ARMENIA REPORTS 46 PERCENT TRADE GROWTH WITH TURKEY
Armenpress
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s foreign trade in
January-September of 2006 rose 12. 1 percent to $2.208.2 billion in
real prices.
According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Committee,
Armenian exports made $699.4 million while exports surged to $1.508.7
billion resulting in an impressive foreign trade imbalance of $809.3
million. Humanitarian assistance deducted the foreign trade gap was
$772.5 million.
Nearly 29 percent of foreign trade fell on former Soviet
republics. Russia with 13.3 percent remained Armenia’s biggest trade
partner in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The share
of foreign trade with members of the European Union rose top 34
percent. Germany and Belgium were Armenia’s biggest trade partners
in the European Union with 9.6 and 7.7 percent respectively.
Growth of trader with Russia was 18.1 percent and with EU members
12 percent. Trade with USA and Israel declined 3.6 and 10.2 percent
respectively, but trade with Turkey rose 46 percent making nearly 3
percent of Armenia’s overall foreign trade.
Exports in year-over-year terms declined 0.9 percent, prompted
largely by decrease in exports of items produced from precious and
semi-precious metals while imports sprang nearly 20 percent.

Gallup Survey: Armenians Think That Armenia is on the Wrong Track
Journal of Turkish Daily
Nov 4 2006
Saturday , 04 November 2006
62 percent of Armenians think that the country is on the wrong
track, while 31 percent think that the country is going in the right
direction, say the results of a national poll conducted by Gallup
Organization/Baltic Surveys in Armenia. ArmInfo reported that 39
percent of Armenians see improvement in the country’s economy,while
21 percent think it is declining.
The poll was commissioned by IRI, was conducted by the Gallup
Organization/Baltic Surveys in coordination with the Armenian
Sociological Association, and was funded by USAID. The survey was
conducted from July 31 to August 10, 2006 among 1,200 Armenian
residents (voters) aged 18 years and over who were interviewed
face-to-face. The margin of error does not exceed 3 percent.
Only 2% of respondents are concerned over attaching occupied Azeri
territory Nagorny Karabakh to Armenia.

Northop Grumman scientist Hagop Injeyan is at the forefront when it comes to defense-based technology.
By Muhammed El-Hasan
Today is Friday, November 03, 2006
Originally published Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Updated Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Beaming about the future of lasers
DAILY BREEZE
That’s hot.
Northrop Grumman employee Hagop Injeyan’s job is to come up with
ideas for new lasers for warfare. The laser physicist is a senior
scientist and technical fellow at Northrop’s Space Technology sector
in Redondo Beach. He specializes in solid-state lasers, which use
electricity instead of chemical reactions to power a beam.
Injeyan, 54, has worked at Northrop for 25 years.
The Glendale resident earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
physics from UCLA. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical sciences and
engineering also from UCLA.
What does your job entail?
I do the conceptual design of lasers. I have enough experience to
have my arms around what it takes to build a laser. I do very
preliminary modeling, and I come up with a concept, which somebody
else does detailed analysis and engineering and detailed design for.
My colleagues say I’m the guy who gets them into trouble. I come up
with these ideas that they’re stuck trying to make work. I also do
quite a bit of proposal writing to bring in new business.
Do you have any say in your ideas once you’ve finished conceptual
work?
After the idea goes through the detailed analysis and engineering and
it gets into the lab, then I’m in there with my colleagues
troubleshooting and trying to understand if there are things that are
working differently than expected to make it into fruition.
How do you come up with your ideas?
There are things you look for. You have certain specifications that
you look for, whether it’s energy or beam quality or power. The top
thing is to make sure the eventual system hangs together. You may
have half a dozen specifications and you want to make sure your
design has them plus be as efficient as possible in terms of size,
weight, cost.
Where are you when you get your ideas?
I frequently come up with ideas in the shower. I consider my work an
essential part of who I am. I am frequently thinking about problems
at work no matter where I am, even in social contexts.
Are you afraid of fire?
Sure, I’m afraid of fire. And that’s healthy for all of us. In the
early days when I was working with relatively low-powered lasers, I
was burned a few times, but not anything serious. Now that we have
higher-powered lasers … we have developed a whole process of making
sure everybody is safe. We use lots of mirrors to bounce the beams
around. Behind every mirror, there is a burn-through sensor so that
if for some reason the mirror starts degrading, the burn-through
sensor senses it and immediately shuts down the laser. When these
high-powered lasers are on, we are never in the room. We have never
had a serious incident in our various laser-testing experiments.
What’s the best part of your job?
Interacting with the people I work with. Part of the reason I’ve
enjoyed my stay here, especially the last five to 10 years, is I
think we’re at the threshold of really transforming warfare as we
know it. The lasers we’re developing here are totally defensive in
nature. And they have the potential of making destructive weapons
like artillery and missiles obsolete. I think it’s exciting to be
part of that.
