Author: Frangulian Shushan

Abzug nach Armenien?
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
20. Mai 2005
M.L. MOSKAU, 19. Mai. Die beiden letzten russischen Militärstützpunkte
in Georgien in den Städten Batumi und Achalkalaki werden auf das
Gebiet der Rußländischen Föderation, ein Teil der militärischen
Kampfausrüstung jedoch möglicherweise nach Armenien verlegt.
Das hat der Generalstabschef der russischen Streitkräfte, Jurij
Balujewskij, am Donnerstag in Moskau angekündigt. Balujewskij meinte,
diese Lösung würde es ermöglichen, die Frist für den Abzug aus
Georgien zu verkürzen. Denn Rußland sei nicht in der Lage, innerhalb
der ins Auge gefaßten Abzugsfrist von vier Jahren im Lande selbst
alle Voraussetzungen für die Verlegung zu schaffen. Im armenischen
Gumra unterhält Rußland nach Angaben der Nachrichtenagentur Interfax
einen Militärstützpunkt. Die auf den beiden Stützpunkten in Georgien
stationierten Verbände sind etwa 5000 Mann stark und unterstehen
der Gruppe der russischen Streitkräfte in Transkaukasien, deren
Stab sich in der georgischen Hauptstadt Tiflis befindet. Rußland
hatte sich 1999 auf dem OSZE-Gipfel in Istanbul zum Truppenabzug
verpflichtet und bisher auch zwei der vier Stützpunkte in Georgien
aufgelöst. Bislang konnten sich Moskau und Tiflis aber nicht über
die Bedingungen und die Fristen für den Abzug aus den verbleibenden
beiden Stützpunkten einigen.
–Boundary_(ID_9IaVmGRDvM2yOAR6UhmYwg)–

Softpedia
May 16 2005
Sober is back with a vengeance!
Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Security :: Viruses
A new version of Sober is spreading hate messages
A new version of Sober emerged this week-end. If the first time Sober
tries to trick users promising free tickets to World Cup 2006, this
time the virus spreads hate messages, in English and German.
Scott Chasin, chief technology officer at e-mail security specialist
MX Logic, said the latest variant of Sober, called Sober.Q was
being uploaded to computers infected by previous variants of Sober,
which means the virus authors may have remote control over thousands
of PCs. Chasin said also that it had seen over 125,000 instances
of Sober.Q overnight Saturday and into Sunday and labeled it as a
high-severity threat.
The latest Sober variant is one of a relatively new type of “propaganda
spam,” meant to spread political messages rather than sell a product
or service.
According to Sophos, spam sent by the Trojan horse from infected
PCs uses various subject lines including: ‘Dresden Bombing Is To Be
Regretted Enormously’, ‘Armenian Genocide Plagues Ankara 90 Years
On’, ‘Dresden 1945’ and ‘Turkish Tabloid Enrages Germany with Nazi
Comparisons’.
The Trojan drops a file onto infected PCs including links to online
news stories about previous versions of the Sober worm and the text:
“Ich bin immer noch kein Spammer! Aber sollte vielleicht einer werden
:)”, which translates to “I’m not a spammer, but perhaps I should
become one :)”.
“Thousands of innocent computer users are unknowingly spewing out this
unwanted mail as the Sober author has taken control of their PCs,”
said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.

Pan Armenian News
RENO HARNISH: WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO REPEAL SECTION 907 AGAINST AZERBAIJAN
19.05.2005 03:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Azerbaijan considers the US its strategic ally,”
Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev stated at a meeting with the
US Ambassador and representatives of Capstone group, reported the
525 Baku newspaper. He noted that with the support of the US the
implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project was possible. “We
would like the US to further increase its active involvement in the
solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” the Minister said. On
behalf of the Azeri people he also expressed concern that the Section
907 of the Freedom Support Action, passed by the US Congress over
Azerbaijan in 1992 is not still repealed. “Today’s Armenia’s policy
is composed of continuing the occupation, forgery of the history,
deception of the world community, representing the Armenian people
as a one that has experienced many sufferings. I state we will not
give even an inch of our land to anyone. If the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict is not solved, there will be no tranquility in the South
Caucasus,” Abiyev emphasized. Ambassador Harnish stated that the
visit of the Capstone group evidences the US is the strategic ally
of Azerbaijan. Referring to a statement of President George Bush made
in Tbilisi, the diplomat accentuated that the US will always support
the independence of the Caucasian peoples.
“The US will always continue military cooperation with Azerbaijan. We
will do our best to repeal the Section 907 of the FSA,” R. Harnish
stated.

