Monthly Archives: September 2013

Paris Prosecutor Probing Fortune of Assad’s Uncle

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The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the real estate holdings of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s uncle after international watchdogs accused him of corruption.

Sherpa and Transparency International filed a complaint earlier this month, alleging that Rifaat Assad is worth several million euros and that the sum is far beyond what he earned as a Syrian military commander or as the country’s vice president. The complaint alleges that this fortune, including several dozen Paris apartments and a luxurious townhouse, was built by stealing from Syrian public funds and by abusing his power.

The prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation Monday.

In 2011, Rifaat Assad told The Associated Press that he had lost all his money in the stock market and lived off the largesse of his children.

 

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to be declared saints in April

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Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be declared saints in April, the Vatican said Monday.

The announcement came after Pope Francis met with cardinals to discuss the planned canonizations of two of his predecessors. The ceremony will take place on April 27.

It will be the first time two popes will be canonized at the same time.

To be named a saint involves a series of steps, but the qualifications are straightforward, according to the veteran Vatican analyst John Allen.

“You put a holy life and two miracles together, according to the Catholic system, you’ve got a saint,” he said.

The calls to canonize John Paul II began even before he had been buried. People attending his funeral in 2005 held banners saying “Santo Subito,” short for “make him a saint now.”

Bypassing the normal five-year waiting period, Pope Benedict XVI set in motion the process to canonize his predecessor.

 

Dozens of students shot dead in their beds as Islamist militants storm through college dorms in northern Nigeria

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Gunmen killed at least 40 people today in an attack on a college in northeast Nigeria, witnesses say, in a region where Islamist militants have targeted schools and universities.

Islamist sect Boko Haram has intensified attacks on civilian targets in recent weeks in reaction to a military offensive against its insurgency.

Boko Haram and spin-off Islamist groups like the al Qaeda-linked Ansaru have become the biggest security threat to the nation which is also Africa’s second largest economy and top oil exporter.

Gunmen stormed the College of Agriculture in Yobe state and shot students as they slept in the early hours of this morning, state police commissioner Sanusi Rufai said.

They also set fire to classrooms, a military spokesman in Yobe state, Lazarus Eli, told Agence France-Presse.

One witness counted 40 bodies at the main hospital in Yobe state capital Damaturu, and politicians claim that victims, most of whom were young men, were taken in van loads.

Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow Nigeria’s government to create an Islamic state, and has launched a number of attacks on schools including a raid which killed 27 students and a teacher at a school in Potiskum, a town about 30 miles from the site of today’s attack.

The group’s name translates as ‘Western education is forbidden’ and regard schools as a symbol of Western culture.

Across Nigeria thousands have been killed since Boko Haram launched its uprising against the state in 2009, turning itself from a clerical movement opposed to Western culture into an armed militia with growing links to al Qaeda’s West African wing.

 

13 Dead as Migrant Boat Runs Aground off Sicily

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The Italian coast guard says 13 bodies have washed up on a Sicilian beach after a boat carrying some 200 migrants ran aground as it approached the shore.

Coast guard official Marco Di Milla says rescue boats and divers are in the waters off Scicli, on Sicily’s southern coast, looking for other possible bodies. The nationalities of the migrants aren’t known, but the dead were all male.

Di Milla reported witnesses saying that many of the migrants aboard the ship swam ashore and ran away.

Sicily and its islands are the frequent destination for smugglers’ boats leaving from Tunisia or Libya with would-be migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. In recent weeks there has also been an upswing in the number of Syrian migrants arriving.

 

Meeting with member of the British House of Lords Caroline Cox

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Bako-Sahakyan-Caroline-CoxOn 26 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received member of the British House of Lords Caroline Cox and accompanying her individuals.
Welcoming Caroline Cox President Sahakyan noted that her 80th jubilee visit was among the best manifestations of sincere friendship with Artsakh.
For services shown to Artsakh and its people President Sahakyan decorated Caroline 260913Cox(1)Cox with the “Mesrop Mashtots” order.
The Head of the State rated high the input the Baroness has had in our republic’s development as well as objective and fair introduction of the Artsakh issue in various international fora expressing confidence that hereafter Caroline Cox would continue her humanitarian mission with the same zeal.
National Assembly speaker Ashot Ghoulyan, writer and publicist, hero of Artsakh Zori Balayan and other officials partook in the meeting.

