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      <title><![CDATA[ Reagan Foundation threatens legal action over blood vial sale ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692394/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ "Dried blood residue from President Reagan ... can be seen clearly in the vial with a quarter-
inch ring of blood residue at the end of the inserted rubber stopper," the listing says.
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      <title><![CDATA[ Stalin’s mother to tell the reader about unknown episodes from her son’s life ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ At present the English version of the book is only available. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Spanish teachers and students say ‘No’ to cuts ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692379/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ For Education, a proposed three billion euro budget reduction translates into fewer 
teachers, more students per class, and higher university tuition fees. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ “Channel 4” tells about Human Rights violations in Azerbaijan
 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We were informed that those who struggle for democracy would be under prison after 
“Eurovision”.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692177/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ “At the time of the revolution, women were needed to fill out the numbers,” said Hoda 
Badran, head of the Egyptian Feminist Union, which was banned under Mubarak but 
reinstated last year. “Now, the decision-makers don’t need women, and we’re back to 
this idea that femininity is inferior and masculinity superior.”  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:59 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Yemenis condemn al Qaeda suicide blast ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692161/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ “We condemn this heinous crime and we ask the president to rid the country of al 
Qaeda sabotage,” said one young female demonstrator. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Three climbers die on Mt Everest ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692122/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Two more climbers are currently missing. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Facebook tumbles below IPO price on second day of trading ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692100/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Facebook, with more than 900 million users, is trying to attract more marketers to boost sales 
as competition increases.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:59 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Sean Penn in Cannes charity dinner for Haiti ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691971/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The charity night raised 1.3 million euros. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 17:38 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hollywood star Will Smith slaps male television reporter who tried to kiss him in 
Moscow ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691964/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ It was not clear whether reporter Vitalii Sediuk intended to kiss Smith on the cheek or 
on the lips. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Quebec’s parliament passes tough protest law ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691957/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The law will shut universities early, fine those who block classes, and restrict the 
length and location of rallies. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:09 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[   Armenian School and Church in Homs were shelled by the rebels ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691956/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After the events the fighters fled to Hamida and currently Armenian ‘’ Isahakyan’’ 
school and church after the burglary serve a kind of hospital, hotel for the rebels.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:33 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[  Documentary film on ''Barcelona" football club to be shot ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The main process of the shooting will kick off after Euro 2012 ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:57 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[  Armenian photographer tells about the wartime life in Sudan  by the photo gallery. 
Photos ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691953/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ohanesyan’s photo series published in the Guardian newspaper present the lifestyle of 
people and the children living in Sudanese Tess Village Mountains. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:27 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Nigeria mass wedding for divorcees denounced ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691950/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Islamic police in the northern city of Kano recently organised the arranged marriage 
ceremony to fight a stigma that exists in the country of being widowed or divorced. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:08 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Two dead, several students injured in Italy high school blast ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691947/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  Officials say at least one of the injured is in a critical condition.The bomb was thought 
to have gone off as teenagers were going into class. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 14:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 'Tortured' singer flees Azerbaijan days before Eurovision ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691945/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Jamal Ali, a 24-year-old rapper, fled his home country on Wednesday, he said in an 
interview via Skype from Berlin. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 14:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ French and US presidents united on Europe ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691933/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ François Hollande met US president Barack Obama at the White House ahead of the 
talks. Obama supports the idea of stimulating growth in Europe, and both men want to 
see the eurozone remain intact. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:50 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ UK PM to meet France’s Socialist President ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691836/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Cameron has expressed hopes that he will find “common ground” with Hollande as the 
two will meet in Washington ahead of the full-scale discussions on how to tackle the 
eurozone crisis.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:38 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ U.S. grants visa to Raul Castro’s daughter but denies visit by Cuban academics ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691824/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Mariela Castro, 50, an advocate for gay rights and a niece of longtime communist 
leader Fidel Castro, will be allowed to travel to San Francisco next week for a meeting 
of the Latin American Studies Association, and she will later visit New York, 
administration officials and several American scholars confirmed Thursday. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Moody’s cuts ratings on 16 Spanish banks
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691812/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The lenders included Spain’s three biggest banks: Banco Santander, BBVA, and La 
Caixa. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Man gets 5 years in Brunswick Medicare fraud case
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691766/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ She also ordered him to serve three years' probation once he's released and to pay 
nearly $309,000 restitution.

 ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:04 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ David Cameron defends “make up or break up” euro warning ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691765/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ David Cameron has said that he was right to speculate publicly about the break up of the 
euro. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691712/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal says Sorkin will make the film about the late 
Apple founder "everything that Jobs himself was: Captivating, entertaining and 
polarizing." ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:31 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Students clash with police over Chile’s education reforms ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691680/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ For more than a year the students have complained at the profit-driven state of higher 
education in the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Montenegrin, three Armenians arrested in Sofia over whack job plotting ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691515/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Three Armenian nationals were arrested, one of whom is wanted for illegal arms 
possession and frauds in Armenia.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:43 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Member states’ declaration was accepted in CSTO summit  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691475/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ On main issues of international and regional security our approaches are very close.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:13 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ CSTO leaders’ approaches in the sphere of security coincide  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691470/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ We had very sincere conversation, exchanged opinions on international urgent issues, 
decided further steps for responding to global and regional threats and challenges. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:55 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[  Azerbaijan: Police violently disperse peaceful rallies ahead of Eurovision ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691454/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Local activists told Amnesty International that opposition party members were 
specifically targeted at rallies in Baku’s Sabir Garden area and in front of the city 
authorities’ offices. Independent video footage from the scene shows police roughing 
up demonstrators as they are being dragged away. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:11 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Journalist found murdered in Mexico ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691410/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Rene Orta Salgado had formerly been a local newspaper reporter but had left to 
campaign for opposition presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Krikorian pledges 'to be the voice of American Armenians' ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691292/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Krikorian also pledges “to be the voice of American Armenians and to be the voice of 
Glendale — to be in touch with you.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Cosmopolitan and Kim Kardashian team up to end Armenian Genocide dispute ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691272/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  'I guess any attempt to bring resolution to these issues is a good thing, and if you sell 
magazines in the process, well then everyone wins.',-stated Scrape TV Media analyst 
Sarah Piper.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:12 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Protesters once again filled Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691250/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  However the indignados have called for more demonstrations today and Tuesday, 
continuing their denouncement of  the government’s handling of the economy which 
has fallen back into recession. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Pro-Azerbaijani resolution thrown down in Lithuanian Seimas ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691146/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Some Lithuanian MPs voiced the idea on necessity of recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh 
Republic. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:29 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Remembering Damascus car bomb victims ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Syrian authorities are blaming foreign-backed terrorism and have called on the UN 
Security Council to take measures against these countries or groups. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Socialist leader tries to form Greece government ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Venizelos was encouraged by Kouvelis all-party coalition idea: “Mr Kouvelis’ proposal 
closely coincides with ours for the formation of a government of national unity and our 
proosal for a final and safe move away from the bailout agreement at the latest in 
three years, with greece in the euro and conditions better for Greeks and not worse.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:23 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Kim Kardashian endorses President Obama for endorsing same-sex marriage ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690937/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Fortunately, the recent White House correspondents’ dinner attendee shared her 
thoughts almost immediately on her blog, and tweeted them out, and shared them via 
a press release. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Putin assigns to consistently continue the work on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690837/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Vladimir Putin also assigned to expand cooperation with CIS states in social-economic, 
humanitarian, law-enforcement and other spheres. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 18:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ CIA foils an al Qaeda-linked bomb plot ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690757/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The new device contained no metallic elements and could have passed through airport 
security but was discovered by intelligence operatives. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:23 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Abroad workers in Russia to take exams in Russian Language and History ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690738/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ According to national data migration service each year 13-14 million people come to 
work In Russia.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:13 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Turkish journalist says Armenia’s parliamentary elections not to affect Armenian-Turkish 
relations ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690667/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ He writes that after the elections there will hardly be a progress in the issue of the protocols 
signed between Turkey and Armenia October 10, 2009. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:43 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Francois   Hollande’s inauguration is scheduled on May 15 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690657/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The date of the official ceremony was set by the French Presidential Candidates 
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande at the course of the negotiations taking place 
on May 7.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:04 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Obama invites Hollande to Group of Eight and NATO summits
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690605/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Obama and Hollande reaffirmed the important and enduring alliance between the people of 
the United States and France. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:20 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[  Merkel congratulates Hollande, invites him to Berlin ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690589/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Both agreed how important close Franco-German relations were and assured each other that 
they would strive for good and trusting cooperation. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Francois Hollande celebrates French presidential win ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690586/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Over 2, 13 million electors demonstrated their political stance by casting invalid or 
