At Buca, Sevan Nishanian was made to sleep on the cold concrete floor for several days—prison officials claimed that no cot was available—and was not allowed to shower.
Ray Nagin, New Orleans mayor from 2002 to 2010, before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on corruption charges.
Brazilian police arrested the head of FIFA’s official hospitality provider on allegation of ties to an organized ticket-resale ring.
Under the aforementioned agreement, Armenia's State Migration Service over a period of one year will provide at least 1,000 EUR ($1,362) assistance to each Republic of Armenia citizen forced to return to Armenia from the Netherlands.
At today’s government cabinet session, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said that after visiting hail damaged communities in Shirak he has set up a special committee to assess the overall crop losses.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that its front-line units thwarted an attempted Azerbaijani incursion along the Karvatchar region separating Artsakh and the Republic of Armenia.
Employees of the Nairit rubber plant have once again gathered outside the Armenian Government building in downtown Yerevan.