Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
March 2 2014

Zirve Publishing House, Dink, Santoro murders carried out by TUSHAD,
says prosecutor

2 March 2014 /TODAY’S ZAMAN.COM, ?Ä?°STANBUL

A prosecutor’s report stated that three high-profile murders in the
country were ordered by the National Strategies and Operations
Department of Turkey (TUSHAD), according to Turkish news outlets on
Sunday.

The report, which was issued by the public prosecutor of the Malatya
3rd High Criminal Court, alleges that the Zirve Publishing House
massacre, the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and the
killing of Italian Catholic priest Andrea Santoro had all been
orchestrated by TUSHAD.

Three employees of the Christian Zirve Publishing House were tortured
and murdered in 2007 in the province of Malatya. Dink was murdered by
a young ultranationalist outside his office in ?Ä?°stanbul, while Santoro
was killed in a church in the eastern Black Sea province of Trabzon in
2006.

There was extensive speculation that the murders were linked as they
had occurred approximately within a year of each other and targeted
Christians.

TUSHAD is an alleged clandestine organization under the umbrella of
the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) which prosecutors in the Ergenekon
trials argued was founded by retired Gen. Hur?Å?it Tolon. Tolon, who was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ergenekon trials last year,
denied that the organization exists.

From: Baghdasarian

BoxRec News
March 2 2014

DeGale stops Khatchikian; could face Bika for WBC title next

Submitted by Danny Wright on Sun, 02/03/2014 – 08:15.

James DeGale could be challenging for the WBC super middleweight
championship in his next fight after a confident display against
Gevorg Khatchikian, stopping the formerly unbeaten Armenian in the
eleventh round at the City Academy, Bristol.

In the opener, DeGale (12st) put pressure on Khatchikian (11st 10lbs)
and got through with a couple of cuffing jab-cum-hooks which
Khatchikian looked embarrassed to have eaten, but the Armenian was
more aggressive and industrious in the second. A head clash opened a
cut above DeGale’s left eye, and he got caught with a few counters in
the third, but turned on the style for the remainder of the round,
switching for southpaw to orthodox repeatedly.

Khatchikian had moments of success in the fourth too, but DeGale
seemed content to walk through his shots and made a fast start to the
fifth and sixth rounds, which he dominated.

Khatchikian’s brightest spell came in the seventh, when he put DeGale
in retreat and got through with an uppercut and a right hand counter
which started a brief period of control, taking the round with DeGale
on the back foot.

The Olympic champion made a tentative, back foot start to the eighth,
but was soon on the advance again and had a busy round which saw
Khatchikian in trouble on the ropes with DeGale launching rhythmic
shots and looking for a finish.

Mark Green had another look towards the end of the ninth when
Khatchikian’s head was rocked back by fast combinations, but the
visitor gamely came forward in the tenth and DeGale cruised, waving
him on and slipping his shots with hands down at distance. DeGale
produced an eye-catching counter left which spun Khatchikian around,
and was having little trouble avoiding the Armenian’s shots.

Khatchikian had proved much tougher than expected, but in the
eleventh, DeGale stepped it up and placed a right hook to the body
which finally put Khatchikian down. He rose at eight, and DeGale
followed up with another right hook to the body to send him down
again. Referee Mark Green waved it off as he rose at 2.58.

With Khatchikian (now 20-1) taken care of, purse bids for the final
eliminator between DeGale (18-1) and Swedish Gambian Badou Jack were
supposed to take place on March 14, but Jack was sensationally stopped
in the first round of his ‘warm up’ against Dereck ‘The Black Lion’
Edwards at the Turning Stone Resort in New York on Friday.

Promoter Mick Hennessy revealed the latest: “Both myself and the
British Boxing Board of Control have today made representation to the
WBC’s new president Mauricio Sulaiman for James to be installed as the
mandatory challenger to Sakio Bika (WBC Champion). The Board have
backed it up. James has got a strong case.

“I would imagine there is going to be some urgency around it because
it’s the second time this has happened to James, and the title really
needs to be defended by Bika, so they need a mandatory. James is the
best challenger out there.

“The only other option I can see, and it shouldn’t come to this, is
Chavez Jnr (No.1 in the WBC’s rankings). We’ve already said we’d take
that as a final eliminator”

From: Baghdasarian

Present Government can’t last long

16:42 | March 1,2014 | Politics

HAK member, economist Vahagn Khachatryan presented the economic
situation from 2008 till today.