‘Death to America!’ Shoes thrown at Iran’s President Rouhani as country is split over historic call with Obama

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived home today to shouts of ‘death to America’ from hardline protesters.

While hundreds of Iranians gathered at the airport to cheer his return to the country after a week of UN talks, around 100 others gathered outside to throw eggs and shoes at his car.

The hardline activists also waved a banner and some threw stones, according to Iran’s news agency.

They appeared to be protesting against Rouhani softening relations with the West, and particularly a 15 minute phone call he shared with Barack Obama yesterday.

They spoke through an interpreter in the first direct contact between a U.S. and Iranian President in more than 30 years.

Rouhani has said he wants to end the stand-off between Iran and America over his country’s nuclear programme, which Ian claims is for peaceful purposes but the West has long suspected will be used to make atomic bombs.

Addressing a UN summit on the issue, Rouhani said he would like the dispute to be resolved in ‘months rather than years’ and called for Israel to sign up to a treaty on nuclear weapons.

In return Rouhani has said that he expects all sanctions on his country to be lifted, which have cut oil exports in half, devalued the Iranian currency and crippled the economy.

 

Dozens Still Missing After Boat Sinks in Indonesia

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They had gambled with their lives to journey from as far as Iraq and Lebanon in search of a better life. But for 22 people the wager ended in death off the coast of Indonesia, after their vessel capsized, a government spokesman said Saturday.

Many children lay among the lifeless bodies authorities pulled from the seas of the coast off West Java.

But 28 others emerged alive from the waters and received treatment for minor injuries at a hospital in Cianjur, said Martinus Sitompol, an Indonesian government spokesman.

Rescuers continue to search for 30 more people believed to be on the boat, when it overturned. Their fate is yet uncertain. Many of them likely lie buried far beneath the waves.

Sitompol could only wager a guess why the boat capsized. He said some on the boat were from Iraq and Lebanon.

“It’s possible they ran out of fuel,” he surmised. “It’s possible that they didn’t know how to man or steer the boat.”

There are many ways for overfilled, unseaworthy crafts off the coast of Indonesia to spill the people they were carrying into the ocean. It happens many times a year.

The Australian media said the vessel was headed for Australia’s Christmas Island, a common landing point for such boats.

For some, Australia is the land of their hopes, but the government there has had its fill of capsizing, broken down refuge boats and enacted legislation this year to dash them. It is now forbidden for illegal immigrants arriving by boat to ever live on Australian soil.

 

Miss Philippines crowned the new Miss World

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Miss Philippines crowned the new Miss WorldA new Miss World was crowned Saturday, and though she competed as Miss Philippines, she hails from the United States.

Megan Young, 23, an aspiring filmmaker, took the top honor at the competition, held in Bali, Indonesia.

Miss France, Marine Lorphelin, and Miss Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter, were second and third runners up, respectively.

Young was born in the United States and moved to the Philippines at age 10, according to her biography.

The new Miss World is a college student who has appeared on screen as an actress and presenter since she was 15.

Protesters in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, denounced the event.

In an attempt to appease religious concerns, the pageant scrapped the swimsuit competition and replaced it with less-revealing beachwear attire.

 

PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN VISITED THE EMBASSY OF CHINA IN YEREVAN AND CONGRATULATED ON THE OCCASION OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY

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4004On the occasion of the National Holiday of the People’s Republic of China, President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Embassy of China in Yerevan. On behalf of the people of Armenia and his own behalf, the President congratulated Ambassador Tian Changchun and the staff of the Embassy and in their person the friendly people of China on the 64th anniversary of the Republic.

Serzh Sargsyan asked the Ambassador to convey his warm wishes and congratulations to the President of China Xi Jinping and wished success to friendly China in its steady progression and development in different areas.

President Serzh Sargsyan and Ambassador Tian Changchun concurred that the high-level Armenian-Chinese relations constitute a solid base for the strengthening of the interstate relations and development of the mutually beneficial cooperation.

The newly appointed Ambassador of Guatemala presented his credential to President Serzh Sargsyan

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Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guatemala Herbert Estuardo Meneses Coronado (residence in Moscow) presented his credential to President Serzh Sargsyan.

