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	<description>notes and observations of democracy, politics, economy and sport related news about Armenia and Armenians</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Observer&#8217;s Top Ten List of Most Active Armenian Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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As you may already know, I read a lot of Armenian blogs - in order to compile the Armenian Blog Roundups that are published on this blog every week. In fact, at the moment I &#8220;observer&#8221; 126 blogs, and looking at the statistics of the past 30 days, here&#8217;s what I came up with - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sad statistics of Armenia&#8217;s internet penetration</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/sad-statistics-of-armenias-internet-penetration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest data on the Armenian Statistical Service website, the population of Armenia is estimated at 3,230,300 people, although the CIA World Factbook states  2,968,586 (July 2008 est.), and the dramatic difference of 261,714 people is huge for a small country like Armenia. At any rate, considering the Armenian Statistical Service to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive news from regions on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/comprehensive-news-from-regions-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A1plus have started posting comprehensive video news digests from the developments in the regions of Armenia on their YouTube Channel. Below is the 9 minute piece for last week. Very interesting news, and certainly a welcome initiative.

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		<title>May 9th - the Victory and Peace Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avarayr, Sardarapat, Kharakilisa, Bash-Aparan, Shoushi - it sometimes feels that all the victorious battles of Armenians took place in May.
If anything, the month of May makes me proud of being Armenian.
Better yet, the date of May 9th is the official Armenian holiday - the Victory and Peace Day. The day when the nation celebrates victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bomb threat in Yerevan. Mashtots avenue blocked.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At around 11:00 o&#8217;clock Mashtots avenue (the Prospect) was blocked in Yerevan in the area down from Pushkin str. crossroad to the Margaryan Polyclinic. The police and special service officers in civilian uniform refused to inform what is happening, telling to get out of there as quick as possible. The shopkeeper across the street said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divided blogosphere on united opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian&#8217;s conciliatory speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite predictably, the internet discussions over the past several days focused primarily on  the congress held by opposition forces and the first public speech made by the  opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian since the post-election violence on March  1st.

Opposition Congress, May 2, 2008 &#124; Source: Unzipped
While speculating, that anyone &#8220;who made claims that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pamphlet: &#8220;Why judges are afraid, but aren&#8217;t stupid&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/pamphlet-why-judges-are-afraid-but-arent-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the magic land of Armenia, the legal order was proving its efficiency. Trials of law-breakers were proceeding so fast no one could keep track of them.
Not even judges. They could hardly keep order in their courtrooms but they were intent on keeping order in the country.
This time the magic had become more magical than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement with regard to probable suspension of MCA Armenia Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is acknowledged  that within five years the MCA-Armenia project will contribute to the  development of ¾ of rural areas of Armenia through a 235,65 million  dollar value Compact of five years, signed with the US Corporation:  943 km of rural roads, 200 km of main canals, 30 000 hectares of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The geneology of civil youth movements according to the bloggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 06:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Sksela&#8221; civil youth movement periodically came into the attention of bloggers throughout the past year. The situation might be changing though, with the sudden entry of &#8220;Hima&#8221; youth movement into the Armenian blogosphere. The group has already staged a range of small protest actions, they now have a song (the YouTube video of the song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;FREEDOM HOUSE&#34; RATING: ARMENIAN MEDIA REMAIN CLASSED AS NOT FREE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 29 &#8220;Freedom House&#8221; international organization published its annual global survey on freedom of press in 2007. [] Out of 195 countries and territories 72 (37%) were rated free, while 59 (30%) were rated partly free and 64 (33%) were rated not free. 18% of the world&#8217;s inhabitants live in countries that enjoy free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Armenian people and the dialogue between authorities and opposition</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/the-armenian-people-and-the-dialogue-between-authorities-and-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While calls for dialogue between president Serzh Sargsyan and the opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian come from all sides - government, opposition and the international community alike, all those speaking about &#8220;dialogue&#8221;, starting from Raffi Hovhannisyan and ending with the PACE and US Helsinki Commission seem to take it for granted, that such a dialogue will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Giragosian on post-election situation in Armenia</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/richard-giragosian-on-post-election-situation-in-armenia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Here are some extracts from the interview with political analyst Richard Giragosian published on Zhamanak.com:
(Zhamanak) Mr. Giragosian, how would you evaluate the February 19th Presidential elections in Armenia, the post election developments, particularly the tragic events of March 1?
(Giragosian) In my opinion, it was not the election itself that was the most important development for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amid widespread public scepticism government undertakes some positive steps</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public attitude remained generally skeptical towards the efforts of President Sargsyan and PM Sargsyan to restore public trust by undertaking some positive steps over the past couple of weeks.

One of the first such steps was the dismissal of Armen Avetisyan, the chairman of the the Armenian Customs Service (ACS) for the last 8 years and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imaginary (but not improbable) interview with high government official in Yerevan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Tzitzernak &#124; By the Intrepid Reporter
Q. How do you think events are progressing in Armenia after the recent election?
A. Oh, I think we’re doing really well. The outcome of the election is what it should have been; it came out just as we planned it.
Q. There are some who are still not convinced this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenian Blog Roundup: April 24&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This day, 93 years ago, by detaining (and later shooting) the top Armenian intellectuals and politicians in Istanbul, the Ottoman government started the massive effort to uproot its entire Armenian population ordering it to march from the historic Armenian lands into the Syrian desert. The result was the mass killings, rapes, death by starvation, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>93 years on Armenians mourn the Genocide victims and protest injustice of denial</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/93-years-on-armenians-mourn-the-genocide-victims-and-protest-injustice-of-denial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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April 24, Yerevan, Armenia © Artur Papyan 2008
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		<title>The Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute declares April 20-27 &#34;Remembrance Week&#34;</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-armenian-genocide-museum-and-institute-declares-april-20-27-remembrance-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Museum is also requesting for your help in collecting originals or copies of:
family photos of Western Armenians
memoir manuscripts of the survivors
sacred and inmost family items
Please address to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute, Yerevan, 0028, tel.: 39-09-81, 39-14-12,
E-mail: info@genocide-museum.am

www.genocide-museum.am &#124; http://genocide-museum.livejournal.com

The week of April 24 has been declared &#8220;Days of Remembrance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes in the structure of government, Armen Gevorgyan and Hovik Abrahamyan change places</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/changes-in-the-structure-of-government-armen-gevorgyan-and-hovik-abrahamyan-change-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a number of decrees, changing the structure of Armenian government and making some key appointments. Hence, Armen Gevorgyan, president Robert Kocharyan&#8217;s chief of staff has been appointed as deputy prime minister and minister of territorial governance; Nerses Yeritsyan has been appointed as minister of economy; Tigran Davtyan has been appointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenia doing real good in sport!</title>
		<link>http://ditord.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/armenia-doing-real-good-in-sport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via ArmeniaNow.com
By Suren Musayelyan ArmeniaNow reporterPublished: 18 April, 2008
Tae Kwan do An Armenian fighter for the first time achieved a European title as Arman Yeremyan became the continent’s champion in the 78-kilogram section in the European Tae Kwan do Championships in Rome, Italy, Panorama.am reports. On the way to the gold medal Yeremyan beat fighters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GENOCIDE DENIAL &#8212; U.S. POLICY STAMPED IN BLOOD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter came to my mail address, with a request to post on my site, which I am doing without further comments:
In April 2006, I encountered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an Alexandria, VA restaurant.  I approached Dr. Rice who was accompanied by First Lady Laura Bush and a secret service cadre.  [...]]]></description>
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