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2011 Ig Nobel Prizes: Bursting Bladders, Why We Sigh, and Wasabi Alarm Among Winners
The Ig Nobel Prize (also known as the Shnobel award) honors achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think." Read More »
Car Wash Employee Hijacks Taxi Then Crashes into Building
At 11:15 on Sept. 29, Erebuni police received a call from a taxi service that on 5:30 am the same day, a car wash...Read More »
VIDEO: God Too is from Karabakh. First We Capture Yerevan, Then Baku
In a video disseminated on YouTube on Sept. 27, Armenian novelist, traveler and sports expert Zori Balayan can be seen...Read More »
Yerevan’s Habit of Being More Oriented Toward Putin Hasn’t Changed: Moscow Opinion
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is perhaps the only one among CIS leaders who might be happy about Putin's return to the Kremlin...Read More »
Planned Ottoman Military Parade Cancelled Amid Uproar from Armenian-Americans
A planned parade for an Ottoman military marching band in Hollywood has been canceled amid uproar from Armenian groups who...Read More »
Wikipedia Launches QR Code Tool, Makes Visiting Museums More Fun
Quick Response (QR) codes — barcodes for the Internet — have taken off in a big way with the advent of the mobile revolution.Read More »
Armenians Continue to Suffer Defeat in Baku Boxing Championships
The third participant representing Armenia suffered defeat at the AIBA World Boxing Championships, this year held in Baku.Read More »
Gyumri Police ‘Terrorizing’ Drivers Who Cooperate with HAK, Asserts HAK Representative
Since Sept. 28, Gyumri police have been terrorizing all those drivers who cooperate with the Armenian National Congress (HAK)..Read More »
Turkey May End Russia Gas Contract Unless It Sees Price Cut
Turkey may terminate a contract to buy 6 billion cubic metres of natural gas from Russia's Gazprom unless it obtains a sufficient...Read More »
US Ambassador Invites Investors to Azerbaijan’s ‘Khanates’
A major problem in Azerbaijani society is that political and economic power is highly concentrated among a few groups, said...Read More »