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SIGNING OF DOCUMENTS ON PASSING "ZVARTNOTS" AIRPORT TO EDUARDO ERNEKIAN ARGENTINEAN BUSINESSMAN POSTPONED 10 DAYS

May 18, 2002 - 18:19 AMT  19:20 GMT
Argentinean entrepreneur Eduardo Ernekian's visit to Armenia due to paper work on passing "Zvartnots" Yerevan airport to trust management is postponed 10 days.

YEREVAN-MOSCOW-LOS ANGELES TV BRIDGE TO BE HELD MAY 20

May 18, 2002 - 18:17 AMT  19:20 GMT
Monday the Public Television Company of Armenia will hold a television bridge between Yerevan, Moscow and Los Angeles.

BAKU STUDENTS FORBIDDEN ATTENDING LECTURES WITH KERCHIEFS ON HEADS

May 18, 2002 - 18:16 AMT  19:20 GMT
The leadership of Azeri higher education institutions started fight against fellow and girl students, who appear in the auditoriums with "unworldly" looks, i.e. with kerchiefs and beards.

VARDAN OSKANIAN IS "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" ON TRILATERAL MEETINGS OF ARMENIAN, AZERI AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS

May 18, 2002 - 18:03 AMT  19:20 GMT
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian called the meeting of the heads of the foreign departments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey held in Reykjavik very useful and stated that such meetings will be continued.

CONDITIONS OF US INDICTMENT OF "LYSINE" ARMENIAN FIRM ASCERTAINED VIA DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS

May 18, 2002 - 18:02 AMT  19:20 GMT
"An Armenian firm appears in the case and the Armenian government should proceed from its interests," - Vardan Oskanian emphasized.

ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS TO MEET IN NEAR FUTURE

May 18, 2002 - 18:02 AMT  19:20 GMT
Telling journalists about it Armenian President Robert Kocharian did not mention any concrete date. In his words, the question of the date and place of the meeting are being ascertained via diplomatic channels.

AZERBAIJANI TERRORISM IS COVERED WITH VEIL

March 26, 2002 - 04:00 AMT  19:20 GMT
A trial of the case against hijackers of Azerbaijan’s branch of the “Hisbut-Tahrir” international terrorist organization has started in Baku. We recall that 6 Azerbaijani citizens are being accused of an attempt to overthrow the state regime and to prepare terrorist acts using firearms. “Turan” agency of Baku informs that they are particularly accused of preparation of the terrorist acts against the U.S. Embassy and offices of international organizations in Baku. According to investigation materials, the members of the group, the center of which is in Palestine, under the pretence of religious propaganda were intending to change the political system of Azerbaijan and to create an Islamic state there.
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