GLOBAL CRISIS DIDN’T AFFECT ARMENIAN DATACOM COMPANY
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.02.2009 18:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The global financial crisis didn’t affect Armenian
Datacom Company and couldn’t prevent ADC from attracting a new
investor.
"We opened talks before the crisis burst out," ADC CEO Harald Grytten
told a news conference today.
6TH ANNUAL ARMENIAN SCHOOL CRAB FEED
KSEE
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Feb 4 2009
CA
The Fresno Armenian School is holding its 6th annual Crab Feed,
its biggest and possibly most delicious fundraiser of the year. Last
year more than 450 people attended, and this year promises to be even
bigger and better.
Varouj Kachichian of Bistro Rustico will be doing the cooking
for the all you can eat crab feast, and the MoFo Party Band will
entertain. Guest servers include KSEE 24’s Alexan Balekian, Mark Arax,
Donny Arax, and Michelle Asadoorian. Tom Boyajian is the Emcee.
The Crab Feed takes place this Saturday, February 7 at 6:00 p.m. at
the Holy Trinity Armenian Church, 2226 Ventura, Fresno. Tickets are
$50 in advance; $60 at the door; $25 for children (12 & under). Call
559-323-1955 for more information.
MOTHER MORTALITY RATE HIGH IN ARMENIA
TREND
Feb 2 2009
Azerbaijan
The development speed of cutting down the rate of children and
mother mortality in Armenia shows that Armenia will not be able to
shortcut the mortality rate by 2/3% till 2015, said Laily Moshiri,
the representative of UN children’s office in Armenia.
According to the UNICEF report the mother mortality rate in Armenia
is rather serious. Mother mortality rate in Armenia is 1 to 180 and
in developed countries 1 to 8000.
According to the UN representative insufficient prenatal and birth
care, lack of professional staff and equipments are the basic reasons
to high rate of mortality, reported Panorama.
GENOCIDE WITHOUT COMMENT DOCUMENTARY SCREENED IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.02.2009 12:56 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Alexander Sardoury’s Genocide Without Comment
documentary was screened Saturday in the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute.
The documentary is based on reports and letters of German diplomats
who witnessed the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. It was
shot both in Germany and Turkey by KGS studio.
LIVING WITNESS
Kirkus Reviews
February 2009
Evolution: fact, opinion or motive for murder?
Annie-Victoria Hadley, the only member of the Snow Hill school
board joining former chairman Henry Wackford in a lawsuit denying
advocates of Intelligent Design their say, is clobbered with something
blunt, like a baseball bat. As she hovers between life and death,
it’s assumed that vehement creationists had a go at her. Bypassing
the publicity-hungry Pennsylvania State Police, Gary Albright, the
Snow Hill Police Chief, calls in ex-FBI authority Gregor Demarkian,
the Armenian-American Poirot, who quickly learns that just about
everyone in town was within batting range of Annie-Vic’s house when
she was coshed. Lining up for Intelligent Design are current board
chair Franklin Hale, board member Alice McGuffie, Alice’s bully of a
daughter and Chief Albright. The evolutionists include Miss Marbledale,
the schoolteacher, and Judy Cornish and her friend Shelley Niederman,
newcomers comfortably settled in the posh new development outside
Snow Hill until they’re also dispatched, presumably by an unappeased
creationist. Straddling the debate is Rev. Nick Frapp, who insists
that he’s neutral since his flock’s children attend his academy,
not the public school. But the more Gregor learns of the town’s
movements and prejudices, the more certain he is that death has come
from another direction.
Haddam (Cheating at Solitaire, 2008, etc.), who usually has more on
her mind than mere murder, defeats the anti-scientists with fact as
well as tact. If another "monkey trial" comes up, the evolutionists
should ask her to write their brief.
Publication Date: 4/14/2009 0:00:00
Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur
Stage: Adult
ISBN: 978-0-312-38086-1
Price: $$25.95
Author: Haddam, Jane
VIOLATION OF CEASEFIRE AT THE CONTACT LINE
armradio.am
03.02.2009 16:48
The Azerbaijani side violated the cease fire regime at some parts
of the contact line between the Armed Forces of Nagorno Karabakh and
Azerbaijan the night of February 3rd and this afternoon.
