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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian eight gymnasts take part in European championship ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ it is the first time that Armenian gymnasts take part in tournaments both with adult and youth 
teams at the same time.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Margarita Gasparyan became the champion of Moscow tennis tournament  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ After this victory Gasparyan will enter into the ranking list of 300 best female tennis players 
of the world.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ani Amirakyan gained the second place of Istanbul tournament ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Amirakyan is best tennis player of Armenia, member of Armenian national female tennis team.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Gabriel Sargsyan to take part in Chicago tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692142/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Chicago chess tournament traditionally gathers best players from North and South America, 
Asia and Europe. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:53 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Yerjanik Avetisyan becomes European champion
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692125/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Yerjanik Avetisian is a three-time world champion and this is her fourth similar victory. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:13 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tatev Abrahamyan in the 6-th place of Saint Luis tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692034/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Champion title won grandmaster Irina Krush. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Wushu sportsmen grabbed the majority of medals in international 
competition  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692022/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The tournament was dedicated to the establishment of diplomatic relations between 
Armenia and China and the 20 th anniversary of Armenian Traditional Wushu’s 
activities.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Varujan Hakobyan finished in the 4-th place in USA national chess tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692009/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The champion title won grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura who gained 8.5 points.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:07 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia’s leading tennis player Ani  Amiraghyan to face off against German Jasmine  
Stayers in Istanbul tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691966/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the quarter-final of the tournament Amirahgyan with 2-1 scored the win over 
American sportsman. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Varujan Hakobyan has the 5-th place in Saint Luis tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691818/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After the 9-th round grandmaster Gata Kamsky became the leader of the tournament who 
gained 7 points from 9 possible.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ‘’London-2012’’ graphite was depicted in British Embassy’s wall  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691804/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  Olympic flame is the embodiment of Olympic ceasefire. It symbolizes peace, conflict 
resolution and the phenomena that the sportsmen and not the states are competing 
with each other, not taking into consideration policy, religion and racism.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian teenager hockey players were defeated by “Yunust”  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691799/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Tournament after Kovalchuk is held for 4-th time and has the goal to support development of 
teenager hockey ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:36 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian female chess player still has chances to gain high place ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691732/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After 7 rounds the leaders are grandmasters Anna Zatonskikh and Irina Krush. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess player is struggling for medal in Saint Luis tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691664/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hakobyan still keeps opportunity to gain medal. Although two leaders have 1.5 points more 
but he can gain the bronze.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[  Athletes from Tanzania are possible to participate in Wushu International Competition 
due in Yerevan  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691535/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sportsmen from the Russian Federation, Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Armenia will 
partake in the international wushu competition in Yerevan scheduled May 19-20. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian second female boxer remained without Olympic Games ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691519/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Before that the other participant from our country Vice-champion of Europe Armine Sinabyan 
was defeated by Spanish Jennifer Miranda Macheda. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:43 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Varuzhan Hakobyan scored a win over Robert Hess  in  St. Louis tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691517/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hakobyan scored 3.5 point from the 7 possible and currently holds the 6 th place. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:39 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ “Tashir” to award Armenian sportsmen who will gain Olympic medals  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691414/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian sportsmen who will gain medals in summer Olympic Games will be awarded prizes 
worthy to winners by charitable foundation.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian boxers win 5 medals in Moscow ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691367/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ All 5 boxers of Armenia have won medals at International boxing tournament “Valery 
Popenchenko memorial”. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Grandmaster Varujan Hakobyan played draw with the leader of Saint Luis tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691248/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Leader of the tournament is Hikaru Nakamura with 4.5 points.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:12 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian female boxer left the Olympic ranked tournament   ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691241/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The second boxer representing Armenia in this tournament is Ashken Simonyan.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:46 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hrant Melkumyan finished in the 6-th place   ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691169/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The winner of the tournament became Hungarian Victor Erdosh. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess players become champions of Brazil and France ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691161/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Brazilian-Armenian chess player Armen Prudyan has achieved the title of the champion in the 
U18 Youth Championship of Brasilia for the second time. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:16 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Italian football legend Schillaci leaves Armenia and Artsakh with best impressions   ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691099/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ It is not clear why Artsakh has not been recognized internationally yet.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess player was defeated in Saint Luis tournament  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691065/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hakobyan has not played with the leaders yet. In the first round he won grandmaster Yaser 
Seiravan, and in the second round played draw with grandmaster Yuri Schulman.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hrant Melqumyan was defeated for the second time in “Bosnia 2012” ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691060/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the 9-th round Melqumyan will play in white figures and in case of victory can have a high 
position.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:44 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Arthur Abraham wants to resign from boxing as a champion ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/691021/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ For sportsman the most important thing is the will and psychological strength. I had losses 
