Author: nina hovnanian

Barron’s
Aug 25 2011

Kerkorian’s $215 Million Sale of MGM Stock

By GRACE L. WILLIAMS | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR

The billionaire’s Tracinda Corp. sold 20 million shares of the gaming firm.

MGM Resorts International has seen an uptick in insider activity over
the past few days as one major investor partially cashed out and two
executives stepped up to the table to play their hands at investing in
the resort and casino.

On Aug. 17, private holding company Tracinda Corp., run by billionaire
Kirk Kerkorian, sold 20 million shares of MGM (ticker: MGM) for nearly
$215 million, an average of $10.74 each.

This is Tracinda’s first transaction of the year. On Nov. 12, 2010, it
sold 4.2 million MGM shares for $52.2 million, an average of $12.52
each.

Following the latest transaction, Tracinda continues to indirectly
hold 111,173,744 MGM shares, roughly a 22% stake.

A key player in the development of Las Vegas into a lodging and gaming
capital, Kerkorian has been chief executive, president and the sole
director of Tracinda since 1976.

Through a spokesman, MGM Chairman and CEO Jim Murren wrote in an
e-mail, “I have not met a more generous man in my professional life
and at every turn he has been a supporter of MGM. After all he has
given us over the years, there is no one I can think of who is more
deserving to have the flexibility in his investments so as to enjoy
his life.

“Just as a reminder, Mr. Kerkorian is our largest shareholder and also
just recently invested $50 million in MGM China.”

Sean MacNeal, an analyst with InsiderScore.com, says, “The sale was
executed at $10.74 [a share] and the stock didn’t hit that price that
day, so he sold at a discount. You never want to see a large
shareholder sell a chunk of shares at a discount, and it’s possible it
was a cash-raising maneuver.”

MacNeal also notes that after Tracinda’s sale, two executives bought
into MGM for the first time, adding to their indirect holdings.

On Aug. 22, Chief Marketing Officer William Hornbuckle bought 20,000
shares for $184,000, an average of $9.22 each, and Chief Operating
Officer Corey Ian Sanders bought 10,000 shares for $97,400, an average
of $9.74 each. Sanders now indirectly owns 22,804 shares while
Hornbuckle indirectly owns 20,000 shares and directly owns 12,605
shares.

“It’s the first time executives at MGM have bought in at least eight
years,” says MacNeal. “Tracinda’s sell was tough to swallow from a
shareholder standpoint from the discounted aspect, so execs stepping
up softens the blow.”

MGM stock reached a 52-week intraday low of $8.92 on Aug. 31, 2010.
Shares climbed after that date, and on Jan. 18 reached a high of
$16.94. MGM stock has backed off since then, and trended closer to the
low, closing at $9.81 on Thursday.

On Aug. 9, Credit Suisse’s director and senior gaming, lodging and
leisure analyst, Joel Simkins, remained cautious on MGM and maintained
it at Underperform while lowering the price target to $10 from $11
after MGM reported a strong second quarter.

In an interview with Barrons.com, Simkins says Credit Suisse is
cautious on MGM given its Vegas exposure. “Surprisingly trends in
Vegas have been pretty solid to date, but 30% of Vegas’ room nights
come from conventions. We’re concerned that there could be pullback.

“We currently favor regional casinos as people stay closer to home.
They can get on the local river boat, play $50 in the slot machine and
get dinner…especially with gas prices coming down,” he says.

Credit Suisse makes a market in the securities of MGM.

news.am, Armenia
Aug 27 2011

Soldiers not involved in construction of Stepanakert airport

August 27, 2011 | 13:21

STEPANAKERT.- Only civilians are involved in construction of airport
in Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Karabakh Defense Army dismissed press reports saying solders are
involved in construction works.

`The NKR airport is a civilian building and all the construction works
are carried out by civilians, not soldiers of the Defense Army,’ the
statement says.

Astarjian: `Bazaar’ and `Kef’: Is our language dead?

