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Two Confirmed Dead in Georgia Protest Rally
A 54-year old man died last night after the police started to disperse protesters outside parliament, a Georgian Interior...Read More »
‘You Came Up with the Amnesty with Your President, and You Can Approve It’: MP
Amnesty is a humanitarian gesture which will ease the political tension in the country, as well as ease the burden in prisons,...Read More »
91 in Favor, 1 Abstained. Armenian Parliament Approves Amnesty
Armenia's National Assembly approved the proposal for general amnesty made by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on May 20.Read More »
7 Injured in Istanbul Bus Explosion, Officials Say
The explosion took place near Akmerkez, one of İstanbul's leading shopping centers, around 9 am. Initial reports said one person...Read More »
Baku Moving to Restrict Online Free Speech?
Azerbaijan's government, which already has tagged Skype and Wikipedia as potential threats to national security, maintains that...Read More »
Moscow Analyst Worried About Russian Military Base in Armenia
Director of the Center for Public Policy Research Vladimir Yevseyev recalled that Russia has a military base in Gyumri... Read More »
Riot Police Disperse Georgia Opposition Protests. One Police Officer Dead (VIDEOS)
Authorities in neighboring Georgia sent in riot police early Thursday as five days of opposition protests demanding the...Read More »
Armenia Justice Minister: Amnesty will Apply to Nikol Pashinyan
"If we attempt to follow the policy adopted by the president, we will see that there is a certain logical continuation, and...Read More »
Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy to Issue Statement on Karabakh: Russia President Aide
The presidents of Russia, the US and France, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy respectively...Read More »
Armenia’s Special Investigative Service to Examine New Mar. 1 Film Posted on YouTube
The Special Investigative Service (SIS) team investigating the circumstances surrounding events that took place on....Read More »