VARTAN OSKANIAN: ARMENIA IS DETERMINED TO COMPLETE FULFILMENT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. At the May 18 meeting with the newly
appointed Special Representative of CE Secretary General to Armenia
Boyana Urumova, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian underlined
the importance of the current stage of fulfiling by Armenia its
obligations to the Council of Europe, in particular the implementation
of the constitutional reforms. He assured that the Armenian side
is determined to complete its obligations by late 2005. V. Oskanian
attached importance to the mission of Special Representative of CE
Secretary General within the context of cooperation between Armenia
and CE. According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department,
issues realted to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and the
Armenian-Turkish relations were also discussed at the meeting.

NUMBER OF TOURISTS TO ARMENIA IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2005 EXCEEDS INDEX FOR SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR BY 33.9%
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of tourists who visited
Armenia in January-March of 2005 increased by 33.9% on the same period
of 2004 and made 39,907. According to the RA National Statistical
Service, in the quarter under review, the number of those who left
Armenia to travel abroad made 37,595, which exceeds the respective
index of last year by 9.1%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HELD IN GOTEBORG
GOTEBORG, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of Union of Armenian
Associations in Sweden (UAAS) and the Armenian Church and Cultural
Organization of Goteborg, the second city of Sweden, launched on
May 10-13 an exhibition dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. Beside the several Armenians, who participated in
the opening ceremony, Counsellors for Swedish and Catholic, as well
as representatives of Orthodox, Serbian and Armenian Churches and
members of Swedish local authorities were among the guests, told Katrin
Hakopian, the Representative of Armenians in Goteborg. The main focus
of the exhibition which is titled Armenian Architecture Heritage in the
South Caucasus is on Armenian architectural monuments scattered across
Turkey, a great majority of which was also subjected to “genocide”
alongside with annihilation of Armenians in 1915 and later. The major
objective of the exhibition is to draw European’ attention to what
a country desires to join their ranks. The exhibition has first
displayed in European Parliament, Oslo in Norway, in Swedish cities,
and is scheduled to display in Riga, capital of Latvia at the end
of May. The opening ceremony which introduced by Kevork Artin and
Katrin Hakopian was followed by speech of Bertil Bengtsson, the
author of newly published book, The Year of The Sword. He concluded
his speech with the absolute necessity of pressure applied by the
international public opinion on the Turkish government in order to
achieve recognition. The cultural events of the program consisted
of spiritual Armenian music performed by Lena Vartanian, piano,
and Hrant Mardirosian, violin, who played work of Comitas and Aram
Khachatouryan. The exhibition was co-organised by Assembly of Armenians
of Europe (AAE), prepared by Research on Armenian Architecture
(RAA) and assisted by Swedish educational organisation of “BILDA”
and Orthodox co-operation committees.

Gen. Basbug Meets Azeri Defense Minister Abiyev
Turkish Press
Published: 5/18/2005
BAKU (AA) – Turkish Deputy Chief of General Staff General Ilker Basbug
has indicated today (Tuesday) that the relations between the Turkish
Armed Forces and Azeri Armed Forces are at a level to make friends
happy and enemies concerned.
“This is my first visit of Azerbaijan. I am very pleased to be in
Azerbaijan. There are many countries with which Turkey has brotherly
ties. Azerbaijan is our true brother. Former President of Azerbaijan
Haydar Aliyev described Turkey and Azerbaijan as one nation, two
states,” told Basbug.
Azeri Minister of Defense Sefer Abiyev has remarked that Azeri-Turkish
relations are very prominent for Azerbaijan. “The political lines
between our two countries have shown development since Azerbaijan’s
independence. We have witnessed close ties in politics, economics
and military related fields,” expressed Abiyev.
Abiyev commented that Turkey has shown remarkable support of Azerbaijan
within the framework of NATO Partnership for Peace program. “We are
thankful to the Turkish government and the Turkish Armed Forces for
their continued support of Azerbaijan,” noted Abiyev.
Abiyev said that the issue of Upper Karabagh was discussed with
Basbug. “Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan met the Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev in Warsaw on May 15th. Mr. Erdogan has re-affirmed
Turkey’s solid stance on the Azeri-Armenian dispute,” mentioned Abiyev.
General Basbug visited Turkey’s Ambassador in Baku Morali after his
contacts at the Azeri Ministry of Defense.