Sat, Nov 21 2009
By: Dr. Henry Astarjian

These are two words that make me feel like a matador looking at the
bull ready to charge: angry, determined, ready to charge. What enrages
me most is when the words are prominently displayed in front of a
church, advertising their sujukh and basterma, and competing with the
next Apostolic Armenian Church – my sujukh is better than your sujukh.
And that gives them a sense of pride, a sense of superiority,
forgetting that those two words, displayed in front of an Armenian
church, is tantamount to the official bastardization of the Armenian
language – with Turkish words – by a church or national organization.

Following the genocide, the survivors, most of them from Anatolia,
spoke Turkish, which compelled the organizations and churches to
communicate in their language. People knew some prayers in Armenian,
which they recited during mass without knowing what they meant.
Nevertheless, they recited. The political parties, to their credit,
especially offshoot organizations of the parties, launched a campaign
to promote the use of the mother tongue. In Beirut, the effort was
boosted by Nigol Aghpalian, a multi-linguist; Levon Shant, a
playwright who, amongst other plays and writings, wrote his opus
magnum Ingadz Perti Ishkhanoohin; Kaspar Ipegian with his theater; and
other linguists who, in collaboration with the Nshan Palangian Jemaran
and other Armenian schools, taught the young generation not only the
basics, but the intricacies of the Armenian lexicon and the melodious
songs of the language that governed it.

Parsekh Ganatchian, with his spiritual operetta `Nahnor’ (Pilgrimage
of lovers to Saint Garabed Monastery, praying for the realization of
their dreams) and the most soothing `Koon Yeghir Balaas’ (a lullaby)
harped the strings of one’s heart. His interpretations of other
folklore casted a new hue on old Armenian songs.

The Turkish-speaking Armenians began to change, and were happy to
revert to their origins.

One of the vehicles of this entire literary and artistic milieu was
the Hamazkayin.

Time and place have changed all that. Today, the diaspora suffers from
poverty of thought and poverty of spirit. The custodians of our
culture, like Hamazkayin, have slipped into inaction, more like
hibernation. Despite goodwill, there is no effort on their part to
revive the comatose Armenian cultural animal.

An example comes to mind: Minas Tololyan. Originally a Bolsahay,
Tololyan, with his wife Kohaar, taught Armenian language and
literature to youth after the genocide, and authored literally
hundreds of publications and volumes on Armenian history and
literature. Though he was a giant in Armenian literature, he remains
incognito. Hamazkayin has not stood up to the standards set forth by
its founders!

Kef is a Turkish word meaning merriment (khrakhjank). For most, it is
an ID documenting their Armenianism. To go to a `Keftime,’ listen to
Turkish Armenian-ized songs such as `Sharzhe, sharzhe tashkinagt’ (in
Turkish, `Salla salla mendilini’) and Kurdish Armenian-ized songs like
`Dehle-Yaman,’ and dance to the tune of `Lorke-Lorke,’ is proof of
being a good Armenian. One Armenian American told me: `Doc. I am a
good, loyal Armenian. I haven’t missed a single kef since it began in
Connecticut. I love Armenian food, I love kafta and I love pea-lough.
I have many anecdotes along those lines.

What is wrong with calling a bazaar with its Armenian
equivalent – shouga? Shouga is more phonetic, and is a good way of
raising money and providing a social forum for the community to get
together. But its Turkish name is a pollutant.

The disintegration is global, which is understandable, but what is
inexcusable is the pollution that is in Armenia, where Turkish words
dominate daily conversation. Instead of calling a child, yerekha in
Armenian, for example, they call him or her chojukh, which is Turkish.
Pistachios (bistag in Armenian) are fstekh. Sekh (melon) is yemish. It
is nauseating!

It is ironic that everyone knows about the problem, but no one raises
a finger to rectify it.

In Armenia, which is supposed to be our linguistic hub, spelling and
dictation is so polluted that it needs strong detergents to clean it
up. Calls to that effect have met with – to borrow a phrase – benign
neglect. I don’t even know if there is a Ministry of Education in
Armenia.

