Beirut- The ministerial committee charged with drafting a ministerial policy statement for Premier Fouad Siniora's cabinet announced it would finalize its statement on Friday.

Beirut- The Islamic Resistance has issued a statement condemning Israel's alleged violations of the ceasefire that ended the July-August 2006 War, the newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Wednesday saying it was close to adopting "operational steps" against the Jewish state.

An "annoyed" US President George W Bush has confronted Pakistan Prime Minister over the leaking of intelligence, shared by Washington, to militants by the ISI and quizzed him on who was controlling the spy agency.

Central Bureau of Investigation Director Vijay Shanker retired from his post on Thursday. His post will be taken over by the agency's special director, M L Sharma. Shanker, a 1969 batch IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre, relinquished charge after

ArmInfo. 'Celebration of the 650th Anniversary of Surb Khach Monastery has become an event uniting all of us', President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said at the celebration of the monastery located in the Crimea. The Armenian President left for the

ArmInfo. The State Committee for Economic Competition of Armenia provided ArmenTel CJSC with 30 days to settle the issue of provision of the 'last mile' to Internet providers, Ashot Shahnazaryan, Chairman of the Committee said at a meeting of the

ArmInfo. Public Services Regulatory Commission [PSRC] adopted a decision at its today's sitting according to which ArmenTel should repay 28 mln drams fine. As press-service of PSRC told ArmInfo correspondent, the latter disclosed violations from the side of ArmenTel. In

ArmInfo. 'The most important change after establishment of the Armenian National Congress will be an opportunity for the people to get directly involved in political processes under the banner of the Congress', Levon Zurabyan, a representative of the Nation-wide Movement

ArmInfo. Leader of the United Labor Party of Armenia (ULB), a member of the Parliamentary Interim Committee to Investigate Incidents of 1 March, Gurgen Arsenyan told media Thursday that PACE is seriously concerned about the process of fulfillment of Armenia's

ArmInfo. OSCE welcomes continuation of dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia and expects meeting of Foreign Ministers of the two countries, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Special Envoy Heikki Talvitie said in Baku yesterday, APA reports.He thinks that it would better if Foreign Ministers

ArmInfo. VivaCell, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), announces that for the first time in Armenia, effective July 3 all passengers on Armavia flights can receive VivaCell prepaid cards free of charge, VivaCell pres-service reports. In the framework

ArmInfo Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 300,5 drams for 1 dollar, 471 drams for 1 EUR and 12,7 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 301,5 drams for 1 dollar,

ArmInfo. Government of Armenia has facilitated procedure of issuing passports to minors. Head of the Armenian Police Alik Sargsyan said at a press conference that the minors whose passport validity was expiring within a year have faced problems with getting

ArmInfo. Head of Armenian delegation to PACE David Haroutiunyan told ArmInfo he is not informed so far who will replace the deceased Russell Johnston on the position of Chairman of PACE Special Committee for Nagorny Karabakh. Asked if the structure

ArmInfo. A number of Azerbaijani agencies spread an information today that the helicopters of Azerbaijan's AAD have allegedly flied over the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh.In particular, as APA reports, about 12 helicopters flied from Fizuli towards Terter and Goranboy.

ArmInfo. A total of 17 companies pretend to take part in the competition for getting license to act as the third mobile operator in Armenia.Armenian Transport and Communication Ministry told ArmInfo, they are: France Telecom (France), CEO Blackrock Communications (Ireland),

ArmInfo. 'March 1' did not end in Armenia, it goes on every day in form of a political terror>, deputy Director of the Storage of Ancient Manuscripts "Matenadaran" Arshak Banuchayn said at a press-conference in 'Hayatsk' club. To recall, A.

ArmInfo. 'Heritage' oppositional party faction indicated numerous procedural violations during legal proceedings on cases of March 1 events in Yerevan. According to the statement of "Heritage" faction, taking part in numerous legal proceedings over the persons 'arrested for political reasons,