According to him, six years ago the RA authorities refused the
peaceful solution of after-election situation and happened what
happened, “Six years nothing was done to discover March 1st events.”-
he said.

“246 thousand people left country during 2008-2013. The state debt is
4.5 billion AMD. The Government couldn’t overcome economic crisis.”

He once again reminded how people were robbed during the last year,
“New gas price, then the deal of “Hayrusgasard”, new electricity
price, payable parking areas in Yerevan, so called red lines,
mandatory funded pension system, speedometers, video-recorders, huge
fines for traffic rules.”

According to the economist, present authorities are not eternal and
they also know that they can’t last long.

“There is one way to get out of this situation: make this anti-state
political system leave peacefully and give opportunity to the citizens
to form their Government through elections,”- noted HAK member Vahagn
Khachatryan.

From: Baghdasarian

Arthur Abraham defeats Robert Stieglitz to regain WBO title

10:40 * 02.03.14

In a 12-round rematch in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday night, super
middleweight Arthur Abraham defeated Robert Stieglitz by split
decision, ringtv.craveonline.com reports.

Their first meeting took place in March of last year, which Stieglitz
won by fourth-round TKO to take Abraham’s WBO belt.

German promoter Sauerland Events released the following press statement:

“Arthur Abraham (39-4, 28 KOs) regained the WBO super middleweight
title with a split-decision victory over Robert Stieglitz (46-4, 26
KOs) tonight in Magdeburg.

“Abraham looked close to forcing the stoppage, dropping the defending
champion in the final round. However Stieglitz was able to hold on and
take the fight to the judges’ scorecards.

“The judges scored the fight 114-111, 115-110, and 112-113 in favor of
‘The King,’ who avenged the loss he suffered to Stieglitz last year
and became a world champion for a third time.

“Abraham will return to action on May 31st, when he will make the
first defense of his newly won title. The opponent and venue will be
announced shortly.”

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: Baghdasarian

REVUE DE PRESSE
Au Kurdistan turc, le prudent retour d’exilés assyriens

Vingt ans après avoir été chassées de Turquie, des familles
assyriennes chrétiennes sont revenues s’installer dans leur village.
En dépit d’actes hostiles à leur égard, ils espèrent que leur minorité
aura pleinement droit de cité.

Le Tur Abdin, littéralement “la montagne des serviteurs de Dieu”, est
un plateau aride situé au Kurdistan turc, à la frontière avec la
Syrie. Autrefois majoritaires dans cette région, les Assyriens – des
chrétiens orthodoxes de rite syriaque, liés à l’Eglise d’Antioche -,
ne sont plus aujourd’hui que 2 000 à y vivre. Ils ont d’abord été
victimes du génocide de 1915-1916 contre les minorités arméniennes,
grecques et assyriennes : plus de la moitié du million d’Assyriens
vivant dans l’ancien empire ottoman en 1914 y ont péri. Ils ont
ensuite été pris en tenaille, dans les années 1970, dans le conflit
entre les militants du PKK (parti indépendantiste kurde) et les
militaires turcs. Les survivants ont fui vers l’Allemagne, la Suisse
et, dans une moindre mesure, vers la Suède et la France. Une vingtaine
de familles ont néanmoins décidé de revenir sur leurs terres
ancestrales du plateau Tur Abdin, encouragées par l’invitation au
retour lancée aux Assyriens de l’étranger par l’ancien premier
ministre turc Bulent Ecevit, en 2001 à Oslo (Norvège). C’est le cas de
la famille Demir, dont les membres étaient dispersés dans plusieurs
pays. Le premier fut Garabet Demir, exilé depuis 20 ans à Stuttgart
(Allemagne), revenu en d’éclaireur pour tter le terrain. Il fut suivi
en 2006 par son frère Israil, lui aussi expatrié à Stuttgart ainsi que
par leur cousin Aziz, installés à Zurich (Suisse), et leurs proches.

Leur village d’origine, Kafro, est situé à une trentaine de kilomètres
de la ville de Midyat (60 000 habitants), au coeur du Tur Abdin. En
1994, date à laquelle le village avait été déserté, la zone avait été
décrétée interdite par l’armée, alors en guerre avec le PKK. >, raconte Garabet Demir, balayant d’un geste
les ruines de l’ancien village. Outre leurs imposantes villas
clôturées, les revenants ont bti une église, une école et même une
petite pizzeria.

