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Margarita Gasparyan wins Baku Cup - MassisPost
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BAKU — Margarita Gasparyan of Russia won her first WTA title Sunday by beating Patricia Maria Tig of Romania 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 in the Baku Cup final. Gasparyan came out stronger, breaking twice en route to taking the first set then getting another crucial ...
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Second American Armenian Rose Float \”Discover Armenia\” is Unveiled - MassisPost
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PASADENA — The second Armenian Rose Float Design titled “Discover Armenia” that will be participating in the 127th Rose Parade on January 1st, 2016 was unveiled on August 1. This year's Tournament of Roses theme being “Find Your Adventure”, the second ...
Russian Businessman German Sterligov Put on International Wanted List by Azerbaijan - MassisPost
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BAKU — Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case against Russian businessman German Sterligov for visiting Karabakh. He has been put on the international wanted list for “illegally crossing the state border of Azerbaijan”. “In ...
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Iran can up oil output to 6 mln bpd - AzerNews
Iran with having adequate investment could increase its oil production to 6 million barrels a day (bpd) and export 4.5 million bpd, a professor of economics at ...
Armenia Hails International Agreement on Iran Nuclear Program - MassisPost
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YEREVAN — Armenia promptly welcomed on Tuesday a historic international agreement that was reached on Iran's nuclear program, as a result of determined, constructive efforts by Iran and the international mediators, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward ...
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Armenia PM Vows to Go Ahead with Rate Hikes Despite Protests - MassisPost
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YEREVAN — The Armenian government has refused to reverse electricity price hikes, as protest rallies in the capital entered their second week. Defying a call by protesters to reverse a decision to hike power prices by more than 16 percent from August, ...
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Nor Serount Cultural Association Established in Las Vegas - MassisPost
The Armenian American community of greater Las Vegas region celebrated the inauguration of the Nor Serount (New Generation) Cultural Association Las ...
Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac to Star in Kirk Kerkorian Armenian Genocide Movie - MassisPost
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HOLLYWOOD — Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac will co-star in an epic about the Armenian genocide film, called “The Promise.” The funding of the film is by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, according to a report by Showbizz*411. Terry George, of “Hotel Rwanda” ...
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Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The Armenian Genocide: Aydın Engin - MassisPost
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(born in 1941 in Ödemiş, district of İzmir Province of Turkey) is a Turkish journalist, playwright, writer and politician. He completed his High School in 1957, then studied at Istanbul University, Faculty of Law. He spent many years of exile in ...
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Sotheby's Withdraws Sale of Aivazovsky Painting after Russia Alleged it was Stolen - MassisPost
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LONDON — The international auction house Sotheby's withdrew from auction on Tuesday a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky that Russia's Interior Ministry said last week had been stolen in 1997 from a private collection in Moscow, Reuters reports. The auction ...
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Thousands Rally in Yerevan Against Energy Price Hike - MassisPost
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Thousands of people took to the streets of Yerevan on Wednesday to protest against a more than 35 percent rise in electricity prices sought by Armenia's loss-making national power distribution network. Protests against the highly ...
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Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The Armenian Genocide: Edhem Eldem - MassisPost
Robert Gurdiguian's Armenian Genocide Film Screened at Cannes Film Festival - MassisPost
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CANNES — French-Armenian director Robert Guediguian's film “Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad” was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The ripple effects of the Armenian genocide on subsequent generations are ...
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Azerbaijani fighter wins gold in Russia - AzerNews
Azerbaijani fighter Radik Isayev weighing in at 87kg has clinched a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Championship in the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Former Miami Dolphins Kicker Garo Yepremian Dies at 70 - MassisPost
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MIAMI – Garo Yepremian, the former NFL kicker who helped the Miami Dolphins win consecutive NFL championships died of cancer on Friday at the age of 70. Yepremian's wife, Maritza, said he died at a hospital in Media, Pa. His illness was diagnosed in ...
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Rima Varzhapetyan Slams Bias Anti-Armenian Articles Published in Israeli Periodicals - MassisPost
The Head of the Jewish Community of Armenia Rima VarzhapetyanFeller wrote an open letter to the American Jewish Committee Executive Director David ...
Parliamentary Elections Held in Nagorno Karabakh - MassisPost
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STEPANAKERT — On Sunday people in Nagorno-Karabakh elected their new parliament in general polls to determine the mandates in the 33-seat National Assembly. According to Karabakh's Central Election Commission (CEC), just over 70 percent of the ...
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Forty Martyrs Church of Aleppo Destroyed - MassisPost
ALEPPO — The Forty Martyrs Armenian Church of Aleppo has been destroyed due to bombing according to reports from Armenian community sources in the ...
“iwitness” Interactive Public Art Display Unveiled at Grand Park in Los Angeles - MassisPost
Diyarbakir St. Giragos Armenian Church Awarded EU Cultural Heritage Prize - MassisPost
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DIYARBAKIR — The Armenian Church of St. Giragos in Diyarbakir (Tigranakert) was awarded the Prize for Cultural Heritage by the European Union, Anadolu Agency reports. “This church should be known all around the world,” head of the St. Giragos Church ...
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