About The Harm Of Anti-Tank Capsules

ABOUT THE HARM OF ANTI-TANK CAPSULES GAGIK MKRTCHYAN

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
June 18, 2008
Armenia

"I have discovered anti-tank capsules. When you swallow them you
don’t see the tanks," one of Arkadi Raykin’s (Russian famous satiric)
heroes announced thirty years back.

These days funny foolishness has turned into a dull reality. The
only issue that the authorities try to overlook after March 1-2
developments, is Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s being in freedom. By now it
is still a big question why didn’t the main organizer of the mass
disorder, due to which ten people died and hundreds were injured,
shoulder responsibility. Was it difficult to prove that the activists
of the failed revolution were performing Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
order? Of course no! So why is he in freedom?

Is it surprising that the activists still continue their bellicose
announcements about the demonstration on June 20, in the Theatrical
Square, though the Municipality didn’t give permission?

And Ter-Petrosyan will definitely send his supporters to occupy the
Theatrical Square and will do everything to create clash between the
people and the law enforcers. And if we suffer more losses Ner will
only be happy.

Because as we know on June 23 the issue of Armenia is going to be
discussed in PACE.

So, will Levon Ter-Petrosyan be in freedom after June 20 as well. God
willing we will not suffer any losses on June 20. But the problem
is according to the law the organizers must bear responsibility for
holding illegal demonstrations. And we shouldn’t also forget that
everything will not finish with June 20. It can be followed by,
for example, July 11, August 1, etc. Is it a holiday that is always
with us?

Some people become terrified when they see dentists. Actually
no one likes to visit dentists. Instead people prefer to drink
analgin. The same thing is doing the government in power towards Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, with the principle "not today, tomorrow". Should we
inform you about the terrible consequences?

For the recent many days the only thing the ruling power does is to
feel ashamed of what they did, express readiness for concession,
make new and new proposals and by the way – no result. This gives
the opportunity to the neo-Bolsheviks to multiply their feelings –
happiness, then enthusiasm, then fervor, etc. Enough is enough. In
1884 Pop of Rome Levon 13 published a kondak, which was later read in
all the Catholic Churches. It started with these words: "The humanity
is divided into two conflicting parts – one is the Kingdom of Jesus
Christ and the other is the Kingdom of Satan…" Later he speaks
about masons. "These days, those who walk in the path of the evil,
those who machinate and jointly struggle under the leadership of a
deeply rooted and wide spread human resources are called masons.

Levon 13 encourages the believers to struggle against the masons and
Ner’s followers. Don’t you think that we also need the same?

Another not less noteworthy thing! English philosopher Arnold Toynby
invented the theory of the global regularities of the development and
fall of the civilizations. From 21 civilizations ever existed in the
history of humanity 20 have been lost. Toynby says the decisive factor
of the development is the search of answers to the challenges proposed
to the society by the history. The answers given to the challenges
following one another make the civilizations stronger. But this can
happen only in case the tendency of shifting from the foreign sphere
to the internal one is recorded.

In other words the road towards the bright future is through the
internal challenges. The same as in case of an individual. All the
problems are inside you, but you look for them in your neighbor.

So let’s firstly solve our main internal problem, in the person of
Levon Ter-Petrosyan. And by the way let’s solve it without anti-tank
capsules.

Government Suggests Including New Ministry Of Diaspora Affairs In It

GOVERNMENT SUGGESTS INCLUDING NEW MINISTRY OF DIASPORA AFFAIRS IN ITS STRUCTURE

Noyan Tapan

Ju ne 16, 2008

YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The bill authored by the government on
"The Structure of the RA Government" was discussed in the first reading
at the special session convened on June 16 on the initiative of the MPs
of the RA National Assembly. According to Gevorg Danielian, the main
speaker and the Minister of Justice, the necessity of the adoption
of the law comes from the demands of Article 85 of the Constitution,
according to which the structure of the government is defined by the
law at the suggestion of the government.

The draft suggests including a new Ministry: Ministry of Diaspora
Affairs, in the structure of the government besides the current
17 ministries.