Here is another bastion of Armenian language, literature, history, and
culture: the Mkhitarists of St. Lazarous, Venice, and Vienna. This
rich fortress of Armenianism is neglected by the Armenian Apostolic
Church, the Armenian Diaspora, and Armenia itself, most probably
because they are a Catholic Armenian brotherhood. It is disintegrating
for lack of funds, its vast properties have been auctioned off through
Italian mafia scams, there are no new recruits, and the ailing Appa is
facing closure of the monastery. Is this any indication of greatness,
which our leaders keep inflating our egos with? Is this any way to
survive the rigors of this world?

Language is important in the makeup of one’s ethnic identity, except
in the Jewish case, whose dominant tradition, regardless of language,
kept their nation intact for millennia. That is not the case with us;
we do not have traditions specific to our nationalism or ethnicity.
Our language is our tradition and it is now in imminent danger of
Latinization.

Yes, I am sad and angry. No I am not depressed or hopeless. I still
see the charging bull, but I am hopeful to see, one day, a banner
hanging on the wall of our institutions advertizing a Shouga and
Khrakhjank, not a Bazaar and Kef .

Sects in Armenia preparing for elections, says priest

16:25 – 27.08.11

Sects in Armenia are making serious preparations to get ready for
elections, Priest Yesai Artenyan has said.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Artenyan said that some
political forces are cooperating with some sects and giving pledges to
gain more votes.

“That is an electorate,” said Artenyan, meaning the people who are
members of a particular sect.

“It is often beneficial to come up to a ‘shepherd’ and to immediately
get an assurance of let’s say 10,000 votes of their followers, rather
than to persuade those 10,000 people separately,” explained he.

Artenyan did not, however, mention any such political force or sects
that are in cooperation.

Further, he said that the sects recruit people by giving promises of a
socially welfare life and an easy salvation.

He also said that the official number of 300,000 members of various
sects in Armenia refers to all the sects, while the approximate number
of Armenian citizens that are sects of the Evangelical Church is about
100,000.

Tert.am

news.az, Azerbaijan
Aug 26 2011

No military solution to Karabakh problem
Fri 26 August 2011 12:58 GMT | 8:58 Local Time

News.Az interviews Nikolay Silayev, senior researcher at the Moscow
State Institute of International Relations’ Caucasus Research Centre.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are celebrating the anniverary of their
independence from Georgia. How did the August 2008 Russo-Georgian war
change the overall situation in the South Caucasus?

The consequences of the war are very diverse, so it is hard to depict
them in a short interview. First and foremost, the war demonstrated
the real and very expensive cost of attempts to solve long-standing
ethnic and political conflicts by force. Russia’s recognition of the
independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was an indirect outcome of
the war which served as a precedent for the entire post-Soviet area.
Relations between Russia, the US and NATO acquired a new context
following the war.

Do you believe the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,
recognized by Russia, is irreversible or does Tbilisi still have a
chance of recovering control over these territories?

Of course, `never say never’, but true independence is irreversible.
It is possible that in the distant future some integrated structures
may be formed linking Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The
voluntary concession on their part of sovereignty in favour of Georgia
is theoretically possible in the future. But now discussion of these
issues is far from practical politics. I would not consider the return
of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Tbilisi’s jurisdiction a realistic
scenario.

Some new agreements on their status are possible only if a brand new
security system is formed throughout the region and fundamental
political advances in Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are made.

Russia says it is ready to normalize ties with Georgia only after
President Mikheil Saakashvili leaves office. Can Russia eliminate the
distrust and even antagonism that the Georgian people have towards it?

I have not noticed any antagonism of the Georgian people towards
Russia and the Russian people, or antagonism of the Russian people
towards Georgia and the Georgian people.

Mutually hostile government propaganda in both countries at one time
produced an effect, but this effect was the result of the situation.
The anti-Georgian wave in Russia in the fall of 2006 quickly came to
naught. And the people of Georgia turned out to be immune to
Russophobic propaganda. Mistrust can be eliminated if you prove good
faith and keep promises.

What message did the Russo-Georgian war send to Azerbaijan and Armenia
which do not rule out the possibility of a military solution to their
territorial dispute?

The war showed that there is no military solution and there will not be one.

