 Armenian Relief Society ready to help Japan disaster victims March 16, 2011 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Relief Society Central Executive Board informed their Japanese colleagues of their readiness to help the victims of the Japan disaster to the best of their abilities. The Society urged to join the initiative by making donations through the organization or via www.ars1910.org website. A massive earthquake, 9.0 on the Richter scale, unleashed a huge tsunami which crashed through Japan's eastern coastline, on March 11. According to the updated data, 5,900 people are considered to be killed or missing. The cooling system of nuclear reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant has failed as a result of the earthquake. The failure has resulted in explosions at the first and third energy units. A "state of emergency" is declared at the neighboring Fukushima-2 nuclear plant, where the cooling system has also failed. People have been evacuated within a 20-km zone. On March 14, Japan asked IAEA to send a group of specialists to assist in overcoming the situation at the nuclear plants.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat  To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
