Author: Babajanian Karo

THE BOOK ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY HASSAN CEMAL HAS BECOME A BESTSELLER IN TURKEY

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The book about the Armenian Genocide
by Turkish journalist Hassan Cemal has become a bestseller in Turkey.

This proves the growing interest of the Turkish society towards the
Armenian issue. As reports “Armenpress” Turkish Today’s Zaman review
has written an article about this. The book entitled “1915: Armenian
Genocide” and published last month was in no way prosecuted in Turkey.

In his article in Zaman communist Å~^ahin Alpay writes about the book
of commentator of Milliyet newspaper Hassan Cemal, who is the grandson
of Jemal Pasha – one of the key figures in the Government of the
Young Turks. The columnist is also citing a quote by Hrant Dink: “One
should neither refute nor accept it. All you need is to know it.” The
columnist states: “I believe that these words are still actual.”

HYEAID CONCERT TO ASSIST SYRIAN ARMENIANS SET FOR NOVEMBER 11

October 29th, 2012 | Posted by Contributor Share Print

SARF concert is scheduled for Nov. 11

One Heart-One Soul: Lets Unite and Help!

PASADENA-The ongoing critical situation in Syria has placed the
subsistence of Syrian Armenian population in jeopardy. As they struggle
to live through a very difficult situation, life for us Americans and
particularly those living in Southern California seems to continue
as before. Let us unite and help as one heart and one soul.

The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund, in association with Artists for Kids,
has organized a charity concert to be held on November 11, 2012, at 7
pm, at the Pasadena Civic. Armenian artists are coming together to do
their part to raise awareness for the needs of the Syrian Armenians;
Southern Californians can make their way to Pasadena and show their
support for the Syrian Armenians.

Serj Tankian and his father Khatchadour Tankian will be performing,
along with Ruben Hakhverdyan, Arto Tunchboyachiyan, Lilit Pipoyan
(from Armenia), Armen Movsisyan, Vicken Tarpinyan (from France),
Sebu Simonian, Element and Viza bands, The Dirty Diamond, Hi-Am
Quartet, and others. The variety of musical styles will satisfy all
who appreciate music as a means to reach and touch hearts, who care
about the well being of other human beings.

The concert grand sponsors are Karoun Dairies in Sun Valley, and
Vahan and Anoush Chamlian Armenian School in Glendale.

Tickets are available from on-line outlets and by telephone,
itsmyseat.com/HyeAid, 855-4HyeAid (855-449-3243) and Ticketmaster.com.

Arpi Barsoumian can be reached at 818-500-9997 or 626-255-2683
regarding tickets as well.

The fundraising for the Syrian Armenians is ongoing. Last August, an
Executive Committee was set up by ten churches, charity and leading
organizations operating in the Western U.S.A. in order to conduct
fundraising. The Executive Committee of the Syrian Armenian Relief
Fund already transferred $100,000, from the raised funds, to assist
the Armenian population in Syria.

The latest fundraiser held for the Fund was held at the Pasadena
Armenian Center on October 26, 2012, under auspices of Prelate Arch.

Moushegh Mardirossian. The program featured performances by Harout
Pamboukjian, Koko Hayitian, Shahe Sakayan, Gagig Badalian and the
Bel Canto String Quartet.

Dinner fundraisers were also held at the AGBU Center in Pasadena
for the AGBU Lazar Najarian Alumni Association and Koko’s Middle
Eastern Restaurant in Van Nuys on October 14, 2012. Another dinner
fundraiser, sponsored by the Mediterranean Bistro in Northridge,
was held on October 8, 2012.

The South Bay community will hold a breakfast fundraiser on Sunday,
November 4, 2012, at 10:30 am, at the Armenian Center, 2222 Lomita
Blvd., Lomita, CA.

The San Francisco community will hold a fundraiser on Sunday, November
18, 2012 at 5 pm, at the Khachaturian Armenian Community Center,
Saroyan Hall, 825 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA.

For those who have other commitments on Veterans Day,
tax-deductible credit card contributions are still accepted at
or checks can be mailed to Syrian
Armenian Relief Fund, P.O. Box 1948, Glendale, CA 91209-1948.