blank ballots. This was one of the peculiarities of those elections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:43 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690562/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ He called challenger Francois Hollande to wish him "good luck" as the country's new leader. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Japan closes last nuclear reactor ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690394/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ It leaves Japan without energy from atomic power for the first time for more than 40 years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Obama: Time to Shift Attention From Wars to Home ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690392/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Obama said that money saved from ending wars should be used equally to pay down the 
debt and to spend on health care, education and infrastructure. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Jailed student forgotten for five days ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690249/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Daniel Chong had to be hospitalised after his ordeal and plans to sue the government. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:32 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Sarkozy’s favorite song is Charles Aznavour’s “They have fallen”  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690142/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Nicolas Sarkozy also confessed that he had no idea and does not understand anything in 
computers.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian rear admiral Sergey Avagyanc to be appointed as Pacific Fleet commander of 
Russia ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690115/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ President of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev appointed rear admiral Sergey Avagyanc 
as Pacific Fleet commander of Russia.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:27 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Video: Kim Kardashian asks public to commemorate Armenian genocide ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690094/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sitting on a couch with her hair pulled back into a ponytail, Kardashian also refers to 
the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which roughly 1.5 million Armenians were killed at 
the hands of Ottoman Turks, as “the modern genocide.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ German Government Report Slams Azeri ‘State Repression’ ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690077/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The confidential document from Berlin is about Azerbaijan, a Caucasus republic in 
which prisoners are mistreated, parliamentary debate is “nearly impossible” and the 
activities of the opposition are “noticeably restricted” through measures that even 
include “state repression.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:20 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ EU welcomes resumption of freight rail transit through Transnistria: Ashton ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689888/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Brussels looks forward to more good news for confidence-building ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:36 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian MP: American priest creates tension by desecrating Quran ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689859/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  He strongly condemned the move and said such an act is in no way acceptable. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:55 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mayor of New York City issued a proclamation on 97 anniversary of the Armenian 
Genocide  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689842/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Widely acknowledged as the first modern Genocide, the massacre of the Armenian people 
began in the Constantinople, where religious, political, educational, and intellectual leaders 
were arrested and murdered.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:06 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine tax evasion trial is delayed
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689797/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko is going on trial in the city of Kharkiv on tax 
evasion charges, but is refusing to attend for health reasons. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:29 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ An Appeal from Genocide Education Project ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689715/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Genocide Education Project seeks to teach the lessons of the Armenian Genocide 
to the next generation of American citizens and leaders – providing educators across 
the country with the resources and training they need to incorporate the Armenian 
Genocide into their curriculum. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:24 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tavrayan Genocide Memoir film premieres in Sydney ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689399/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the film Armenian Genocide survivor Boghos Tavrayan discusses his experiences 
during the genocide and calls for an end to the Turkish government’s continued denial.
 ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenians across Australia renew calls for justice ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689391/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ “A big part of the reason for the prevalence of poverty in Armenia today and the 
ongoing threat to Armenia’s future sustainability goes back to the Genocide,” said 
Theriault. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Breivik Trial: Killer Comes Face To Face With Oslo Bomb Blast Survivors ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689344/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ One man, Eivind Dahl Thoresen, talked of how he spent three weeks in hospital after being 
hit by debris and whose doctors are still finding pieces of shrapnel in his body. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Rise of the Caucasus Tiger ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689319/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ From the ghostly view of Mount Ararat’s snowy peaks looming over the city to the 
vibrant colors and sounds of the Vernissage flea market, Yerevan possesses a 
subtle beauty. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:21 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Kardashian tweets Armenian Genocide ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689171/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ American actress calls to remember perished Armenians ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:24 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The official website of "Eurovision" has been attacked ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689157/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Eurovision official microblog in Twitter writes that at this moment works are being 
done to restore the normal condition of the website. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:59 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Jerusalem Post Op-Ed Urges Obama to Recognize Genocide ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689144/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ 'During my years in the United States Senate, I said the US should publicly recognize 
that Turkey perpetrated genocide against the Armenians', stated Medoff. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:06 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ A protest was held in Moscow in front of Turkish Embassy ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689105/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The participants of the meeting were keeping in their hands signboards titled 
«Genocide is a crime against humanity», «Without recognition of genocide Turkey 
does not have place in Europe», «Don't hope that we will forget, we remember 
everything». ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:09 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Americans hold White House protest urging President Obama 
to recognize Armenian Genocide
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689097/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Among the White House protesters was Visalia, California Mayor Amy Shuklian.  