The President of Armenia congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment.

The interlocutors concurred that since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have not been able to use properly the existing potential for the development of interstate relations.

The President of Armenia expressed hope that the newly appointed Ambassador of Guatemala during his tenure in office will do his best to fully utilized the existing potential for the development of bilateral relations and wished him all the best in that mission.

 

 

ANCA ENDORSES DAYLIN LEACH IN PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY

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 daylin_leachThe Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) announced its endorsement of long time Armenian American community supporter and State Senate champion Daylin Leach in his primary bid to succeed Representative Allyson Schwartz in Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional district.
“Senator Leach has been an outspoken supporter of U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide, spearheading successive Pennsylvania House and Senate resolutions raising awareness of the need to recognize and condemn this crime,” stated Pennsylvania activist and ANCA leader Nora Kzirian. “We’re proud to stand with Senator Leach as he seeks to bring his principled leadership to the Halls of Congress.”
“When I married into an Armenian family I was quickly captivated by the rich cultural and culinary Armenian traditions,” noted Senator Leach, a Jewish American. “But more than that, I learned of the tragic genocide inflicted on the Armenian people in the early part of the last century. My people have also experienced genocide. I know how important it is for the world to acknowledge the truth, and swore to make it my life’s mission to ensure that this happened for the Armenian people.”
State Senator Daylin Leach was first elected to the Pennsylvania State House in 2002 and later to the State Senate in 2008. Throughout his career in elected office, he has been author and prime sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Resolution in the Pennsylvania.  “Revisionists still inexplicably deny the existence of these horrific events, and modern Turkey continues to distort the facts surrounding the genocide. By consistently remembering and openly condemning the atrocities committed against the Armenians, Pennsylvanians affirm the need for constant vigilance to prevent similar atrocities in the future,” Leach explained to his colleagues on the Senate floor when introducing the resolution in 2009.
In May, 2012, Sen. Leach hosted students from the Armenian Sisters Academy at the Capitol Building in Harrisburg for “Armenian Awareness Day,” which included a dance performance, cultural exhibit and press conference. “I appreciate the support from members of the Armenian community who work tirelessly to preserve the rich history of their culture and share it with others. I hope that everyone who attended today’s event had fun and, more importantly, learned something along the way,” Leach told attendees at the press conference.  Video from the press conference can viewed at:http://www.senatorleach.com/contusvideo?vid=12
Sen. Leach, whose wife, Jennifer, is of Armenian descent, has been active in Pennsylvania Armenian community life, often participating in the annual Armenian Genocide Walk and recently serving as keynote Speaker at the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR) annual dinner.  He was among honored guests at the May 18th International House of Philadelphia global gala in celebration of the rich cultural traditions and achievements of the Armenian people around the world.
Sen. Leach’s father-in-law, Dr. Robert Mirak, is the author of “Torn Between Two Lands: Armenians in America 1890 to World War I,” the story of the Armenian immigrant experience in America prior to WWI, and the Armenian entry in the “Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.”
Jennifer and the Mirak family are directors of the John Mirak Foundation which supports numerous Armenian causes in America and abroad including the Armenia Tree Project; Avedisian School in Yerevan; Armenian Eye Care Project; Zoryan Institute; Armenian Heritage Park in Boston, MA; St. Steven’s Armenian School, Watertown, MA; and,
St. James Church in Watertown, MA.
Leach is running in the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District to replace Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, a supporter of Armenian American issues, who is running for Governor. The district includes Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County, both Armenian American strongholds in the state.  The primary is scheduled for May 20, 2014.

 

Israel Breaks up Gaza Strip Demonstration

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The Israeli military says it has dispersed a demonstration of Palestinians who had marched to the Israeli border in the northern Gaza Strip.

It says troops fired tear gas to break up a crowd of around 300 who had entered the immediate border area, which it considers off limits.

Israel, which withdrew from Gaza in 2005, considers the Hamas-run territory to be a hostile entity. It has carried out two large military operations there in response to militant rocket attacks in recent years. The border area has been largely quiet since a weeklong Israeli military offensive last November.

Friday’s demonstration marked the 13th anniversary of the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.

