  Two Armenians, including child, killed in Beirut blast  October 20, 2012 - 13:04 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Two Armenians, a woman and a child, were killed in the Oct 19 blast in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. According to Nouvelles d’Armenie, the victims were identified as Georgette Sargisian and 9-year-old Noy Dodelian. Earlier, Aztag paper editor-in-chief Shahan Kandaharian told PanARMENIAN.Net that a 9-year-old Armenian child was wounded in the explosion, but the information was not confirmed. A huge car bomb that took lives of 8 people exploded in a busy street in central Beirut, in the predominantly Christian district of Ashrafiya. Witnesses said it was heard several kilometers away. It was the deadliest attack in Beirut since 2008. No group said it carried out the bombing. The intended target was unclear. Tensions in Lebanon have been rising over the conflict in Syria. Partner news  Top stories “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
