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    news.am, Armenia
    March 26 2010


    Yerevan to switch off illumination for Earth Hour

    17:23 / 03/26/2010March 27, all symbolic buildings, as well as avenues
    and streets of Yerevan will go dark from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m, Karen
    Manvelyan ` head of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Armenian office said at
    the press conference Friday. Thus, Armenia will join global Earth Hour
    2010 campaign organized by WWF to help prevent global warming.

    `The action aims at uniting society, business circles, governments and
    communities for an hour to struggle against climate change and
    consumption of natural resources,' Manvelyan noted.

    WWF Armenian branch, RA Nature Protection Ministry, Yerevan City Hall,
    HSBC Bank Armenia, Congress Hotel, `Spyur' information center and
    other organizations will join the initiative.

    Earth Hour campaign was first launched in Sydney (Australia) in 2007.
    About 1 billion people from over 4.000 cities participated in the
    global action in 2009.

    A.G.
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