[ last updated 15:16 ] The Armenian government claimed on Tuesday a major decrease in widespread poverty in the country, saying that benefits of economic growth are finally beginning to trickle down to the socially vulnerable strata of the population.
[ last updated 15:17 ] Armenia’s leaders joined on Tuesday ordinary citizens in offering their sympathy and support for Russia as it mourned hundreds of people killed in last week’s shock terrorist attack on a school in the Russian republic of North Ossetia.
[ last updated 15:19 ] Ishkhan Zakarian, Armenia’s chief sports official, apologized on Tuesday to the public for the failure of the Armenian athletes to win medals at the Olympic Games in Athens, but again rejected calls for his resignation.
[ last updated 15:15 ] “Hayots Ashkhar” agrees with the Russian government’s claims that the bloody hostage drama at a school in Russia’s Republic of North Ossetia was orchestrated by “international terrorists” with the aim of stirring up further trouble in the Caucasus.
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