‘Daily news’

  • Greencard Lottery Attracted a Record 15 Million Participants
    A record 15 million people took in this year Lottery Green card, which is played annually to obtain a residence permit in the U.S.. According to the State Department, the number of applications increased for the 25% over last year. In the meantime, get a residence permit on the basis of a lottery may be only 50 000 people, and some lawmakers have urged the government to...
    November 22, 2010 16:43
  • Azerbaijan does not “endure” victory of Vladimir Arzumanyan at 2010 Junior Eurovision
    The broadcast of 2010 Junior Eurovision has been interrupted in Azerbaijan as soon as the contest winner was announced. The interruption was reasoned by the victory of Armenia’s representative Vladimir Arzumanyan, who is from Karabakh, Yerkramas reported. Azerbaijani music lovers have not managed to enjoy Arzumanyan’s performance as the contest winner. On November...
    November 22, 2010 16:39
  • Saudi Businessmen have Estimated Revenues in the Hajj Season
    Income of Saudi Arabia on the hajj this year reached 35 billion riyals ($ 9.33 billion), which is 4 billion riyals ($ 1.1 billion) more than in the past. As the Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera head of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Mecca Halil Bahadir, revenue hotel industry, as well as serving pilgrims from suppliers and trading houses rose in this season of...
    November 22, 2010 16:24
  • Depardieu calls for donations to assist Armenia, Artsakh
    In a video posted on YouTube, renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu called to assist Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through donations raised in the framework of annual telethon organized by Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. As freelance French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net, the funds raised as of today this year are ten percent more than in 2009, when France collected...
    November 22, 2010 15:10
  • Man throws himself off Kievyan Bridge
    On November 22, at 7:30 a.m. Malatya-Sebastia police department received a call a young man threw himself off Kievyan Bridge in Yerevan. Police chief of Malatya-Sebastya district Sargis Martirosyan and officers of local police department are working at the accident site, a photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan told NEWS.am. A forensic examiner and ambulance arrived at the scene. According...
    November 22, 2010 14:58
  • Cher marks her hands and feet into concrete on Hollywood Boulevard
    Pop superstar Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian) has become a part of Hollywood history by leaving prints of her hands and feet outside Los Angeles’ famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. November 18, Cher, who is referred to as the Goddess of Pop, was honored with a special ceremony following in the footsteps of stars including Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson by...
    November 21, 2010 12:01
  • Tigran Sargsyan’s continued meetings in Saint Petersburg
    On the second day of his working visit to Russia’s northern capital Saint Petersburg, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan was hosted in the State University of Economy and Finance (former Financial-Economic Institute after N. Voznesensky) where the Armenian Prime Minister was a graduate student and defended a thesis. Tigran Sargsyan joined rector Igor Maximtsev to tour the...
    November 20, 2010 22:10
  • There’s No One to Hand the Nobel World Prize
    Chapter awarded the Nobel World Prize committee Turborn Jagland confirmed that the winner of this year, the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is not able to get it and instead do it nobody will. Jagland said that the prize will remain up until either Liu Xiaobo, or someone from his immediate family could not take it away. Meanwhile, the wife of Liu Xiaobo has been under...
    November 20, 2010 19:31
  • The Penis of Statue of the God Mars was Returned at the Request of Berlusconi
    Antique statue of the god Mars, set at the entrance to the residence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has attached penis, wrote La Repubblica. Has also been “restored” not contained hand of the goddess Venus, forming part of sculpture. Statue of Mars and Venus, carved in 175 AD and discovered in 1918 in Ostia, deprived of important details in the distant...
    November 20, 2010 19:29
  • In Turkmenbashi a Monument to President of Latvia Ulmanis will be Set
    Monument to the president pre-war Latvia Karlis Ulmanis in the Turkmen city of Turkmenbashi (formerly known as Krasnovodsk) to be installed within two years. This statement was made chairman of the Riga Latvian Society Foundation and the development of national culture Mirdza Stearn, said on Saturday, “Interfax reported. According to her, the monument will be installed...
    November 20, 2010 19:26
  • Tbilisi City Hall has Decided to Sell their Cars
    Tbilisi City Hall has decided to sell at auction their official cars, reported IA “News-Georgia”. This decision was made within the framework of the economy. Entirely without vehicles of officials will not leave. They will be bought cheaper cars, and the difference in the money (if the auction goes well) will go to the city budget. They offer all seven machines,...
    November 20, 2010 19:23
  • In Pakistan, Destroyed 10 Fuel Tankers NATO
    More than 10 fuel tankers with fuel for troops in Afghanistan, was killed Saturday morning by Islamic extremists in northwestern Pakistan. The incident occurred in the city of Peshawar, the capital of the north-western Pakistani province of Highbury Pahtunhva, which is one of the hottest spots in the country. Attacked by terrorists transport terminal in Peshawar Alliance...
    November 20, 2010 19:20
  • Wanya Skorobogatov’s Death: Court is Set Firmly
    American adoptive parents are accused of killing Wanya Skorobogatov may be sentenced to death. New York court rejected a defense request to examine the case of the death of 7-year old Russian boy as less serious. In the Russian consulate has already said they were satisfied by this decision. Start date trial spouses Kreyveram yet been set. Vanya Skorobogatov died more...
    November 20, 2010 19:13
  • 29 Miners are Locked in Mines in New Zealand
    In New Zealand, rescuers from the threat of explosion cannot be locked down to the underground miners. Contact with the miners has also not installed. An explosion at a mine near the town of Greymouth on New Zealand’s South Island took place on Friday afternoon, said the channel “Russia 24”. Two of the miners managed to escape to the surface. According...
    November 20, 2010 19:08
  • The Habit of Sleeping with the TV Affects the Mood
    Sleep in the TV makes mice sad: makes them depressed. It depends on neither the quality nor the content of television programs. The cause of brain damage is the light emanating from the apparatus, according to specialists at Ohio State University (USA), the authors of the study, whose results were announced yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Society of neuroscientists,...
    November 20, 2010 19:05
  • Date of Death can be Found with 77% Accuracy
    Scientists have adapted the accuracy of genetic test that allows you to determine whether a person will live to a hundred years. It was below 100%, but much higher than that of any other research method.   Predict the prospects of any person in achieving an honorary longevity can only be up to 77%, say experts from Boston University. For this purpose it is necessary...
    November 20, 2010 19:02
  • Facebook Causes Asthma
    Social networking site Facebook can be dangerous for asthmatics, found five Italian scholars. Their study is based on a 18-year history of asthma, writes The Telegraph. The young man parted with the girl, and when she wiped it from your page in Facebook, he began to choke.  To re-enter as a friend of his ex, a young man created a social network page with a different name....
    November 20, 2010 18:58
  • In China Live the largest Number of Diabetics in the World
    According to the Chinese Diabetes Society and the International Diabetes Federation, China recorded the highest number of diabetics in the world. More than 92 million people know that they have diabetes. The number of people who do not know about his illness, even more. In total, 13 percent of total health expenditure of China – about $ 25 billion spent on treating...
    November 20, 2010 18:55