Author: Nahapetian Zhanna

SERJIK’S 20 SHEEP

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15:32:07 – 06/10/2009

In the Region of Lori, in the night of October 4, wolves killed
20 sheep belonging to one of the residents of the Karaberd village
Serjik Yuribekyan.

FAMED ACTRESS TO HAVE PROCEDURE ON HEART

Panorama.am
10:59 07/10/2009

Famous actress Elizabeth Taylor is having a "procedure on her heart,"
she announced at her social networking site.

She says it’s very new and involves repairing her leaky valve using
a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that her heart will
function better, the famed actress wrote.

The 77-year-old Oscar winner did not go into further detail about
her heart condition or the medical procedure.

Note that Elizabeth Taylor is two-time Oscar winner.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS HOSPITALIZED

News.am
09:36 / 10/07/2009

The internationally acclaimed actress Elizabeth Taylor, 77, was
hospitalized October 6 to be operated on heart, her blog reads
on Twitter.

The operation aims to repair a leaking heart valve.

It is not the first time that the actress was taken to hospital. She
had treatment against alcohol addiction. In 1997 her encephaloma
was excised.

Taylor was a friend of Michael Jackson. His death deeply shocked her.

MAKING CONCESSIONS TO TURKEY SENSELESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.10.2009 12:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Vice President of the Union of Armenians of Russia
Gegham Khalatyan said his negative attitude about the Armenian-Turkish
protocols is conditioned by the RA authorities inability to give an
intelligible explanation of their policy.

"It’s absurd to say that the protocols contain no preconditions. For
me, each provision in the document is a condition. Although there
is no direct mention of Karabakh, Genocide and Treaty of Kars,
there are provisions obliging Armenia to resolve these problems,"
he said. "If both sides realize the importance of establishment of
diplomatic relations and opening of the border, the process should
not imply any concessions."

"Certainly, Armenia would benefit by acquiring extra transit
routes. But opening of the border is an ephemeral phenomenon and
it demands no price. Noble Armenian nation is ready to establish
diplomatic relations with Turkey despite the Genocide committed by the
Ottoman Empire. This should be the essence of talks," Khalatyan said,
Yerkramas newspaper reported.

ARG INVESTS ABOUT 27 BILLION DRAMS IN GAS-ENERGY PROJECTS IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER

ARKA
Oct 6, 2009

YEREVAN, October 6, /ARKA/. About 27 billion Drams were invested
in gas-energy projects in Armenia in January-September, 2009,
a statement posted on the official website of ArmRosGazprom (ARG)
joint Armenian-Russian gas operator says.

According to the statement, ARG invested 10.3 billion Drams in the
first nine months of 2009 in rehabilitation and development of the
natural gas network of the country.

‘The ArmRosGazprom company continues consistently to implement
gas-energy projects which are of strategic significance for the
country’s economy, particularly, the expansion of the gas-transport
system by launching the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and accomplishment
of the construction of the fifth unit of Hrazdan thermal power plant,’
the statement says.

Since 2006 the ARG has invested a total of $541.1 million of its own
funds and loans from local and international lending organizations
in implementation of gas-energy projects.

The ARG is the sole natural gas operator in Armenia bringing
and distributing the Russian gas across Georgia. The company was
established in 1997. Russian Gazprom holds 80% in it, the rest is
owned by the Armenian government. ($1 – 384.26 Drams).

LE GENOCIDE NON RECONNU
REVOLTE DES ARMENIENS : NON A UN ACCORD AVEC LA TURQUIE
Martha Allevato

Il Giornale
3 octobre 2009

La question divise l’opinion publique dans le pays. Mais a l’etranger,
les Armeniens de Diaspora semblent parfaitement unis sur un seul
front : " VOTCH", "NON" au rapprochement que le gouvernement de
Erevan souhaite initier avec la Turquie, "Non" jusqu’a ce qu’Ankara
reconnaisse le Genocide des Armeniens de 1915. Pour se faire mieux
entendre, les Armeniens de France ont lance depuis une semaine une
petition intitulee "Votch" sur le site où l’on
trouve des centaines de signatures de professeurs, d’entrepreneurs,
d’intellectuels, de medecins et de journalistes.

