Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

PRESIDENT GREETED CHESS OLYPMPIC CHAPMIONS

ARMENPRESS
10 September, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
welcomed Chess Olympic champions and chess players in ,,Zvartnots”
airport. A big crowd gathered here to meet our grandmasters. Under
the tunes of Orchestra our chess players returned to their homeland.

Armenia national anthem played in their honor.

Under the leadership of Arshak Petrosian grandmasters Levon Aronian,
Gabriel Sargsian, Tigran Levon Petrosian, Vladimir Hakobian and Sergey
Movsesyan were in Armenian chess team during 40th Chess Olympics.

As Armenpress reports after the official greeting ceremony under
the supervision of Serzh Sargsyan Armenian chess players went to the
Independence Square to participate in the concert which was organized
to their honor. On the occasion of the victory of Armenian chess
players Yerevan is in a festive appearance.

40th Chess Olympics hosted in Turkey, Istanbul. By the final results
of the 11 rounds the Armenian Chess Men team achieved the Chess
Olympus for the third time. The second place is occupied by the
Russian team.Armenia’s “golden” team has participated in the World
Olympiads since 1992. Armenians were the best players in 2006 in
Turin and 2008 in Dresden Olympiads. The chess team of Armenia is
one of the exceptional teams, which managed to become an incessant
Olympic champion twice.

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CSTO MILITARY EXERCISE EVENTS UNDERWAY IN ARMENIA

NEWS.AM
September 10, 2012 | 16:49

YEREVAN. – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces,
Lieutenant General Haykaz Baghmanyan on Sunday visited the CSTO-member
countries’ military subdivisions.

He was reported that the subdivisions are housed at Armenia’s
Marshall Baghramian Military College and are ready to participate
in the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force’s “Cooperation 2012”
joint and multinational military exercises, which will get underway
in several days, MOD press service informs.

Baghmanyan saluted the military servicemen and wished them success.

Subsequently, the subdivisions, which will take part in the military
exercises, marched festively.

The athletic competitions among these subdivisions also kicked off
on the same day, and the winners will be announced on September 18.

To note, the foreign military servicemen from the CSTO countries
are also going on excursions these days and getting familiar with
Armenia’s scenic spots and cultural and historical monuments.

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SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT: HEROES OF PRESENT-DAY AZERBAIJAN ARE MURDERERS, WHILE HEROES OF ARMENIA ARE WINNERS

arminfo
Monday, September 10, 16:33

Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan has congratulated
the Armenian people on Armenia’s victory at the 2012 World Chess
Olympiad.

On his Facebook page Abrahamyan thanks the Armenian chess players
for the joy they have given to the whole Armenian nation.

“The heroes of the present-day Azerbaijan are murderers, while the
heroes of Armenia are winners,” he said.

While signing a cooperation agreement with the Office of the Prosecutor
General of Armenia on Monday, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern
also congratulated Armenia. He said that it was a very impressive
victory.

In his congratulatory message WBO champion Arthur Abraham said that
the Armenian chess players have shown once again that the Armenian
people has brilliant intellect and logic.

Armenia has won the Olympiad for the third time in last four attempts.

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ARMENIA TO HOST 7TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PUPPET THEATERS

tert.am
10.09.12

The Armenian Center of the International Union of Puppeteers (Union
Internationale de la Marionnette, UNIMA – Armenia) is organizing the
7th international festival of puppet theaters ‘Toumanian fairy tale
day’ in the Dsegh village in Lori region, Armenia.

This year, the festival program highlights the role of books in
children’s life and the projects launched as part of the Yerevan World
Book Capital 2012 event. Exhibitions of books by Hovhannes Toumanian
and other well-known authors of children’s books will be held.

The aim of the festival is esthetic education of the young generation,
cultural revival in Armenia’s regions and development of national
puppetry. It is due to the festival and Hovhannes Toumanian is
known and loved in 77 countries, and performances based on his works
are staged.

Theaters and puppeteers from Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Germany,
Denmark, Iran will participate in the festival. UNIMA President Dadi
Pudumjee will also take part in the festival.

During his visit to Armenia, Mr Dadi Pudumjee is to hold a meeting with
Armenia’s Minister of Culture. The sides will discuss the Puppets for
Peace in the Mediterranean basin and Arab World program, proposed by
Armenia at the 21st UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival held
in Chengdu, China.