POUR LIRE LA SUITE CLIQUER SUR LE LIEN

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BOXE
Arthur Abraham reprend son titre de champion du monde

L’Arménien qui combat sous les couleurs de l’Allemagne, Arthur
Abraham, l’ancien champion des poids super-moyens de la WBO a repris
son titre en battant l’Allemand Robert Stieglitz par décision partagée
des juges, hier soir à Magdebourg (Allemagne). Au terme des 12 rounds,
deux des trois juges ont donné Arthur Abraham gagnant 114-111 et
115-110, tandis que troisième donnait Robert Stieglitz vainqueur d’un
petit point (113-112). Abraham qui a expédia Stieglitz au tapis au 12e
et dernier round a basculé le combat. A 34 ans, Arthur Abraham (39
victoire dont 28 par KO et 4 défaites), surnommé “King Arthur” (Roi
Arthur) reconquiert ainsi son titre de champion du monde.

Rappelons qu’Arthur Abraham (Avédik Abrahamian) est né à Erévan
(Arménie) le 20 février 1980. Il vit actuellement à Berlin
(Allemagne).

Krikor Amirzayan

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POGROMS ANTI-ARMENIENS DE SOUMGAÏT
Les jeunes Arméniens ont manifesté devant l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan à
Washington pour dénoncer les pogromes anti-arméniens de Soumgaït

Le 28 février un groupe de plusieurs dizaines de manifestants
Arméniens -jeunes pour la plupart- de la Fédération de la jeunesse
arménienne, ont protesté devant l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan à Washington
(Etats-Unis) contre le violences anti-arméniennes exécutées par Bakou
à Soumgaït en février 1988 ainsi qu’à Bakou, Kirovabad ou Chahoumian.
Cette manifestation de Fédération de la jeunesse arménienne visait à
protester à l’occasion du 26e anniversaire des pogroms anti-arméniens
de Soumgaït exécutés par les autorités de l’Azerbaïdjan contre la
population civile de la ville. Ils manifestaient également à
l’occasion du 10e anniversaire de l’assassinat du lieutenant arménien
Gourgen Margaryan par le > azéri Ramil Safarov à Budapest
(Hongrie), à coup de hache, alors que l’officier arménien était dans
son sommeil. A noter que la police américaine a du intervenir
lorsqu’un petit groupe de contre-manifestants azéris désirait attaquer
le groupe de manifestants arméniens. Certains de ces
contre-manifestants azéris effectuant de leur main le signe des loups
gros de l’extrême droite turque en signe de vengeance !

Krikor Amirzayan

La jeunesse arménienne manifeste devant l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan à
Washington pour dénoncer les pogroms anti-arméniens de Soumgaït en
février 1988
La jeunesse arménienne manifeste devant l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan à
Washington pour dénoncer les pogroms anti-arméniens de Soumgaït en
février 1988

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The Times, UK
Feb 28 2014

James DeGale looking past Gevorg Khatchikian towards world title shot

by Ron Lewis, Boxing Correspondent

Having seen George Groves, his bitter rival, grab plenty of headlines
with his performance against Carl Froch, James DeGale continues a more
low-key route towards what he hopes will be a world title shot in
Bristol tomorrow evening.

DeGale, the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winner, faces Gevorg Khatchikian,
an unbeaten Dutchman who was born in Armenia, who is likely to provide
a stern workout before DeGale faces Badou Jack in a final eliminator
for the WBC super-middleweight title this summer.

“I’m very excited, I’m literally a fight away from the world title,”
DeGale said. “I’m not overlooking this guy on Saturday but it goes to
plan I could be world champion by September.”

History, as he is constantly reminded, is against DeGale, as no
British Olympic gold medal-winner has gone on to win a world title as
a professional. The 28-year-old Londoner is not one for self-doubt,
though, and having recovered from a groin injury that hampered his
ability to duck and throw with full power, he is expecting to put on a
good performance.

“I had something called Gilmore’s groin, which was a torn groin, so
the last couple of fights I’ve been fighting injured,” DeGale said.
“But I’ve got that sorted now, I had the operation, it’s mending well
and I’m feeling good. I feel like a parrot, as it feels like the last
couple of fights I’ve said the same thing, but I don’t want to make
excuses, I’m going to give a wicked performance.

“I’ve seen bits of my opponent and he’s game, he comes forward, he’s
an aggressive fighter, but the way I’m feeling, I can’t see this going
the 12 rounds.”