What’s the worst part?
Besides the commute, the worst part of my job is having to deal with
a lot of the paperwork that is necessitated by my job. One of the
things that I am always harassed by management about, lovingly I’m
sure, is that I’m not always filling my timecard properly. We have to
account for every hour we work. It’s paperwork necessitated by the
fact that we do government work.
Do you like the “Star Wars” movies?
I can’t watch “Star Wars.” The reason is because every five seconds,
they violate a law of physics. In “Star Trek,” on the other hand,
they take great care in that whatever they portray, it’s at least
conceptually possible in the future. I’m a big “Star Trek” fan.
How does “Star Wars” violate the laws of physics?
For example, those light sabers they use, light will not propagate a
certain distance and stop. Another example, light particles cannot
collide. They just go through each other. It is possible to have a
laser beam and cut somebody’s hand off with it. But laser beams don’t
bounce off each other. So the concept of a light saber is so
violently opposed to physics, I can’t deal with it.
How is “Star Trek” more realistic?
The concept of a Holodeck. I’ve spent nights thinking about how it
can be made possible where not only do you see images in 3-D form,
but you can experience and interact with those images. Those images
don’t have to be there for you to experience them. That’s the kind of
thing that I really enjoy about “Star Trek.” It’s not only
entertaining, but it stimulates thought. The other thing I like about
“Star Trek” is the replicator. It can make any food you want. That is
a very viable concept. You have certain atoms and molecules, and how
do you arrange them together to get what you want?
Have you ever gone to a “Star Trek” convention?
No. I’m not at that level.
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM IN KARABAKH SET FOR DECEMBER 10
Armenpress
STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS: Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkady
Ghukasian has decreed today to set December 10 of 2006 as the date
of the constitutional referendum.
On November 1 the Nagorno-Karabakh National Assembly (parliament)
approved the draft Constitution in the second reading. The draft was
approved by the overwhelming majority of deputies, with one “against”
and one abstention.
On December 10, 1991 a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh with
99.8 percent of voters supporting Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence
from Azerbaijan.

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Nov 4 2006
Turkey Held a Protest against France’s Parliament’s Passing a Bill
Concerning So-Called Armenian “Genocide”
Source: Trend
Author: E. Husseynov
04.11.2006
Today, on November 4, an action of protest against the French
Paliament’s passing a bill concerning the so-called Armenian
“genocide”, that envisages a criminal responsibility for a denial of
the so-called “genocide”, Trend Special Correspondent to Igdir
reports.
The action was organized by the Municipality of the Turkish Village
of Igdir on the Turkish border with Armenia. Nurettin Araz, Head of
the Municipality, addressing the arrangement, stated that such
decisions as the one made by the French Parliament is aimed “to drive
Turkey into the corner” by means of the Armenian issue. Mr. Aras said
that in the issue of Turkish membership in EU, “there are people who
sincerely wants Turkey’s joining EU, who realizes its importance to
Europe, and on the contrary, there are those who are scared from
Muslim Turkey, who say “we are the Christian club, and there are no
place for Turkey in it”. Mr. Aras asked a question, what France,
which is considered to be the address of independence, which itself
have committed massive massacres for centuries, will gain from it?
He also pointed out that according to the research conducted by
American, English, and Russian experts, Armenians themselves have
killed over 2.5 mln. Turks for the last century. “They killed
hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan. On March 31,
1918, they killed more than 10,000 Azerbaijanis just in one day”, he
stressed. The participants of the protest scanned: “Real genocide was
in Khojali”, “Why France does not acknowledge Khojali Massacre?!”,
etc.
Notably, the arrangement was held in village Khakhmed, where in 1919,
Armenian forces buried dozens of Turks alive. As a result 51 bodies
were found. In this location a memorial was raised in 1995.

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 4 2006
Rajab Tayyip Erdogan: I openly send a challenge to Kocharyan; if he
is courageous enough let him make archives available
[ 04 Nov. 2006 12:36 ]
“If Kocharyan is courageous enough let him make Armenian archives
available. Let the specialists analyze them and find out truth.
Turkey makes available his archives to anyone, but Armenia refuses
to do it,” Rajab Tayyip Erdogan answered the question of Armenian
journalist Greghan Manukyan in the News Xchange-2006 conference, APA
Turkey bureau reports. 155 media groups and over 500 journalists from
55 countries took part in the conference. Armenian journalist said that
Armenian s played a great role in the formation of Istanbul culture,
but thousands of our compatriots were killed there in 1914.
His statement made the minister angry.
“I openly send a challenge to Kocharyan. If he is self-confident, let
him open Armenian archives to anyone. I have copies of Ottoman pashas’
aids to Armenian hospitals in my office. Armenians living in Turkey
have no problem; the only problem is Armenian Diaspora,” he said.