Les Armeniens de Diaspora sont estimés de 8 a 9 millions dispersés
dans le monde. C’est d’eux que dépend l’economie de la petite
republique ex-sovietique. Actuellement, pour la premiere fois, ils
sont tous unis contre le president Serge Sarkissian.

Le president de Erevan en tournée pour convaincre la Diaspora
d’accepter le dégel avec Ankara La nouvelle datant de la fin aoÃ"t
et selon laquelle les deux Etats signeraient un protocole d’ici la
mi-octobre pour rétablir des relations diplomatiques et rouvrir la
frontière apres enviro n un siècle de glacis a provoque la rage de
la Diaspora, surtout parmi les témoins directs ou les descendants
des victimes des massacres de 1915. Ils n’acceptent absolument pas
de renoncer a leur droit a la memoire au nom de la RealPolitik.

En se promenant parmi les membres de la Diaspora, le mécontentement
était très visible hier lors de la manifestation qui s’est déroulée
a Paris, premiere étape de la tournée du chef de l’Etat armenien
qui se rendra aussi a Los Angeles, a Beyrouth et a Rostov sur Don en
Russie pour sonder la position de l’influente Diaspora sur les projets
de détente avec l’éternel ennemi turc. De violents heurts entre les
manifestants et les policiers francais en tenue anti-émeute ont en
effet accueilli le president Sarkissian.

Violente contestation hier a Paris de la Diaspora contre le chef de
l’Etat armenien Depuis toujours, la Diaspora a une position plus
dure que celle de Erevan en ce qui concerne les relations avec la
Turquie. Le nÅ"ud qui doit être rompu a un nom "Medz Yeghern",
le Genocide des Armeniens. Début 1915, les Russes avancaient
en Anatolie tandis ce que le débarquement des Alliés menacait
Constantinople. C’est durant ces jours que fut décidée l’élimination
du peuple armenien par l9 9Organisation Speciale liée au Ministere de
l’Interieur. La Catastrophe s’est déchaînée le 24 Avril, a Istanbul,
avec l’arrestation et l’exécution de nombreux intellectuels et hommes
politiques armeniens. En quelques mois, furent massacrés 1,5 millions
de personnes. Récemment, ces évènements ont été reconnus comme
le premier genocide du 20ème siècle, mais pour la Turquie, c’est
seulement une mystification historique. Ankara refuse le terme de
"genocide" tour en admettant entre 300 000 et 500 000 victimes.

Hier, une centaine de delegues des 27 pays de l’Union europeenne
étaient venue a la rencontre du chef de l’Etat armenien. L’Italie
était representee par Alecco Bekizian, representant de la Federation
Euro-Armenienne pour la Justice et la Democratie, et Robert Attarian,
porte-parole de la Communaute armenienne de Rome. "Le president
est en train de subir une forte pression des Etats-Unis qui lui
impose la détente avec Ankara mais ‘sans préalable ce qui est pour
nous inacceptable "explique M. Bezikian" sans le préalable de la
reconnaissance du Genocide des Armeniens". Et il ajoute" ce sont
des centaines de millions de dollars que la Diaspora verse en aide
a l’Armenie depuis des années et ceci sera probablement fortement
remis en question a l’avenir".

RA PRESIDENT SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY ARMENIA’S INTERESTS: SAMVEL NIKOYAN

News.am
19:25 / 10/05/2009

Planning Pan-Armenian tour, Serzh Sargsyan certainly foresaw
everything, even the incidents like those in Paris, Deputy Speaker
of RA NA, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member Samvel Nikoyan
told NEWS.am while speaking of the mass protest actions during the
meetings of the RA President with Diaspora representatives.

"Leaving Yerevan, President did not hope for the Diaspora to meet
him with &’Hurrah!’ or &’Bravo!’ chants. However, he was realizing
the significance of the tour and decided to take it despite all
difficulties," Nikoyan stated.

According to him, the aim of Sargsyan’s tour is not persuading
Diaspora or obtruding his opinion, but to apprise Armenians abroad
and international community of the official Yerevan plans.

"President should be primarily governed by the interests of Armenia
and its citizens. Even if he does not succeed in convincing Diaspora
of Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ signing necessity, they will be signed
regardless," Nikoyan emphasized. The signing process will be natural
up to the date of ratification in the two Parliaments. "In here the
outcome might be unexpected," the politician concluded.

