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Troy Davis: Timeline of Main Events in Legal Saga
Troy Davis has been executed in Jackson, Georgia, despite a swirl of international pleas for clemency in one of the highest-profile US execution cases in years.Read More »
‘In Next 20 Years We Will Build a Country Close to Our Ideals’: Armenian President
"Reinstating our statehood was a celebration, our dream come true, but first of all it was a responsibility. From that moment on... Read More »
‘Armenia’s Authorities Consider Themselves a Serf to Foreigners’: Ter-Petrossian on Independence
In Yerevan's central square this morning were people who not only had nothing to do with obtaining independence...Read More »
How Levon Ter-Petrossian Envisioned Independence in 1991: Leaked Cable
In May 1991, then Armenian Supreme Soviet Chair Levon Ter-Petrossian outlined to US Embassy officials his vision of the path to Armenia's independence.Read More »
‘A Peaceful and Prosperous Year’: Clinton and Obama Congratulate Armenia
"The United States values our relationship with Armenia, rooted in mutual respect and interests. Together, we are working to reduce poverty, expand...Read More »
Yerevan City Hall Postponed Sale of Pedestrian Underpass
Today, the municipality was to have determined the winner of a tender to revitalize the pedestrian underpass at the...Read More »
Yerevan Activists will Protest Against Russian Troops on Independence Day
A group "against foreign brigades and flags" in the military parade celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Republic of Armenia is...Read More »
Independence Day Concert Performance Depicts Legendary Founder of Armenian Nation
A concert-performance titled "Heroic Ballad" lasting 1 hour and 20 minutes will be staged in Yerevan's Republic Square at...Read More »
With Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ An Era Ends
The law that for almost 18 years has banned openly gay Americans from serving in the armed forces will be officially repealed...Read More »
‘Newly Independent Armenia Still Suffers’: Heritage Party on Eve of Armenia’s 20th Anniversary
"Now we hope that after the irrational, sometimes even narrow-minded policies adopted by all the previous governments, we would...Read More »