The opening ceremony of the 7th international festival of puppet
theaters is to be held in the central square of the Dsegh village,
near the great Armenian writer’s memorial flat. Sept. 11.

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GETTING ‘CURIOSITY’ TO MARS: A PRESENTATION IN BOSTON

Armenian Weekly
September 10, 2012

WATERTOWN, Mass.-NASA’s Mars Exploration Program will take a giant
leap and land in Watertown on Fri., Sept. 21, as two Armenians on
the “Curiosity” project describe how the Rover was built, launched,
and landed on Mars on Aug. 5.

The poster of the presentation “Curiosity” is a fascinating laboratory
on wheels that will spend months, if not years, exploring the red
planet in an attempt to learn more about our closest neighbor and,
by association, our universe.

Many Armenians are involved in this project, and Hamazkayin-Boston
is privileged to present two of these scientists to our community in
a lecture on the latest developments of the Mars Project.

Arbi V. Karapetian is currently the technical group supervisor for
the Integration and Test Engineering Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. He holds a B.S. in experimental physics
from UCLA and a M.S. in spacecraft system architecture and engineering
from USC. Karapetian has been active in the Armenian community from an
early age. He joined the boy scouts of the Glendale “Ararat” Chapter
and served on the Homenetmen’s Western Region Executive Scout Council.

He also served as the president of the Western Region’s Armenian
National Committee Professional Network (ANC-PN).

Richard Ohanian holds a B.S. in applied physics from Azad University,
and a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and a M.S. in
electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech). He is a member of various associations, think-tanks,
and professional networks such as the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Policy Forum Armenia. He is
the founder of many associations including ArmEngine, a worldwide
organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship among Armenian
engineers and scientists.

The presentation will take place in the Lachinian Boardroom at the
Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC), 47 Nichols Ave. in
Watertown at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public;
free parking available.

Hamazkayin-Boston, a 501(3)C not-for-profit organization, is the local
chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society.

For more information, visit

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE LOSES IN LOCAL ELECTIONS

04:11 pm | Today | Politics

A nonpartisan candidate has won in local elections in Narek community
in Armenia’s Ararat marz, leaving his Republican contender behind
with 31 votes.

Two candidates were running for the post – Roland Susunyan, incumbent
village headman, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)
and Garush Hakobyan, Director of HabGagShin CSJC.

Hakobyan received 361 votes while Susunyan – 330 votes, with 700 of
the 917 eligible voters casting ballots at the polls. Nine ballots
were considered invalid.

No irregularities and unusual incidents were recorded during the vote.

“We live in the same village and know each other well enough. There
is no tension or hostility between us,” Garush Hakobyan told A1+
before the vote.

The choice was especially difficult for Knarik Nabandyan, Chairperson
of the Divisional Election Committee: Roland Susunyan is her husband
and Garush Hakobyan – her uncle.

After the ballots were counted, everyone went to celebrate Hakobyan’s
victory.

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ARSTAKH YOUNG URGES TO SUSPEND WEAPON PURCHASE TO AZERBAIJAN

ARMENPRESS
10 September, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPYEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Arstakh youth organizations have
issued statements on the heroism action of Azerbaijani assassinate on
the ethnicity basis. As Armenpress reports the message runs as follows:

“We namely Artsakh youth organization representatives express our deep
concern over the transfer of Ramil Safarov, axe murderer assassinating
innocent Armenian, Gurgen Margaryan and over his granting heroism
title. Thoroughly following up the responses by international
organizations and states over a week , high aware of Azerbaijani
authorities and society anti Armenian actions, welcoming various
countries and international organizations condemnations directed
to Hungary and Azerbaijan, we are convinced the actions namely in
the statements form are not sufficient to prevent the occurrence of
similar cases, reportedly we call the countries and organizations
denying Azerbaijani fascist stance to suspend the further cooperation
with all Azerbaijani governmental and non-governmental organizations.

We call the countries selling the weapon to Azerbaijan to suspend
the deal; everyone should realize the weapon sold to Azerbaijan is
directed against the peace in the region. The purchase of the weapon
to the country perpetrated assassination on the ethnic ground is
equal to crime itself.

We urge international organizations and countries to confirm / activate
relations with the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Artsakh public until
the NKR recognition, aimed at ensuring Artsakh people security and
other fundamental rights.The statement was signed by 13 organizations.

