By Thomas C . Nash Mirror-Spectator Staff WASHINGTON — Barack Obama made history on Tuesday when he became the 44th president of the United States, the first African- American to be elected to that office. However, it was not only the African-American community that was rejoicing; Americans across the country had celebrated for a week [...]

By Emil Danielyan MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — President Serge Sargisian praised Armenia’s close energy ties with Russia at the weekend after attending a meeting in Moscow of representatives of countries buying Russian natural gas. The meeting discussed Russia’s bitter gas dispute with Ukraine and the resulting disruption in Russian gas supplies to Europe. Sarkisian held talks [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The outgoing US President George W. Bush has thanked Armenia for its participation in the US-led occupation force in Iraq, which came to an end last October. “The willingness of the Armenian people to support the establishment and strengthening of a democratic government in Iraq, despite great hardships, testifies to their strong [...]

By Suzan Fraser ANKARA (AP) — A Turkish court formally arrested nine more people Sunday for ties to an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government, and police detained another 33 suspects in the case, state media reported. Ibrahim Sahin, a former police chief, was among those arrested, according to the Anatolia news [...]

TBILISI (RFE/RL) — The deliveries of Russian natural gas to Armenia, halted last Friday because of reported pipeline damage in Georgia, resumed by the end of Monday, January 12, officials in Tbilisi and Yerevan said. Georgia suspended the transit of Russian gas through its territory, citing emergency repairs on a section of a pipeline leading [...]