Author: Emil Lazarian

PanARMENIAN.Net
Turkish Court Found Pamuk Not Guilty
29.07.2006 14:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A Turkish court on Friday dropped a lawsuit against
novelist Orhan Pamuk, rejecting a compensation demand by nationalists
from the author for claiming that Turkey had killed more than 1
million Armenians and more than 30,000 Kurds.
Nationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz and five other nationalists were
seeking 6,000 Turkish Lira (US$4,500) each from Pamuk accusing him of
“insulting, humiliating and making false accusations.” Pamuk was
quoted as telling a Swiss newspaper that:
“Thirty-thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were killed in these
lands, and nobody but me dares to talk about it,” RFE/RL reminded,
referring to AP.
Kerincsiz had instigated an earlier high-profile court case against
Pamuk for the same comments, but those charges were dropped earlier
this year, under harsh criticism from the European Union, which Turkey
hopes to join.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

`POLITICAL COMPONENT OF REPUBLICAN WAS REPLACED BY OLIGARCHIC,CRIMINAL ONE’
Lragir.am
29 July 06
After the extraordinary conference and enlargement the Republican
Party weakened, stated Hovanes Hovanisyan, the leader of the Liberal
ProgressiveParty July 29 at the Azdak Club.
`The political component of the Republican Party weakened dramatically
and became smaller. The political component of the Republican Party
was replaced by the oligarchic, criminal one,’ says Hovanes
Hovanisyan, expressing his sorrow because the Republican Party was one
of the first political partiesof the third Armenian republic, which is
a certain value.
`But they went along another path, they preferred power and money to
political developments and the prospect that their friends had dreamed
to reach in Armenia. I think that in 1990 and 1991, when the political
party was established, they did not dream of this party,’ says the
leader ofthe Liberal Progressive Party. According to him, the
political component of the Republican Party is much smaller at present
than that of the innumerable political parties of Armenia.
If it is already clear how the Republican Party will go on to operate
and run for parliament, but it is unclear how the part of the
political sphere which condemns the approaches of the Republican Party
will fight the administra tive and criminal resource.
`It is not our path. I have stated for a number of times and I am
stating it now. We have to realize that life shows that every time
they try to solve the political problems of the country by force,
money, the criminal, firstthis political party is doomed, then the
country where they are,’ says Hovanes Hovanisyan. In his opinion,
nothing will change in the country if the Republican Party gets 40-50
percent votes. `Nothing will happen inthis country except for the
bad,’ says the leader of the Liberal Progressive Party in connection
with this development.
`The immediate effect, the full dinner or supporting family, or the
formula of daily bread cannot be turned into the nation’s
fate. Whereas this is what all of us are busy doing, isn’t it? You
listen to someone talking,who says, well, we are supporting our
family. Is there anyone who has children and is reluctant to support
them. How can one has such an approach to the problem?’ says Hovanes
Hovanisyan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

David Babayan: Matthew Bryza’s visit is of both formal and political character

ArmRadio.am
29.07.2006 14:31
Political Scientist David Babayan consider that OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chair Matthew Bryza’s visit is of both formal and political
character. It is formal in the regard that any newly appointed
Co-Chair should visit the countries evolved in the conflict to learn
the situation and to establish personal ties with leaders of those
countries.
As for the political nature, the case will not be resolved without a
visit to NKR. It’s not a secret for anyone that together with
Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh is the main party of the conflict, despite
the fact whether it participates in the negotiations or not. Holding
Karabakh-Azerbaijan direct talks is just a matter of time. Therefore,
Bryza’s visit to NKR is important especially from this perspective,
particularly on the background of failure of the negotiations between
the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

TACIT FIGHT BETWEEN PROCURACY AND JUSTICE
Lragir.am
28 July 06
Relations between Aghvan Hovsepyan and Davit Harutiunyan are not
good. As for their impact on the relations between the procuracy and
the courts of law, it becomes clear from Assistant Attorney General
Gagik Jhangiryan’s words. In summing up the work of the prosecution in
the first half of 2006, Gagik Jhangiryan said tacit struggle between
these two organizations is underway, whose standpoint is objective,
grounded, correctly defined. `Or which body is stronger, which was the
verdict and decision of the judge, and how strong his support is. I
affirm that in some cases the arguments of the prosecution are weak
and vulnerable, evaluation of actions is not complete, definitions are
wrong, there are breaches of the order of trial in the course of
investigation, etc. In such cases we normally admit our mistakes and
agree with the justified decision of the court. The guilty are
punished. However, in a number of cases the verdict and ruling of the
court is not only beyond the law but also beyond consciousness, and
easily yields to stricture and logic. And one has to accept it because
it has already been enacted, and the appeals are postponed and
dismissed with nonsensical excuses. In such cases there is only on way
out – to withdraw the question from the accepted legal procedures and
report them to other instances.’
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

