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ARMENIAN MILITARY TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE OPERATIONS IN BALKANS

April 19, 2003 - 20:52 AMT  06:35 GMT
Beginning on July 1 within a Greek peacekeeping battalion a group of Armenian military personnel will set about performing the mission in Kosovo.

LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN

April 19, 2003 - 20:51 AMT  06:35 GMT
The minister will discuss the prospects of bilateral cooperation in defense sphere with Armenian leadership.

ALIYEV SAID AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN ACCESSION TO NATO

April 19, 2003 - 20:24 AMT  06:35 GMT
"We are doing our best to speed up the process without excessive noise," - the Azeri president noted.

IRAQI WAR RESULTED IN KILLING FOUR LOCAL ARMENIANS

April 19, 2003 - 19:36 AMT  06:35 GMT
In the words of Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian, the Armenian community did not suffer significant losses.

OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO VISIT KARABAKH CONFLICT REGION IN MID-MAY

April 19, 2003 - 19:12 AMT  06:35 GMT
Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian doubted mediators would make any new proposals on the conflict settlement.

PACE RAPPORTEUR ON KARABAKH REFRAINS FROM STATEMENTS BEFORE ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN COMPLETE ELECTION

April 19, 2003 - 19:11 AMT  06:35 GMT
Terry Davis stated that any statement would have been interference in the domestic political life of those countries.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT REPEALED IN ARMENIA

April 19, 2003 - 19:08 AMT  06:35 GMT
The National Assembly of Armenia has passed a new draft of the Criminal Code repealing capital punished.

USAMA BIN LADEN DID NOT FORGET HIS AZERBAIJANI FRIENDS

April 18, 2003 - 05:00 AMT  06:35 GMT
An Azerbaijani terrorist accused of murder of a US citizen and suspected in ties with international extremist network was arrested recently in China. This was reported by the “Central Asian News” agency as well as by the Australian newspapers “Sunday Times”, “Australians” and “Meryury”. The name of the terrorist was not reported. It is only known that he is an Azerbaijani citizen.
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