Lragir, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
GEORGIANS TRESPASSED ON OUR LAND, WE ON THEIRS

The process of drawing the Georgian-Armenian border is really based
on the map adopted in 1939. On October 25 Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan confirmed this statement by Member of Parliament Victor
Dallakyan at the National Assembly in answer to the question of
Member of Parliament Armen Ashotyan.
`It’s difficult to tell what the purpose of this stir, of raising
this question is. It is possible that this a sincere worry because
this is an important problem and I think that it worries and
interests the members of parliament,’ says the foreign minister,
remembering that they take into consideration the map of 1939 because
it is the only comprehensive map. `In fact, yes, because it is the
only map that is more comprehensive and was accepted by both Armenia
and Georgia, the leadership of the time. The other maps are not
comprehensive and precise. But the map of 1939 was accepted as basic.
Nevertheless, we should take into account the reality: the Georgians
have trespassed on our land, and in some parts we trespassed on the
Georgian territory. Today we have to find the golden middle, to find
a pragmatic solution without territorial losses for any of the
sides,’ stated Vardan Oskanyan.

AZ Central, AZ
Oct 26 2006
Plaza memorials a portal to state’s diversity
27 monuments at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza offer lasting reminders
of topics important to Arizonans
Angela Cara Pancrazio
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 26, 2006 12:00 AM
Most of the time, with the exception of Memorial Day and Veterans
Day, the only regulars at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza are state
workers on a stroll or schoolchildren on a field trip.
Recently, attention has focused on the Arizona 9/11 Memorial because
of its inscriptions, which some consider disrespectful.
But Alice Duckworth, the bespectacled tour coordinator at the Arizona
Capitol Museum and the unofficial point person for the monuments,
says there is much more to be seen on the 10-acre plaza between Adams
and Jefferson streets in Phoenix. advertisement
Ask Duckworth anything about the 27 monuments outside the state
Capitol, and no doubt she will note some interesting tidbit like the
one about the time capsules buried among the memorials.
If she can’t answer your question, she will go straight to what she
calls her brain: a three-ring notebook swollen with pictures and
stories about each monument.
Because the 9/11 Memorial’s future is uncertain, Duckworth has not
yet added any photos or information about it to her notebook.
On the plaza, east of the state Capitol, stand the silent reminders
of everything from law enforcement canines that have been killed in
the line of duty to Armenians who survived the genocide of their
people in Turkey in the early 20th century and made their way to
Arizona.
It’s an eclectic display, a portal into the state’s diversity.
In Arizona memory
Spread across 10 acres, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza is the V-shaped
centerpiece at the state Capitol. Monuments there commemorate fallen
peace officers and soldiers from the Civil War, World Wars I and II,
Korean War, Vietnam War and Desert Storm. Fund-raising efforts are
under way for a tribute to soldiers of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The plaza’s monuments also honor crime victims, pioneer women, a
Franciscan chaplain, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Wesley
Bolin.
Before his brief four-month stint as governor in 1977, Bolin was
Arizona secretary of state for 28 years. He died in March 1978. The
plaza was dedicated in 1983.
The plaza’s monuments and memorials:
Wesley Bolin Memorial Marker
Father Kino Statue
Bushmasters Memorial
Arizona Pioneer Women Memorial
Ten Commandments Memorial
Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial
4th Marine Division, World War II
Law Enforcement Memorial
World War I Memorial
Confederate Troops Memorial
Jewish War Veterans Memorial
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Armenian Martyrs Memorial
Desert Storm Memorial
American Merchant Seaman Memorial
Father Braun Memorial
Arizona Peace Officers Memorial
Korean War Memorial
USS Arizona mast
USS Arizona anchor
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Ernest W. McFarland Memorial
Purple Heart Memorial
Arizona Workers Memorial/ El Pasaje
Arizona Crime Victims Monument
Arizona Law Enforcement Canine Memorial
Arizona 9/11 Memorial

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
LIFE IN ARMENIA IS WELL MATCHED WITH AFRICAN ONE: UN EXPERTS
Women in Armenia and Russia receive only the two third of men’s
salary, while in Georgia it makes up 40%, it is said in the UN Food
Program’s report on the tendencies of development in CIS countries,
as well as in the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe, which
was presented the day before within the frames of a Round Table in
Moscow with participation of many international experts.
As the National News Agency informs, the UN experts did not like that
only 5% of women sits in the Parliaments of Armenia and Ukraine and
10% – in the Parliaments of Georgia, Russia and Azerbaijan. According
to the report, the citizens of some CIS states live worse than the
people in poor African countries. Meanwhile, the Rosbalt informs that
the UN FP’s regional adviser, Yacek Cukrovski, noted in his speech
during the Moscow session that “Africa is considered the poorest
continent, however, it is not always true. Tajikistan today is poorer
that Sudan, while Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are no much richer
as well”. Having analyzed the situation with an equality of rights,
the UN experts have concluded that “the position of women in Russia
and in the countries of western part of CIS and Caucasus seems, in
some aspect, more favourable than the position of men”. They noted
that more women study in HEE of these states and their life interval
is much more that of men. Along with it, a representative of the UN
World Food Program in Russia, Inga Broyer, noted with satisfaction
that Russia has become again to feed the poor countries: in 2003,
2005 and 2006 the RF has allocated $11 mln for purchase of foodstuffs
for such countries as KPDR, Angola, Afghanistan , while to Armenia
and Cuba – this year.