Small demonstrations also took place in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

 

Now we understand women’s pain! Men teeter around in stilettos to help raise awareness of domestic violence

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Hundreds of men donned high heels and teetered around Toronto today to help raise awareness of violence against women.

Organizers of the annual charity event Walk A Mile In Her Shoes, now in its fifth year in the Canadian city, warned all participants to ‘bring band aids’ to stop their newly-acquired stilettos from rubbing.

Spectators uploaded photographs of the spectacle to Twitter, showing men wobbling along the mile-long course wearing everything from neon pink court shoes to chunky platforms.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence was started in California in 2001.

The attention-grabbing scene of men wearing women’s shoes was designed to create a dialogue about an issue that is often hidden from public view and forgotten about as a result.

In 2009 the event spread to Toronto where it has since raised around $400,000.

Todd Minerson who helped to organize the event and serves as the executive director of White Ribbon, one of the largest men’s anti-violence programs, says there were almost 1,000 walkers from as young as 11 to as old as 70 in last year’s walk.

The goal this year is to raise $125,000 to fund programs that help men and boys understand the issue of violence against women in Canada.

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Russian Troops Kill 5 Militants in Dagestan

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Russia’s main anti-terror agency says its forces have killed five suspected militants during a raid in the restive province of Dagestan in southern Russia.

The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said in a statement that the militants were killed Friday in Derbent on the Caspian Sea. It said that security forces acting on a tip surrounded a house where the militants were holed up. They refused to surrender and were killed in a gunfight.

The Committee said that one of the suspects was the leader of a group of militants suspected of staging a series of attacks on police and other authorities and running an extortion racket targeting local businesses.

Dagestan has become the epicenter of an Islamic rebellion that spread across Russia’s North Caucasus region after two separatist wars in Chechnya.

 

Family in legal battle to keep their pet TIGERS: Man who rescued big cats from a travelling circus is told they are too much of a public danger

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Family in legal battle to keep their pet TIGERS: Man who rescued big cats from a travelling circus is told they are too much of a public danger

A Brazilian animal lover who rescued two tigers from a travelling circus has become locked in a legal battle after officials told him to give them up claiming they pose a public threat.

Ary Borges saved brothers Dan and Tom from a life of cruelty in 2005 and brought them to his home in Maringa, southern Brazil.

As cubs they slept in his daughters’ beds and ambled about his garden with his other pets, two lions, a monkey, and a pet Chihuahau named Little.

He has since used the brothers to breed an ambush of nine tigers, all of whom now live with Mr Borges and his family.

But now they are fully-grown, wildlife officials say the 700-pound beasts are too dangerous to keep in an industrial neighbourhood of this southern Brazil city and that Mr Borges used them to breed other tigers illegally.

 

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‘Sadly there are so many animals dying in zoos that have no oversight,’ said Mr Borges. ‘My animals are treated extremely well … we’re preserving and conserving the species.

 

‘We have a great team of veterinarians. We give them only the best, but we’re being persecuted.’

 

It also wants his caretaker license confiscated and to obtain the cats. Borges appealed and the matter is pending before a federal court. The agency declined repeated requests for comment.

 

‘My father would die or kill himself if these tigers are taken away,’ Uyara said. ‘They’re everything to us, they’re my brothers. We’ve lived with them day and night for eight years.’

 

 

 

 

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President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences on demise of Sos Sarkissian

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 Today, President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences on demise of the RA People’s Artist Sos Sarkissian. The Presidential letter addressed to the family, colleagues and art lovers reads, “We are grieving deeply. We have lost a great actor, a great intellectual, and a great Armenian.

Sos Sarkissian’s presence in our art and public life was significant. His conduct and posture were making us all kinder, more honest, and better. The roles he played constitute an entire epoch in the history of our theater and cinema art.

I express my deep condolences to the family, colleagues and lovers of Sos Sarkissian’s art which eventually means our entire nation. This is an irreversible and all-national loss.”

 

At least 3 dead after Mumbai building collapse; dozens feared trapped

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At least three people have been killed after a five-story residential building collapsed in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai early Friday, authorities said.

Dozens of people are feared to be trapped in the wreckage of the city’s latest building disaster.

