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  RA government to rehabilitate handball traditions in ArmeniaSeptember 4, 2010 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with President of the International Handball Federation, Dr Hassan Mustafa, who arrived in Armenia to watch RA Prime Minister’s Cup held in Vanadzor on September 2-4. PM Sargsyan noted that the tournament will serve as a new stimulus for handball development in Armenia and the RA government will do its utmost to rehabilitate its traditions in the country. Dr Mustafa hailed cooperation with the RA Handball Federation and briefed the Prime Minister on the outlooks, the RA governmental press service reported. The international tournament brought together Armenian, Belarusian, Georgian and Iranian teams. In the first two matches, the Armenian team suffered a 20:37 defeat by Belarus and celebrated a 28:27victory over Iran. On September 4, Armenia will play the last match v Georgia.  Top stories Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum are among those named as 2012 NBA All-Star Game starters. In Moscow Open’s Student Grandmaster Cup round 7, Armenian grandmaster will face Turkey’s Mustafa Yilmaz. England’s Nigel Short gained the Tradewise tournament gold, having scored a tie-break win over China’s Hou Yifan. Armenia goalkeeper was a Dynamo Moscow keeper from 2002 to 2005, playing 88 matches in Russian championships.   |  Latest news Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash  Appleton’s death i major loss for U.S. memory chipmaker struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.U.S. Congressmen press Clinton to renounce her recent remarks on Genocide At a recent department-wide meeting, Secretary of State mischaracterized the Armenian Genocide as a “historical debate.”U.S. Reps. Wolf, Chu commemorate Armenian massacre in Azerbaijan “Between 1988 and 1990, the Armenian population was the target of racially motivated pogroms in Azerbaijan,” Judy Chu said.Armenian place of worship demolished in Turkey Malatya Mayor Ahmet Çakır gave verbal permission for building the place of worship on orders by Malatya Governor Ulvi Saran. |
