Author: Andres-Papazian

L’Express – France
?8 déc. 2010?

La Lumière d’Arménie, par Jean-Michel Berts

Par Christian Makarian, publié le 08/12/2010 à 15:00

Ce livre frappe par la puissance des images, la profondeur du champ
et l’impression d’éternité qui s’en dégage.

D’une terre austère, le photographe Jean-Michel Berts a fait un pays
de lumière. Fruit d’une riche expérience et de séjours prolongés en
Arménie, son livre frappe par la puissance des images, la profondeur
du champ et l’impression d’éternité qui se dégage de ces lieux
saisissants. On navigue entre ciel et terre, dans le décor lithique et
onirique de cette contrée à l’écart du monde, d’où surgissent des
églises indéracinables et des bâtiments qui encaissent les séismes
comme des invasions barbares. L’eau, la pierre, tout semble hostile Ã
ces hommes et à ces femmes qui, contre toute facilité, ont choisi de
s’accrocher à la roche tel un lichen humain. Rarement la nature et la
chair ont formé un amalgame si empreint de gravité. « Tous les hommes
sont égaux, disait Picasso, sauf les tenaces. »

From: A. Papazian

Politis , France
8 déc. 2010?

Hrant Dink, l’Arménien qui rêvait de réconciliation

jeudi 9 décembre 2010, par Monica Lanzoni

Dans ses « Chroniques », ce journaliste analysait les effets du
génocide de son peuple.

Il est difficile rester indifférent �la?lecture de ces Chroniques
d’un journaliste assassiné. Le recueil d’articles de Hrant Dink, paru
deux ans après sa mort et aujourd’hui traduit en français, est?d’abord
le témoignage d’un?homme qui a toujours voulu travailler pour la
démocratie et la vérité. L’itinéraire de ce journaliste arménien
vivant en Turquie résume à lui seul toute l’histoire de son peuple. Ã
travers son infatigable engagement, son regard lucide et jamais (…)

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From: A. Papazian

L’Hotellerie, France
9 déc. 2010â?
La 26ème école Vatel ouvrira à Erevan
jeudi 9 décembre 2010 10:40
Yerevan (ARMENIE) Le groupe Vatel et Armenian Institute of Tourism ont
signé le 7 décembre signent le projet d’ouverture d’une nouvelle école
Vatel à Erevan, en Arménie, pour la rentrée 2011.
Cet engagement définitif, entre Alain Sebban, Président fondateur du
groupe Vatel et Robert Y. Minassian, Recteur de Armenian Intitute of
Tourism, fait suite à, d’une part, un premier protocole signé, avec le
soutien des Ministres de l’Economie et de l’Education de la République
d’Arménie, lors de la Conférence Eurhodip le 13 juillet 2010 à
Saragosse (Espagne) et, d’autre part, un contrat avec Golden Tulip
Hotel Yerevan, un hôtel 4 étoiles de 104 chambres pourvu de salles de
séminaire et d’un restaurant.
En octobre 2010, Henri Magne, Directeur du développement international
du Groupe Vatel s’est rendu en Arménie. Il a pu constater que les
installations de Armenian Intitute of Tourism étaient conformes à
l’accueil d’une école Vatel. Il s’est aussi entretenu longuement avec
les membres de la direction sur lesapplications des enseignements
Vatel. Il a pu constater que le Golden Tulip Hotel Yerevan avait
toutes les qualités requises pour accueillir les étudiants Vatel en
conditions d’applications pratiques. Enfin, il a obtenu le plein
soutien des représentants des ministères de l’Economie et de
l’Education de la République d’Arménie dans ce projet d’ouverture.
A l’instar des autres écoles Vatel, Vatel Yerevan proposera dès la
rentrée 2011 le Bachelor et le Master Degree in International Hotel
Management. Les étudiants pourront obtenir simultanément un titre
Vatel certifié par l’Etat français (RNCP) et un diplôme national
arménien.
From: A. Papazian

20minutes.fr , France
?9 déc. 2010?

