War in Iraq has had a damaging effect on the studies
of at least three students in Armenia who have special
reasons to worry about what is happening 500 miles from
Yerevan.
This table is so filled, guests must lean back to let
more dishes in. And more come, as if Ararat's icy head
is a mound of food and spring's thaw has opened a stream
that ends in this flat on Halabyan Street.
The musical group Shoghaken Ensemble has won Best Traditional
World Recording from the Association for Independent
Music (AFIM) and National Association for Recording
Merchandisers (NARM) for its CD "Armenia Anthology".
"I am always ready to talk about my homeland and
to stay here, but I don't picture today's homeland like
this," says Zhanna Markosyan, 32, as she packs
her things and prepares to move to Moscow.
Several circus figures visited the bronze statue of
Leonid Yengibaryan set up in front of the circus building
in Yerevan on March 15 with flowers to pay tribute to
the great clown. That day was the anniversary of his
68th birthday, but he passed away from his audience
when he was only 37.
News of the retreat of the Irish has been greatly exaggerated.
Last week ArmeniaNow cited a Russian Internet journal
as reporting that Northern Ireland's national football
team had cancelled its match with Armenia, due to the
war in Iraq.
At today's Under-21 football match between Armenia and Northern
Ireland, played in Abovian, the match had to be delayed for
nearly an hour while workers cleared the pitch of snow. When
the field was cleared, the home team played to a 2-0 victory.
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