The Ministry of Defense of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic informs that
the front line troops of the Azerbaijani army bombarded the Karabakhi
positions located near Hadrut, Askeran and Martakert from weapons of
light caliber.
The rival was silenced as a result of the measures taken by the NKR
Defense Army. The Karabakhi side suffered no losses.
Los Angeles Times, CA
Feb 1 2009
Sergei Movsesian surprises in Corus tournament
By Jack Peters, International Master
February 1, 2009
Position No. 6040: White to play and win. From the game Sergei
Movsesian-Michael Adams, Wijk aan Zee 2009.
Solution to Position No. 6039: White wins with 1 h6!, threatening 2
Bxh7+ Kxh7 3 hxg7+. If 1…g6, then 2 Bxg6 hxg6 3 Qxg6+ Kh8 4 Qg7+!
wins. The "best" defense, 1…Rc7, still loses to 2 Bxh7+ Kf7 3 Bc5!
Qxc5 4 Re1! g5 5 Qg4.
The first nine rounds of the great Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee,
Netherlands, have barely separated the field of 14
grandmasters. Nearly all remain in contention for first prize, close
behind the 5.5-3.5 scores of leaders Levon Aronian (Armenia), Leinier
Dominguez Perez (Cuba) and Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine). For latest
results, see coruschess.com.
Julius Loftsson
Julius Loftsson, one of California’s best players in the 1960s and
1970s, died Sept. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 67.
Loftsson was a native of Iceland who moved to the Bay Area as a
teenager and settled in Los Angeles a few years later. He reached
Senior Master status, with a rating higher than 2400. He had to give
up chess in the early 1980s after suffering ulcers that were
aggravated by the tension of tournament play.
Local news
The country’s premier team tournament, the U.S. Amateur Team
Championship, will be held at four locations on the holiday weekend of
Feb. 14 to 16. In our area, the USAT West is scheduled at the Warner
Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills. Any group of four
players averaging fewer than 2200 (master level) in rating counts as a
team. For help in joining a team, see westernchess.com.
Grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan won the Westwood Winter Open, a
tournament of 40-minute games, last Sunday at the Los Angeles Chess
Club. Khachiyan scored an impressive 5-0, defeating IM Enrico
Sevillano and three masters. Takashi Kurosaki took second prize at
4-1. Robert Akopian, Garush Manukyan and Sevillano shared third place
at 3.5-1.5.
Ernesto Soto led the Reserve (under-1800) section with 4.5-.5. John
Hillery, director of the 37-player event, plans the Westwood Spring
Open on April 19.
There were 90 players at the AAA Chess Club scholastic tournament in
Glendale on Jan. 24. Boris Kitapszyan led the Open (grades K-12)
section, Roberto Rochin won the K-8 section, and Blaine Hargis
finished first in K-5. Harut Keshishian directed.
The Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, which meets at 7 p.m. Mondays in
St. Andrew’s Church, 11555 National Blvd. in Los Angeles, will begin a
four-round tournament Monday. Call Pete Savino at (310) 827-2789 for
details.
Today’s games