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BOSTON AREA REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH HUNGARIAN CONSUL

ARMENPRESS
10 September, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Representatives from Armenian
organizations met with Dr. Gabor Garai, the Hungarian consul in
Boston, to voice their outrage at the Hungarian government’s decision
to extradite Ramil Safarov, who in 2006 was convicted of axing to
death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Markaryan, to Azerbaijan last month, where
he received a hero’s welcome, reports Armenpress citing The Armenian
Weekly. The delegates expressed their consternation at the Hungarian
government’s unremorseful stance, despite being warned in advance of
the consequences of the extradition. They stressed that support for
Safarov in Azerbaijan is the crystallization of rabid anti-Armenian
sentiments there. Armenians will never be safe under Azerbaijani
control, they said, adding that in order to undo some of the damage,
Hungary must recognize Nagorno-Karabagh’s independence, or at the
very least the right of its people to self-determination. Garai
assured the delegates that he would relay their concerns to the
Hungarian government. Garai was presented with a copy of the latest
issue of the Armenian Weekly, which provides detailed coverage of the
developments surrounding Safarov’s extradition and release, as well
as Anna Turcotte’s Nowhere, a Story of Exile, which tells the story of
the author’s experiences in Baku as a child, and her escape to Armenia.

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SAFAROV INTERVIEWED BY “VESTI NEDELI”: “ONCE THEY WALKED BY MURMURING SOMETHING IN ARMENIAN AND SMILED AT ME. AT THAT MOMENT I DECIDED TO KILL THEM”

arminfo
Monday, September 10, 12:38

Actually, in the European Union, one can take an axe, penetrate
into NATO military dormitory, and axe a sleeping man 16 times and
decapitate him. You will be arrested, convicted, but released,
“Vesti Nedeli” writes.

Further in the item: “Murderer and triumphator, Azerbaijani officer
Ramil Safarov is back to the motherland. President Aliyev promotes
him and rewards with new flat.”

In an interview with “Vesti Nedeli” Safarov tells about the motives of
his crime during the NATO language courses in Budapest: “I was sent to
the courses. There were two Armenians with us. At the beginning of the
courses they were greeting me, saying ‘hi,’ but I did not answer. Once
they walked by murmuring something in Armenian and smiled at me. At
that moment I decided to kill them,” the Azerbaiani officer said.

Further the source reports: “The Hungarian Court sentenced Safarov
to life in jail with no pardon for 30 years. But it is one figure.

Another figure – three billion dollars – Azerbaijan allegedly plans
to invest in Hungarian bonds. This figure did not leave Budapest
indifferent. Hungarian debts are worse than the Greek ones. EU
officially recommends Greece to introduce a 6-day working week –
“black Saturday”, Hungary is in worse situation and one can imagine
the big power of the Azerbaijan oil billions for Hungary.” However,
there is no money yet, but Hungary and European courts, and the
European conscience, are sold at a fixed rate of three billions.

Russia and USA respond harshly, EU – weakly. Armenia breaks relations
with Hungary, while the Hungarian Consulate is “drowning’ in tomatoes
of picketers. President Sargsyan speaks of war.

“We do not want war, but if we are forced to, we will fight and win,”
says President of Armenia Serzh Sagrysyan.

In Azerbaijan they call all this ‘hysteria.’ Anyway, for Russia this
story is extremely unpleasant for three reasons: first, tension inside
the CIS; second, threat of war on the southern borders and human loss;
third, NATO will, as usually, try to interfere with its peacekeepers.

Here is the northern border of Iran and it is already geopolitics.

Hungary and EU have made a fine mess of it. It will not be easy to
put things right,” Vesti Nedeli reports.

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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
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The Catholicosate of Cilicia continues preparations
for the 100th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

THE HOUSHAMADYAN PROJECT OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA BEGINS

The printing and reprinting of books and documents on the history and
culture of Armenians in the cities and towns of Western Armenia and Cilicia
during the Ottoman Empire has begun. The Catholicosate of Cilicia has
already published the history of Adana and is in the process of publishing
the histories of Hadjin, Van and Zeytoun.

The Catholicosate of Cilicia invites individuals and organizations to
sponsor the publication of the more than one hundred volumes recalling the
memories of life in the Armenian homelands.

The Catholicosate of Cilicia will offer free copies to libraries and
educational institutions in Armenia and the Diaspora.

The current information is also an invitation to those institutions to
register. Send you emails at [email protected]

“History of Adana”: For more information click

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