Armenia Delivered up Suspect in Murder to USNovember 23, 2005 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has delivered up Hakob Hakobyan, suspected in a murder in September 2000, to US law enforcement bodies. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Assistant Director in Los Angeles Stephen Tidwell stated that Hakobyan, 32, was brought to Los Angeles last weekend, where he was indicted for murder of Garnik Madoyan. H. Hakobyan was arrested in August 2005 with the assistance of law enforcement bodies of Armenia. This is a third case when Armenia delivers up a suspect in murder to US law enforcers. In the words of Stephen Tidwell, «good business relations are formed between Armenian and US law enforcement bodies.» Los Angeles authorities state G. Madoyan was shot by H. Hakobyan in a quarrel. Immediately after that H. Hakobyan left the US and hid in Armenia. Hakobyan is in a jail in Los Angeles at present, reported RFE/RL. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. |