Shuklian was clear and succinct in her message to President Obama that day:  
“Recognize the Genocide for what it was, Mr. President – a Genocide.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:20 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ceremony commemorating Armenian genocide scheduled in Montebello ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689092/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The monument, located at 901 Via San Clemente, was approved by the Montebello 
City Council in 1965. It symbolizes the first genocide of the 20th century and is in 
memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who were systematically annihilated at the 
hands of the Ottoman Turkish government from 1915 to 1923.

 ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:16 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Commemorating the Armenian genocide:Past, present, and future ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689080/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ President after president has made extensive promises to officially have the US 
government recognize the Armenian Genocide, however, no president has remained 
true to his word.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Statement by the Prime Minister to the Armenian-Canadian Community ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689068/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ ''This is a day we acknowledge solemnly, not to cast blame back into the distant past, 
but to guide us towards a better future'' stated Prime Minister. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Remembering genocide: they held their children in their arms and carried into the 
desert ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689057/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Rose Garjian, who will turn 104 on May 1 and who lives at the Ararat Home, lived in 
Killis, Turkey. She remembers when her father told her and her sisters and brother 
they had to leave home. He did not tell them why, only that they should hurry. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:39 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ President Obama has the chance, on April 24th, to give real meaning to his words 
about genocide. Aram Hamparian  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689047/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ "President Obama has the chance, on April 24th, to give real meaning to his words 
about genocide prevention by rejecting Ankara's gag-rule and honoring his pledge to 
properly condemn and commemorate the Armenian Genocide," concluded Hamparian. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:11 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Genocide victims commemorated in Ontario, Canada ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688997/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Parliament of Canada has adopted a resolution on condemning the Armenian Genocide 
as a crime committed against humanity in 2004. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:52 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian community, Pasadena to mark anniversary of genocide ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688982/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ While most historians assert that the mass killings of Armenians that started in 1915 
was the 20th century's first genocide, Turkey - a strong U.S. ally - has long denied 
there was a systematic campaign to kill Armenians. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:24 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Statement by the President Barack Obama on Yom HaShoah ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688677/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ 'This is the work I will advance when I join survivors and their families at the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday.  This must be the work of us all, as 
nations and peoples who cherish the dignity of every human being',-stated Obama. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:39 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Remembering a genocide 97 years later ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688596/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ If these events sound like the Holocaust during WWII, that’s because they inspired it. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:33 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Farmington Resident Wins Third in National Armenian Genocide Essay Contest ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688578/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The winners will be recognized in the company of over 2,000 supporters during the 
Armenian Genocide Commemoration and Holocaust Remembrance Day Recognition in 
Times Square April 22. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:34 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Iran excludes Britain, France from its oil exports list ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688565/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Speaking to reporters at a press conference, Qasemi said Tehran has officially cut off 
its oil exports to London and Paris. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:08 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Can Kim Kardashian conquer politics too? ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688549/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Kardashian shared her political aspirations in a bonus clip for her sister Khloe 
Kardashian Odom's E! show "Khole & Lamar." ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:35 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Glendale Officials React to Kim Kardashian's Possible Future Bid for Mayor ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688441/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ While city spokesman Tom Lorenz clarified that there is no public election for the 
position, two city council members expressed their support for the reality star.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:07 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ An event dedicated to Armenian Genocide 97th anniversary to launch at the Pasadena 
City hall ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688364/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The event is organized by the Gaidz Youth Organization in collaboration with the 
Armenian Council of America. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:48 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Watertown's Legislators Hosting Armenian Genocide Commemoration on Friday ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688247/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The event is both solemn and celebratory, recognizing the genocide of 1.5 million 
Armenians between 1915 and 1923 by the Ottoman Turkish government, as well as 
honoring survivors and looking forward as Armenian American descendants commit 
themselves to preserving their culture and working for humanitarian projects and 
awareness. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:53 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Britain faces worst drought since 1976 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688052/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ More than 35 million people are now living in drought-affected areas, with water 
shortages today declared across the Midlands and South West. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:59 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Iran's internatonal oil exhibition to start Tuesday ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688021/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  Companies form 44 countries would participate in the exhibition. The presence of 
foreign companies comes despite the Western countries sanctions on Iranian oil 
industry. Of more than 1,255 Iranian and foreign companies which voiced interest in 
participating in the exhibition, 940 domestic and 315 foreign companies will take part 
in the event. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:09 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Iranian nuclear talks “positive” ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687985/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - and Iran are meeting in 
Istanbul in Turkey. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:23 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ UN approves resolution on Syria observer mission
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687984/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The resolution calls on Syria to allow the deployment of an advance team of up to 30 
international observers and give them unimpeded freedom of movement. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:19 +0500</pubDate>
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      <category>International</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Shoah Foundation Institute intends high-level digitalization of testimonies of Armenian 
Genocide survivors ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687937/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Dr. Smith discussed the foundation’s activity and detailed the cooperation with Armenian 
Film Foundation.
 ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Religious Minorities in Turkey ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687849/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The commission found that restrictions on the rights of religious minorities—from 
owning, maintaining, and transferring communal and individual property, to training 
clergy and holding religious classes—have led to the “critical shrinkage” and even 
disappearance of non-Muslim communities. One senior Christian religious leader 
grieved, “We are an endangered species here in Turkey.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:35 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Odette Bazil asks one good Turk with a conscience to do one good deed for one 
innocent Armenian victim  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687843/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ What did the Turkish  man, woman , mother , child, cleric, doctor , teacher , nurse or 
any ordinary Turk think and do when they heard those cries , when they saw those 
rivers of blood ,  those villages and hamlets set to fire with their flames shooting high , 
like the arms of the victims elevated to the skies in prayer , seeking help and comfort ? ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:24 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Loving, and Maybe Exploiting, Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687815/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ This is a film that begins with a printed announcement: “The story is asleep. It 
dreams.” Whatever that means. Directed by Braden King; written by Mr. King and Dani 
Valent.  In English and Armenian, with English subtitles. Running time: 2 hours 6 
minutes.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:06 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia, China develop military cooperation ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687773/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ma Xiaotian pointed out that there is profound traditional friendship between China 
and Armenia and between the two peoples. Since the beginning of the new century, 
the relations between the two countries have achieved new development. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ GenEd Produces Educational Video: ‘The Armenian Journey’ ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687701/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The 12 minute documentary, “The Armenian Journey: From Despair to Hope in Rhode 
Island” tells the story of Armenian Genocide survivor Margaret Garabedian Der Manuelian, 
told through the narrative voice of her great-granddaughter, 21 year old Dalita Getzoyan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:52 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Clerics Angered at Continued Attacks on Christians in Turkey ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687695/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ “Attacks against Christian clerics drop off for a while, then they begin to re-energize. [Such 
attacks] have begun to accelerate again in recent days. We hesitate when opening our doors 
and welcoming the faithful inside,” Pastor Krikor Ağabaloğlu of the Gedikpaşa Armenian 
Protestant Church in Istanbul told the Hürriyet Daily News. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:11 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Obama: Millionaires should pay “fair share” ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687566/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ "One in four millionaires pays a lower tax rate than millions of hardworking middle-class 
households," Obama said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:41 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Syria says it will stop fighting by UN deadline ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687564/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The statement came Wednesday as Annan was in Tehran to seek support for his faltering 
plan to stop the country's slide toward civil war.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:31 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ankara optimistic about positive outcomes of Iran-5+1 talks ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687473/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ He told that Turkey hopes the talks between Iran and the 5+1 (the US, Britain, France, China, 
Russia and Germany) to take place in Istanbul on April 14 would have positive outcomes. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:49 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Cafesjian accuses former employee of theft ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687457/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Gerard Cafesjian, 86, now living in Naples, Fla., made the accusations in a federal lawsuit he 
filed Monday in St. Paul. The suit came as a reply to a lawsuit filed last month by a former 
employee, John Joseph Waters Jr., 55, of Eden Prairie. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Norway's mass killer Breivik declared sane ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687417/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The findings contradict a previous evaluation, published in November, that found him legally 
insane ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:25 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian community of France not united over a concrete candidate at Presidential election ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687373/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ French community of Armenia is not going to participate in the upcoming election of France's 
president with one front, representative of the Armenian community Alex Govjian said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:06 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Kanye West confesses love for Kim Kardashian in new song "Theraflu" ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687111/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  On the track, West reveals, "I admit I fell in love with Kim, 'Round the same time she fell in 
love with him.". ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:10 +0500</pubDate>
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