Eric Hansen (Canada)-GM Melikset Khachiyan, Western Class
Championships, Agoura Hills 2009: 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Nf3 Nbd7
By a tricky move order, Black reaches the Philidor Defense. 5 Bc4 Be7
6 0-0 0-0 7 h3 Theory concentrates on 7 Re1 and 7 Qe2. c6 8 Bb3?! Only
8 a4 keeps an edge. b5 9 a3 Bb7 Equal chances. 10 Re1 a6 11 dxe5 A
small concession, as Black will use c5. But White eliminates worry
over . . . e5xd4 and . . . d6-d5. dxe5 12 Qe2 Qc7 13 Bg5 h6 14 Bh4Nc5
15 Bg3 Simpler is 15 Ba2. Bd6 16 Rad1 Rfe8 17 Nh4 Bf8 18 Qf3 a5 19
Ba2?? Allowing a fine combination. Instead, White should maintain
equality with 19 Nf5 b4 20 Na4. b4 20 Nb1 Ncxe4! 21 Rxe4 c5 22 Rde1
Necessary. White must drop material after 22 Nd2? Rad8. Rad8 23 Nf5
Nxe4 24 Rxe4 Bxe4 25 Qxe4 c4! Immobilizing White’s Queenside. White
must avoid 26 Bxc4? Rd1+ 27 Kh2 Rxb1. 26 Ne3 Rd4 27 Qf3 Again, the
best try. After 27 Qxd4 exd4 28 Bxc7 dxe3, Black recovers a piece by
29 fxe3 Rxe3 30 Kf2 b3! or 29 Kf1 Rc8! 30 Bxa5 b3 31 cxb3 cxb3 32 Bxb3
Rc1+. Qc828 Kh2 Qe6 Threatening 29 . . . b3. 29 c3!? It’s tempting to
insert 29 axb4 axb4, when 30 c3 b3? 31 Bxb3 cxb3 32 cxd4 exposes the
pawn at b3 and should draw. But Black could improve with 30 c3 Qa6!,
retaining a winning advantage after 31 cxd4 Qxa2 32 Qe4 Qxb2 33 Nxc4
Qxd4. b3! 30 Bxb3 cxb3 31 cxd4 exd4 32 Nf1? White may be able to
survive 32 Nf5 Qe1?! 33 Qd3. Black should meet 32 Nf5 by 32 . . . Rd8
33 Qd3 Qc6! (threatening 34 . . . Qc2) 34 Qxb3 Qe4, recovering a piece
with a probable win. Qe2! Absolutely decisive, despite the roughly
even material. 33 Nbd2 Qxf3 34 Nxf3 The attempt to blockade by 34 gxf3
a4 35 Nc4 Re2 36 Nfd2 is foiled by 36 . . . d3 37 Kg2 Bc5 38 Kf1 Bd4,
intending 39 . . . Bxb2. Re2 35 N1d2 The b-pawn will claim a Knight
after 35 Nxd4 Rxb2 36 a4 Bc5 37 Nf3 Bb4. a4 36 Kg1 Bc5 37 Kf1 d3 38 h4
Useless is 38 Nc4 Rc2. g5!, White Resigns.
Julius Loftsson (U.S.A.)-Gildardo Garcia (Colombia), Lone Pine 1978: 1
d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 b6 The Queen’s Indian Defense. 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7
6 0-0 0-0 7 b3 An alternative to the main line, 7 Nc3 Ne4. d6 8 Bb2
Nbd7 9 d5!? Speculative. White obtains fair compensation from 9
. . . exd5 10 Nh4 c6 11 cxd5 Nxd5 12 Nf5, but 10 . . . Ne4! is more
testing. e5? Too timid. Now White gets space and the initiative
without risk. 10 Nc3 a5 11 e4 Nc5 12 Qc2 Bc8 13 a3 g6 Imagining
. . . f7-f5. 14 Ne1 a4 After 14 . . . Nh5 15 b4 axb4 16 axb4 Rxa1 17
Bxa1 Na6 18 Nd3, White would welcome the opening of the center by 18
. . . f5 19 f4!. 15 b4 Nb3 16 Rd1 Bd7 The Knight does little at b3,
but 16 . . . Nd4 17 Qd3 only encourages White to undermine it with
f2-f4. 17 Qd3 Nh5 18 f4 exf4 Ceding his strong point. However, 18
. . . f6 19 Nc2 lets White push f4-f5 whenever he wants, while 18
. . . Bf6 19 Qe3 Qe7 20 Nf3 makes f4xe5 a threat. 19 gxf4 Bf6 20 e5!
Bg7 Not 20 . . . dxe5 21 Ne4 exf4? because 22 Nxf6+ Nxf6 23 Qc3 Kg7 24
Rxf4 Bf5 25 d6! wins material. For example, 25 . . . Ra7 26 dxc7 Qe7
loses to 27 Rxf5! gxf5 28 Qg3+ Kh8 29 Qg5. 21 Ne4 Re8 22 Ng3 Bg4?!