Should he get past Khatchikian, Jack – who is boxing Derek Edwards in
the United States tonight – should be next. Mick Hennessy, DeGale’s
promoter, made an offer to hold the bout in the UK, but Mayweather
Promotions, who promote Jack, did not reply. The venue for the bout
will now be decided by a purse bid on March 14.

“I’m feeling really good and I’m raring to go, it’s closing in now,”
DeGale said. “It would mean a lot, making history full stop, to be the
first Olympic gold medallist from Great Britain. To become a genuine
world champion is big and would be something special.”

Lee Haskins defends his British bantamweight title against Luke Wilton
on the Bristol show, which will be broadcast live on Channel 5.

From: Baghdasarian

Greed, inertia, or `excessive burying’? Why isn’t the dictators’
punishment becoming a lesson for others?

March 1 2014

Former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych’s pictures with golden
walls palaces flooded the entire media. The topic about Yanukovych’s
greed and his punishment has become topical today. It seems that such
a negative public reaction and bringing Yanukovich to responsibility
can become a lesson for other leaders, whose obsession is the
appropriation of public funds. Anyway, the experience and history show
that dictators’ punishment and their abandoned palaces are not
becoming lessons for other leaders. The evidence of what was said is
the life imprisonment of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,
what happened with the Romanian dictator CeauÈ’escu, and so on. What is
this? A greed, or this phenomenon has a different name? Aravot.am
talked with ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan regarding these issues. She
noted, `In all of these examples, specific individuals and their power
and management circles have not passed preparation in use of power. I
think under bringing to responsibility they have always found
leverages to evade from responsibilities and evade the law. In these
cases, the court and the prosecutor’s office are supporting, or there
are always guarantees, for example, Russia in this case, and so on.’
The ethnographer believes that the inertia coming from Soviet morality
and the Soviet times plays a serious role in this matter. Ms.
Kharatyan, in particular, said, `We are all from the same moral plane,
where the appropriation of state property has not been a theft; there
was an opportunity for additional earnings. The Soviet trial court was
judging, the morality was rejecting. This morality has come until now
and the state property has become a perception of individual’s
ownership exercising power.’ Our observation that this perception is
still dominant in Armenia, Ms. Kharatyan responded as follows, `I
think that now a more rational judgment prevails among the civil
society activists. People see that this kind of concentration of power
in the hands of individuals, and the infamous appropriation of all
resources through personalities leads to a catastrophic situation.’
Ms. Kharatyan does not know under which mechanisms the control of
using levers of internal power there can be mutual control and
balanced situation. Alternatively, according to Hranush Kharatyan,
`will go to the square as Shant did and would say, `people, let’s
usurp the power `. To our final question of whether what happened to
Yanukovych will at least somehow make the leaders of Armenia sober up,
Ms. Kharatyan responded, `I do not believe, I very much doubt. Our
people are so much buried in all of these things that they can not
just come out of the daily swamp. They have so much mutual
responsibilities to each other and for each other. What? Can the
solution be exercising normal tax mechanisms? But, how? In the event
when they have taken money from these people, and be elected, and now
they say give me money, they will not give it.’

Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
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“There is no budget”: Hrant Bagratyan – Video

17:04 | March 1,2014 | Politics

“Azatutyun” party will join to any movement, which would like to get
rid of these authorities. HAK deputy Hrant Bagratyan started his
speech by these words.

He brought with him Serzh Sargsyan’s campaign booklet of 2008, where
his promises are written, “He said that GDP must be doubled, he
promised that the wages must be doubled, but as a result the prices
increased by 40% and the country only went back during these 5 years.”

Hrant Bagratyan compared Armenia with the leaky barrel, “How money
flows from Russia, it flows back at the same way.”

He also turned to pension reforms- greeting the members of “I am
against” movement, “Serzh Sargsyan and Tigran Petrosyan ask if they do
something bad when they think about your prosperity? People, it is a
nonsense, it is not a way to think about a person. Let leave such
prosperity to them.”

HAK deputy is sure that there is no budget, for it only money is
gathered, “45000 shops were closed and only 20 supermarkets were
opened. 50000 people were busy in it and they left the country.”

“Everything is based on the pressure and robbery,”- summed up his
speech Hrant Bagratyan and added, “If they let you live well, you will
feel yourself as a man and would like democracy, which is not
beneficial for them. They won’t let you.”

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