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Prominent Intelligence Officer Gohar Vartanian Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 2:00am
Prominent Intelligence Officer Gohar Vartanian Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary  MassisPost

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Prominent intelligence officer, veteran of Russian Foreign Intelligence *Service* Gohar Vartanian, who made a big contribution in ...

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Aras Ozbiliz Signs with Besiktas Istanbul - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 1:13pm

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Aras Ozbiliz Signs with Besiktas Istanbul
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ISTANBUL — Aras Ozbiliz, 25 year old Armenian International winger, has arrived in Istanbul to signed a 4.5 year contract with Turkish premier league team Besiktas, after he passes his medical. Ozbiliz will be bought from Spartak Moscow for a fee of ...

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Armenians Were the “Jews of the Orient” in German Discourse - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 2:04pm

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Armenians Were the “Jews of the Orient” in German Discourse
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Historian Stefan Ihrig authored another important book titled as “Justfiying Genocide” that is published by Harvard University Press. In this book, Ihrig discussed the Germans' view of the Armenians from Bismarck to Hitler and we talked to him about ...

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Armenia National Football Team to Play 2 Friendly Matches in USA - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 01/08/2016 - 10:39am

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Armenia National Football Team to Play 2 Friendly Matches in USA
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YEREVAN — The Armenian national football team will play two friendlies in the US, in late May and early June, the website of the Football Federation of Armenia reports. These matches will be charitable events. The team will also play two games in March.

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The Showdown: Hikaru Nakamura and "The Invulnerable Chess Demon From Hell" - Inverse

Nakamura - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 6:04pm

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The Showdown: Hikaru Nakamura and "The Invulnerable Chess Demon From Hell"
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The fifth-best chess player in the world brought out his queen on the third move. Today, on day two of a four-game chess exhibition between grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and Komodo, the single strongest chess-playing entity on the planet, rooting for the ...

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Turkey Transfers to France Body of Executed ASALA Member Levon Ekmekjian - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 10:42am

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Turkey Transfers to France Body of Executed ASALA Member Levon Ekmekjian
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ANKARA — Turkish authorities have transferred the body of Levon Ekmekjian, a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), to France, 33 years after he was executed for carrying out a deadly assault on Ankara's ...

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The Showdown: Hikaru Nakamura and "The Invulnerable Chess Demon From Hell" - Inverse

Nakamura - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 2:00am
The Showdown: Hikaru Nakamura and "The Invulnerable Chess Demon From Hell"  Inverse

The fifth-best chess player in the world brought out his queen on the third move. Today, on day two of a four-game chess exhibition between grandmaster Hikaru ...

Armenian Soprano Anush Hovhannisyan with Philharmonia Orchestra and Chinese Pianist Lang Lang at Royal ... - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Mon, 01/04/2016 - 5:31pm

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Armenian Soprano Anush Hovhannisyan with Philharmonia Orchestra and Chinese Pianist Lang Lang at Royal ...
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Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices under the baton of renowned Norwegian conductor Salonen gave a recital dedicated to great Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843 -1907) at Royal Festival Hall in London on the 26th November 2016.

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Top 100 Players of 2015: Henrikh Mkhitaryan Ranked 17th - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/29/2015 - 1:40pm

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Top 100 Players of 2015: Henrikh Mkhitaryan Ranked 17th
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After every game, WhoScored.com gives players competing in Europe's top five leagues a mark out of 10 based on a wide range of statistical data. Each player received an average score for 2015, and to qualify for the list, players had to have made at ...

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Karabakh Reports Renewed Growth In Tourism - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 12/24/2015 - 1:39pm

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Karabakh Reports Renewed Growth In Tourism
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STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Nagorno-Karabakh has risen by almost 14 percent this year despite increased ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani frontline around the territory, an official in Stepanakert ...

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PicsArt Among Five Hottest 2015 Startups of Forbes, Worth $250 Million - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Fri, 12/18/2015 - 5:42pm

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PicsArt Among Five Hottest 2015 Startups of Forbes, Worth $250 Million
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YEREVAN (Arka) — Armenian photo editing and sharing app PicsArt is among the five hottest 2015 startups of Forbes. The app, worth $250 million according to Forbes, considered a competitor of free app Instagram, was downloaded by 220 million users at ...

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Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands - World Chess

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/15/2015 - 12:56am

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
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The Tata Steel Chess tournament is one of the top competitions on the calendar. This year's tournament, the 78th edition, includes many of the world's top players, among them Magnus Carlsen, the World Champion; Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So of the ...

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Viswanathan Anand held by Fabiano Caruana - Daily News & Analysis

Caruana - Sun, 12/13/2015 - 8:37am

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Viswanathan Anand held by Fabiano Caruana
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Former world champion Viswanathan Anand brought an end to his run of three consecutive defeats and drew with Fabiano Caruana of United States in the eighth and penultimate round of the London Chess Classic. After a roller coaster ride that involved a ...
Anand loses to Vachier-LagraveThe Hindu
London Chess Classic: Carlsen wins crown, Anand finishes ninthFirstpost
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spotZee News
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$115000 Raised for “Discover Armenia” Rose Float - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 12/10/2015 - 11:54pm

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$115000 Raised for “Discover Armenia” Rose Float
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LOS ANGELES — During a fundraising dinner on the night of December 6, the American Armenian Rose Float Association (AARFA) raised $115,000 toward the construction of the second Armenian rose float and its participation in the 127th Pasadena ...

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Russia Deploys New Attack Helicopters in Armenia - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 12/08/2015 - 12:09pm

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Russia Deploys New Attack Helicopters in Armenia
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YEREVAN — Russia has deployed Seven advanced Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters and Mi-8MT Hip transport helicopters to Erebuni air base in Armenia. The helicopters were shipped from the military airdrome of the South Military District (SMD) in Krasnodar ...

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in London Chess Classic - The Indian Express

Nakamura - Tue, 12/08/2015 - 7:29am

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in London Chess Classic
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Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a defeat at the hands of Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of London Chess Classic on Tuesday. Not finding it easy to play against Nakamura once again, this was Anand's sixth loss ...
VIDEO: Magnus Carlsen and fellow rivals describe Viswanathan Anand in one wordSportskeeda
London Chess Classic: Anand draws against Carlsen in third roundFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand back in business after crushing Veselin Topalov in LondonZee News

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Remember the Victims, Prevent Genocide - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 12:13pm

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Remember the Victims, Prevent Genocide
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NEW YORK — In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established 9 December as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The 9th of December is the ...

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The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London - Business Insider

Caruana - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 2:00am
The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London  Business Insider

Ray Morris-Hill The London Chess Classic is underway in England and will continue until Dec. 13. This is one of the chess world's premier events, usually ...

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