The minister also answered the questions about the meeting with Pope
Benedict XVI Erdogan said that he will be in the meeting of NATO
member states’ ministers in Poland at that time.
“Our President and Re3ligious Affairs Minister will meet the Pope,”
the minister said. /APA/

November 3, 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America
H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate
6252 Honolulu Avenue
La Crescenta, CA 91214
Tel: (818) 248-7737
Fax: (818) 248-7745
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
PRELATE TO CONDUCT HOLY MASS AT HOLY MARTYRS
ON THE NAME DAY OF THE CHURCH
According to our church calendar, Saturday, November 4,
2006 is All Saints Day. Traditionally, Holy Martyrs Church of Encino
celebrates its name day during this time. On Sunday, November 5, on
this occasion, H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, will
conduct Holy Mass, deliver the sermon, and preside over the blessing
of madagh at Holy Martyrs Church.
Prelacy Christian Education Department Co-Director Very
Rev. Fr. Barthev Gulumian and Rev. Razmig Khatchadourian, Pastor of
Holy Martyrs Church, will assist at the altar. The blessing of the
madagh, which will be prepared by the parish Ladies Auxiliary, will
take place immediately following church services, at Avedissian Hall.
On Saturday, November 4, the annual banquet of the church
will take place at the Marriott Hotel in Woodland Hills. The banquet
is being held under the auspices of the Prelate and hosted by Mr. and
Mrs. Khachik and Elo Mouradian.
THE PRELATE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
WELCOME THE PRELATE OF LEBANON
H. G. BISHOP KEGHAM KATCHERIAN
This past week, H.G. Bishop Kegham Katcherian, Prelate of
Lebanon, visited our Prelacy. On the evening of Wednesday, November
1st, Prelate Archbishop Mardirossian and the Executive Council met
with Bishop Katcherian to discuss the situation in Lebanon and
specifically the difficulties facing the Armenian community, after
which they hosted the Bishop to dinner.
Prior to his arrival in Los Angeles, the Prelate was in
Fresno where, on Sunday, October 29, he conducted Mass at Holy
Trinity Church. On Thursday, November 2nd, before his departure,
Bishop Katcherian was honored with a reception by the Prelate, clergy
members, and representatives from the Prelacy Ladies Auxiliary.
PRELATE CONGRATULATES THE PUBLISHER, EDITORIAL STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP
OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
On the afternoon of Wednesday, November 1st, the Prelate
attended a special reception in honor of David Hiller, who was
recently named president, publisher, and chief executive officer of
the Los Angeles Times.
The luncheon, which was organized by community activist
Larry Zarian, was hosted by restaurateur Ara Kalfayan at his
Phoenicia Restaurant in Glendale. Members of the Los Angeles Times
editorial staff were in attendance, along with representatives of
Armenian organizations and the media.
LECTURE ORGANIZED BY
THE ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
On the evening of Wednesday, November 1st, a lecture took
place at Glendale Public Library, organized by the Armenian
Educational Foundation. Prof. Richard Hovannisian, AEF Chair in
Modern Armenian History at UCLA, spoke on “The Vanishing Landscape of
Historic Western Armenia”.
Rev. Vazken Atmajian, Pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
represented the Prelate.
PRELATE CONGRATULATES THE NEW
CONSUL GENERAL OF ARMENIA
In a press release dated November 2nd, the Consulate General of the
Republic of Armenia announced that on October 30, Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian appointedArmen Liloyan to serve as the Consul General
of Armenia in Los Angeles.
On behalf of the Prelacy Religious and Executive Councils, the
Prelate offered his congratulations, support, and best wishes to the
Consul.
The Prelate also sent a congratulatory letter to Consul General of
Lebanon Charbel Wehbe, on his recent elevation to the rank of
ambassador.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Borat and his producer Ken Davitian:
Equal-opportunity offensiveness Unbridled `Borat’ might have you
laughing and cringing at the same time
Friday, November 3, 2006 By James Sanford
[email protected] 388-8553
Some fans have said that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character — an
overeager, uncouth TV personality from Kazakhstan who originally
surfaced on Cohen’s series “Da Ali G Show” — was a takeoff on
Internet semi-star Mahir Cagri, the Turkish man whose fractured
English and child-like messages made his Web page a major attraction
in 1999. But Cohen’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make
Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” seems to draw inspiration from
another, much older source: “Candid Camera,” the series created by
Allen Funt more than 50 years ago.
Most of “Borat” features apparently improvised footage in which Borat
mingles with “average Americans” during a cross-country journey to find
“Baywatch” and “Stacked” star Pamela Anderson (or, as Borat calls her,
“Pommulla Undrazan”). There’s not much evidence to suggest the people
Borat encounters were aware they were being set up. But were they ever.
