Author: Khoyetsian Rose

"I SHOULD LIVE IN RA ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORY LONGER THAN ROBERT
KOCHARIAN AND SERZH SARGSYAN," SARGIS HATSPANIAN SAYS

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. "I have never violated any law, have
respected Armenia’s statehood and as a free person sometimes expressed
a civil position," French Armenian Sargis Hatspanian, a former
freedom-fighter, stated at the October 16 press conference. He affirmed
that former RA President Robert Kocharian signed an order on
expatriating him from Armenia in March only for his publicly supporting
first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian. S. Hatspanian said that as far
back as in 1998 he applied to the proper bodies with the request to
grant him citizenship of Armenia but was refused with the motivation
that he had not lived permanently in Armenia for 10 years. "Now I am
declaring that I should live in RA’s administrative territory longer
than R. Kocharian and Serzh Sargsyan," the former freedom-fighter said.

According to S. Hatspanian, he took part in rallies and sit-down strike
organized in the last decade of February in Liberty Square to express
his protest together with hundreds of thousands of citizens against the
riggings committed in the February presidential elections. "When S.
Hatspanian went to Karabakh to fight he was good, but when he started
protesting against falsifications he became bad," the former
freedom-fighter said.

GHANA’S NEW AMBASSADOR HANDS COPY OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO RA DEPUTY
FOREIGN MINISTER

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On October 15, Ghana’s newly
appointed Ambassador to Armenia Edward Apau Sentey (residence Moscow)
handed the copy of his credentials to RA Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham
Gharibjanian, according to a report to Noyan Tapan from RA FM Press and
Information Department.

During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the possible ways of
development of relations between Armenia and Ghana, mentioning as
prospective fields espesially the spheres of woodwork production,
healthcare, and education. They have also referred to the issues of
deepening the cooperation between the two countries, within the
framework of international organizations, particularly of the UN.

Edward Apau Sentey has graduated from Ghana Military Academy, is a
pilot by profession and a vice-marshal of air forces. In 1969-2005 he
served in the Armed Forces of Ghana. In 2006 he was appointed Ghana’s
Ambassador to RF. He is married.

T-RAY SCIENCE, INC. FILES PROVISIONAL PATENT ON COUNTERFEIT DRUG DETECTOR
[email protected]

SYS-CON Media
Oct. 17, 2008 01:23 PM
NJ

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/17/08 — T-Ray
Science, Inc., ("T-Ray", the "Company") an emerging leader in the
field of TeraHertz ("THz") research, announced today that it has filed
for provisional patent protection with the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark
Office on a Whispering Gallery Mode ("WGM") Resonator.

T-Ray’s WGM Resonator is a sensor system used in analyzing samples
for classification, quantification, monitoring and sensing of health
care products, biologics, and tissue samples.

The Company has sponsored Dr. Suren Gigoyan to advance our research on
this technology. T-Ray has already demonstrated proof of concept with
a prototype and are now focused on developing a compact, low cost,
portable device.

The device will allow pharmacists and consumers alike to verify the
authenticity of solid and fluid dosage pharmaceuticals. The counterfeit
drug industry affects millions of people worldwide, particularly in
developing nations. According to the Center for Medicines in the
Public Interest, counterfeit drug sales will reach US $75 billion
globally by 2010, a more than 90 percent increase from 2005.

"T-Ray’s THz WGM Resonator can greatly reduce the plague of counterfeit
drugs in the market today," says T-Ray President and CEO Thomas
Braun. "This platform technology will be the basis for the future
development of portable scanning devices that can be used in other
industrial applications."

About T-Ray Science, Inc.

T-Ray Science, Inc. is a device-to-system technology development
company that seeks to harness the power of TeraHertz radiation, the
last unexplored region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Company
is involved in the design, innovation and commercialization of THz
based products.