Le maire de la capitale arménienne démissionne après s’être bagarré
pendant un concert

Mis à jour le 09.12.10 à 12h32

Le maire d’Erevan a démissionné mercredi soir, après s’être battu avec
le directeur du protocole présidentiel pour une histoire de places
lors d’un concert de Placido Domingo le 3 décembre.

Gagik Beglarian a frappé Aram Kandaian, un conseiller du président
arménien qui avait demandé à l’épouse du maire de se déplacer car elle
était assise à côté du chef de l’Etat.

Gagik Beglarian, membre du parti républicain au pourvoir, était maire
de la capitale de 3,2 millions d’habitants depuis deux ans. Aucune
raison à sa démission n’a été officiellement fournie par la
municipalité.

‘Avec Reuters

From: A. Papazian

ANS TV, Azerbaijan
Dec 10 2010

Azeri official says holding peace talks with Armenia “impossible”

[Presenter] First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Maclis [parliament]
Ziyafat Asgarov has commented on the current state of negotiations
around the Karabakh problem that have reached an impasse after the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents failed to meet in Astana [on the
fringes of an OSCE summit on 1 December]. Ziyafat Asgarov believes
that Armenia is continuing to challenge international laws. We have
neither opportunity nor time to put up with the whimsical policies of
[Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan and his authorities. You will see
this yourselves in the nearest months, end quote.

[Ziyafat Asgarov speaking to journalists] Today the Azerbaijani
economy has to be fully switched to a war footing to meet military
needs. We have almost carried out a considerable amount of work to
this end, in particular, our industrial economy has to be switched to
a war footing as international law has once again proved its
incapacity. It has proved that it is unable to exert pressure on
Armenia. Regrettably, international law has turned into a law of
reference, not compliance, since we have told them repeatedly to
observe norms of international law, i.e. the resolutions of the UN
Security Council. But they do not do so but only refer to [them].

Let them refer to them and we are also referring [to them]. We are
also referring to them but at the same we reserve the right to
liberate our territories. You are familiar with Article 51 of the UN
Statute and the whole world witnessed in Astana that it is impossible
to conduct peace talks with Armenia. Sorry to say this – you know, you
have to speak to them differently and there is a way to speak
differently [to them] and this is allowed by international law,
Azerbaijani legislation, economy and the Azerbaijani army. God
willing, you will see this in the nearest months.

From: A. Papazian

Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
Dec 10 2010

Armenia has no funds to build new nuclear unit

The Armenian government has no funds of its own to build a new nuclear
power unit in 2011, nor has it been able to find foreign funds to do
so.

Evidence of this is the fact that Armenia’s state budget for 2011 does
not envisage funds for the construction of a nuclear unit. Russia, the
only foreign country that showed interest in the construction of a
nuclear unit in Armenia, has instead approved the construction of a
nuclear plant in Turkey, the report, authored by Hayk Gevorgyan, said.

According to officially announced plans, an Armenian-Russian company,
Metsamorenergatom, was to construct a new nuclear unit, but no plans
for fund-raising for the construction were announced, Gevorgyan said.
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev immediately ratified an agreement
on the construction of a nuclear plant in Turkey after returning to
Moscow from the 1-2 December OSCE summit in Kazakhstan’s Astana. This
fact is noteworthy as “Russia is starting to build a nuclear plant in
a country which would have purchased the output of our new nuclear
unit which was to be built by the Russians as well,” Gevorgyan said.

So, the likelihood of the construction of a new nuclear unit in
Armenia is very low, the report concluded.

The construction of a new nuclear unit in Armenia will take about four
to five years, and in order to ensure the continuous operation of the
nuclear plant, the construction of a new unit should start in early
2011 so it can be built before 2014 – the deadline for the lifetime of
the existing Armenian nuclear plant, Gevorgyan added.