BHK PARLIAMENTARIAN SHOT

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The Armenian Police reports that on October 5, on the Yeraskh-Yerevan
highway, the member of the National Assembly, the member of the
Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia, BHK) party Karo Karapetyan
started a quarrel on domestic issues with the resident of the Dvin
village of Ararat region Artur Zadoyan. During the quarrel, A. Zadoyan
hit in the head of K. Karapetyan with an iron perch (car key) and
K. Karapetyan in return shot 5 times with his Browning rifle in
direction of Zadoyan. Two of the bullets harmed his right hand and leg.

IN NEW WORK TOO

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12:06:11 – 05/10/2009

On the second day of his pan-national trip, Serge Sargsyan was in
New York where he met with the heads of the Armenian community at the
Palace hotel. Serge Sargsyan’s speech lasted 35 minutes after which
the community heads expressed their opinions. The meetings passed in
a very tense atmosphere. Armenian from different U.S. cities gathered
in front of the hotel and held a protest demonstration against the
Armenian-Turkish protocols. A group of protesters entered the hotel
and wanted to hand a letter. The representative of the protesters was
taken into a separate took to hand it but after waiting for several
hours it turned out to be impossible. In the evening, the police sent
away them from the hotel.

FLEMISH JAZZ MEETING 2009

All About Jazz
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October 5, 2009

Unaccustomed as I am to inhabiting the trade/music business function
end of things, a sojourn at the Gent Jazz Festival and Jazz Middelheim
in Belgium inevitably led to a swiftly-following weekend at the Flemish
Jazz Meeting in the scenic city of Brugge. This is the third edition
of a September band showcase that’s designed to spread the musical
wares of Belgium’s Flanders region across the entire European jazz
network. Therefore, most of its delegates are drawn from the world
of promoters, festival organisers, club bosses and artist managers,
arriving from France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Lithuania
and Holland.

Also, as a kind of rogue element, there’s a small posse of
observationalist scribes, here to document the behavioural patterns
of this strange, instantly-formed beatnik community. The physical host
organisation is De Werf, which is quite possibly the key jazz body in
Belgium, in terms of being both a venue and a label of long-running
repute. The whole weekend is also jointly run by Jazzlab, Jazz Brugge
and the Flanders Music Centre.

Travel the globe, and thou shalt always find places of alternative
jazz refuge like De Werf. This feels like home. The concept is to
catch five bands on Friday and Saturday evenings, closing out with
two more on Sunday morning. These have been selected by a panel of
50 Belgian writers and promoters. Each band is given 20 minutes to
make their mark, although the later sets seem to have some leeway
for extension. There are one or two acts that proffer lukewarm sets,
and a vocalist who’s got to combat this reviewer’s difficulties with
most song-form jazz. That leaves a large majority of the combos who
manage to attain various levels of thrilling excellence.

Diverse musical backgrounds converge with the Hijaz sextet. Tunisian
oud player Moufadel Adhoum shares the front line with duduk blower
Vardan Hovannisian, from Armenia. Moroccan percussionist Azzedine
Jazouli allies himself with the Belgian the line-up is completed by
pianist Niko Deman and bassman Chris Mentens.

The dominant sound flows up from North Africa, draped over a
homogenised jazz base. They’re a suitable choice for an opening act,
offering a wide array of textures, without particularly rising above
a friendly fusion, devoid of the tensions and frictions that would
invest the music with a more compulsive energy.

The Pierre Anckaert Trio was augmented by flautist Stefan Bracaval,
who provided the main point of interest when hefting the bass variant
of his instrument, darkly blowing with softly percussive power.

It was only when the Free Desmyter Quartet took to the stage that
the Friday evening began its ascent to full intensity. I’d caught
this pianist’s trio at both the Gent and Middelheim festivals in
July and August of 2009, concluding that Desmyter’s enquiring and
spacious style was attractive, but only suited to an environment of
concentrated listening.

With the quartet, reedsman John Ruocco (an American dwelling in
Holland) added a volatile ingredient, ramming the piano trio formation
into a more riled-up state. He switched from tenor saxophone to
clarinet, wading through the spaces left by Desmyter’s wandering lines.

