http://www.panorama.am/ Armenian news and information portal. en-us editor@panorama.am webmaster@panorama.am PHP RSS Feed Generator A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London, BBC reported.  The Met Police said a murder inquiry was ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/23/uk-terror-attack/ Miscellaneous Thu, 23 May 2013 09:02:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Burlingtons Kristina Ayanian, Miss Massachusetts Outstanding Teen 2013, will travel to Nashville, Tenn. on May 23 to receive her Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Medal Award from His Royal Highness Prince ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/22/q-ayanyan/ Miscellaneous Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Emergency crews' search in the ruins left by the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people in Oklahoma on Monday is almost over, BBC reported, citing officials.  Fire chief Gary Bird ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/22/us-tornado-rescue/ Miscellaneous Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous At least 51 people, including 20 children, have been left dead after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, officials in the US state say, according to BBC.  Worst hit ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado/ Miscellaneous Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The historical Armenian churches of Iran belong not only to Armenians but also to the entire humanity, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Atrpatakan, Supreme Archimandrite Grigor Chiftchyan is quoted ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/20/grigor-chitchyan/ Miscellaneous Mon, 20 May 2013 17:41:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Fighting has raged in Syria's town of Qusair after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold, BBC reported. State media said the army restored security and ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/20/syria-qusair-battle/ Miscellaneous Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous A man was arrested Friday at the Cannes Film Festival after firing a gun loaded with blanks during a live television interview, sending an Oscar-winning actor running for cover, CNN ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/18/cannes-festival-chaos/ Miscellaneous Sat, 18 May 2013 09:14:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Up to 700 Europeans are fighting the Assad regime in Syria mainly as militant Islamists, the German government has said, warning that the militants could return as homegrown terrorists and ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/17/european-jihadists-syria/ Miscellaneous Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The leaders of Turkey and the United States are huddling in Washington on Thursday over how to handle the Syrian civil war, the raging conflict that has left an estimated ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/17/obama-erdogan-syria/ Miscellaneous Fri, 17 May 2013 09:07:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous A full collection of the newspaper Azerbaijan, an Inseparable Part of Iran has been published, says an article in Arannews.ir. According to the article, the newspaper, published by Pardis Publishing ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/16/newspaper-iran/ Miscellaneous Thu, 16 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with blasts in a southern Turkish town that killed about 50 people, CNN reported, citing the semi-official Anadolu news agency. The arrests were tied ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/16/turkey-blasts-arrests/ Miscellaneous Thu, 16 May 2013 09:22:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Yerevan will host the 6th Annual DigiTec Business Forum on June 21-22, Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told todays news conference.  This year, DigiTec ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/15/arsen-ghazaryan/ Miscellaneous Wed, 15 May 2013 17:33:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Heavy rains will stop and on the 15th of May no significant or heavy precipitation is expected already, only transitory or feeble rains are possible in spots. Wind up to ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/15/weather/ Miscellaneous Wed, 15 May 2013 09:06:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous A video which appears to show a Syrian rebel taking a bite from the heart of a dead soldier has been widely condemned, BBC reported.  US-based Human Rights Watch identified the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/14/syria-hanibalism/ Miscellaneous Tue, 14 May 2013 18:44:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous A teenager is suspected in the shooting of 19 people at a New Orleans Mother's Day parade on Sunday, BBC reported, citing police.  Akein Scott, 19, has been identified by a ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/14/us-parade-attack/ Miscellaneous Tue, 14 May 2013 09:08:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will have 17 seats in Yerevan Council of Elders - just as much as it had in the past four years. But there are various opinions ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/13/naira-zohrabyan/ Miscellaneous Mon, 13 May 2013 13:37:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Syria has denied being responsible for two car bombs which killed 46 people in a Turkish border town, BBC reported.  Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi told a news conference on Sunday his ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/13/turkey-blast-syria/ Miscellaneous Mon, 13 May 2013 09:17:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Fair Trade will be celebrated on 11 May 2013 in diverse places and cultures across the globe. Various events are organized in more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia, ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/11/trade-day/ Miscellaneous Sat, 11 May 2013 10:02:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 and is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. On the second ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/11/migratory-bird-day/ Miscellaneous Sat, 11 May 2013 08:58:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous People prefer bosses and political leaders to be physically imposing, which is one reason why tall people push for leadership positions more often than their shorter counterparts, according to studies.  Studies ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/10/research/ Miscellaneous Fri, 10 May 2013 10:48:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous A British Olympic sailor has died after a Swedish catamaran capsized during a training session for the America's Cup in San Francisco Bay, BBC reported.  Andrew Bart Simpson - a double ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/10/olympic-sailor-dies/ Miscellaneous Fri, 10 May 2013 08:57:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The liberation of Shoushi was a historical necessity, military expert Hrachya Petrosyants told Panorama.am when commenting on the military significance of Shoushi liberation operation that took place 21 years ago ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/09/hrachya-petrosyanc/ Miscellaneous Thu, 09 May 2013 16:24:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous An Italian appeals court in Milan upheld Wednesday a four-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, CNN reported.  Berlusconi, 76, received the sentenced last October when he was convicted ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/09/berlusconi-trial/ Miscellaneous Thu, 09 May 2013 09:03:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Turkey's prime minister, a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, on Tuesday called Israel's recent airstrikes in Syria unacceptable, CNN reported.  Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the statement in the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/08/turkey-pm-syria/ Miscellaneous Wed, 08 May 2013 09:13:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Rain and thunderstorm are expected from time to time in the whole territory, wind up to 20mps is possible.  Heavy showers and hail are possible in the most part of the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/08/rain/ Miscellaneous Wed, 08 May 2013 09:10:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The 7th of May is Radio Day. On that day in 1895 Russian physicist Alexander Popov held a radio communication session which initiated the rapid development of wireless technologies. Mass ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/07/radio/ Miscellaneous Tue, 07 May 2013 10:18:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hold talks with US State Secretary John Kerry in Moscow to discuss the crisis in Syria, BBC reported.  Mr Kerry's visit comes after Israel launched ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/07/russia-us-syria/ Miscellaneous Tue, 07 May 2013 08:59:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous International No Diet Day (INDD) is an annual celebration of body acceptance, including fat acceptance and body shape diversity. This day is also dedicated to promoting a healthy life style ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/06/no-diet-day/ Miscellaneous Mon, 06 May 2013 09:16:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The weather will change today. Almost in the whole territory rain and thunderstorm are expected, hail and wind up to 18mps are possible. In the western regions, the air temperature ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/06/weather/ Miscellaneous Mon, 06 May 2013 08:55:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous GMs Varuzhan Akobian drew with Melikset Khachiyan in the first round of the U.S. Championship in Saint Louis. 12-year-old FM Samuel Sevian tied with GM Alejandro Ramirez.  WGM Tatev Abrahamian beat ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/05/usa-chess/ Miscellaneous Sun, 05 May 2013 15:07:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous US media reports suggest that Israeli warplanes have launched an air strike inside Syria, BBC reported.  The reports, quoting unnamed US officials, say the likely target was a weapons site. Some ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/04/israel-syria/ Miscellaneous Sat, 04 May 2013 09:06:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous No precipitation is expected on May 4 and 5. The air temperature will not change significantly. Wind up to 13mps is possible. The weather will change on Monday. Rain and thunderstorm ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/04/weather/ Miscellaneous Sat, 04 May 2013 09:05:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous The path chosen by Azerbaijan is at variance with Irans interests, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, director of the National Inspection Organization of Iran, Iranian presidential candidate, was quoted as saying by Arannews.ir.  According ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/03/mohammadi/ Miscellaneous Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Between 2010 and 2012, more than a quarter of a million people died in the famine in Somalia -- in part because the world was too slow to react, the ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/03/somalia-famine/ Miscellaneous Fri, 03 May 2013 09:06:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Tehran intervenes in our foreign policy, so we want the United States to know it and assist us, Asim Mollazade, a member of a delegation of the Center for Strategic ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/02/iran/ Miscellaneous Thu, 02 May 2013 14:38:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous An Indian man convicted of spying by a court in Pakistan has died after being attacked last week by fellow inmates, medical officials and his lawyer said, according to BBC.  Sarabjit ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/02/sarabjit-singh/ Miscellaneous Thu, 02 May 2013 09:12:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Turkish officials involved in the assassination of editor-in-chief of Istanbul-based Agos daily Hrant Dink have been promoted in the years following his killing, Ermenihaber.am news website reports, citing Turkish sources.  For ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/05/01/ermenihaber/ Miscellaneous Wed, 01 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Iran is ready to assist the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani was quoted by IRNA as saying at a meeting with head of the Azerbaijani ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/30/larijani/ Miscellaneous Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:50:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous An Italian journalist has been missing in Syria for 20 days, his newspaper La Stampa says, according to BBC.  Domenico Quirico, 62, an experienced war reporter, entered Syria from Lebanon on ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/30/syria-conflict/ Miscellaneous Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:05:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous Five people were rescued Sunday, but two more remain missing, after their hot air balloon crashed off the coast of Peru, CNN reported. The balloon's red and white wreckage was found ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/29/peru-balloon-crash/ Miscellaneous Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:14:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous While Ilham Aliyev speaks about Islamic unity, more than 200 clerics have been jailed with false accusations in Azerbaijan, says an article in Arannews.ir.   According to the Iranian website, during ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/27/azerbayjan-iran-hejab/ Miscellaneous Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:09:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous US President Barack Obama has vowed a vigorous investigation into reports Syria has used chemical weapons, warning they will be a game changer for US policy if proven true, BBC ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/27/obama-syria/ Miscellaneous Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:15:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan arrived for a working visit to Paris on April 25.  On the same day, the President laid a wreath at the monument to Komitas ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/26/b-sahakyan/ Miscellaneous Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:08:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous US intelligence agencies believe with varying degrees of confidence that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, the White House has said, according to BBC.  It said the nerve agent sarin ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/26/us-syria/ Miscellaneous Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:07:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous We reported earlier that the Armenian community of Iran held a protest near the Turkish embassy in Tehran on April 24.   The Iranian Armenians, approaching the Turkish embassy, shouted such ... http://www.panorama.am/en/miscellaneous/2013/04/25/iran/ Miscellaneous Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:40:00 GMT+4 Miscellaneous