that I consider to be victories. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:26 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Varujan Hakobyan tops the list of the leaders in USA Chess Championship  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690935/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the 2 nd round Hakobyan tied up with Yuri Shulman.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hrant Melqumyan was defeated  for the first time in Bosnian chess tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690934/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  This is the first defeat of Melqumyan after 5 victories and 1 draw.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Two Armenian female boxers to struggle for Olympic pass ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690847/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The female boxers occupying the 1-3rd places in the Peking tournament will achieve an 
Olympic pass. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 20:20 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ CRONIMET Charity Foundation supports Pan-Armenian Table Tennis Association ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690785/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The main goal of this particular project is to improve the training conditions of the 
children's table tennis club and ensure adequate level of capacity building.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:55 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian grandmasters are the favorites of USA national championship  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690743/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ 12 chess players will take part in the competition including famous grandmasters Hikaru 
Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Grigory Kaydanov, Aleksander Onischuk and others.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:30 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian grandmaster is the leader of “Bosnia2012” tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690734/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The international chess tournament “Bosnia” is taking place in the capital of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina Sarajevo for the 42-nd time in which famous chess players take part including 
from Armenia.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Two Armenian judoists to take part in London Olympic Games ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690727/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ It is the first time Armenia has been participating in Judo Olympic tournament; 
reportedly with two sportsmen. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:28 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Latvia gives Armenian figure skaters opportunity to train  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690724/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Martha Grigoryan and Anastasia Galstyan who represent Armenia have good performance in 
international competitions and lately have won the bronze in the international tournament of 
CIS member states.    ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:20 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Melkumyan   tops the list of the leaders in ‘’ Bosnia 2012’’ chess tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690594/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the third round Melkumyan won the victory with white figures over Turk Mustafa 
Yildiz.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:33 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hrant Melqumyan is one of the favorites of Sarajevo tournament   ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690210/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Among other chess players with Melqumyan 16 other grossmasters will take part in this 
tournament.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian tennis players win Montenegro  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690208/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In first leg Armenian team was defeated 0:3 by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s 
team.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:27 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess player held the 7 th place in Russian Grand Prix Rapid Chess 
tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690086/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Gabrielyan presents Stavropol region; during the latest years the sportsman had a 
successful competitions along with Poghos Nahapetyan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:24 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New skating-ring corresponding to international standards is planned to be built  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690056/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The new skating-ring will allow to develop hockey in Armenia in fast rates as well as to hold 
a national hockey tournament with at least four teams.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:03 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia is in the 4-th place in the world of chess ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689966/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Now Armenia has 83 grossmasters, 25 international masters and 87 ranked chess players in 
total. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Grand master is struggling for the medal in Russian tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689910/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Gabrielyan is rather a promising sportsman who had success both in Russian and 
international chess tournaments. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:41 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Levon Aronyan plays draw with Kramnik ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689798/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The final result of the match is 3:3. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:52 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Arman Yeremyan not to participate in European Taekwondo Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689676/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Currently Yeremayan and his coach Arman Sahakyan are stepping up efforts for 
participation in Olympic Games. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:59 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ANOC Chairman expects serious successes from Armenian athletes ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689362/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian athletes have registered a considerable progress in the recent years and it is not by 
chance that people expect successful performances at the Olympic Games. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:09 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Vladimir Hakobyan considers inspiring the fact that from Armenian chess-players 
victories are always expected in international tournaments ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/689046/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Our rate is so that Armenian chess-players must at least gain a medal and it can be 
considered as a success. But we have done more, we won chess Olympiads, world 
team championship.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:37 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian sportsmen to take part in Georgian auto-race  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688319/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Samvel Avetisyan, who became the champion of Tbilisi International Auto Show in 
2011 with his 700 HP Nissan Scyline produced by the Japanese automakers , is among 
the Armenian participents. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:38 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Delegation participated in ANOC conference 
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688185/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ During the event a range of issues were envisaged. ANOC's next meeting will be 
launched in July, London. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:11 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Movsisyan's team holds second place in Russian Chess Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/688016/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Team scored 11/25.2 points ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:41 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian weightlifter takes the fourth place in Turkish tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687588/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian 69 kg weightlifter Vanik Avetisyan with overall 316 kg results took the fourth place 
in the European Weightlifting Championship taking place in Antalya, Turkey. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:51 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Seregey Movsisyan team goes on its ’’ triumphal march’’ in Russian chess tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687427/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian grand master Sergey Movsisyan team- St. Petersburg Chess School team scoring 4 
points out of 4 possible tops the leaders team in Russian Men's National Chess Team 
