges of credit card fraud. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ OSCE Trains RA Police on Information Security in Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26413/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Some 30 police cadets and representatives of law enforcement bodies started a two-week training course 
on information security on 13 May 2013, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan at the Police 
Academy of Armenia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Hero Turkey Would Prefer to Forget ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26412/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Think Captain Terossian.  Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one 
and a 
half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s 
government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies 
commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of Gallipoli in the same year.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:23 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Celebrations of May Triple Holiday in Tbilisi ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26407/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The concert on 10 May, 2013, at TBILISI ART HALL, organized by the Educational and Cultural Center  
“Hayartun” at the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia and supported by the RA 
Ministry of Culture, was the logical conclusion of May triple holiday.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:15 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Belarus Prez to Arrive in Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26402/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is arriving in Armenia today for an official visit at the invitation 
of President Serzh Sargsyan ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hackers Take $45 Million In Global ATM Theft ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26388/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hackers stole $45 million in a matter of hours by exploiting the weaknesses of bank 
databases during a heist carried out across at least 27 countries, Time Magazine 
reported. Seven individuals were arrested in the United States, and law enforcement in 
at least 12 countries are still investigating. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:04 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ OSCE Final Report on Presidential Election: “More can be done” ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26380/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 18 February 2013 presidential election in Armenia concludes that though the elections were generally well-administered and characterized by a respect for fundamental freedoms, more can be done to increase public trust in the integrity of the electoral process.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:35 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister of Culture Poghosyan: Passing the Buck on the “Pak Shouka” ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26379/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Walk past the Pak Shouka in downtown Yerevan and you wouldn’t think it was once a shining 
example of Soviet Armenian architecture that proudly stood for several decades.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:30 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Voter Complaints Dismissed by Yerevan’s Electoral Commissions ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26378/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Following Yerevan’s May 5 municipal election, in which a variety of voting day violations 
were observed by election monitors, attorneys have filed approximately 160 complaints 
with the Territorial Electoral Commissions of the four Precincts representing the following 
three districts of Armenia’s capital: Sebastia-Malatia, Shengavit, and Erebuni-Nubarashen.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:37 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ May 9 – Victory Park, Yerevan ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26377/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Citizens celebrate triple holiday - Soviet victory in Great Patriotic War, the liberation of Shushi and 
the formation of the Armenian Army ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 23:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Bar Association's Statement on Yerevan Municipal Elections ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26367/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Bar Association closely followed the events leading up to and culminating in Yerevan 's 
May 5, 2013 municipal elections.  We did so with the hope that the lessons of the previous 
parliamentary and presidential elections would be both redeeming examples of conformities with, as 
well as cautionary precedents of violations of, free and fair elections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Appeals Court Sustains Verdict Against Company Owned by Deceased American-Armenian 
Businessman George Baghoumian ]]></title>
      <link>http://hetq.am/eng/news/26359/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday the RA Civil Appeals Court let stand a lower court ruling that had gone against a company 
owned by George Baghoumian, an American-Armenian businessman who died on April 25 while being 
held in pre-trial detention in the Nubarashen Correctional Facility ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ AEF Accepting Applications for Scholarships ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Educational Foundation (AEF) is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for Richard 
R. Tufenkian Scholarships for the 2013 – 2014 academic year.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:04 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hetq Reporter Gets Threatening Telephone Call: “You’ll wind up in a ditch” ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ “Otherwise, dear Ani, you or one of your relatives will wind up in a ditch,” he said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:17 +0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Seven incidents of reporters being prevented from carrying out their professional duties were 
registered by the police on May 5, the day of the Yerevan municipal elections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:41 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ President Sargsyan Confirms New Government Cabinet ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ RA President Serzh Sargsyan has confirmed the government’s new cabinet under Prime Minister 
Tigran Sargsyan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:47 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Germany: Officials Slow To See Links In Neo-Nazi Killings ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The trial of Beate Zschäpe, accused of complicity in nine racially motivated murders between 
2000 and 2007, began on Monday, the LA Times reported. Eight of the victims were of Turkish 
descent and one of Greek descent. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:09 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tsarni Retracts Apology to Armenians; Breaks Promise to Rectify Earlier Claim ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Armenians woke up on April 30 to the breaking news: “Ruslan Tsarni Apologizes to Armenian 
Community,” as reported by Alin Gregorian, editor of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator of 
Watertown, Mass.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:04 +0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has submitted the make-up of the new government to President 
Serzh Sargsyan. Only three ministries will see new heads. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:31 +0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Օn the occasion of Europe Day the European Union Delegation to Armenia invites young people to participate in a youth competition called "My Scrapbook of Change". The winner will receive a ticket to Europe. ]]></description>
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