About Dr. Suren Gigoyan

Dr. Suren Gigoyan is working at the University of Waterloo as a
Visiting Scientist with other T-Ray researchers. Dr. Gigoyan is a
Fulbright Scholar and Head of the Millimeter and Microwave Laboratory,
Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics at the Armenian National
Academy of Sciences. He was recently awarded a $240,000 grant from the
government of Canada for research in his native Armenia. This grant
was awarded through the International Science and Technology Center,
a nonproliferation program established by international agreement
in 1992.

Forward Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including, but
not limited to, statements regarding the future commercialization
of THz based products, the market demand for these products and the
proprietary protections that the Company will obtain with regard to
the technology, all of which statements are subject to market risks,
and the possibility that the Company will not be able to obtain patent
protection or obtain sufficient customer demand. These statements are
made based upon current expectations and actual results may differ
from those projected due to a number of risks and uncertainties. The
Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements in
this news release to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions
or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking information.

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TERRITORY OF ARMENIA

Panorama.am
18:25 17/10/2008

"I’ve already done my selection and I voted for one of the presidential
candidates," said Arpi Vardanyan, the director of Armenian branch of
Armenian Assembly in America.

On November 4, Arpi Vardanyan won’t manage to leave for US and
they have sent the ballot paper to vote. Vardanyan said that 6
candidates are competing for the president’s position but Obama-Mc
Cain competition is too strong that the rest are left under shadow.

Arpi Vardanyan said that according to some surveys 125-200 million
citizens will vote, 7500 electoral territories and 200 thousands
electoral units are established in America.

"I guess that if Obama is elected then the foreign policy of the US
will be changed," she said, and added that most of American Armenians
are going to vote for Obama, who promised to recognize the Genocide
of Armenia.

PSRC TO CONSIDER RECOGNITION OF FRANCE TELECOM’S VICTORY IN RECENT TENDER FOR THIRD MOBILE OPERATOR LICENSE IN ARMENIA

ARKA
Oct 16, 2008

YEREVAN, October 16. /ARKA/. At its Friday’s meeting, Public
Services Regulatory Commission is to consider the recognition of
France Telecom’s victory in the recent tender for the third mobile
operator license in Armenia.

The tender commission announced Orange (France Telecom’s main brand)
the winner.

Orange offered the largest bid for obtaining GSM license. The company
bade EUR 51.5 million.

Under the rules, after undergoing necessary procedures before December
15 the company will receive the final license.

According to the draft decision placed on the Commission’s website, FTA
Telecom CJSC, which has been founded by France Telecom and registered
in Justice Ministry’s state register, applied to the Commission for
preliminary license for exploitation of network of public electronic
communications, radio frequencies and permission to use phone numbers
all over Armenia’s territory.

The Commission will consider the matter and set requirements to FTA
Telecom and a schedule of fee payment for radio frequencies.

ARMENIAN PUBLIC TV NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SERVICE ETHOS AND PROVIDE IMPARTIAL NEWS

A1+
[03:41 pm] 17 October, 2008

Defining clear editorial lines, improving mechanisms to
measure audience needs, ceasing aggressive commercial policies
and strengthening current affairs programming are some of the
recommendations for Armenian public television in a report by the
BBC World Service Trust presented today in Yerevan.

The report, which was commissioned by the OSCE Office in Yerevan
with the aim of supporting further development of Armenia’s public
service broadcaster (PTV), is the result of a five-day needs assessment
conducted by the BBC World Service Trust in July.

"Public television should raise its ambitions in providing programming
of a broadly educational nature that would serve to the interests
of different groups of the community. It should end the practice
of airing programmes made by the government," said Michael Randall,
Projects Manager for Europe and CIS at the BBC World Service Trust.

"We believe there is vast potential for making PTV a leader in
its field and establish a blueprint for public service broadcasting
which could be replicated in countries across the region. However, we
also acknowledge that PTV’s ability to strengthen its public service
ethos relies heavily on political will and change in attitude at the
government level."