Is it possible to predict what steps Russia will take if Azerbaijan
does decide to liberate its lands by force?

Russia will make every effort to prevent an outbreak of hostilities,
escalation of violence as an intermediary and to return the parties to
the negotiating table together with other responsible parties in
international politics.

F.H.
News.Az

Trend, Azerbaijan
Aug 26 2011

Armenian president supports Iran’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh
[26.08.2011 15:04]
Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 26 / Trend T.Jafarov /

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received Iran’s Ambassador to
Yerevan Seyed Ali Saghaian, ISNA reported.

Sargsyan expressed gratitude for Tehran’s balanced position on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Saghaian said the most acceptable way would be resolution of the
Karabakh conflict within the framework of cooperation among the
regional countries. He noted that Iran supports the peaceful
settlement of the conflict.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. – are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

Discussing trade and economic cooperation, Sargsyan expressed
satisfaction with the growth of mutual trade and called for its
further increase.

Saghaian said the trade turnover between Iran and Armenia grew by 30
percent in the first half of 2011 compared to the same period of 2011.

Mediamax, Armenia
Aug 26 2011

The French diplomat becomes the new EU Special Representative for the
Southern Caucasus

Friday 26 August 2011 16:28
Yerevan/Mediamax/. French diplomat Philippe Lefort is appointed
European Union Special Representative for the Southern Caucasus and
crisis in Georgia.

Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for the Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy, European Commission Vice -President, said she is
greatly satisfied with his appointment to `this important position’,
Mediamax reports.

`Philippe Lefort has an in-depth knowledge of the region and years of
experience working there at the very highest level. I am confident
that he is an ideal choice for the EUSR for the South Caucasus and the
crisis in Georgia and that he will enhance the EU’s role in this
sensitive region’, stated Catherine Ashton.

Mediamax notes that on February 28, 2011, the mandate of the Special
Representative of EU for the South Caucasus came to an end and the
Swedish diplomat Peter Semneby left the given position. In early
March, the Maja Kocijancic, Spokesperson of the High Representative of
EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said in an interview to
Mediamax:

`The High Representative Catherine Ashton is currently discussing with
Member States how to organize the work in these regions in the light
of the Lisbon Treaty, setting-up of the EEAS and the situation on the
ground, including the new roles of delegations. Our aim is clear: We
want to have a stronger and more active role for the EU foreign policy
everywhere. The question you are raising is only organizational; there
is no change of policy. Also we cannot compare the situation in the
regions – the role of the EU varies, although not the ambitions’.

The position of EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus was
established in early 2006.

BAREKAMAVAN – THIS BORDER VILLAGE MIGHT BE A GHOST TOWN IN 5 YEARS
Voskan Sargsyan

August 24, 2011

Barekamavan is a small Armenian village straddling the country’s
north-western border with Azerbaijan.

In the past 20 years since independence, the village has gotten
smaller still.

You’ll bump into former residents in the neighboring towns of
Noyemberyan and Ijevan, in the capital Yerevan, and farther afield
as well, in Stavropol, Moscow. Some have even made it to Europe and
the States.

Loosely translated, Barekamavan means “District of Friends”. It used
to be called “Taknagyugh” (Hidden Village), and for good reason. It
appears to be nestled it a small valley surrounded by forested hills.

It’s so close to the border that you can hear the muezzin calling
the faithful to prayer over on the Azerbaijani side.

In 1976 the local school, going up to the 8th grade, boasted 330
pupils. It’s now a 12 year high school but enrollment has plummeted
to just 34.

“Recently, there was one family that moved to Russia. Us old folk get
by on our pensions, but what can the young people do? There’s no work.

The Turks have moved into our lands, but neither they nor we can
extract any profit,” says 82 year-old resident Hovhannes Chitchyan.

He was referring to the family of Armen Yesayan. When they moved,
school enrolment dropped by another two pupils. And the exodus
continues.

“Come back in five years and nobody will be left,” says another
old-timer, Volodya Gharakeshyan, aged 80.

He tripped a mine planted in one of the fields and his legs were
wounded. Volodya gets by on just a 28,000 AMD [US$76.30] pension.