The following churches, charities and organizations came together on
August 14, 2012 in Glendale, California, to form the Syrian Armenian
Relief Fund: Armenian Catholic Eparchy in North America; Armenian
Evangelical Union of North America; Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church; Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America;
Armenian General Benevolent Union; Armenian Missionary Association
of America; Armenian Relief Society of Western U.S.A.; Armenian
Democratic Liberal Party; Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Western
U.S.A.; and Social Democrat Hunchakian Party-Western U.S.A.

ELDAR SABIROGHLU: “WE ARE TARGETING AN ARMENIAN FACILITY, WHICH WE CAN HIT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES”

APA
Oct 30 2012
Azerbaijan

Terter. Rashad Suleymanov-APA. “Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces are capable
of protecting its strategic facilities.

Our radar system can detect and immediately render harmless the
missile launched by the enemy. We are targeting an Armenian facility,
which we can hit within a few minutes. This casts doubt upon the fate
of Armenia as a state,” spokesman for Defense Ministry, Colonel Eldar
Sabiroghlu said at the press conference on the frontline in Terter,
APA reports.

Eldar Sabiroghlu said Azerbaijan has military attaches and
representatives in 21 countries, military cooperation with 53
countries, the personnel of the armed forces are in line with NATO
standards.

“The military higher school has developed so much that persons from
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are studying here. Several other
countries have applied for education. The officers of our armed forces
are serving at NATO missions as NATO officers. Their number is
increasing. The officer of Azerbaijani Naval Forces will be sent to
the headquarters of the Naval Forces in Norfolk, UK. Preparations are
underway,” he said.

FOREIGN MINISTRY: ISRAEL CONSIDERS AZERBAIJAN AS STRATEGIC PARTNER

Trend Daily News (Azerbaijan)
October 29, 2012 Monday 9:37 PM GMT +4

Israel considers Azerbaijan as a strategic partner in the South
Caucasus and will always stick to this position, deputy director of
the Department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Central Asia and
the Caucasus Alex Goldman-Shayman said on Monday at a meeting with
Azerbaijani journalists.

“Political relations between the two countries have always been good,
and economic relations have reached a high level on their background,”
the spokesman of the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.

He noted that the energy cooperation plays an important role in the
economic relations.

“The positions of the two countries agree on many key issues, which
are of interest to the policy of Azerbaijan and Israel,” he said.

“Israel, as the conflict-affected country, understands the pain of
Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and always supported
the efforts for a peaceful resolution of this problem,” director of
the department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Eurasia Oded Joseph
said in an interview with Azerbaijani journalists.

Israeli Foreign Ministry is also against illegal visits to the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan.

“The ministry warned its citizens of it and encouraged to abandon
such visits,” Joseph said.

Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have increased considerably
since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries.

The two countries are cooperating in many areas.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR: KARABAKH CONFLICT SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY PEACEFUL MEANS

Trend
Oct 30 2012
Azerbaijan

The Karabakh conflict has no other means of settlement except those
that are peaceful, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud said
at a meeting with Yerevan State University students on Tuesday,
Novosti-Armenia reported.

“There is no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, and co-chair countries of OSCE Minsk Group are working hard
to solve the problem. However, in reality, no one but the Armenian
and Azerbaijani sides will be able to solve it,” Renaud said.

He added that, there is no universal recipe of conflict settlement
in the world, as each conflict has its own specific characteristics.

“I realize that it is very difficult, however, the Karabakh conflict
should be resolved,” the ambassador said.

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 7 surrounding districts.

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

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

YEREVAN HOST CONFERENCE ON MONEY TRANSFERS IN CIS

UzDaily (English)
October 29, 2012 Monday 6:39 PM GMT
Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com)

A conference “Money transfers in CIS: perspectives for development,
new trends and technologies” was held in Yerevan, Armenia, on 25-27
October 2012.

The event was organized by the money transfer system UNISTREAM,
Central Bank of Armenia at the support of IAMTN.

The event attracted over 150 delegates from Central Banks of various
countries, international organizations, banking unions, payment
systems, heads of banks of Russia, CIS and Georgia, as well as Baltic
States, companies, providing technologic solutions for banking sector.

At the event, the participants discussed perspectives and technologies
for further development of money transfer market. During the event,
the sides considered legislative regulation of the market, banking
supervision, peculiarities of local laws in CIS, Georgia and Baltic
states, as well as existing tools for transparency and efficiency of
the market.

The conference also discussed introduction of IT and new technologies,
and innovations to the industry.

SHENGAVIT COURT PRESIDENT’S HEFTY BANK ACCOUNT
Ruben Vardanyan

16:09, October 26, 2012

According to RA law, all judges, their spouses and dependent children,
must file annual financial disclosure statements.