Operating on a very sparse terrain, accordionist Tuur Florizoone was
teamed with cellist Marine Horbaczewski and tuba/trombone maestro
Michel Massot (also a member of the brilliant Trio Grande). The
confluence of these three quite unlikely instruments immerses the
ears in sheer pleasure, uniting with the occasionally absurdist work
of Massot.

By way of extreme contrast, saxophonist Jeroen Van Herzeele led his
quartet toward free jazz oblivion, filling his space with lengthy,
involved solos as he took the music in an incremental skyward
climb. The leader’s steady, slow-motion explosion dominated, but
his band responded with equal force, not least the French bassist
Jean-Jacques Avenel.

On Saturday evening, Briskey made an unlikely opener. Given this
expanded combo’s cinematically wide-angled sound, they’d be more
to capitalise on their thrusting, accumulating motion. Gert Keunen
triggered samples and field recordings, expanding his previously
lonesome state into a full band-spread. Drummer Isolde Lasoen casually
flicked out tight funk accents at slow speed, keyboardist Sara
Gilis played on the edge of overload, but bass saxophonist Nicolas
Roseeuw would have benefited from a volume boost to facilitate the
full enormity of his elephantine belch-lines. Trumpeter Bart Maris
also impressed with a series of cutting filigrees. The music hovered
moodily around the realms of slow jazz and atmospherica soundtracks.

The Carlo Nardozza Quintet operated within a much more traditional
acoustic jazz framework. The band’s trumpeting leader began with a
straight-ahead post-bop blowing session, but as electric guitarist
Melle Weijters sat in, the band’s style gradually stepped sideways
into a more modernistic patch, decorated with his embellishments. The
presence of saxophonist Daniel Daemen also addded to this sense
of adventure.

The subversive tilting of the mainline jazz form continued with pianist
Christian Mendoza’s group. This Peruvian composer has an individualist
touch, filling his solos with subtle ornamentation, never playing
one note when five will sound more compelling. His style sounds
very natural, but it’s not solely stemming from any recognisable
jazz lineage. He seeks after the less obvious progressions. His
compositions are also quite untethered to any obvious influences,
not afraid of minimalist insistency in their themes, as piano and
clarinet nag away at an addictive figure.

The Saturday night climax arrived with RadioKuka Orkest, a combo that’s
led by bassist Kristof Roseeuw, of the Flat Earth Society. Actually,
it was reedsman Tom Wouters (also from FES) who came across as the
dominant personality in this already unhinged quartet. His surprise
switch from clarinet to drumkit dropped their full depth charge,
prompting a complete shunt of style from fidgety chamber complexity
towards a skitteringly funked momentum ack into the initial form,
forcing the music into a concentrated reprise. It was as if we all
had a sharp awakening from a deranged jazz nightmare. What is it
with accordions and cellos this weekend? Phillippe Thuriot and Lode
Vercampt also excelled.

Enjoyable though the concluding DelVita Group was, these striplings
had to endure the trial of following the last pair of particularly
creative groups, suffering through just not being dynamic or unusual
enough in their fairly routine construction of horns (trombone/tenor
saxophone) and rhythm section.

Following the Saturday night rush of excitement, Sunday morning’s
session was limited to just a pair of after-breakfast acts. First,
the South African singer Tutu Puoane led a quartet, sounding better on
the songs that spring more obviously from her homeland tradition. She
was too mellow for some, even at this early hour of the day. Far more
gregarious was the Bart Defoort Quartet, representing the old guard of
post-bop jazz, with their twin tenor saxophone front line. Their whole
set charged at full speed and intensity, providing a grizzled lunchtime
blow-out that acted as a conclusive emission of pent-up soloing gusto.

If only more countries could set out to encapsulate their jazz scenes
in a single weekend of condensed exposure…

The set-lengths were just right to sufficiently grasp each combo’s
ethos. The approaches varied (although none were truly extreme, in the
old-fashioned experimental sense), taking in song, ‘scapes, acoustic
chamber intimacy, mainstream blowing and ethnic adventuring. Some of
Belgium’s best-known artists have already been featured in the first
two years of this meeting, but there’s still no shortage of new or
new-ish discoveries to be made. Let’s hope some of these combos get
to appear on the club and festival scene around the rest of Europe
in the coming year.