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
RA DM: KARABAKH CONFLICT MUST BE SETTLED IN PEACEFUL WAY BASED ON
MUTUAL COMPROMISES
The Karabakh conflict must be settled in a peaceful way based on the
mutual compromises. As the “Svoboda” Radio station informs, the RA
Defense Minister, Serzh Sarkissyan, said in a interview to “James ”
Research Center, which carries out investigations for strategic and
security issues.
However, in S. Sarkissyan’s opinion, the policy, followed by
Azerbaijan, does not contribute to this. “The officials (of
Azerbaijan) talk today of war resumption. Their war expenses have
doubled during the last year”, the Minister said.
S. Sarkissyan stated that Azerbaijan, according to estimations of
independent experts, cannot yet resolve the issue in a military way.
“If military operations recommence, Armenia will reach an advantage
again. Irrespective of the war result, it will be a strike for both
sides”. As for Azerbaijan’s oil incomes, which it wants to use to
resolve the Karabakh conflict, S. Sarkissyan reminded that Azerbaijan
had also an advantage in 90th, concerning the number of Armed Forces
and a quantity of ammunition, inherited from the USSR.
“They had encircled Karabakh in 1992 and a few believed that we can
achieve success. Despite all the expectations from oil incomes, they
will not achieve the advantage now they had 14-15 years ago. The
Azerbaijan version of the conflict’s military settlement had failed
at that time and it will fail again. I hope Azerbaijan will refuse
this approach sooner or later”, Sarkissyan said.
As for the Armenia-NATO relations, the RA DM has touched upon the
Turkey’s issue. According to him, the policy of Turkey had been
causing damage to the NATO authority in Armenia for a long time.
“The Russian military base in Armenia is created under conditions of
external threat for the Republic. Unfortunately, this threat did not
disappear unit now, since there is no noticeable improvement of the
Armenian-Turkish relations. Turkey keeps on blocking Armenia which is
a hostile action towards us. Turkey also supports Azerbaijan in the
Karabakh issue and improvement of our relations is stipulated for
Azerbaijan’s whim”, S. Sarkissyan said.

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
WORK FOR CREATION OF ARMENIFIED WINDOWS XP TO BE COMPLETED IN THE
BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER
The BI LINE Company will represent the final version of the
armenified WINDOWS XP Program in the beginning of November, 2006.
As the President of BI LINE, Haik Khanjyan, told ArmInfo, at present,
the Program is under final testing based on the MICROSOFT tools. He
noted that, according to the initial agreement of sides, reached in
May, 2005, the BI LINE Company has to translate over 375,000 words
into Armenian. The WINDOW XP glossary, according to Khanjyan, is
translated into the eastern-Armenian language. Both the BI LINE
Company employees and other experts, whose candidacies were suggested
by the Council for assistance to IT sphere development in Armenia,
have worked over the Program. Meanwhile, Khanjyan noted, one issue
remains unsolved as yet, that is, selection of proper fonts. “The
point is that the standard Sylfaen font, the Microsoft offers to use,
is not quite readable in the Armenian version of WINDOWS XP,
especially in the “bold” font “, Khanjyan stressed, having informed
that the BI LINE holds another point of view in this issue: to
actuate the Arial AMU font, by MICROSOFT agreement. A. Khanjyan also
informed that localization of WINDOWS VISTA has been started already,
by the order of MICROSOFT BI LINE, to be completed in July, 2007. The
interlocutor noted it is possible at present to vote for one or
another translation of words by referring to sites, including the
site

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
ANOTHER CASE ON TRAFFICKING IN ARMENIAN WOMEN FOR PROSTITUTION IN
TURKEY SUBMITTED TO COURT
Another case on trafficking in Armenian women for prostitution in
Turkey has been submitted to the court.
Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office Anti-Trafficking and Illegal
Migration Department has completed the preliminary investigation on
A. Meklumyan’s case. The investigation data say that in 2005 A.
Melkumyan sent to Turkey a certain K.M. and a minor R.S. for sexual
exploitation. The investigation showed that A. Melkumyan contacted G.
Kirakosyan, who is temporarily residing in Turkey and has been wanted
since 2003, to get profit from sexual exploitation of other women.
The above two girls were sent to Turkey allegedly to work as
waitresses. In the April of 2005, K.M. and R.S. who was under 18 left
for Trapezoid. They were welcomed by G. Kirakosyan who seized their
passports and made them earn money through prostitution. The court
delivered a sentence on A. Melkumyan. On 19 October, the criminal
case was submitted to the Minor Court of Lori region. A. Melkumyan is
currently serving her sentence in a penitentiary for organization of
sexual exploitation of women in Dubai.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION SUGGESTS FORMING INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR
INVESTIGATING A-320 CRASH
Today’s hearings have been organized because the public seriously
doubts that the Inter-state Aviation Committee’s official version of
the A-320 crash is true, the leader of the New Times party Aram
Karapetyan said during today’s public hearings organized by the
opposition anti-criminal movement.
The delay in the investigation and the distrust in the IAC’s version
have given rise to plenty of versions which all have right to exist.
The leader of the Fatherland and Dignity Garnik Margaryan said that
one of the key versions is the lack of fuel. He said that Armavia
buys fuel in Russia and resells it in Armenia which results to
numerous machinations.
The MP from the National Unity party Agasi Arshakyan said that the
crash was the natural outcome of the post-Soviet official policy of
consistent destruction of civil aviation. Today nobody is insured
against new crashes as the basic principle of civil aviation tycoons
is to enrich themselves at any price.
The leader of the Democratic Party Aram Sargsyan suggested forming an
independent commission for investigating the crash. All participants
supported his initiative.

