"BLACK BOX" RECORDERS – DISCOVERED
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
16.07.2009 11:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Two black box recorders have been recovered from a
Tu-154 aircraft that crashed in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168
people on board. The cause of the crash is still unknown, Reuters
Canada reports.
On July 15, the aircraft was carrying out flight No. 7908 in
Yerevan-Tehran direction when it came down 16 minutes after take-off.
July 16, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Tufenkian Foundation
Contact: Rick Barry
[email protected]
Standing Firm in Kashatagh
Tufenkian Foundation Preserves the Region’s Armenian Roots
NEW YORK-The Tufenkian Foundation today announced a new initiative on
behalf of Kashatagh (formerly Lachin), the province of
Nagorno-Karabagh that provides vital links to Armenia. The initiative
will focus on restoring and protecting Kashatagh’s historic monuments
and cultural artifacts, which attest to the region’s Armenian
character and background. The initiative comes only days after an OSCE
summit called for Karabagh’s withdrawal from so-called "occupied
territories," and is designed as a direct response to this affront to
Karabagh’s sovereignty and self-determination.
"Many people know Kashatagh to be the vital, strategic link between
Karabagh and Armenia," noted Foundation Director Antranig
Kasbarian. "Less known is that the region has Armenian roots
historically — roots that were torn out via massacre and deportation
in 1918-1920. Now that the region has been liberated, we believe we
must emphasize that Azerbaijan’s claims to it are artificial, and
cannot enjoy support from the international community."
To kick off this effort, the Foundation has begun renovating the
historic St. Minas Church (16th century), found in the village of Hak,
which traces its Armenian ancestry to the 11th century. After its
Armenian population was wiped out in a massacre by Azeri forces in
October 1918, Hak was reclaimed by Armenian forces in 1992 and is now
subject to an active resettlement policy by Karabagh
authorities. Alongside the church renovations, the Foundation will
also renovate nearby Armenian cemeteries and will build a new water
supply for the village, which currently houses 50 inhabitants.
This effort has been made possible by a generous grant from
Ms. Virginia Davies of New York City. Other supporters have also come
forward with offers of assistance, which will be publicized in coming
weeks.
For more information on the Tufenkian Foundation’s Kashatagh
Initiative, please contact Rick Barry at [email protected].
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MEDVEDEV, SARGSYAN, ALIYEV TO MEET OVER KARABAKH
ITAR-TASS
July 15 2009
Russia
MOSCOW, July 15 (Itar-Tass) – The Presidents of Russia, Armenia
and Azerbaijan will meet in Moscow on July 18 to discuss the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, presidential aide Sergei
Prikhodko said on Wednesday.
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev and Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan
will arrive in the Russian capital to attend the horse races for the
Russian president’s prize, Prikhodko said.
He explained that no documents were expected to be signed on the
results of the meeting.
RA EMBASSY IN IRAN EXACTING NUMBER OF ARMENIANS ON TU-154 BOARD
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.07.2009 15:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Embassy in Tehran is presently exacting
the number of Armenian citizens killed in today’s Tu-154 crash,
an Embassy official told PanARMENIAN.Net.
All 153 passengers on board are dead.
The jet crashed near the town of Kazvin, some 15 minutes after taking
off the Imam Khomeini Airport. A fire burst out at the site.
BAKO SAHAKYAN: STEPANAKERT AIRPORT SHOULD BE PUT IN COMMISSION AS PLANNED
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.07.2009 10:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Bako Sahakyan attended Saturday Stepanakert airport to watch the
construction works being carried out there.
The head of state underlined the importance of carrying out the work
in an uninterruptible manner and putting the airport in commission
as planned.
NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan, head of the Central department of
Civil Aviation under the government of the Republic of Armenia Artem
Movsisyan and other officials accompanied the President during the
visit, reported the Central Information Department of the Office of
the NKR President.
Interfax, Russia
July 7 2009
Three Russian policemen receive long prison sentences for killing man
A court in Saratov, a city in southern European Russia, delivered a
guilty verdict on three policemen accused of killing an Armenian
national Armen Gasparyan.
Dmitriy Korchagin was sentenced to 23 years, Denis Churikov to 21
years and Yuriy Ogoltsov to 20 years in a maximum security penal
colony.
On the night of 28-29 October 2008 the police officers, who were on
duty at the time, tried to force Armen Gasparyan to confess to a
theft. The policemen beat him up, then poured petrol over him and set
him on fire.
Interfax, Russia
July 9 2009
AZERBAIJAN, SYRIA CAN COOPERATE IN ECONOMY, POLITICS, KARABAKH …
Azeri-Syrian relations have vast prospects. The two countries are
successfully cooperating at the UN and the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said after negotiations
with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad in Baku on Wednesday.
We have very good prospects in the economic sphere. The business forum
planned for tomorrow will strengthen cooperation between the two
business communities, he said.
In the words of Aliyev, he told al-Asad about the current state of the
Karabakh settlement negotiations impeded by Armenian unwillingness to
meet international commitments, including four relations of the UN
Security Council that demanded the unconditional Armenian pullout from
the occupied territories.