NA DEPUTY PRESIDENT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE BASIS OF GOSSIPS
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| 13:56:37 | 18-05-2005 | Economy |
Vahan Hovhannisyan from the Revolutionary Federation announced
yesterday that the Russian businessmen are worried about the
anti-competition state of our country and they see serious dangers for
the business relations with Armenia. He also said there are serious
problems in the country.
The NA deputy President took as ground for his announcement the
points of view of the businessmen representing the Southern parts
of Russia. They think that making investments in Armenia is risky as
there are economical monopolies.
Today Pavel Ghaltaghchyan, deputy head of the Economical Competition
Defense Committee, introduces two interesting points of view about
Vahan Hovhannisyan’s announcement. First: the anti-monopoly committees
regulating the economy sphere are different in different countries;
Armenia has adopted the principle of having a regulating committee,
and Russia – that of having an anti-monopoly committee, but there
are monopolies in both countries. Second: the concern of the NA
deputy President was born because of several gossips, complaints of
businessmen and announcements of Mass Media.
Pavel Ghaltaghchyan did not accept the fact of blaming the Committee
for laziness, “I do not think Vahan Hovhannisyan has blamed us for
being lazy”.

SOUND BITES: Audio reviews
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:21 p.m. ET May 16, 2005
“Mezmerize,” System of a Down
One sign that you’ve got your hands a great album is the fact that
you’ve listened to it three times on the first day and it’s not even
noon yet. I’m guilty of such activity and it’s all System of a Down’s
fault. The Southern California band’s latest album, “Mezmerize,”
is simply that good.
This is the first of a two-disc “set” (the second disc “Hypnotize”
is due to be released in the fall). It covers love, politics and mass
media implosion set to the hardest brand of rock you could imagine.
And it is, at times, a stunning work.
You can feel lead singer Serj Tankian’s brain spinning in irony
on the war-questioning track “B.Y.O.B.” as he sings “Everybody’s
going to the party have a good time/ Dancing in the desert blowing
up the sunshine.” This song confronts turmoil in the Middle East,
calls leaders to task for sending the poor into battle, and does it
all at a breakneck speed that the band is known for.
System of a Down packs a wallop on each track, but stops just short
of pointing an accusatory finger in any one particular direction. To
do so would pigeonhole them artistically and politically. Rather,
they correctly chosen to lay bare a series of emotional vignettes
and let listens draw the conclusions.
“Lost in Hollywood” is another great song, an odd homage to Tinseltown
and its curious allure that can prove fleeting to failures. “Look
at all of them beg to stay/ Phony people come to pray,” Tankian
sings. His vocals are stellar as usual, only at times giving way to
a shrill whine that’s a little too close to Les Claypool for comfort.
Guitarist Daron Malakian continues to amaze. One moment he’s delivering
a scorching lead, and the next he’s providing a staccato crunch of
guitar so raw that Suicidal Tendencies fans would be proud. How fast
can he play? Use your imagination — then double it.
But here’s where the group excels best. It’s one thing for an artist to
nudge listeners into a certain direction of thought, as Green Day did
with the election-timed release “American Idiot.” It was a listenable
but ham-fisted call to defeat Bush. It’s another matter altogether
to offer true artistic depiction of the world’s political landscape,
and not just the landscape you’d like to see flourish.
System of a Down takes the more honest approach, and music fans should
thank them.
— Ron Harris

EXPULSION OF A.ISAHAKIAN CENTRAL LIBRARY’S BRANCH FROM TERRITORY
OCCUPIED BY IT FROM 1958 POSTPONED BY 10 DAYS
YEREVAN, MAY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The expulsion of the technical literature
department of Central Library after A.Isahakian from the territory in
Tigran Mets street 30 fixed for May 13 was postponed by 10 days. Ara
Saghatelian, Press Executive of RA Ministry of Justice, informed Noyan
Tapan’s correspondent that this decision was made in consideration
of the time necessary for the registration, removal and warehousing
of nearly 50 thousand units of books of the library. To recap,
by the decision of Kentron Prefecture’s eldermen the territory at
the above-mentioned address was rented to the “Smela” CJSC for a
1-year term. On May 5, Yeghia Shamshian, “Smela” CJSC’s Director,
submitted the respective decision of the Prefecture to the library
director. According to Hasmik Karapetian, library’s Director,
the technical literature department has been functioning in this
territory for 50 years – starting from 1958. When by the government
decree community’s non-residential territories were transferred for
the Prefecture’s management in April 2004, the library administration
applied to Prefect Gagik Beglarian with a proposal about concluding
an agreement on transferring this territory to the library without
compensation and time-limit. The proposal received no answer. During
the meeting with Gagik Beglarian it was found out that the latter
didn’t know that there was a library in this territory. According
to H.Karapetian, the prefect confessed that Y.Shamshian misled him
saying that this territory isn’t used. It was also mentioned that the
prefect promised that a new eldermen’s decision about invalidating the
agreement will be made. But after all this, on May 12, the officials of
RA Justice Ministry’s Obligatory Execution of Judicial Acts submitted
Hasmik Karapetian the decision about obligatory expulsion from the
territory.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress