<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան</title> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am</link> <description>«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայանը միջազգային լրատվական եւ հեռարձակող կազմակերպություն է, որի հաղորդումները սփռվում են Կենտրոնական եւ Արեւելյան Եվրոպայումշ Կովկասում, Կենտրոնական Ասիայում, Ռուսաստանում, Միջին Արեւելքում եւ Բալկանյան երկրներում:</description> <image> <url>http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif</url> <title>«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան</title> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am</link> </image> <language>hy-AM</language> <copyright>Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc.</copyright> <ttl>60</ttl> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:03 +0500</lastBuildDate>  <generator>Pangea CMS – RFE/RL</generator> <atom:link href="http://www.azatutyun.am/rss/default.aspx?authorid=20644" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />  <item> <title>Moscow Tycoon Named Armenian Ambassador To Iraq</title> <description>In a surprise decree announced on Tuesday, President Serzh Sarkisian appointed a Moscow-based construction magnate as Armenia’s first-ever ambassador to Iraq. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2151254.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2151254.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:46:05 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2151254.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/5EAF6584-0D6F-43B2-B049-6699758BDD82_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Russia Reassures Azerbaijan Over New Pact With Armenia</title> <description>Russia’s new military agreement with Armenia poses no security threat to Azerbaijan, President Dmitry Medvedev insisted on Friday during a visit to Baku which he said will help elevate Russian-Azerbaijani relations to a “new level.”</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2147717.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2147717.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:29:33 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2147717.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/7CD98BB6-80BF-49C3-A75F-E8225B45672C_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Azeri Soldier ‘Surrenders’ To Karabakh Armenian Forces</title> <description>An Azerbaijani soldier has been taken prisoner after crossing into Armenian-controlled territory north of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Karabakh Armenian military announced over the weekend.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2143568.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2143568.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:06:02 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type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Army Officers Fired, Demoted Over Shootings</title> <description>Eight officers have been dismissed and more than a dozen others demoted because of the latest non-combat shootings in the Armenian army that left seven servicemen dead, the Defense Ministry announced over the weekend.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2123101.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2123101.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:13:06 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2123101.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/A058935D-6635-480D-9E63-47040B8E74CC_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Tax Revenues Soar</title> <description>The Armenian government’s tax revenues rose by almost 23 percent in the first half of this year amid renewed economic growth and a declared crackdown on tax evasion, according to latest data from the Finance Ministry.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2117665.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2117665.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:24:19 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author>  <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/3FB5D0D4-1C18-41C8-8201-AAE584A2697A_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan</title> <description>Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian ended late Monday a three-day visit to Afghanistan during which he inspected Armenian troops serving there and met with his Afghan counterpart and NATO’s top military commanders on the ground.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:30:57 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/E2D12181-3E34-464A-A204-AF7BA5882225_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Azerbaijan Confirms, Rejects New Karabakh Peace Plan</title> <description>After repeated denials, Azerbaijan on Thursday confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:54:17 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/BDFB06C7-0BDE-4F1A-BC03-F5FEE21BFCBA_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Karabakh Peace Vital For Armenia, Says Ter-Petrosian</title> <description>The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is indispensable for Armenia’s security and sustainable development, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said over the weekend. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:38:54 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan), Tatevik Lazarian (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/AFEE2117-E1A5-4E25-9D52-A47490CE7BCC_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Defense Chief To Visit Iran</title> <description>Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will begin on Saturday a two-day visit to Tehran that will underscore Armenia’s deepening ties with Iran focused on economic cooperation until now. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:22:06 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/5AD23669-0000-4832-87B6-EC900CB9A3EC_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Turkey ‘May Open Armenia Border For NATO Exercise’</title> <description>Turkey is considering temporarily opening its border with Armenia for a NATO disaster relief exercise due in September, a Turkish diplomat was reported to say on Thursday. Officials in Yerevan were quick to dismiss the announcement as a gimmick.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:19:59 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/AA2DA90D-3A05-45B2-8E53-98EE1B591F5B_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia Says Wants To Boost Ties With Israel</title> <description>President Serzh Sarkisian called for the deepening of Armenia’s low-key relationship with Israel as he met with a visiting senior Israeli official on Tuesday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:38:39 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/EE92B8AA-561D-412C-8964-73C003052000_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia Details Further Defense Reforms Agreed With NATO</title> <description>Armenia publicized on Friday a recently revised version of its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO that reaffirms its government’s intention to “draw closer” to the alliance and calls for a more far-reaching reform of its armed forces.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:17:36 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/43CEAC7C-EA19-4096-B15B-AFC4BE74E6F0_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia, Azerbaijan Trade More Accusations</title> <description>Armenia and Azerbaijan have again accused each other of torpedoing the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process ahead of a new round of peace negotiations which international mediators hope will bring them closer to a settlement.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:41:34 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/31449CF8-1114-48A1-862A-8A62E831F27B_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Azerbaijan Denies New Karabakh Peace Proposals</title> <description>Azerbaijan has denied Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new international plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:25:26 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/5E0F0CE1-7EB2-4A43-98C7-85A7F2CFB322_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Clinton Hails Armenian Media, Civic Groups</title> <description>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heaped praise on Armenian pro-democracy groups and pledged continued U.S. support for their activities as she ended a landmark visit to Yerevan on Monday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:05:31 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/9FA2D680-0F4E-4871-885F-85BA83CC26FA_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>IMF Unveils New Loan Package For Armenia</title> <description>The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday plans to provide Armenia with almost $395 million in fresh loans in the next three years under two new programs that will replace its anti-crisis lending to Yerevan.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:56:04 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/B466B0C2-C11D-414D-91F8-A41A6BF5EC10_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia Praises Mediators For Karabakh Peace Push</title> <description>Official Yerevan welcomed on Sunday the United States’s, Russia’s and France’s latest calls for Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize a framework peace accord on Nagorno-Karabakh proposed by them.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:34:45 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/71D18E3B-EA63-4813-9D9B-74BD1EB22235_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Leaders Visit Karabakh</title> <description>President Serzh Sarkisian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian paid apparently urgent visits to Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday almost one week after deadly fighting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Line of Contact around the disputed territory.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:19:22 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/E913D769-63F9-43A5-AC18-ED78C474E700_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Sarkisian Pushes Closer Ties With Germany</title> <description>President Serzh Sarkisian heaped praise on Germany and called for the expansion of its relations with Armenia after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on an official visit to Berlin on Tuesday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2079486.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2079486.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:50 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author>  <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/C21287BD-0CEB-4547-99F3-4A862A263B3E_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenian Americans In New Push For Genocide Recognition</title> <description>The Armenian community in the United States is looking to capitalize on Turkey’s reluctance to unconditionally normalize relations with Armenia and castigation of Israel in what appears to be a fresh push for U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:04:30 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/F49BDFC9-02BD-4972-BA20-4FE29951B277_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>U.S. Take On Human Trafficking In Armenia Again Mixed</title> <description>Armenian authorities are still not doing enough to combat human trafficking despite significantly increasing the number of people imprisoned for the illegal practice, the U.S. State Department said in an annual report released late on Monday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:28:14 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/F2286B0C-F688-40F1-815D-5F96D58134E2_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Sarkisian Brother In Fresh Controversy </title> <description>A younger brother of President Serzh Sarkisian has been embroiled in fresh public controversy after apparently hurling abuse at several dozen protesters outside the Armenian parliament. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:41:19 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Karine Kalantarian (Yerevan), Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/F9431EAA-1DFA-4CFB-95A8-1FF439E4E683_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Aliyev Threatens To Quit Karabakh Peace Talks</title> <description>Azerbaijan could refuse further negotiations with Armenia and try to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by force if the long-running peace process yields no breakthrough soon, President Ilham Aliyev warned in remarks reported on Wednesday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:56:59 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan), Anush Martirosian (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/72CF6738-16CB-4082-843C-DF21BBFBC3B1_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Azerbaijan Expects New Karabakh Proposals From Mediators</title> <description>The U.S., French and Russian co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group could again modify their basic principles of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov indicated over the weekend.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:07:04 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure 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They made no public statements afterwards.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:36:51 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan), Heghine Buniatian (Prague))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/847F96BA-675B-4F0E-872D-E947B82A6F9F_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia To Step Up ‘European Integration’ Drive</title> <description>Armenia will intensify its efforts to integrate into Europe after President Serzh Sarkisian’s latest visit to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, a senior pro-government parliamentarian said on Sunday. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 22:37:41 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/4C799DB3-1059-42C3-B2A6-B10FC66FAA92_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>EU Likely To Stay Cautious On Political Reform In Armenia</title> <description>When the European Union formally launched the Eastern Partnership program one year ago it signaled a significant upgrading of its political and economic engagement in six former Soviet republics covered by the scheme. It also fuelled hopes for a more aggressive EU push for democratic change there.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 22:25:02 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/1F1DB5C0-B705-4E96-9E77-8BA57E3B7917_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Ex-Karabakh Leader Confirms Trip To Iran</title> <description>Samvel Babayan, a former military leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Monday confirmed a recent visit to Iran but insisted that it is not a sign of his renewed active involvement in Armenian politics.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:01:47 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/0B4D9149-EFB7-4352-851A-B93CC3D76D35_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Investigators Say Suicide ‘Possible’ Cause Of Police Custody Death</title> <description>A law-enforcement body investigating the recent suspicious death of a man in Armenian police custody on Friday appeared to have moved closer to endorsing police claims that it was the result of a suicide, rather than torture. </description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:47:33 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/1A1B6428-DB7F-41AA-ADB0-7E7234F953DB_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Armenia, NATO Review Growing Cooperation</title> <description>NATO’s top governing body reviewed growing cooperation with Armenia during an annual meeting with key members of the Armenian government that was held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels late on Wednesday.</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:19:46 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure 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<description>Backtracking on a campaign pledge, U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday again declined to describe the 1915 massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide as he honored the victims of “one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.” (UPDATED)</description> <link>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html</link> <guid>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:08:53 +0500</pubDate> <category>in English</category> <author>internet_team@rferl.org (Emil Danielyan (Yerevan))</author> <comments>http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html#relatedInfoContainer</comments> <enclosure url="http://gdb.rferl.org/6FCB81ED-CDBD-41ED-9F46-57DA93A94406_.jpg" length="3123" type="image/jpeg"/> </item>  <item> <title>Sarkisian Avoids Scrapping Turkish-Armenian Deal</title> <description>Armenia will not walk away from its historic agreements with Turkey for now and is only suspending their parliamentary ratification despite Ankara’s refusal to unconditionally normalize bilateral ties, President Serzh Sarkisian said late Thursday. 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