The Middle East conflict can be settled only on the basis of the
liberation of all occupied territories, Syrian President Bashar
al-Asad said.
"There can be no concessions on our side. Naturally one cannot speak
of peace in the Middle East without the return of occupied lands,"
al-Asad said after the talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Baku
on Wednesday.
Speaking about Nargorno-Karabakh, al-Asad said that Azerbaijan’s
stance is based on international law and spoke for the speedy
settlement of the conflict. He noted that Syria as a country having
good relations with both sides to the conflict is ready to make its
contribution to its settlement.
Meanwhile, Aliyev said that Azeri-Syrian relations have good prospects
and that the two countries successfully cooperate at the United
Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
EXPERTS BACK VIC DARCHINYAN TO FLATTEN JOSEPH AGBEKO
Christian Nicolussi
Daily Telegraph
July 10, 2009 12:00am
Australia
MOST of the world’s best boxing judges believe Aussie bruiser Vic
Darchinyan will flatten big-hitting rival Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko.
In a poll, 22 of the 27 writers tipped Darchinyan to win the IBF
bantamweight title this weekend, with few expecting the fight to go
the distance.
Victory in Florida will make Darchinyan arguably the most successful
boxer in Australian history.
But the Armenian-born Sydneysider was not getting carried away with
what the experts said as he relaxed in a Miami hotel last night.
Boxing: See our special section "I’m not worried about what they’re
saying or who they are tipping, I’m only focused on this fight,"
Darchinyan said. "I remember when I fought (Cristian) Mijares (in
November), only a few judges tipped me to win.
"They all thought Mijares would beat me, but I won, so you can’t pay
too much attention to it.
"All my training is complete now. I’ll meet Agbeko for the first time
tomorrow at the weigh-in. I’ve never seen him in the flesh.
"We were supposed to meet for a media training session a couple of
days ago, but I waited for around 40 to 50 minutes and he never showed,
so I went off and did my own thing."
Darchinyan only arrived on the west coast this week and said there
had been plenty of hype surrounding the fight.
Darchinyan has a huge following in the US and in his homeland Armenia,
but he continues to fly under the radar in Australia.
He has only lost two of his 34 fights and is expected to have too
much power for Agbeko.
His Ghanian opponent has only been beaten once in 27 fights but has
had just four fights since 2004.
The Boston Herald’s Ron Borges said: "It’s going to be a tough
fight. Darchinyan is going to get hit and he is going to get hurt,
but not as badly as the other guy. Darchinyan wins by TKO 7."
The Sports Network’s Lyle Fitzsimmons added: "It’s a toughie. Agbeko
is a legit bantamweight who’s knocked out legit bantamweights,
albeit none with the name cache of the guys Darchinyan has tangled
with. And Vic is the sort of fighter who can always overwhelm a foe,
but can always catch a big KO shot coming in as well.
"Either way, it’s got to be fun to watch. I’ll lean to Vic by a
ninth-round TKO."
Chris Cozzone, from FightNews. com, was one of the few who was prepared
to tip Agbeko. He said: "Someone’s got to do it, so put me down for
Agbeko – a mid- to late- round KO."
Darchinyan’s father Rubik will watch his son for just the third time
in the US.
‘KARABAKH CONFLICT – NEW REALITIES’ CONFERENCE IN NAGORNO KARABAKH
ArmInfo
2009-07-09 14:12:00
"Karabakh Conflict – New Realities" conference, organized by the
Caucasus Institute (Yerevan) and supported by German Henry Boell
Foundation, has started in Stepanakert.
As ArmInfo special correspondent in Stepanakert reports, the conference
was opened by Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan
who emphasized the importance of such events just in Nagorno Karabakh
Republic.
‘It is important for the destiny of Karabakh to be discussed not only
in London, Frankfurt, Minsk, Vienna, Yerevan or Baku but also in the
NKR’, he said.
The participants in the conference were welcomed by Head of Henry Boell
Foundation Bureau in the South Caucasus Iris Kempe who made a speech
on a topic ‘New Prospects the of European Integration of the South
Caucasus and Influence on Settlement of Regional Conflicts’. Director
of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard
Giragosyan came out on a topic ‘Changing Realities and Involvement
of Foreign Actors in the Karabakh Conflict’. Active discussions were
held upon the results of speeches, during which representatives of
the non-governmental sector and experts from the NKR expressed their
opinions and positions.
THE OSCE MONITORING IS TO BE HELD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009-07-08 15:35
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
The Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office appealed to the NKR authorities for their support
in holding the scheduled-for-July 15 monitoring of the NKR and AR
armed forces’ contact-line in the Askeran direction.
>From the NKR Defense Army positions, the monitoring will be held by
Coordinator of the OSCE Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus
(Hungary), Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Vladimir Chuntulov (Bulgaria) and Jaslan Nurtazin
(Kazakhstan).
>From the opposite side, the monitoring will be held by Field Assistants
of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Peter
Kee (Great Britain) and Irji Aberle (Czech Republic).
>From the Karabagh party, the monitoring mission will be accompanied
by representatives of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry
of Defense.