From: A. Papazian

Haykakan Zhamanak , Armenia
Dec 10 2010

One Armenian “political prisoner” released, nine stay in jail

Feliks Grigoryan was arrested in June 2008 and was sentenced to seven
years of imprisonment on charges of illegal purchase and possession of
arms, the paper said. The authorities jailed Grigoryan in order to
include the allegation of possession of arms by the opposition into
the investigation into the 1 March 2008 post-election disturbances.
However, the prosecution was not able to prove the charge in the
court.

Another nine “political prisoners” remain in jail and, according to
speculation, prisoner Roman Mnatsakanyan will be released next.

From: A. Papazian

CNN
SHOW: JOY BEHAR SHOW
Transcript
December 10, 2010 Friday

Interview With the Kardashians

BEHAR: Watching Kourtney, Khloe and Kim Kardashian in action is a lot
of fun. I haven`t had such a good time with sisters since I spent a
long weekend with a couple of Carmelite nuns. Here`s a clip from their
hit show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who is going to miss Khloe?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Me!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re such a bore, you married whore. You`re
such a bore, you married whore.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why are you guys being mean?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Because you`re going to be so jealous when we`re
in New York.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. I`m really not going to miss this when you
guys are in New York.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stay home with your husband, and we`ll be in Nueva York.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re going to New York.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BEHAR: Joining me now are the three Ks, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney
Kardashian who are the authors, by the way, of a new book “Kardashian
Konfidential.” Welcome, ladies. OK. You know, you just turned 30, and
I was just thinking, when I turned 30, which was only ten years ago —
shut up!

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: I thought I was old. Do you feel old at 30? I mean, it`s not.
It`s very young, and I know that now. But at the time it was like oh,
my God.

KIM KARDASHIAN, AUTHOR, “KARDASHIAN CONFIDENTIAL”: I feel old when my
mom reminds me that at, you know, my age, she had four kids already.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN, AUTHOR, “KARDASHIAN CONFIDENTIAL”: But that was
such a different time.

BEHAR: Right.

(CROSSTALK)

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I turned 30 eighteen months ago or whatever, but
I felt like so good when I turned 30.

KIM KARDASHIAN: You know what, it`s very empowering. I was really
nervous going into it. I was kind of freaked out, and then after —

KHLOE KARDASHIAN, “KARDASHIAN CONFIDENTIAL”: Going into it.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: What are you even talking about?

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: A tunnel, like going into it.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Going into it.

KIM KARDASHIAN: And then all of a sudden, I don`t know, something
changed. And I was like, oh, my God, I`m 30. This is amazing. I feel
good. I feel accomplished. I feel, you know, successful.

BEHAR: Well, you`re on the low side of 40 now. So enjoy it.

(LAUGHTER)

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: That`s depressing.

BEHAR: Let me start with you because you posted on Twitter that you
fell off the wagon, OK? What does that mean? What wagon?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I tweeted that I had been in Europe for three weeks
and then New York for six weeks, and I hadn`t worked out once.

BEHAR: Stop it!

KIM KARDASHIAN: And that`s so not like me because I love to work out,
and I just really felt not like myself. So, I had to get home where I
worked out every single day.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: And my mom told her she gained 12 pounds.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: Did you?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I gained about ten.

BEHAR: Did that freak you out?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I mean, now that I`m 30 and everyone`s telling me that
your metabolism isn`t the same.

BEHAR: Well, 35 to 40, it starts to go berserk.

KIM KARDASHIAN: OK. Oh, so, I still have some time.

BEHAR: Yes.

KIM KARDASHIAN: OK.

BEHAR: But why did you feel the need to tweet that, though?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Because I needed motivation from my Twitter followers
to give me motivation to get up and get into the gym. Sometimes, it`s
hard. You get so comfortable, and you just need that motivation, that
push. And so, everyone was writing me, you know, really great,
positive things. And so, I was like, OK, guys, I`m going to go to the
gym. I`m going to get it together, and I feel better already.

BEHAR: OK. Now, you girls are Lebanese?

KARDASHIAN SISTERS: Armenian.

BEHAR: Armenian. Whatever.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Same thing.

BEHAR: Just kidding. They`re similar in many ways.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: I mean, the food, Mediterranean, Italian, it`s Greek, it`s
Lebanese, it`s Armenian, it`s ethnic. And you seem to be very
comfortable with how beautiful you are. You are very good looking
women, I think.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Thank you.

BEHAR: And full figured a little bit. You got the boobs going on and,
you know, and the booty.

KIM KARDASHIAN: I paid for these babies.

BEHAR: I know you did, which I will discuss that in a second with you.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Actually, my mom did.

BEHAR: You know, but we live in a — we live in a country that values
emaciated girls and blonds with tiny little noses.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: And sort of low — maybe big boobs some of them, but small.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Right.

BEHAR: So, I think it`s great that you have basically gone beyond that
look to become the new look. Are you happy about that?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I mean, we were just somewhere and someone came up to
us and said, you know, all the guys now ask me if I`m Armenian like
the Kardashian sisters because she has dark hair and she`s curvy and,
you know, tanned skin. And she was like, so I just want to say thank
you, guys, so much. Guys didn`t really look at me before.

BEHAR: Isn`t that nice?

KIM KARDASHIAN: It`s really cool.

BEHAR: How do you survive in California where it`s a felony to be fat?
You go to jail for that there.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: You really can.

BEHAR: I mean, how did you survive it?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I have been through — like people even now — my
weight always goes up and down, but I feel like that`s normal and
that`s just my body type. I always struggle with it.

BEHAR: Yes.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: But people always, even now, they come down on me
for my weight. I don`t think I am that big. I feel like I might be a
normal size, but does my weight fluctuate, yes, but I get so much
ridicule. They call me fat, I`m 400 pounds, and this and that, people
are just mean.

BEHAR: They are mean.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes. I definitely have to stay. I don`t go on the blog —

BEHAR: But they love you, too.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Right. They would never say it to my face but
definitely on Twitter or blogs or anything like that. They call me
every name in the book.

BEHAR: But who cares what they say behind your back. It`s only what
they say to your face that counts.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Right. And they`re all afraid of me.

BEHAR: They are?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: Why? You`re tough.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes. I`m a tough little broad, and I`m going to
knock them out.

(LAUGHTER)

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I`m going to knock them out with that ring.

BEHAR: You married to Lamar Odom who plays for the L.A. Lakers, right?
And there`s so much cheating that goes on in the sports world, how do
you handle that?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Well, Lamar and I — I mean, Lamar gets very
offended when people ask him this question because he doesn`t believe
in that kind of —

BEHAR: Well, he`s not here. I`m asking you.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Right. No, I mean, I get it. But, you know, also, I
could say that in every world, you know, like if you`re a stockbroker,
you could be sleeping with your secretary.

BEHAR: Yes.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I do think that it`s more elevated because you know
these people by name or face. And that`s why you know about it. And
people say because they travel and their schedules, Lamar and I don`t
spend five days without seeing each other. That`s just a rule that him
and I have.

BEHAR: That`s good.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: And we like that rule.

BEHAR: But what about the fact that these sports guys who are out
there having girls that are throwing themselves at them? Doesn`t that,
you know, enter into the little nervous about letting them out there?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: For me, like, I never would have married Lamar even
that was fast if I didn`t trust him 100 percent. I couldn`t do that to
myself emotionally. And I feel like if you start believing, is he
cheating, is he cheating? Questioning. One, that`s not the way I want
to live my life, I`m 26 (ph). That means that for the next 50 years,
I`m going to be thinking that. I`m not going to do that to myself. And
two, if you start believing it, you`re going to manifest it and I feel
like make it happen one day. I`m a very positive person.

BEHAR: But what do you think about like Eva Longoria? She didn`t seem
to have a clue that Tony Parker was cheating on her with a lot of
women it turns out, I think, allegedly. What do you think about that,
that she didn`t really get it?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I mean, I don`t know.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Well, you never know when you`re in that situation or
any situation. I don`t think anyone can really comment on like other
people`s relationships, but I know that I wouldn`t be in one and Khloe
wouldn`t be married, you know, unless, you did feel that way.