Championship hold in Kaluga city. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:26 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess player holds the second place at the Philadelphia tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687298/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ American Armenian grand master Varujan Hakobyan, scoring 6.5 points, hold the second 
place of the Philadelphia International Open Chess Tournament USA. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:16 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian judoists won several medals ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687292/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian judoist 48 kg Yerjanik Karapetyan won the 5th place in the European Youth Cup 
tournament taken place at the Greece city Thessalonike ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:40 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian weightlifters prepared well enough to struggle in Antalya for worthy places ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687037/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ All the three athletes have a practice of participation in international competitions. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:19 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian fencer becomes world champion ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687031/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Yana Yegroyan is considered one of the most promising young fencers of Russia. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:47 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Chairman of the International Chess Federation hails efforts of Serzg Sargsyan to develop 
chess in Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686840/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Chairman of the International Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov highly assessed the 
efforts of the President of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan in including chess in school program.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:49 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ James Bond to Open the 2012 Olympic Games ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686623/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  Following a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace, Daniel Craig agreed to shoot an 
introduction for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 
Slumdog Millionaire) in which James Bond receives a mission to launch the Opening 
Ceremony. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:55 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hovhannes Gabuzyan completed Grand Masters normative standard ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686611/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Gabuzyan is one of the young promising players and lately has achieved progress competing 
in various international chess competitions. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:55 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Guinness Book to have second volume  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686481/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ After publication of Armenian Dyutsaznagirk first volume the editors are working on second 
addition of the publication. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:13 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Samvel Khachatryan nominee to the post of Vice President in European Weightlifting 
Federation ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686094/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Samvel Khachatryan President to Armenian Weightlifting Federation, will be nominated to 
the post of Vice President in European Weightlifting Federation. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:26 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia’s referee to serve London Olympics’ competitions ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/686017/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Armenian referee served the wrestling competition in Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:03 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Table Tennis sportsmen won Yemen team ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/685806/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian table tennis men team in Table Tennis World Championship taking place in 
Germany Dortmund city won Yemen team in the 4th round of subgroup tournament with 3:1 
account. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:50 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Legendary Armenian athlete Zinaida Simonyan passed away ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/685283/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Simonyan established 56 records of the world, Europe and USSR.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:55 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia’s National Basketball Team Introduced ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/685243/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The team, comprised of both Armenian-American, Armenian national and international 
athletes is led by Head Coach Carl Bardakian, a Los Angeles based and well-
experienced basketball coach.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Only the best Armenian wrestlers compete for the Olympic ticket  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/685064/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ ''Armenian national freestyle wrestling team is actively preparing for the Olympic Wrestling 
Competition taking place in Bulgaria, China and Finland on April-May'', Arayik Baghdatyan, 
Armenian National Freestyle Wrestling chief coach said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:06 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian women handball players participate in the international tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/684507/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian women handball players will depart for Bulgaria on March 21 to take part in 
Handball International Federation and European Handball Federation ''Challenge Trophy'' 
international tournament. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:00 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Maria Gevorgyan – FIDE Master ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/684052/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The number of FIDE masters is growing in Armenia.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:29 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Elina Danielyan to participate in World Chess Cup Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683927/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Danielyan is the only Armenian chess player to show such a high result in the European 
Individual Women Chess Championship in which 4 Armenian chess players participated. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:48 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Davit Nalbandian continues winning  ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683726/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Indiana Wells Tournament is considered one of the most famous professional tennis 
tournaments. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:46 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ International Memorial Basketball Tournament continues in Yerevan ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683720/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the second round of the girls tournament Yerevan's ''Erebuni'' won Yerevan's ''Nairi" by 
47:39 score. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:30 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ten 10 Armenian chess players to leave for Bulgaria
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683566/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ten Armenian chess players will take part in the European individual men chess 
championship to be hosted in Plovdid, Bulgaria. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:37 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ David Nalbandyan Keeps Winning
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683564/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Argentinean-Armenian tennis player David Nalbandyan won Croatian Marin Chilich 2:0.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:31 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ International chess “spring” in Yerevan ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683553/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian chess players David Kalashian and Robert Aghazarian as well as Kazakh player 
Dinara Sadvakasova and Russian player Maksim Chugaev each score 1.5 points out of 2 
possible. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Andranik Hakobyan – winner of Helsinki international tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683529/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Five Armenian boxers achieved bronze medals in this tournament. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian wrestlers participate in European Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/683227/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ All the Armenian wrestlers will struggle for the medal of the European Championship, though 