Here’s what Sourik Kostanyan (President of the Shengavit District
Court) has officially declared.

Kostanyan has served as Shengavit president since January 2006. Before
this, he served as President of the Erebouni and Noubarashen Court.

In 2005, he declared 4,080,227 AMD in revenues; consisting of his
wages.

In 2011, he declared 9,078,639 AMD in revenues; consisting of his
salary and other payments.

At the start of 2011, Kostanyan had 16,500,000 AMD in bank deposits,
which increased to 20 million by year’s end. He also had $20,000
which remained unchanged.

His wife Arousyak declared a salary of 400,000 AMD in 2011 and 3
million AMD in the bank. She had an additional deposit of $3,000
which rose to $3,500 by year’s end.

TURKISH SPECIAL SERVICES SAY ARMENIA HAS GIVEN START TO INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF NKR

17:06 29.10.2012

Armenia has given a start to the international recognition of Nagorno
Karabakh, Turkish media report, quoting the special services of
the country.

According to the data of the Turkish special services, Armenia has
started working in that direction with the countries of Latin America,
Africa and Oceania. “An evidence of this are the Armenian Foreign
Minister’s visits to the countries of Latin and Central America and
the meetings with representatives of the Armenian Diaspora, during
which the Minister was urging to take active steps in that direction.”

“The Armenian Diaspora sees the establishment of the second Armenian
state and thus exerting pressure on Turkey and Azerbaijan as its main
task,” reports Regnum, quoting Turkish media.

ONE INJURED IN YEREVAN BUILDING COLLAPSE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

news.am
October 29, 2012 | 15:55

YEREVAN. – One of the nine people, who were injured as a result of
the October 25 collapse of a semi-constructed building at the heart
of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan, is still in stable but critical
condition at a hospital reanimation ward. Five others are continuing to
be treated in other wards, the Health Ministry press service informs.

Also, one of the two persons, who sustained injuries as a result of
the October 25 elevator accident that occurred in a newly constructed
building in Yerevan, is in average stable condition at another
hospital reanimation ward. The second injured, on the other hand,
is in a relatively better condition and he is receiving treatment at
the surgery department.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a construction crew of
eleven remained under the debris as a result of the October 25 collapse
of a building in downtown Yerevan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations
received a call at 1:10pm informing that firemen and rescuers were
needed. Subsequently, the firemen and rescuers were dispatched to
the scene.

Identities of the nine injured are made public, and they are as
follows: Kamo Kagramanov, 50, Arman, 40, Arman Grigoryan, 25, Arsen
Hayrapetyan, 30, Nahapet Badalyan, Volodya Matevosyan, Sirak Tovmasyan,
Edik Sukiasyan, 30, and Robert Arakelyan, 53.

A criminal case has been launched on charges of violation of the
employment protection rules.

Separately, a Yerevan building elevator’s cable had snapped from
the building’s seventeenth floor and, as a result, the elevator had
fallen on the persons who were working in the elevator shaft. MES had
received this information on October 25 at 5:22pm. Also, it was found
out that the elevator was not registered in the MES records and it
had not undergone an inspection. Two died and two others sustained
injuries in the mishap.

ARMENIAN SCIENCE NOT ‘POOR RELATION’ NOW – SCHOLAR

tert.am
29.10.12

Pavel Avetisyan, Director of the Institute of Archeology and
Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (ANAS), is
content with the financing.

Since 2007, the institute has been able to conduct almost full-scale
field research and organize research expeditions.

Wrong is the opinion that the institute largely carries out research
under grant program, Avetisyan said.

“The funds enable us to stop being a ‘poor relation.’ As to grant
programs, we have co-funding in cooperation with different research
centers, and the funds are largely directed to analyses made abroad,”
Avetisyan said.

Science is most expensive. Specifically, the Institute of Archeology
and Ethnography, spends a huge amount of materials and fuel during
field research. All the archeological finds need to be classified,
analyzed and recorded as museum exhibits.

This year the institute has received a total of AMD 270m, with AMD
120-130m spent on field research.

In recent years, the financing of science has constituted about 1%
of the state budget. Next year, budget revenues are expected to
increase by 13.2%, and science budget by 11%.

With respect to scientists’ salaries, the highest monthly salary is
AMD 60-70 thousand ($150-170).