BEHAR: You like athletes also, right?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Sometimes.

BEHAR: A lot of them.

KIM KARDASHIAN: A lot of them?

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: You don`t tend to like them?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I don`t think I`ve ever liked an athlete.

BEHAR: Yes, but has Brett Favre ever faxed a picture of his penis to you?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes, he has.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: Really?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes. I have it in my phone.

BEHAR: She`s kidding.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: It was actually just his balls, Kourtney.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: What makes a man like Brett Favre think that that is a turn-on
for a woman to get that picture, may I ask?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: What idiot does something like that? Like, why do
you do that like you`re going to get caught? Doy.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: All right. So, you girls are not worried about that. You`re not
worried about groupies coming on to your men?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Honey, they should be worried about groupies coming on to me.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: You go, girl. I like that.

KIM KARDASHIAN: The male groupies.

BEHAR: Now, you said, Kim, in an interview, that you thought you`d be
married by now?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Yes, you know, if you would ask me, I`m sure there`s a
ton of interviews from, you know, even five years ago where you would
be at 30.

BEHAR: But you were married at 19, right?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I was married, yes. So, I already got one, you know, in the can.

BEHAR: One down, how many to go?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Twenty more to go.

KIM KARDASHIAN: One more to go. You live and you learn. But I think
that I also wouldn`t have thought that I would, you know, have a
fragrance and a book and so many other amazing things.

BEHAR: You have a very successful show. You girls are very good
business people. See, you`re making a lot of money. How much is the
Kardashian brand worth would you say now?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: A true woman never tells.

BEHAR: A true woman asks the question.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: And you are a true woman. It`s (INAUDIBLE) my friend.

BEHAR: Does it bother you when people say you`re famous for being famous?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I don`t even know what that means, and I
literally have heard it, I think, 25 times today. No, but I`m like,
that`s like what people say when they think of us as like famous for
being famous.

BEHAR: I know that you`ve heard the question, but —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes, yes, yes.

BEHAR: Does it bug you? It would bug me.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: It doesn`t bother me. I don`t really understand —

KIM KARDASHIAN: It really doesn`t bother me.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes, it doesn`t bother me. I think that we`ve like
proven ourselves, and we`ve had our stores before the TV show. We
worked so hard. But I mean, people are always going to — like you
said, they`re going to think what they want and believe what they
want. I don`t care why you think I`m famous. You`re still buying my
products.

BEHAR: Do you worry that, you know, when Andy Warhol said that
everybody in America is going to have 15 minutes of fame, eventually.
Do you worry that your 15 minutes could be over at some point?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I really don`t think that we, you know, mind it, to be
honest. I think that we are having so much fun. When it stops being
fun, when the show is just not fun, we`ll stop the show. But I think
if we were to just snap back and it would all go away today, —

BEHAR: Yes, what would you do?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Well, we have our clothing stores and we have
businesses that we started way before.

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: OK. We`ll have much more with the lovely Kardashian girls on
the way. Stick around.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I have a little anxiety.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Calm down.

KIM KARDASHIAN: You look gorgeous. Your dress is stunning.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let`s do it.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Let`s do it. I`m getting married!

(CHEERING)

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: We`re standing in the guest house and I see my
sisters and everyone walking out one by one. I`m like losing each one.
We`re getting a little bit closer, a little bit closer. I`m just
getting more and more anxious.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BEHAR: OK. That was a clip from “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” when
Khloe got married, and the sisters are back with me. What were you
going to say about her how many times she`s going to get married?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I said, well, Kourtney and I and my mom — because I
was saying my mom and I — my mom`s like I just want Kim to have a
boyfriend. And I was like, honestly, I think Kim is like —

KIM KARDASHIAN: I mean, what is this?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: She`s just crazy.

(CROSSTALK)

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I said that I think Kim is like Elizabeth Taylor. I
think she`s going to be married like eight glamorous times, but — I
think like just dripping in diamonds and —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Emeralds.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Just like every 20-carat engagement ring I say is
going to be on her —

KIM KARDASHIAN: No. I`ll have (ph) one more.

BEHAR: Do you have any aspirations to be an actress?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I do.

BEHAR: I can se you playing Cleopatra.

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: But you have to act.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I used to be on “One Life to Live.”

BEHAR: Good for you.

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: You have? Very good. So, what about you? You want to be an
actress or no? She just has to make the money, this one.

KIM KARDASHIAN: She wants to be a housewife.

BEHAR: Now, you know, in this book, which is quite attractive, by the
way, I must tell you —

KARDASHIAN SISTERS: Thank you.

BEHAR: You write a lot about your father, Robert Kardashian, who died
in 2003, and your parents divorced when you were all very young,
right? So, that must have been hard for you. I mean, how old were you,
4 years old?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I was like 4 or 5.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I was 11.

KIM KARDASHIAN: I was 10. And, you know, in the book, we kind of give
advice on how to really deal with situations like that and all three
of us dealt with it so differently. Khloe was, you know, kind of
oblivious to it. I was OK with it. And Kourtney had a really, really
hard time with it.

BEHAR: You had a hard time. How old were you?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Eleven.

BEHAR: My daughter was 11. It`s the tough time to go through divorce.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: And I think, for me, just adapting to Bruce
because he and my mom met —

BEHAR: Bruce Jenner who is now your stepfather?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes. They got married six months after my parents
got a divorce.

BEHAR: Oh.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: And Bruce couldn`t be a nicer guy, but I hated
him. I was so mean to him.

BEHAR: What did you do to him?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Everything.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Scratch him.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Kourtney would only wear black like she was — he
has literally scars on his hand from Kourtney would like dig her nails
into him.

BEHAR: What do you mean she would only wear black? What do you mean?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: One day, I decided to wear black around the
house. And they think — they say that I did it for months. It was one
day, because I was being dramatic.

BEHAR: It felt like months.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I was 4.

KIM KARDASHIAN (ph): Why are you guys listening to me?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: And they say that I was like dramatic. I decided
to be like annoying —

(CROSSTALK)

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: And wear black.

BEHAR: So, you were acting out against your stepfather?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: You were 4 years old and probably —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: She loved Bruce right away.

BEHAR: Did you?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I mean, he was just different from my dad. My dad
was really fun and always silly, but Bruce was just like an athletic
different guy who wore like Reebok pumps. My dad was like a
businessman. I don`t know. It was just like a totally two —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Those shoes.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: And I used to sit on his feet.

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: And how about you?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I mean, I loved my new stepbrothers and sisters. I
thought it was like so cool having brothers for the first time.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: You have a brother.

KIM KARDASHIAN: I know. But he was so much younger.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: He was 2.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Very weird.

BEHAR: She prefers her stepbrothers to her natural brother.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Having brothers for the first time.

KIM KARDASHIAN: You know what I mean. They were like old enough.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I wonder if Robert will know what you mean when he hears this.

BEHAR: OK. Also in the book, you write about your dad being friends
with O.J. Simpson which was an interesting part of the book. You used
to call O.J. Uncle O.J.

KARDASHIAN SISTERS: Yes.

BEHAR: Tell me about that time in your family. What was that like?
Because I know that he — did he — the bronco chase started at your
house, correct?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Started at my dad`s house, but that was probably the
worst time in all of our lives because my mom was best friends with
Nicole and she thought wholeheartedly that O.J. was guilty. And then
my dad was best friends with O.J. So, our family was really divided
during this time, and it was really hard on us as kids because we were
never told to pick sides, but we felt like we kind of had to.

BEHAR: So, did you?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I was younger but —

KIM KARDASHIAN: Kourtney and I chose to pick my dad`s side because he
felt like he was by himself. And my mom had remarried and she had this
like support system, and my dad was kind of all by himself. So, we
always like respected him as, you know, a father and a businessman.
So, we just thought our dad was always right.

BEHAR: So, you thought O.J. was not guilty.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Exactly.

BEHAR: Because your father you thought believed that.

KIM KARDASHIAN: We just believed in what my father believed in, and we
kind of wanted to be there for him.

BEHAR: And you did not?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I was so much younger, but I was really, really good
friends with Sydney, their daughter. So, I would always go and see her
at her grandparents to, you know, keep her company. I don`t know. I
don`t really think I had an opinion. I respected my dad`s voice —

KIM KARDASHIAN: They kept it away from the younger kids, too.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: They weren`t allowed to watch TV. Nothing like that.

BEHAR: I think that that was probably a difficult time for you.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Absolutely.

BEHAR: That had to be hard, because — what do you think now? In
retrospect? Is he guilty or not?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I don`t really have an opinion. I don`t really care to
ever think about it.

BEHAR: What (INAUDIBLE) Kim, come on.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Just the same way. I think it`s so close and emotional.

BEHAR: You can`t make a decision.

KIM KARDASHIAN: We can`t really go there.

BEHAR: And you, same thing?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Same thing. I just feel like, you know, we don`t
know what happened, but the fact that he`s back in jail, I think
that`s a sign of karma like why would — I don`t know. I just feel
like signs and – – I don`t know. I don`t know if he did it or not, but
the fact that he`s back in jail just raises some awareness in my head.

BEHAR: Interesting that you just don`t want to go there, the three of you.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Everyone asks me all the time.

BEHAR: I will just psychoanalyze you for a second. I think you`re just
feeling you want to be loyal to your father right now.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Probably.

BEHAR: That`s how it looks to me right now.

KIM KARDASHIAN: And I`m friends with his children and I speak to his
children, so I never want to, you know disrespect them.

BEHAR: You say what you want to say, but that`s where I think you`re
at. It`s like, you know, daddy`s not here any more, leave it alone.
OK. Now, Khloe, let`s talk about your virginity.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Oh, my God. I thought you were going to say vagina.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: Listen, you know, on this show, we can go there.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: I know. That`s why I thought you`re going to say it.

BEHAR: Virginity, losing is it more important than a vagina at the moment.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: OK.

BEHAR: You were 14 — I heard this this morning.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: You were 14 and you lost it to an older guy. We only have 30 seconds?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: This is too much for 30 seconds.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: When we come back, we`re going to find out all about Khloe`s virginity.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Or vagina.

BEHAR: I`m back with the delightful Kardashian sisters. So come on, Khloe.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Spill it.

BEHAR: Spill it, girl.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Well, yes, I felt the need to put that in there
because I have little sisters. And my situation was not a good
situation. I was 14 years old, and I was dating an 18-year-old boy,
which now I look back and I think that`s disgusting, but then, I
thought it was really cool and dating an older guy and I just felt
cool. Basically, I got pressured into having sex. I wasn`t ready. I
barely knew my own body.

BEHAR: Who pressured you?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: The guy. He did. And I felt like if I didn`t, I
would not be cool or this guy wouldn`t want to talk to me any more.
And I feel like so many girls do things either sexually or even with
cliques, if they`re just girls, you know, just hanging out, they do
think like they`re doing drugs or just because they feel pressured.
After I did that and my parents forbid me to see this guy, I snuck
around for two months hanging out with him, and then —

BEHAR: They found out?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: They found out. And they were like — it was the
worst thing that happened in my life at that moment.

BEHAR: What did they say to him? Did anybody, you know, did they
confront the guy?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Oh, yes. My dad said he`s calling the police and all
this kind of stuff. My dad was ballistic about it.

BEHAR: Statutory rape.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Yes. I know my dad went crazy on them. And then, you
know, after two months, I really felt really awful about myself. And I
stopped talking to the guy again. And I didn`t have sex for the next
three years just because I didn`t feel comfortable with my own body. I
didn`t like I knew myself and then being out of that environment, I
knew I did the wrong thing, and I was kind of forced to have sex.