During the discussion Vahan Hovhannisian, the Head of the ARF faction,
proposed to name the ministry as Ministry of Diaspora Relations
and Repatriation and independent MP Viktor Dallakian as Ministry of
Armenian Diaspora Relations, giving the Minister of the latter the
status of the Deputy Prime Minister, which will give an opportunity
to coordinate those relations with educational issues as well.

According to the draft law, in case of being adopted the law will come
into force since July 1, except for the provision on the inclusion
of the new ministry in the structure of the government, which is
envisaged to come into force since October 1.

According to the unofficial information spread in the parliament,
the main and probable pretender to the post of the Minister of
Diaspora Affairs is Republican Hranush Hakobian, the Chairwoman of
the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and
Sport Issues.

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"Free Arman Babajanian!"

"FREE ARMAN BABAJANIAN!"

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[06:30 pm] 16 June, 2008

On June 16 civil society activists and supporters of Arman Babajanian,
the editor-in-chief of "Zhamanak Yeravan" newspaper and "Zhamanak
Los Angeles" staged a protest action near the Government building.

Remind: Babajanian was detained in 2006. He was charged with document
forgery and evasion of military service. Babajanian was sentenced to
four years’ imprisonment.

The protesters directed to the President’s Residence carrying
Babajanian’s photos and posters with inscriptions, "Free Arman
Babajanian."

"We demand to cease political prosecution against
Babajanian. International human rights organizations have defined Arman
Babajanian’s imprisonment as prosecution for political dissent. Despite
Babajanian’s exceptional behaviour, the commission refuses an early
release or release on probation."

"In July 2008 Arman Babajanian has another chance to be released on
probation. We demand that Armenia’s relevant bodies, in accordance with
the law, release the editor-in-chief of an opposition newspaper and
enable him to do creative work," runs the statement of the protesters.

Today’s protest action was attended by Commander of a Shushi Special
Battalion Zhirair Sefilian, who served 18 months’ imprisonment.

Sosie Avakian Mardirossian Inducted into Cambridge Who’s Who for…

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June 15 2008

Sosie Avakian Mardirossian, MSN, CNeph(C), TTP, RN, Inducted into
Cambridge Who’s Who for Excellence in Medical Care

Ms. Avakian Mardirossian has 31 years of experience in healthcare,
with the last 11 of these years spent in her current position at Home
Dialysis Programs, healthcare centers specializing in home
hemodialysis.

Cambridge Who’s Who/ – Glendale, CA, June 15, 2008, Sosie Avakian
Mardirossian, Director and Implementor of the Home Hemodialysis
Clinical Program for Home Dialysis Centers, has been recognized by
Cambridge Who’s Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence
in medical care.

Ms. Avakian Mardirossian has 31 years of experience in healthcare,
with the last 11 of these years spent in her current position at Home
Dialysis Programs, healthcare centers specializing in home
hemodialysis. An expert in nephrology, she is tasked with managing and
implementing the home hemodialysis clinical program, and is largely
credited with bringing it the last four years to Los Angeles. She
considers the implementation of the program in 1998 in Toronto,
Canada, which yielded the most successful patient outcome in dialysis,
to be the highlight of her career to date. Ms. Avakian Mardirossian
attributes her success to her dedication, perseverance and love for
her profession.

In addition to being a Certified Nephrology Registered Nurse
Specialist, Ms. Avakian Mardirossian holds a Master of Science in
Nursing and Nephrology from Toronto, Canada. She is currently
affiliated with the Association of Therapeutic Touch Practiticioners,
and has been honored with the Armenian American Nurses Association,
Oxford University Lifetime Award and a number of citations from the
Association of Therapeutic Touch Practiticioners. She has also
published articles on optimum patient outcomes after Nocturnal
Dialysis in several medical journals. Ms. Avakian Mardirossian looks
forward to expanding her business in the coming years, and to
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Genocide course sparks controversy in Toronto

Genocide course sparks controversy in Toronto

Curriculum to cover Holocaust, Armenia and Rwanda

Natalie Alcoba, National Post
Published: Friday, June 13, 2008

TORONTO – The Toronto public school board approved last night a
controversial new highschool course about genocide, one of the first
of its kind in Canada to explore the topic of mass killing around the
world.

Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity will be an optional Grade 11
course in Toronto schools come September. It will focus on three case
studies from the 20th and 21st centuries: the Holocaust, Armenia and
Rwanda.