Because the village is located on the border, in a danger zone,
some 500 hectares of land lies fallow. The elevated portion of the
village is out of harm’s way and the villages graze their livestock
here and grow what they can.

Village Mayor Garik Abazyan says that 400 people are officially
registered as residents. The 30 year-old got married last year to a
local girl who had been living in Moscow for the past 16 years.

There are two small stores in Barekamavan. One is owned by the current
mayor, the other, by the former mayor.

It would be a stretch to call Mayor Abazyan’s business a store. It’s
so tiny and carries only a handful of goods.

Both stores run tabs for the local residents since they can only pay
cash when their pension checks arrive.

Right now, the village has no irrigation system. The International
Fund for Agricultural Development allocated $2.9 million [US$7,900] to
bring water from the Noyemberyan mountains to a number of neighboring
villages but Barekamavan was left out of the project.

The village even faces a problem with drinking water. Residents mostly
get their water from some local springs.

In the center of the village lies the bombed out shell that once
housed the cultural center and library.

On August 19, the newly built Saint Gregory Chapel was consecrated
close by. It was funded by former village resident Tsolak Mikayelyan
who now lives in Stavropol.

Villagers thank their generous compatriot for building a place where
they can now pray.

Some 2 kilometres from the village, deep in the forest, is the
Bardzryal Khach pilgrimage site. Originally a pagan mausoleum in the
shape of a tower, the structure was “Christianized” in the Middle
Ages – a cross was affixed to the window and a khachkar (stone cross)
was installed inside to serve as an altar.

In 2004, a construction company from Alaverdi was contracted to
renovate the site. Perhaps they should have left it alone.

The company did a Euro retrofit and failed to use the piles of old
stones strewn about the site that had fallen from the structure over
the centuries. Many of the stones even had episodic carvings.

RA Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan declared 2010 as “The Year
of Barekamavan”.

I asked the mayor what took place in the village last year. He told
me that with assistance from the All Armenia Fund 60 hectares of
land were tilled and planted and that the crop was distributed to
villagers this year.

Mayor Abazyan also considers MP Mikayel Vardanyan to be a “friend”
of Barekamavan. He pushed through 1.2 million AMD [US$3,270] of
investment in the village in the way of farming equipment.

The village of Barekamavan defends this strategic border region
of Armenia.

But the village needs others to stand by its side in this important
mission.

Resident Hovhannes Chitchyan says that the village could really use
the investment of a visionary entrepreneur but that such people are
few and far between.

“A few businessmen have visited the village. Then they stare long
and hard at the border and say, ‘What if the Turks open fire? My
investment will go up in smoke.’ Others don’t even enter the village.

They just look at Barekamavan’s position and the Azeri villages across
the mountains and turn around.”

Over the past few years, a number of sturdy, undamaged houses have
been dismantled for construction materials.

Family members no longer living in Barekamavan sell off the houses
for around $1,000.

Is this the fate that awaits this Armenian village on the border –
to be dismantled house by house and sold off as cheap construction
material?

Where are our legions of armchair patriots when needed?

They are definitely not to be found in Barekamavan defending Armenia’s
border with Azerbaijan.

ARMENIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER AWARDS ARMENIA VESSEL CREW MINISTRY’S MEDAL

/ ARKA /
August 24, 2011
YEREVAN

Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandian met today with the crew
of Armenia sailing vessel and awarded them the ministry’s medal in
recognition of their successful completion of the circumnavigation,
the ministry told ARKA today.

The round the world expedition kicked off May 28, 2009 in the Spanish
port of Valencia, and ended August 11, 2011 in Cyprus. The vessel
visited all the ports with Armenian communities.

Welcoming the crew members, Nalbandian congratulated them on the
successful completion of their mission, adding that the trip was a
kind of a navigation map of the Armenian communities of Diaspora.

“Your hard mission was a great support to strengthening ties between
Armenia and its vast Diaspora,” said Nalbandian.

Crew members shared their memories and impressions of the meetings in
different countries. Expedition leader Zori Balayan expressed gratitude
for the extensive support provided by the Armenian diplomatic missions
around the world.