BEHAR: Well, you know, it`s a common story, I think. Young girls are
having sex much earlier than they ever did. I mean, I was 21 when I
lost my virginity. OK. There you have it.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: That was ridiculous. That`s a little old for even those days. I
mean, I think Betsy Ross got laid sooner than I did. Anyway, —

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: How about you? When did you lose your virginity? Let`s just
have a girl thing here now. Come on.

(CROSSTALK)

KIM KARDASHIAN: I don`t know. I think it`s like super personal.

BEHAR: All right. Then don`t tell me. What about you?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: I was 16.

BEHAR: You were 16?

KIM KARDASHIAN: That`s pretty normal.

BEHAR: You were between the two?

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Don`t lie. You were 10.

(LAUGHTER)

BEHAR: So you were 15. She was 14, she was 16, you were 15. All right.
You girls are quite advanced.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Yes. You know how we do it.

BEHAR: You know what, it`s al L.A. L.A., that`s what it`s all about.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Is it?

BEHAR: No, I`m just kidding.

(CROSSTALK)

KIM KARDASHIAN: I had a boyfriend for five years.

BEHAR: You had a boyfriend for five years?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: But I mean, if you have daughters, you have a little boy, right?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: Boys are so much easier. They can (EXPLETIVE
DELETED) whoever they want and you don`t care.

BEHAR: Not necessarily true.

(CROSSTALK)

BEHAR: First of all, they get a girl pregnant, you know it`s not —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Imagine the stuff we warned Rob about, you know?
So it`s not that easy.

KIM KARDASHIAN: As long as you make them use a condom then you don`t
really care about guys —

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Well, you can`t sit in the room and make them do anything.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: You can`t? Who knew?

BEHAR: I don`t have to much time, 30 seconds. But the press is always
comparing the three of you. This one`s got this. This one`s got this.
Doesn`t that annoy you?

KHLOE KARDASHIAN: A 100% it annoys us, but, I mean, at the same time
we are not insecure with who we are as women. And we love each other
so much. I`m so happy for everything she is going on and she is going
on. It doesn`t bother me.

KIM KARDASHIAN: We`re all like in such different places on our lives
and phases that, you know, we`re happy for each other.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Kim and Khloe know that I`m the smartest so —

BEHAR: So, there you have it.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN: Yes.

BEHAR: All righty. Their new book is “Kardashian Konfidential.” Pick
it up. It`s very cute. Good night, everybody. Thank you, girls. Lovely
to see you.

KARDASHIAN SISTERS: Thank you.

From: A. Papazian

Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 10 2010

Azerbaijan sends protest letter to European Parliament president

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 10 /Trend, S.Agayeva/

Azerbaijani mission to the EU has sent a protest letter to the
President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek in connection with the
demonstration of a film, based on false materials, during a meeting of
the Armenian delegation with the representatives of European
Parliament, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov
told Trend on Friday.
According to him, the document has also been sent to the Chairman of
Committee on Cooperation with South Caucasus countries. The letter
also points to the inadmissibility of such propaganda of the Armenian
side.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the United
States – are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation ofNagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.

From: A. Papazian

Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 10 2010

Azerbaijani official: Azerbaijan reserves right to liberate occupied
territories

by M. Aliyev, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan

Dec. 10–EDITOR’s NOTE: Official’s quote added

Azerbaijan reserves the right to liberate the occupied territories in
accordance with international law, Azerbaijani First Deputy
Parliamentary Speaker Ziyafet Askerov said today.

“Azerbaijan’s economy should be placed on wartime footing, especially
our industries,”he said.

Askerov chairs the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee.

The international community has once again proven its inability to
influence Armenia, he said, and Azerbaijan reserves the right to
liberate the occupied territories using economic or military means.

“You will be convinced of this in the coming months,” he added.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group — Russia, France, and the United
States — are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.

Askerov also accused the OSCE Minsk Group of inactivity.

According to the official, the group has confined itself to only
making statements. These statements are not followed by concrete
actions and have no power, he said.

From: A. Papazian