Whether it’s a New York hotel employee who’s dismayed to find Borat
unpacking his suitcase in an elevator car (Borat insists he thought
it must be his room), or the members of the Magnolia Mansion Dining
Society being startled by Borat’s inappropriate “date” for the evening,
the reactions don’t look rehearsed. Nor is there any indication that
the Manhattan subway riders had been clued in about what Borat brought
aboard the train, or that the ultra-conservative cowboys and cowgirls
at a rodeo knew what to expect when Borat expressed Kazakhstan’s
support for America’s “War of Terror.”
The biggest laughs (and many of the most uncomfortable moments) in
the film stem from watching ordinary people react to Borat’s curious
customs and clumsy attempts to merge into the American mainstream.
Cohen and director Larry Charles spare no one — even children, in
a memorably mean episode involving an ice cream truck — although
they seem to take particular delight in skewering Southerners,
who are generally portrayed in the film as being small-minded,
Bible-clutching, homophobic racists with a dread of anything that’s
not wrapped in a Confederate flag. “Shave that dadgum mustache off
(and) you’ll be less conspicuous,” a rodeo manager advises Borat.
“You’ll look like an Italian!”
“Borat” is a great litmus test for determining exactly how far a joke
can go before you stop laughing. In many of the scenes Cohen has set
up, the humor goes so far out on the edge it’s too ridiculous to be
truly insulting; other segments, such as a disastrous visit to an
antique shop, will make many viewers uneasy because they’re likely
to identify with the victims of Borat’s shenanigans.
Still, part of the movie’s appeal is its willingness to push the
envelope to the breaking point, in order to search for that elusive
line between the outrageously funny and the exasperating. In the eyes
of Cohen and David, if you take offense, the joke’s on you.
Although “Borat” has already drawn criticism from some critics who were
shocked by its dialogue and attitudes, the movie isn’t about promoting
ignorance and intolerance but about exposing it through humor. The
crude content and sometimes alarming talk serve a purpose, although
it takes a while to realize exactly what the filmmakers are doing.
“Borat” is reminiscent of the segments Canadian comedian Rick Mercer
created on the CBC show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” in which Mercer
interviewed Americans about supposed “news” from Canada.
Mercer would throw out absurd ideas, telling people that the leader
of Canada had announced he was moving into a gigantic igloo or that
Canada had just recently decided to allow women to vote, then present
the reactions. Like much of “Borat,” the results were often hilarious
and sort of painful to witness as well.
The movie wouldn’t work if Cohen ever allowed himself to smirk at
his victims or back away from the strange situations in which Borat
inevitably finds himself. To his credit, Cohen never lets his mask
slip, even when Borat is being roughed up by security guards or,
in one of the movie’s most astonishing sequences, hitching a ride
with a trio of plastered fraternity brothers who manage to live up to
(or down to, as the case may be) every ugly cliche about frat life. As
for the wrestling scene between Borat and his producer (Ken Davitian,
who also deserves points for comic bravado), let’s just say you’ve
never seen anything quite like it before and you may find yourself
wishing you’d continued living in blissful ignorance.
This may not be the kind of performance that gets Cohen Oscar
recognition, but it’s definitely an impressive piece of acting — and
“Borat” is a movie that will certainly make some sort of an impression
on everyone who sees it.
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MISS ARMENIA AMONG 12 BEST AT MISS EUROPE 2006
Panorama.am
16:54 03/11/06
Marina Vardanyan, Miss Armenia 2006, told a press conference today
she is content with her results at Miss Europe 2006 since she is
among the best 12.
However, she said she had aspiration to be included among the best 5.
Karen Aristakesyan, chairman of Miss Armenia national agency, also said
“Marina deserves better,” but he refused to comment on the decision
of jury.
Aristakesyan said Marina was warmly welcomed by the Armenian community
in Kiev where the contest took place. He also said the Armenian
ambassador in Ukraine, Armen Khachatryan, accompanied the Armenian
delegation. Aristakesyan assures Marina will get many offers to
participate in fashion and beauty contests. /Panorama.am/

PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN
BORDER REGIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER AEGIS OF CE
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The 14th session of the European
Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT) of
the Council of Europe member states took place in Lisbon (Portugal) in
late October. According to a press release of the RA Ministry of Urban
Development, during the session RA Deputy Minister Ruzan Alaverdian
made a report “Armenia as a New CEMAT Bridge in European Model
Regions”. Given the importance of the functions aimed at developing
the border regions of the CE member states in terms of dealing with
problems of common interest, a mutual understanding memorandum on the
program “CEMAT Model Region: Armenia-Georgia: Sustainable Regional
Development of Border Regions” was signed on October 27 among the RA
Ministry of Urban Development, the Georgian National Security Council
Office and Germany’s Ministry of Transport and Urban Development with
the participation of high-ranking CE officials. The program will be
implemented under the aegis of the Council of Europe.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress