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 April 18, 2003 


Crisis of Conscience: Municipal employee fired for religious beliefs



Crisis of Conscience: Police employee fired for religious beliefs


The head of the financial subdivision of the Stepanavan Police Department has been fired because of her religious beliefs.

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Outside Eye: A non-Armenian's view of life in his adopted home


Today the world is new for me in Armenia.

No, I'm not talking about the regional neighborhood now that the United States of Iraq (aka "The Axis of Diesel") is being established.

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Art of the Season: Women's trade exhibit shows traditions of Easter

 

Art of the Season: Women's trade exhibit shows traditions of Easter


The Academy gallery in Yerevan was a feast of Armenian Easter tradition last Tuesday, as more than 20 female artists presented their hand-made works.

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"Hello, My Name Is . . .": Business clerks forced into first-name basis with customers

 

"Hello, My Name Is . . .": Business clerks forced into first-name basis with customers


"Excuse me, do you work here?" would sound a desperate question of a lost customer in a Yerevan supermarket. Often it is confusing separating the clerks from the customers.

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Music Month: Jazz flourishes during April in Armenia

 

Music Month: Jazz flourishes during April in Armenia


The State Department of the United States and the Smithsonian Institute again made April Jazz Appreciation Month in Armenia as well as throughout the world.

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Enhancing the Distance of "Distance Learning": AUA students develop breakthrough software

 

Enhancing the Distance of "Distance Learning": AUA students develop breakthrough software


Students at the American University of Armenia have developed a software that should enhance the capabilities of videoconferencing.

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Money for Nothing: Who wants to win 5,000,000 drams?

 

Money for Nothing: Who wants to win 5,000,000 drams?


Some trends and phenomena from the West are faster reaching Armenia than others. But they get here eventually, as evidenced by a television commercial that began appearing recently on Shant TV.

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Sports: Armenians bow out early in Monaco

 

Sports: Armenians bow out early in Monaco


The ATP Masters of Monte-Carlo began last Saturday in Monaco with entries that included Sargis Sargsyan and David Nalbandian.

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  Inside
 

Washed Out: Spring thaw causes flooding in more than 50 villages, ruins crops

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Case Closed: Highest court denies Demirchyan appeal, criticizes election process

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Old Erivan, New Yerevan: "Gateway" of North Avenue enterprise opens for business

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  Photo of the week
  Spring Rites
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Spring Rites

April 13 was "Tsaghkazard", known in other places as Palm Sunday, the week before Easter, marking the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. Here, part of the commemoration includes making wreaths from branches which are worn by young people and then placed in homes. The day is also the seventh Sunday of the Great Fast, as observed among the Armenian Apostolic Church.

 




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