AFX International Focus
October 26, 2006 Thursday 10:09 AM GMT
Russia’s Rusal plans to boost Armenal foil output
LONDON (AFX) – Rusal, the Russian aluminium producer, is planning to
increase the annual ouptut of the Armenal foil mill in Armenia to
40,000 tonnes.
It just finished a 70 mln usd, two-year modernisation project for the
plant, which is designed to produce 25,000 tonnes a year.
Armenal is expected to operate at full capacity in the middle of next
year, said a statement from Rusal, which is merging with fellow
Russian Sual International and Switzerland’s Glencore International
AG.
‘Armenal is the only aluminium foil production facility in the
Caucasus and Central Asia and has already received enough orders to
operate at full capacity,’ said Alexander Burdin, the deputy chief
executive for Rusal’s packaging business.
‘Rusal is considering an opportunity to expand the plant’s production
capacity up to 40,000 tonnes of product per year,’ he added.
Armenal, once fully operational, will capture a 12 pct share of the
CIS market for foil products, which it will supply to the US and the
rest of Europe.
The three-way union of the companies to create the world’s largest
aluminium group is expected to be completed early next year, subject
to regulatory approvals.

RIA OREANDA
Economic News
October 26, 2006 Thursday
RUSAL Opens the ARMENAL Plant after Large-Scale Modernization
Yerevan. OREANDA-NEWS. RUSAL, the world’s third largest aluminium
producer, has announced the opening of one of the most advanced foil
mills in the world, “RUSAL ARMENAL” in Armenia after extensive
modernization. Total investment into the project has exceeded $70
million.
The tender for the modernization of the plant was won by German firm
Achenbah who started the programme in 2004 and completed it in a
record period of 23 months. The modernization programme included the
installation of supercasters, which are continuous casting and
rolling units.
The programme developed a non-waste process cycle, abandoned the use
of ingots, improved the quality of products and cut expenses
significantly. The preparatory rolling mill has also been fully
modernized and is now equipped with monitoring tools and a process
control system.
Modern environment-protection and labour safety systems have been
implemented at the plant. In particular, the process of lubricant
steam collection removal and condensation system has been updated,
modern fire-fighting equipment has been installed and a complex fire
alarm system has been introduced. RUSAL Armenal will produce 25,000
tonnes of foil per year, of which 18,000 tonnes will be a thin 6-9
micron foil, which is the most popular product in Russia and abroad.
The plant is expected to operate at full capacity in mid-2007 and
become one of the major aluminium foil producers in the region. The
plant’s share in the total volume of foil products in the CIS will
amount to 12% and its main sales markets will be Europe and USA.
ARMENAL is the only aluminium foil production facility in the
Caucasus and Central Asia and has already received enough orders to
operate at full capacity. RUSAL is considering an opportunity to
expand the plant’s production capacity up to 40,000 tonnes of product
per year.
The “RUSAL ARMENAL” foil mill was established in Yerevan in May 2000
on the basis of the Kanakersk Aluminium Smelter and is one of the
largest manufacturing enterprises in Armenia. It was acquired by
RUSAL in 2000. Together with the “RUSAL SAYANAL” plant (The Republic
of Khakassia) it forms the packaging division of the Company. It is
certified according to the quality management system international
standard ISO 9001.

European Report
October 26, 2006
ROMANIAN COMMISSIONER NAMED
The future Romanian commissioner has been officially announced: the
liberal Senator Varujan Vosganian has been nominated for the post.
This information was made public in Bucharest on 25 October by the
Romanian Prime Minister, Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, during a meeting
with his government. Vosganian is 48 years old, of Armenian origin
and with a generally economic profile. Bulgaria has not yet made an
official decision, although a national radio source has confirmed
that Meglena Kuneva, the Bulgarian minister for European integration,
is the favourite. Once the Bulgarian candidate has been named, the
next step will be a hearing of the two candidates at the European
Parliament during its plenary session in Strasbourg from 27 to 30
November.