The report recommended a long-term consultancy programme, whereby
consultants will work with producers to support the development
of new programmes and with senior managers to reorganize working
methods. The BBC experts also emphasized the importance of identifying
clear objectives and measurable outcomes, with local civil society
organizations monitoring the impact of the training programme, based
upon agreed performance indicators

ASKS FOR TIME

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
14 Oct 2008
Armenia

ARTASHES SHAHBAZYAN, member of the NA Interim Committee investigating
the March 1-2 incidents, yesterday said that the Committee was not
going to submit its conclusion before the scheduled time-limit,
i.e. October the 25th. "We have already applied to the National
Assembly with a legislative initiative, proposing it to extend the
time-limit of the Committee’s work for 2 months.

We decided that extending the time-limit would be logical because
the fact-finding group which is going to be set up will have time
for working as well as providing us with information."

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Panorama.am
19:33 14/10/2008

>From time to time "Yerevan Water" CSJC or as people use to say
"water seller" makes different communities in Yerevan to remember of
him. "Yerevan water warns, warns and warns…".

A few days before it was revealed out that the quality of water in
Silikian and Lukashin regions does not correspond to the general
standards. The company warns people not to use water.

Currently Panorama.am has been informed that people of those regions
still are warned to use the water. Panorama.am reporter called
to the company to find out how they are planning to regulate the
situation. Murad Sargsyan, who said that he is a press officer in
the company, assured that the quality of the water has been fixed a
few days before.

To the question that people still have some warnings and they don’t
use water, and they have to buy it, the representative of the company
said that it is in vain. To another question whether the company plans
to compensate people for those inconveniences, Mr. Sargsyan said that
"It would be better to write an official request to our director".

ANCA SLAMS BRYZA FOR RETREAT FROM PRINCIPLE IN U.S. POLICY TOWARD KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.10.2008 14:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
Chairman Ken Hachikian, in remarks delivered yesterday before more
than 900 elected officials and community leaders at the annual Western
Region banquet, publicly and forcefully challenged recent statements by
senior State Department official Matt Bryza that, as a precondition for
peace, Armenia must agree that Nagorno Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan,
ANCA Communications Director Elizabeth Chouldjian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Speaking before a capacity crowd at the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library, Hachikian sharply condemned the "retreat from principle"
in U.S. policy toward the people and republic of Nagorno Karabakh –
who have strived, at the brutal cost of a generation of its best
sons and daughters – to live up to the fundamentally American ideal
that all people deserve to live free of foreign tyranny, under a
government of their own choosing." He added that, "just this past
week, we saw a senior State Department official, Matt Bryza, moving
farther from even the pretense of supporting democracy, by saying
that Armenia must accept the false proposition that Nagorno Karabakh
is part of Azerbaijan. He’s absolutely wrong. And we all know it –
and so does Baku and Ankara."

In an October 9th interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation
Russian language service, Bryza, who serves as Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State and also the State Department’s representative
to the OSCE Minsk Group talks, stated that Armenia must agree that
Nagorno Karabakh is legally part of Azerbaijan.

His comments follow a series of statements, over the past several
weeks, in which Bryza has demonstrated a pro-Azerbaijani bias by
prioritizing the misapplication of the principle of territorial
integrity to the Nagorno Karabakh issue over the basic right of all
peoples to self-determination.

CENTRAL BANK OF ARMENIA IS TOUGHENING MONETARY-CREDIT POLICY BECAUSE OF SLOWDOWN IN ECONOMIC DRAMIZATION RATE

ArmInfo
2008-10-13 19:25:00

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia continues toughening
monetary-credit policy because of slowdown in economic dramization
rate due to growing inflation in Jan-June 2008.

In July-Sept 2008 almost all monetary-credit indices dropped as
against 2007. AMD supply grew by just 35.1% against 63.9% in 2007. AMD
deposits grew by 44%, circulating AMD cash by 28.7%, monetary base
by 31.6%. Currency deposits in USD equivalent grew by 25.9% while
deposits in AMD equivalent by 13.8%.

By the end of this year the annual growth in money and AMD supply
is expected to make up 21%-24%, monetary base – 9%-11%, AMD deposits
and AMD cash in circulation – 32%-34% and 12%-14%, respectively. The
growth in USD deposits will make up 23%-25% against 8.6% in 2007.