New York Daily News
July 28, 2006
Ozzy knows best

Alloy of heavy metal headlines Osbourne festival

By GENE SANTORO
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Ozzy Osbourne

The music commonly gets shoved under just one moniker: heavy metal.
But the sounds huddled below that handy banner cover a wide range of
styles and sensibilities. There ‘s speed, goth, nu, thrash, alt and
prog-rock strains of metal. And nowhere is this range on healthier
display than at the annual Ozzfest show, which will have its wicked
way with Randalls Island tomorrow.
Though the great and powerful Ozzy Osbourne himself appears at only
some of the dates on this year’s version of the 27-city tour, New
York is among them. Fans can also expect to be pummeled by Disturbed,
Hatebreed, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Black Label Society, Bleeding
Through and Norma Jean.
Two of this year’s leading bands, System of a Down and Lacuna Coil
represent the breadth of the genre nicely.
System guitarist Daron Malakian likes to say, “They call us nu metal
or prog-rock, but there’s all sorts of stuff mixed in what we do.”
>From the quartet’s 1995 start in Hollywood, their hard-hitting mix
has even included addressing social issues in their lyrics. The
Armenian-Americans have stirred controversy with songs like
“P.L.U.C.K.,” about the death-by-starvation of 1.5 million Armenians
in 1915. After Sept. 11, 2001, Clear Channel Radio whisked their hit
single “Chop Suey!” off the air, citing lyrics like “Trust in my
self-righteous suicide.” It was nominated for a Grammy.
This year they bagged a Grammy for “B.Y.O.B.,” which questions the
value of war.
At the moodier end of the spectrum is Italy’s Lacuna Coil, a novelty
here because of singer Cristina Scabbia.
“In Europe, this is common, to have a woman singing this music,” she
says. “But in America, it is so unusual that journalists made a big
thing of it. I really don’t get this. Music doesn’t have a sex.”
Formed in 1996, Lacuna Coil finalized its six-piece lineup with
trademark male/female vocal tradeoffs three years later. They toured
steadily in Europe, then tried to break into the U.S. – something no
Italian band had managed.
But in 2002, “Comalies” made it to U.S. radio and MTV. Two years
later, the band headlined European and U.S. club tours while joining
Ozzfest’s second stage. This spring, “Karmacode” debuted at No. 28 on
Billboard’s pop-album charts. Now, Lacuna Coil appears on Ozzfest’s
main stage.
“Naturally we are delighted,” Scabbia says. “We worked very hard to
get here. But we are Italians, [so] we are even happier about the
World Cup.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
22 Concord Lane
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact: Bianca Bagatourian
Tel: 617-871-6764
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
“THE ARMENIAN DRAMATIC ARTS ALLIANCE HOSTS LUNCHEON IN HOLLYWOOD FOR
SIMONE ABKARIAN
Hollywood, Ca.
On Monday, July 24th, the newly formed Armenian Dramatic Arts
Alliance (ADAA) hosted a luncheon in honor of French Armenian actor/
director Simone Abkarian who was in town to direct Love’s Labor’s
Lost, a Shakespeare play for the Actor’s Gang Theater of Los Angeles.
The play which has been receiving rave reviews, can be seen at the
Ivy Substation in Culver City where it will run through September,
2006. It also features the wonderful music of composer and musician,
Ara Dabandjian.
Mr. Abkarian, who has had a distinguished film career, most recently
was in the Bahamas filming for the new James Bond film “Casino
Royale” due out in November this year.
The luncheon was attended by various Hollywood professionals as well
as a host of ADAA advisory board members including screenwriter Jose
Rivera, artist Vahe Berberian and journalist Joan Agajanian Quinn.
Some new faces amongst the group were FOX TV correspondent, Anita
Vogel, documentary film-maker Carla Garapedian and award wining
producer and casting director, Valerie McCaffrey. During the course
of the meal, board of directors members Karen Kondazian and Bianca
Bagatourian led a discussion regarding the goals and growth of the
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance whose aim is to project the Armenian
voice through the arts of stage and screen. Various artists also had
a chance to talk about their particular needs and how ADAA could
serve them best. Through many such events and discussions, this new
non-profit organization hopes to establish specific channels through
which to help Armenian artists prosper in the dramatic performing
arts fields. More information and photos can be viewed at their
website at: or write to [email protected]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Armenian officials say premature to blame pilot error for May plane crash
that killed 113
AP Worldstream; Jul 28, 2006

A top Armenian air safety official said Friday that a Russian-led
investigation into the crash of a passenger jet that killed 113 people
in May could be premature in saying that the cause was pilot error.

