Karen Bekaryan: French parliament’s adoption of a bill penalizing Genocide denial confirms France as a human rights champion.

A newly-appointed Kuwaiti Ambassador to Armenia submitted copies of his credentials to Armenian Foreign Minister.

Andranik Tevanyan recalled authorities’ pledges to ensure 8-10% economic growth and up to 10% poverty reduction.

Andranik Tevanyan: President Sargsyan’s re-election may incite continuation of political and economic crisis.

Knesset member for Meretz Zahava Gal-On: Jewish people should be the first to recognize tragedy of the past.

According to Yana Salman, Armenians use events dating back to the beginning of the 20th century for political purposes.

On Dec. 26, Israel’s Knesset Committee is debating the issue of introduction of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Reuven Rivlin noted that divergence between Ankara and Yerevan should not “wipe away” historical facts.

“Armavir Development Centre” received AMD 9.5 mln for implementing the “Life can be changed” project.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic keeps lead with 13630 points; followed by Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer.

On December 23, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia for an official visit.

“If they are making a loss on the sale, one could ask why they didn’t make this decision sooner,” an analyst said.

Zahava Gal-On: as a daughter of Jews who survived the Holocaust, I definitely know what Genocide denial means.

The bomber detonated an explosion that left dead and wounded on the ground and set fire to nearby vehicles in central Baghdad.

Posts on a Twitter feed suggested it had pulled more than 200GB worth of sensitive information from Stratfor’s servers.

In the 7th round of FIDE Women’s World Championship, Elina Danielian and Maria Kursova brought the team 1 and 0,5 points resp.

The 10 masked perpetrators, armed with automatic weapons and pistols, bound and gagged the four night watchmen.

According to President of the Russian Federation, Moscow will further contribute to peaceful resolution of the conflict.

French parliamentarian Valerie Boyer said she called the police after she and her family members received death threats.

Following the passage of the Genocide bill by the French National Assembly, Ankara recalled its ambassador from France.

Shevchuk and Kaminsky faced off in the runoff after taking 38.55% and 26.3% of the vote respectively in the first round.

“May the Lord come to the aid of our world torn by so many conflicts which even today stain the Earth with blood,” he said.

Earlier this month, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged Europe to impose crippling sanctions on Iran.

Hackers claiming to be the group Anonymous said they had obtained around 4,000 credit card details, passwords

China is Japan’s biggest trading partner with 26.5 trillion yen ($340 billion) in two-way transactions last year.

At least two rockets struck a camp in central Iraq housing Iranian dissidents Sunday, December 25 evening.

France-Turkey ties deteriorated after adoption of the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial by the French National Assembly.

On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire. On this day, almost all Armenians celebrated a minor national victory. Almost all…

Trinidadian Warner, who resigned from his position at FIFA in June, accused Blatter of ” covert racism and discrimination.”

The exercises, dubbed Velayat 90, could bring Iranian ships into proximity with U.S. Navy vessels in the area.