The government-approved course description says students will "examine
identity formation and how "in groups" and "out groups" are created,
including an analysis of how "bias, stereotypes, prejudice and
discrimination impact on various groups." They will also learn about
the roles of perpetrators, victims, bystanders, rescuers, opportunists
and resisters.

But it is the inclusion and exclusion of certain mass killings that
has generated considerable public debate among different ethnic
communities. The Ukrainians have agitated for a fourth module on the
famine of the 1930s, and members of the Turkish community have lobbied
for a change because they, like their national government, dispute
that the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians between 1915
and 1923 amounts to a genocide.

School officials said yesterday there simply are not enough hours in
the year to branch beyond three core case studies, but assured that
the Ukrainian famine, and other atrocities such as Darfur, will be
studied in the genocide course. It will be offered at first in 12 of
110 high schools.

The committee of Toronto District School Board officials and
university academics that reviewed the complaints insists that
politics has no place in this debate. "Disagreeing about the
appropriateness of the label of genocide is not the same as denying
that the killings occurred," committee members said in a report that
was submitted to Toronto school trustees. "Genuine historical
controversies do belong in a highschool curriculum and can be
beneficial in giving students an in-depth understanding of complex
events and in teaching students critical thinking."

Academics contend that history, by its very nature, is controversial
terrain, but certainly among the most fraught aspects of any history
are those that involve conflicts between and within nations. It was on
display last night at the Toronto school board, as local Turks waived
their homeland’s red flag and decried "hate propaganda" — all part of
a campaign that Armenians claim was "orchestrated overseas." Twenty
years ago, a similar course proposal — which never received the
endorsement of the Education Ministry — was shelved in Ottawa after
the federal government intervened and asked the school board not to
proceed.

In the United States, the Armenian genocide is taught in a number of
states, including California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, but also
not without controversy. A lawsuit was filed against the Massachusetts
Department of Education

in 2005 after it removed from the lesson plan the dissenting views of
historians and Turkish groups. Education officials said at the time
that it would be wrong to dispute the genocide in the classroom when
the state law acknowledged it. The outcome of the lawsuit was not
known.

The Turkish government contends that the deaths were a result of
war-time fighting, and has reacted with frosty condemnation at any
acknowledgment of a genocide by any government, including Canada.

The Toronto school board review committee sided with "the vast
majority of scholars" who concur that what happened to the Armenians
was a genocide. But it said teachers should also include analysis of
the works of reputable scholars who disagree, such as U. S. historians
Guenter Lewy and Bernard Lewis — a move that was lamented by one
respected Canadian academic.

"In every single case of genocide, the perpetrators have denied they
intended to commit a genocide," said Frank Chalk, a Concordia
University history professor who is director of the Montreal Institute
for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. "Including the deniers on the
reading list is not something that I would have counseled."

But it was done, in part, to show concerned Turks that voices of
dissent will be seen and heard, said Nadine Segal, system
superintendent of programs at the TDSB.

Still, Lale Eskicioglu worried about how the "vilification and
slander" of her homeland will affect young Turkish students.

"They are trying to make the events of 1915 look as if it was the same
thing as the Holocaust, the worst thing that has ever happened on this
Earth," said Ms. Eskicioglu, an Ottawa engineer who is now the
executive director of the Council of Turkish Canadians. "We want
debate, we want this to be talked about it."

Aris Babikian, head of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, said
that opposition comes from a small group of "nationalists," while
support of a course on the Armenian genocide stretches from city
councillors to Stephen Lewis to respected historians.

"It’s not the intention of the course to villainize or create any
hatred of any community," said Mr. Babikian, who said his grandfather
survived the genocide thanks to the goodwill of a Turkish neighbour.

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Armenian Insurance Companies’ Aggregate Equity Capital to Grow to AM

ARMENIAN INSURANCE COMPANIES’ AGGREGATE EQUITY CAPITAL TO GROW TO AMD 11.3 BILLION BY LATE 2010
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ARKA June 12, 2008

Armenian insurance companies’ aggregate equity capital will grow
by AMD 5.3 billion to AMD 11.3 billion by late 2010, the Central
Bank of Armenia said in its review based on insurance companies’
business plans.

