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Didn’t have shoes to go to school Former Russian language typist for the “Yerkhimshintrest” factory Susanna Gevorgyan is currently 50 years old and is raising her 11 children. She says that her children are her only treasures. The mother of eleven says the names of the doll-face girls and the boys shy of the camera. …

The Indian Embassy in Armenia refused to give any information concerning the tragic death of Indian student of Yerevan Medical University, Prashant Anchalia yesterday. As for the rally organized by Indian students studying in Armenia, all we got from the embassy officials was “No comment”. The Medical University administration is seriously disappointed about the announcement …

On April 20, junior Indian student of Yerevan State Medical University Prashant Anchalia (21 years old), fell down from the sixth floor of the seventh floor of the Zeitun hostel and died. It seems that this tragic death was used to criticize the rector of Yerevan State University, Gohar Kyalyan. The tragic event happened on …

Minister of Ecology of Armenia Vartan Ayvazyan was among the participants of the symbolic tree-planting yesterday in the village of Karin in the Aragatsotn Marz, part of the tree-planting project organized through the combined efforts of the U.S. Embassy and the “Armenia Tree-planting” project coordinators. Ayvazyan and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan planted two …

In 356 B.C., Aerostat burned down the temple of Artemis so that he could reach fame and go down in history. It seems as though he was able to do that. In 1980 A.C., American Mark Chapman killed a famous member of the Beatles John Lennon. Chapman explained why he did that simply as his …

Snakes are on the loose in Armenia. About 2 months ago, a snake bit a resident of Ashtarak who had been transferred to Yerevan. The drug called “Antigyurzi” was only found from the government’s Emergency Situations department. The thing is that Antigyurzin is an “orphan drug”-it is of vital significance but there is a low …

Another 24 people (15 from Iraq) have applied in 2006. According to the deputy head of the Refuge Applicants division of the Refugees and Migration department Ruzanna Petrosyan, in contrast to other migrants who wish to get Armenian citizenship, Iraqi refugees only wish to settle down temporarily. The department settles them down in a temporary …

Thirty-year old Hayk Ktrakyan, whose door nobody has ever knocked to lend a helping hand, is swallowing his pride in order to save his son. Every day Hayk sees something in Vahe and that ties him closer to his son. More and more he feels that he will do anything just so nothing happens to …

As a reminder, gynecologist Sona Khachatryan, as well as oncologist and head of the Oncology department of the “Erebuni” hospital Yervand Harutyunyan had operated S. Badalyan, with a Caesarian cut. After Badalyan’s Caesarian operation, Harutyunyan had gone on to do a kidney operation without the consent of Badalyan’s relatives, after which 25-year old Susanna had …

A group of painters visited the Saint Karmravor Church of Ashtarak a couple of days ago. This group painted the historical “Cross-stone” of 11th century and told the person selling candles there that this painting could be washed easily. “Tell your patriarch that Hrach Keshishyan did this”, said the leader of that group. Several days …