Beirut - Sylvia Monika Wyszomirska is a Catholic from Poland, but in an effort to integrate better into south Lebanon's conservative society she has traded her UN peacekeeper's beret for a headscarf during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Beirut - Yesterday Lebanon bid farewell to Saleh Aridi, a key member of the Lebanese Democratic Party and the one credited with the reconciliation between the two Druze leaders MP Walid Jumblatt and Minister Talal Arslan . His funeral was

Beirut- Hezbollah's decision to dispatch the head of its politburo Sheikh Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed, as the official representative of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to the funeral of slain Druze official Saleh Aridi was seen as a step toward reconciliation

ArmInfo. Turkey's initiative is very constructive, both Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Turkish President Abdullah Gul took a political risk and displayed courage, Matthew Bryza, the US Co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, told journalists when asked about Turkey's initiative

ArmInfo. 'I gladly accepted the proposal of Abdullah Gul on assistance in settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, if necessary', President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said responding to journalists' questions. He also said that both the Armenian and Turkish public have

ArmInfo. OSCE MG American Cochairman on Nagorno Karabak conflict settlement Matthew Bryza called his meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan very constructive and interesting.He said he had a chance to listen to the Karabakh party's opinion on the present situation

ArmInfo. By decision of Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan, Diana Mnatsakanyan has been appointed spokeswoman of the government head, RA governmental press service told ArmInfo today.

ArmInfo. Armenia must fulfill its liabilities of a neighbour and strategic partner, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said responding to journalists' questions in the village of Shirakamut. 'I think everyone who watched our actions should note that that we were

ArmInfo. RA Ministry of Nature Protection denies the information spread by some local mass media concerning Khosrov natural reserve. The message received by ArmInfo today from the press service of RA Ministry of Nature Protection says that some local mass

ArmInfo. The USA keep on rendering humanitarian assistance to Nagorno Karabakh at a governmental level, OSCE MG American Cochairman on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Matthew Bryza said in Stepanakert when asked by ArmInfo correspondent whether the USA will continue the

ArmInfo. VivaCell-MTS extended hands to the border village of Khachik and allocated AMD 44.5 million to support the village with construction of 1,400 meters long drinking water pipeline and its 2,500 meters long internal water network.Moreover, the Company told ArmInfo,

ArmInfo. About 300 citizens of Turkey visited the Armenian Genocide Museum- Institute in Yerevan within 4 days in September, Director of the Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan told journalists, Saturday.'We have not seen such activeness of Turkish citizens for a long time.

ArmInfo. With his knowledge and skills Tigran Torosyan may render considerable assistance to another department, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told journalists, Friday, when commenting upon the decision of the executive body of the Republican Party of Armenia to nominate ex-

ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a working meeting with Armenian Minister of Agriculture Aramais Grigoryan, Saturday, the presidential press-service told ArmInfo.The minister told the president about the current state of agriculture in Armenia. According to the minister, 6.9% economic

ArmInfo. US Co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza paid a visit to Stepanakert, Karabakh, on September 12. After a meeting with Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan, Bryza gave a press-conference for local and accredited journalists. When asked how the

ArmInfo. Possible establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey will not affect the issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute told journalists, Saturday."The issue of the Armenian Genocide 1915-1923 should by no means

BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 -- A truck bombing near a police station killed at least 23 people north of Baghdad on Friday evening, the U.S. military and Iraqi officials said.

Edward Nalbandian invited Eka Tkeshelashvili to Yerevan.

Frank Pallone and George Radanovich reached out to their Congressional colleagues to support targeting portions of the proposed $1 billion post Georgia-Russia conflict aid package for the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.

Ali Babacan: we are ready to face our past. We have nothing to be afraid in our history, and we are ready to face whatever this proposed commission will come up with at the end of its studies.