According to the review, the authorized capital will make 76.5% of
equity capital by December 31, 2010 and the profit accumulated by
the mentioned date 20.6% against 86.8% and 11.7% by late 2007.

An average annual growth of the authorized capital of insurance
companies was 23.4% and that of the accumulated profit was 56.5%.

The Central Bank considered business plans composed by ten of the
twelve insurance companies functioning in Armenia now. ($1- AMD
307.26).

Municipality Does Not Authorize The Opposition Rally

MUNICIPALITY DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE OPPOSITION RALLY

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12 June, 2008

Today the Municipality rejected the request of the opposition to
authorize the rally due on June 20. As the Municipality promises the
causes for rejection will be announced later.

However, tomorrow the opposition is planning to apply once more and
appeal today’s decision in the court.

Later on the Municipality informed "A1+" that the rally is allowed
to be held near the sports ground "Hrazdan" on the same day.

Citizens Get Their Deposits

CITIZENS GET THEIR DEPOSITS

Panorama.am
21:11 11/06/2008

Till May 23 this year 13 thousands 363 people from 60 thousands
received their deposits said Armen Margaryan the head of methodological
aid center of the Ministry of Works and Social Affairs of Armenia. He
said that 1 billion 300 million drams were disposed from the state
budget to repay back the deposits.

According to Armen Margaryan, in the nearest future they will have
already repaid back the deposits of pensioners over 70 living near
border and disaster territory, and only after that they will start
repaying the rest pensioners. Armen Margaryan did not say exactly
how many people will get their deposits this year; he said that as
much as it is disposed.

Note that in 2006-2007 10 thousands 472 people get deposits. Previous
year 1 billion drams were disposed from the state budget.

New Shades Appeared In Karabakh Process, Baku Says

NEW SHADES APPEARED IN KARABAKH PROCESS, BAKU SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.06.2008 15:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ New shades appeared in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement process, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister.

"Presently, we work at those provisions of the Madrid proposals which
have not been coordinated yet," Elmar Mammadyarov said. "These are
principal for us and we offered the OSCE Minsk Group intermediaries
to negotiate them with Armenian side."

As to the recent presidential meeting in St Petersburg, Mammadyarov
said that the meeting was of evaluation character. "We presented our
positions to each other and decided to provide time for the Minsk
Group Co-chairs to find new ways to advance them," the Minister said,
Trend Azeri news agency reports.

President Serzh Sarkisian Takes Part In Inauguration Of Reconstructe

PRESIDENT SERZH SARKISIAN TAKES PART IN INAUGURATION OF RECONSTRUCTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ASHTARAK

ARMENPRESS
June 10, 2008

ASHTARAK, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS: President Serzh Sarkisian was today
in the town of Ashtarak, the administrative center of the central
Aragatsotn province, to take part in the inauguration ceremony of a
reconstructed secondary school building. He was accompanied by vice
prime minister Armen Gevorkian, education minister Spartak Seyranian
and other officials.

That was Serzh Sarkisian’s first visit to the region in his new
capacity. The president said he was happy that the occasion was the
opening of a new school building.

"This is because I emphasize greatly the activity of the Lincy
Foundation and its school building component. I think that there must
not be rundown school buildings in Armenia because if we want to have a
well-educated generation we have to create appropriate conditions. In
my election program I used to highlight the proportional development
of the regions. My conviction is that one should not live in the
capital city to receive good education. Our regional schools should
be as good as schools in Yerevan’ he said.

President Sarkisian said also if Armenia wants to become a competitive
nation, "if we want that the new generation be able to withstand the
challenges of the 21-st century we have to invest in education." He
said the school in Ashtarak was an illustration of it.

Hrayr Sarkisian, head of the office for implementation of Lincy-funded
school building program, said the school built in 1971 was last
repaired in 1984 and in terms of seismic resistance it did not meet
today’s requirements.

He said three wings of the old building were reconstructed and a new
wing was built, along with a boiler house, a gym and the area around
the school was fenced. New furniture and equipment were bought. The
project’s cost was 900 million Drams, part of which was provided by
the government while the bulk of funds came from the Lincy Foundation.