“It’s a pancake collapse,” said Sachidanand Gawde, deputy commandant at the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). “The exact number of those trapped under the debris is not known,” he said.

Around 40 people are feared to be buried in the rubble, CNN’s sister network IBN reported, citing the disaster officials.

Of the 15 people recovered from the ruins so far, three have died and 12 are being treated for their injuries at the city’s JJ Hospital, Gawde said.

Several buildings in the Mumbai area have crumbled this year, one of them with disastrous consequences.

Housing rights groups say many old buildings in the city are rundown and neglected, while newer ones are often built using substandard materials and have structural problems.

People live in them because they don’t have a choice — in Mumbai, demand for housing far exceeds supply. About 65% of the population is estimated to live in slums, the groups say.

 

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Information on defendants on criminal case initiated against judicial bailiffs for abuse

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դատախազությունThe preliminary investigation on the criminal case initiated against a number of employees of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department pursuant to the Articles 178, 308 and 314 of RA Criminal Code for abuse of official authority, swindling money in particularly large amount by official forgery and cheating in Yerevan city investigation department of General Investigation Department of RA Police is in process. Until 25 September 19 persons were involved as defendants, 2 persons are as suspects.

Taking the public interest into consideration the data and charges of the involved persons are presented below:

1. The deputy head of RA Judicial Department, the head of Service of Judicial Bailiffs Armen Movsisyan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measures.

2. The head of subdivision of Judicial Bailiffs of Central Body of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Armen Avagyan was charged pursuant to the Article 314, the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measures.

3. The head of Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Ajapnyak and Davitashen administrative districts of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Armen Mirzoyan was accused according to the Article 314 and the Part 1 of the Article 308 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measure which was replaced by bail.

4. The head of subdivision of Judicial Bailiffs of the staff of the Court of First Instance of Avan and Nor Norq administrative districts of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Bagrat Arikyants was accused pursuant to the Article 314 and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measures.

5. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Samvel Aleqsanyan was charged according to the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

6. The storekeeper of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Yura Mushkidyanov was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measures.

7. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Court of Criminal Appeals Arman Palikyan was charged pursuant to the Part 1 of the Article 308 and the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

8. The deputy head of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Gagik Khachatryan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measure which was replaced by personal guarantee.

9. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Civil Court of Appeals of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Arman Malkhasyan was charged according to the Part 1 of the Article 308 and the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

10. The head of division of staff management in the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Narek Gasparyan was charged pursuant to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 and the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was used as pretrial measures.

11. The head of Finance Division of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department, chief accountant Satenik Hovhannisyan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

12. The head of Supervision Division of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Yeghiazar Sargsyan was accused pursuant to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

13. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Arararat and Vayots Dzor regions of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department, then from November, 2012 the head of the subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Administrative Court Eduard Hovhannisyan was accused according to the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

14. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Arararat and Vayots Dzor regions of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Armen Petrosyan was charged according to the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

15. The ex-head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Kotayq region of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Mher Gevorgyan was accused pursuant to the Part 1 of the Article 308 and the Article 314. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

16. The ex-head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Kotayq region of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Hayk Margaryan was accused according to the Part 1 of the Article 308 and the Article 314. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

17. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Shirak region of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Artak Gevorgyan was charged according to the Part 1 of the Article 308 and the Article 314. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

18. The head of subdivision of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of the Court of First Instance of Kotayq region of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs of RA Judicial Department Norayr Melqonyan was charged pursuant to the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code. Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures.

19. On 15.08.2013 a decision was made on involving the deputy head of the Service of Judicial Bailiffs Gegham Grigoryan as a defendant pursuant to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Search was declared to find out his location. Imprisonment was chosen as pretrial measures.

Signature for not leaving was used as pretrial measures against the suspects Artyom Mamyan and Meruzhan Kyureghyan.

Russia, Belarus Hold Joint War Games

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart have watched a massive joint military exercise of the two ex-Soviet neighbors that involved more than 22,000 troops.

The West 2013 exercise conducted Thursday near the city of Grodno in western Belarus and in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region also involved more than 500 armored vehicles and about 90 aircraft along with ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

The two armies have regularly conducted joint maneuvers, Thursday’s exercise being the biggest so far.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attended the exercise along with his nine-year old son, who donned full combat fatigues.