Artyom Movsisian, head of Armenia’s civil aviation authority, said
that the exact cause of the crash of the Airbus-320 operated by
Armenia’s Armavia airline on the approach to the Russian resort town
of Sochi remained unclear.

“Was it problems with the pilot’s health or nervousness of the air
traffic controller or the pilot’s loss of direction? This remains to
be seen,” he said, adding that the conclusions announced in Moscow
were only preliminary.

The airline’s security chief, Arshan Nalbandian, said the Russian
findings “do not correspond to reality because the investigation is
not over yet.”

Tatyana Anodina, the head of a civil aviation agency that links Russia
with 11 other ex-Soviet republics, said Wednesday that the pilots
allowed the plane to descend too low as it faced bad weather on its
approach to Sochi airport.

Anodina added that an automated system warned the two pilots that the
plan was flying dangerously low, but that a last-ditch effort to gain
altitude failed to head off the crash into the Black Sea, according to
the ITAR-Tass news agency.

Everyone on board died in the May 3 crash, which came a month before a
Russian S7 Airlines A-310 went off the runway and slammed into a
building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing 125 people.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

VARDAN PETROSIAN IS IN YEREVAN AND AGAIN WITH NEW PERFORMANCE

YEREVAN, JULY 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Actor Vardan
Petrosian residing in Paris is again in Yerevan and since July 24 he
has been performing a new program, “What to Do?” at K.Stanislavski
Russian Dramatic Theater.
“In the performance “What to Do?” I do not want to give instructions
what should be done indeed, but I want to make a spiritual advance in
the people,” Vardan Petrosian said at the July 28 weeting with
journalists at the Hayeli (Mirror) club. In his words, his new
performance is the logical continuation of the “Ascent.” What I wanted
to say as if remained incomplete after the “Ascent” and this is
natural, as the subject of the Genocide occupies a great place in our
history,” he emphasized.
The actor said that by means of the performance he tries to take such
facts out of history that were not touched upon before. In his
performance “What to Do?” V.Petrosian also touches upon the role of
the great powers, which, as he said, have a great “contribution” to
the misfortune of the Armenian people. “Making a historical excursus,
I once more prove that foreigners remain foreigners. And our people
won only when it pinned its hopes on the God and on itself.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Arka News Agency, Armenia
July 28, 2006
HEAD OF UN/WFP TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. A delegation of the UN World Food program
(WFP) headed by James Morris is to arrive for a visit to Armenia on
August 1-3, 2006, Liana Khachatrya, press secretary of the WFP
Armenia office, told ARKA.
She reported that James Morrison is to hold meetings with Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan and Premier Andranik Margaryan. The WFP
delegation is to visit Armenia’s regions, where the organization is
implementing its programs.
The WFP has been working in Armenia since 1993, providing aid to
220,000 socially vulnerable people every year. The organizations has
provided $75mln humanitarian aid. P.T. -0–

Today, Azerbaijan
July 28, 2006
Matthew Bryza to visit Azerbaijani lands under Armenian occupation
tomorrow

28 July 2006 [16:51] – Today.Az

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs, US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza will
arrive in the Armenian capital Yerevan tomorrow.

APA reports that the US co-chair will arrive in Khankendi to meet
with head of the separatist regime functioning in the occupied
Azerbaijani lands Arkadi Gukasyan. He will come back to Yerevan on 30
July to continue to have talks there.
Mr.Bryza is due to visit Baku on July 31 – August 1.
The co-chair will have talks with President Ilham Aliyev, Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, head of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno
Karabakh Nizami Bahmanov in the Azerbaijani capital.
Bryza will inform other co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and
Bernard Fassier (France) about his visits to the region.
The co-chairs said in their latest statement that they have nothing
to offer now, it is time for the Presidents to take steps. Bryza’s
visit to the region aims at introducing himself as co-chair.

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