Colin Roberts, Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will be making working visit to Armenia from 25-27 April, 2013. Colin Roberts’ visit is a demonstration of the UK’s commitment to enhance its bilateral relations with Armenia and particularly its political dialogue.
Colin Roberts will meet representatives of the Armenian Government, political parties and business.
The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of the Pentagon’s research agency said Wednesday.
DARPA, the research group behind a range of spy tech and which helped invent the Internet, was also the driving force behind the creation of the Global Positioning System, director Arati Prabhakar said at a press conference.
“In the 1980s, when GPS satellites started to become widely deployed… it meant carrying an enormous box around on your vehicle,” she said.
“Now it’s got to the point where it’s embedded not just in- all our platforms but in many of our weapons,” as well as in many civilian devices, she said.
Starting in 2010, DARPA has been working on a variety of programs aimed at developing new navigation and positioning technology — at first with the goal of extending their reach to places where satellites don’t work, such as underwater.
A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States.
Approximately 39 percent of US adults engaged in political activity in Internet communities during the 2012 US presidential campaign, according to a Pew report titled Civic Engagement in the Digital Age released late Wednesday.
By comparison, only 26 percent of people in the United States used online social networks in any form or fashion during the prior presidential election in 2008, Pew reported.
“The typical American who is politically active engages with political content across a range of venues — online, offline, and in social networking spaces,” said Pew Internet Project researcher Aaron Smith, author of the report.
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The President praised activities of the Ambassador and her personal input to the strengthening of the Armenian-Brazilian relations and noted that during her tenure in office the agenda of the bilateral relations has been augmented with new programs and initiatives. Serzh Sargsyan expressed hope that the next ambassador of Brazil to our country will be carrying out duties with the same vigor and dedication for the benefit of the Armenian-Brazilian friendship. The President of Armenia wished all the best to the Ambassador in her future activities and expressed hope that she will remain Armenia’s friend and will put her rich experience and knowledge into further strengthening of the Armenian-Brazilian relations. The Ambassador of Brazil spoke with satisfaction about the efficient cooperation with the friendly Armenia in the framework of international organizations. In strengthening the Armenian-Brazilian relations, Mrs. Marcela Maria Nikodemus hailed the role of the Armenian-Brazilian community which according to the Ambassador has made a significant and serious contribution to the advancement of Brazil. The parties stressed the importance of deepening bilateral economic relations based on the high-level political dialogue and friendship of the two nations.
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20 March 2013 – Celebrating the International Day of Francophonie, or French language, top United Nations officials today pointed to the power of that language to bring peoples together and stressed the importance of linguistic diversity for understanding and respect between cultures.
“French draws its strength from the diversity of the peoples and cultures that share it and contribute daily to its enrichment and vibrancy,” Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said in Paris.
“Today, International Francophonie Day, UNESCO celebrates the power of the French language in bringing peoples and cultures together, as a tool for mutual understanding and peace,” she added.
She said that UNESCO underlined the importance of linguistic diversity as a condition for sincere and authentic international cooperation, whereby each person’s thoughts can be expressed directly and accurately, without borrowing others’ words.
“This is an issue of equality and respect; it is also a matter of efficiency and clarity,” she said.
This evening in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in a celebration during which he will receive the Leopold Sear Senghor Medal, “le Grand Prix de la Francophonie,” awarded to the UN for its contribution to the development of the French language.
Mr. Ban is expected to pay tribute to the place of French in international cooperation, including the need for more French-speaking staff in UN peacekeeping operations for crucial dialogue with local populations.
International language days were introduced in the UN system in 2010 to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity in the six official languages of the Organization. Chinese is celebrated on 20 April, English on 23 April, Russian on 6 June, Spanish on 12 October, and Arabic on 18 December.
Today, on the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, President Serzh Sargsyan visited the Genocide Memorial and paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Great Eghern. He laid a wreath at the memorial and placed flowers near the eternal fire which is burning in memory of the innocent victims.
After the ceremony, the President of Armenia familiarized with the blueprint and the timetable of the works on the reconstruction and expansion of the Museum of the Armenian Genocide.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the two powerful Congressional panels with oversight over U.S. foreign policy – joined with their colleagues on the evening of April 24th on Capitol Hill in rallying bipartisan support for a truthful and just resolution of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
After starring as Brad Pitt’s wife in Se7en, Paltrow and Pitt started an off-screen romance that thrust the comely couple into the spotlight. They became engaged, but the high-profile relationship ended in 1997 and she moved onto a two-year relationship withBen Affleck.
Although her star-studded romances made her a star, it wasShakespeare in Love that earned her a Best Actress Oscar. After years of eclectic film choices, Paltrow entered a more selective phase in her career upon marrying Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and having their two children. In 2008, the actress jumped back into the spotlight with the Iron Man franchise and her lifestyle and cooking Web site, GOOP. With the release of Iron Man 3 around the corner, Paltrow landed the cover of PEOPLE’s Most Beautiful issue at age 40 in 2013.