Armenia vessel dropped anchor in the ports on five continents, drifted
on the waters of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, visiting 23
countries and making 42,000 miles.

REVUE DE PRESSE N°2 – 24/08/11 – COLLECTIF VAN

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24-08-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN [Vigilance
Arménienne contre le Négationnisme] vous propose une revue de presse
des informations parues dans la presse francophone, sur les thèmes
concernant la Turquie, le génocide arménien, la Shoah, le génocide
des Tutsi, le Darfour, le négationnisme, l’Union européenne, Chypre,
etc… Nous vous suggérons également de prendre le temps de lire ou
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les thématiques que l’association suit au quotidien. L’éphéméride
du Collectif VAN repose sur des informations en ligne sur de nombreux
sites (les sources sont spécifiées sous chaque entrée). “24 aoÔt
1915 — Un deuxième groupe d’intellectuels arméniens internés a
Cankırı depuis avril 1915 a été transféré a la prison d’Angora
le 19 aoÔt, où il a séjourné du 20 au 24 aoÔt. Le 24 au soir,
ces hommes ont été mis en route et exécutés quelques jours plus
tard vers Yozgat”.

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publié sur la TRT (Télévision & Radio de Turquie). Les articles
de ce site ne sont pas commentés de notre part. Ils peuvent contenir
des propos négationnistes envers le génocide arménien ou d’autres
informations a prendre sous toute réserve. “Le président de la
République turque de Chypre du nord DerviÅ~_ Eroglu et le leader du
secteur chypriote grec Dimitris Christofias se sont retrouvés dans
le cadre des négociations prévoyant d’apporter une solution a la
question chypriote”.

Arrivée massive de touristes sur l’Ile d’Aghtamar L’Eglise d’Aghtamar
situé sur le lac de Van est victime d’un afflux de touristes selon la
presse turque. Des dizaines de milliers de touristes sont arrivées
dans la province de Van depuis le début de l’année pour visiter
l’église arménienne qui a été rouverte au culte en septembre
dernier.

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informations a prendre sous toute réserve. “Les développements en
Libye étaient a l’ordre du jour du Premier ministre Recep Tayyip
Erdogan”.

Le président soudanais annonce un cessez-le-feu au Sud-Kordofan Le
président soudanais Omar al-Béchir a annoncé mardi un cessez-le-feu
unilatéral dans l’Etat du Sud-Kordofan qui était le théâtre
des affrontements entre les forces gouvernementales et les rebelles
du Mouvement populaire de libération du Soudan (SPLM) depuis juin
dernier, a rapporté la télévision d’Etat.

Des députés francais en visite ” de solidarité ” au Karabakh
Quatre parlementaires francais ont visité le Nagorno-Karabakh dans
le cadre d’une visite de soutien a la reconnaissance internationale
de sa sécession de l’Azerbaïdjan.

Dépêche de l’APA [ 24 aoÔt 2011 11:40 ] – Agence de Presse
d’Azerbaïdjan Le Collectif VAN vous propose un article de l’APA
(Agende de presse azérie) daté du 23 aoÔt 2011. Les articles de
ce site (écrits généralement dans un francais rudimentaire) ne
sont pas commentés de notre part. Ils peuvent contenir des propos
négationnistes envers le génocide arménien ou d’autres informations
a prendre sous toute réserve. “Les parlementaires ont été dÔment
avertis de notre position vis-a-vis du Haut-Karabagh”.

Des députés francais sur liste noire L’Azerbaïdjan s’est plaint a
propos de quatre parlementaires francais qui se sont rendus dans la
région de Nagorno-Karabagh et a affirmé que ces derniers seraient sur
liste noire pour ne pas avoir demandé l’autorisation de s’y rendre.

L’armée déclare avoir tué cent rebelles du PKK Dans un communiqué
publié le 23 aoÔt, l’armée turque a annoncé avoir tué une
centaine de terroristes du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK,
séparatiste) au cours des offensives menées depuis une semaine dans
le nord de l’Irak.

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