Black’s last hope is 22 . . . dxe5 23 fxe5 Bxe5 24 Bxe5 Rxe5 25 d6 c6,
although White’s passed d-pawn and active pieces look terrific after
26 Qf3 Qe8 27 Nd3. 23 Nxh5 Bxh5 24 Nf3 Supporting e5, as 24 . . . Bxf3
25 Qxf3 dxe5 26 fxe5 strikes at f7. Qd7 25 Rde1 Bg4 26 Ng5! Bf5 27 Be4
Bxe4 White’s sharpest refutation of 27 . . . h6 is 28 e6! fxe6 29
Bxg7, with an unstoppable attack after either 29 . . . Qxg7 30 Nxe6
Qf7 31 Bxf5 gxf5 32 Kh1 Kh7 33 Rg1 Rg8 34 Ng5+! hxg5 35 Qh3+ or 29
. . . hxg5 30 Bb2 Bxe4 31 Rxe4 g4 32 dxe6 Rxe6 33 Qd5 Re8 34 f5! gxf5
35 Qxf5. 28 Nxe4 dxe5 29 fxe5 Rad8 30 e6! fxe6 Nor can Black stand 30
. . . Rxe6 31 Bxg7 Rxe4 32 Qxe4 Kxg7 33 Qe7. 31 Bxg7 Qxg7 Worse is 31
. . . Kxg7 32 Nf6 Qd6 33 Qh3! Rh8 34 Rxe6. 32 Nf6+ Kh8 33 Nxe8 Rxe8 34
dxe6 Easier is 34 Rxe6. Qd4+ 35 Qxd4+ Nxd4 36 Re4! Nf5 37 c5
Preventing . . . Nf5-d6 and preparing the invasion Rf1-d1-d7. Kg7 38
Rd1 Kf6 39 Rd7 Re7 40 Kf2 h5 41 cxb6 cxb6 42 b5 Rxe6 43 Rxe6+ Kxe6 44
Rb7 Kd5 45 Rxb6 g5 46 Rg6 Nd6 As 46 . . . g4 47 Rg5 Ke6 permits 48
Rxf5 Kxf5 49 b6, queening. 47 Rxg5+ Kc4 48 b6, Black Resigns.
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WILL THE AZERI BE MORE RESTRAINED?
Karine Asatryan
A1+
[03:49 pm] 29 January, 2009
Twenty six PACE delegates signed under a statement by which Azerbaijan
is trying to show prejudice and hatred against Armenia. The Armenian
delegates put the document in circulation and the signatures were
collected within a day.
PACE Armenian delegates Naira Zohrabyan and Hermine Naghdalyan were
approaching the delegates of different countries and presenting the
statement as they were passing through the hallways of the Council
of Europe.
The statement regards Azerbaijan’s prejudice and xenophobia against
Armenia. Based on the statement, the Azeri government is required to
immediately put an end to all acts of prejudice and hatred towards
Armenia, its citizens and people of Armenian nationality. The statement
also calls on the Assembly to observe those manifestations and present
them in a corresponding report.
The signatories are delegates from Italy, France, Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Great Britain, Norway and Estonia.
"Tolerance towards one another fits in with the rules of the game
set by the Council of Europe, but xenophobia is out. The working
style which the Azeri delegates have adopted is, according to us,
absolutely doesn’t correspond to the system of values of the Council
of Europe," said member of the Armenian delegation Naira Zohrabyan.
The Azeri delegates in Strasburg are not missing out on any opportunity
to criticize Armenia’s policies and are even aiming insults. They
dispersed a message yesterday in the PACE that "for 60 years, Armenia
has been violating fundamental human rights of 150,000 Azeri, who
have been exiled from Armenia in mid-20th century."
MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS: "WE HOPE THE PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE REMAINING DIFFERENCES IN THE NEAREST FUTURE"
Today.Az
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Jan 29 2009
Azerbaijan
We hope the parties will be able to bridge remaining differences in
the nearest future to secure a peace agreement, said in a statement of
the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, spread after the Swiss meetings of the
representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to Azadlyg radio.
The co-chairs said it is far better for all parties than the status
quo.
"Their goal is a just and balanced agreement based on the Helsinki
Final Act principles of territorial integrity,self-determination,
and non-use of force.", said in a statement of the OSCE MG co-chairs.
AZERBAIJANI DEPUTIES TO DISCUSS SUPPLY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY HARDWARE TO ARMENIA AT WINTER SESSION
Today.Az
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Jan 28 2009
Azerbaijan
The information about free supplies of Russian military hardware of a
total of $800,000,000 is important for every citizen of Azerbaijan,
including deputies, therefore, they will discuss this issue at the
winter session of Milli Medjlis, said spokesman for the parliament
Akif Nasirov.
He noted that Azerbaijanis are concerned over this issue in the sense
of resolution of the Karabakh conflict resolution.
"I do not know whether a definite document will be adopted in the
address of the State Duma Russia but the discussions will take place",
said he.