a hot competition is expected.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:05 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Chess players among the leaders ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/682620/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosyan, Zaven Andriasyan top the tournament in France. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:14 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Thirty-one Armenian judoists to depart for Antalya ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/682317/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Four coaches will accompany the team; the tournament will be guided by two Armenian 
referees. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:26 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Vic Darchinyan is sure of his victory
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/682273/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Vic Darchinyan highly assessed his competitor, Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka, noting that he 
is a good athlete. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:42 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Meeting of the Physical education and sport council of the CIS member states to take place 
in capital of Armenia, Yerevan ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/682141/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian Government has allocated 7 million 93 thousand Armenian drams to the Ministry of 
Sport and Youth Affairs for organizing the event. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:56 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian ranked the second in FIDE list ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/682132/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ He has 2820 points. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:04 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Davit Harutyunyan shares 1-2 places ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/681951/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian Gevorg Harutyunyan who has 4 points has chance for a higher place. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:02 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ International Olympic Committee orders new film about Armenian sport ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/681721/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ These films are the history of the Armenian sport and the witnesses of our sports successes, 
the best examples of upbringing of sports generations.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:15 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian women chess players to participate in European Individual Chess Championship
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/681116/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The championship, to be held in Ghaziantep, Turkey, launches March 1. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:01 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Wrestlers fighting for European Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680943/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenia's national freestyle wrestling coach Arayik Baghdasaryan selected the athletes to 
participate in the European Wrestling Championship March 6-11 in Serbia. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:35 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Arthur Abraham’s Opponent known ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680914/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Arthur Abraham's fight with Peter Vilshevski scheduled for March 31 in Germany. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:45 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Chess players to participate in European Individual Chess Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680739/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ European Individual Chess Championship scheduled for March 19-April 1 in Plovdiv, 
Bulgaria.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:14 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Arthur Abraham to celebrate his birthday at home ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680695/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Arthur Abraham will be back in the ring again on March 31at the Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel, 
Germany. The opponent has not yet been named.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:41 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia’s shooter is the Sixth in European Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680576/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Ten Armenian shooters headed by chief coach Seyran Nikoghosyan participated in the 
championship. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:50 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian Shooter in the Top 10 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680325/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenian shooter Romik Vardumyan took the ninth place in the European Youth Shooting 
Championship in Finland. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:50 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian boxers to participate in Helsinki tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680080/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ At the moment the national boxing team of Armenia trains in Abovyan. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:20 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian chess players to depart for France ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/680063/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: A number of Armenian chess players, including 
Grand Masters Tigran Petrosyan, Zaven Andriasyan, Evgenia Dolukhanova, will participate 
in traditional international chess tournament to be held March 3-10 in Capelle-la-Grande, 
France. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian grand masters Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargsyan open chess school in Armenia ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/679695/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The goal is to train and develop skills of chess players ranging between 10 to 18 years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:25 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Gagik Hovhannissyan appointed chairman of FIDE mass media committee ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/679196/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[  International Chess Federation appointed chief editor of the "Chess Armenia" magazine 
Gagik Hovhannissyan chairman of FIDE mass media committee and head of FIDE Chess 
Media Project. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:43 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenia’s National Olympic Committee getting prepared for participation in Sochi Olympics ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/679138/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ According to the Committee, skier Sergey Mikaekyan has good chance to participate in Sochi 
Olympic Games. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:58 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Levon Aronian to participate in Mikhail Tal chess tournament ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/679123/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Grand masters Magnus Carlsen from Norway, Russian chess player Vladimir Kramnik have 
also confirmed their participation in the tournament. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian figure skater to participate in Scandinavian Championship ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/679092/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ The invitation to participate in the above-mentioned tournaments is conditioned by the latest 
successful performances of Slavik Hayrapetyan in international figure skating tournaments, 
including the European Championship. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:21 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Armenian wrestlers win one more medal in Sofia
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/678714/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ In April Armenian wrestlers will participate in qualification Tournament for Olympic 
Games 2012. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:12 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Chess players of Armenia fail to enter the top ten ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Armenia's grand master Sergey Movsisyan played draw with Peter Svidler at the final tenth 
round of the international chess tournament in Gibraltar and gaining 7 points was ranked the 
11th. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Levon Aronyan will not leave for Baku ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/678183/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ There is a hostile attitude toward any Armenian in Azerbaijan, and nothing must disturb a 
chess player while playing.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:51 +0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Grand master of Armenia Sergey Movsisyan plays draw with ]]></title>
      <link>http://armenpress.am/eng/news/678095/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Having 6.5 points Movsisyan is the tenth.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59 +0400</pubDate>
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