Saif al-Adel is an Egyptian explosives expert and is believed to be a high-ranking member of the Al-Qaeda organization

French police are reportedly investigating an assassination plot against the country's President Nicolas Sarkozy.

French Constitutional Council's decision to quash a draft law criminalizing the denial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide did not surprise Yerevan citizens.

Soldier Tigran Varyan, 19, died in one of the military units stationed in the northern direction of the NKR Defense Army.

"The Country of Law Party (OEK) has never given and is not going to give election bribes."

"We do not perceive elections as a bout or duel," said the MAK leader.

"Let the army protect our borders. Why do you drive a wedge between people and army? Why do you want to turn the National Assembly into a rag by adopting such bills?"

"The decision of the French top court shows the effect that the Turkish threats produced on France's legal system."

Kakoyan, the ‘right hand' HRAK Chairman Harutyun Arakelyan, is charged with major embezzlement

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after the Constitutional Council struck down a previous bill

Two advisors to Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan have submitted letters of resignation.

Press secretary of the Turkish Embassy in France: "We are satisfied with this ruling and hope that this will settle the diplomatic crisis between Ankara and Paris."

They will dispute the Council's decision by which the bill criminalizing the denial of genocides was has been recognized as unconstitutional, reports French-Armenian lawyer Rafael Galfaian.

Reports Reuters Agency.

Vahram Atanesyan: "Perhaps there was a need to say that the EU supports the trilateral meetings that were mediated by Russia."

Eighty-five percent of the polling stations are inappropriate for persons who have problems with moving because since most of the polling stations are located in schools and there are no ramps.

Armen Martirosyan: "We have extended the helping hand that the leader of the country was asking for. We propose the transition to the 100-percent proportional electoral order."

President of Latvia Andris Berzinesh has declared that the provision to declare Russian language as the second official language of Latvia in Putin's pre-electoral platform is inadmissible.

The raised issues have been sorted according to priority and have been presented to the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), "Heritage" Party and the Armenian National Congress (HAK) organized a joint protest near the building of the National Assembly today.

Vazgen Manukyan: "The Public Council will participate in the upcoming elections only with the status of an observer."

"Article 8 (2) of the Constitution clearly states that the armed forces are kept neutral and are under citizens' supervision," the deputy cited.

During a session at the National Assembly, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Hrair Tovmasyan announced that there could be restrictions on economic and financial activities during a state of emergency.

Kentron police division officer Igor Mesropyan today gave a testimony, which made up the protocol on the arrest and search of the 7 youth activists near Swan Lake in Yerevan on August 9.