FALL SESSION STARTED AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
ArmRadio.am
11.09.2006 16:30
The National Assembly of third convocation started its eighths session
today. The Parliament adopted the agenda of the fall session and that
of the current four-day sittings. Over 80 issues are included in the
agenda of the session; the agenda of the sitting includes about 50
questions and 6 international agreements.
The Parliament refused to include in the agenda the draft on
“Establishing an ad hoc Parliamentary Committee to study the
Government’s activity in the sphere of civil aviation” presented by
the “Justice” block.
The National Assembly undertook the discussion of the draft on
implementing amendments in RA Law on Local Self-Governance.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MOTHER TEREZA UNITES ALL REGIONS
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[02:03 pm] 11 September, 2006
On September 10 in connection with the 60th anniversary of Mother
Tereza’s inspiration from God an inter-religious prayer was held beside
her tomb with the participation of representatives from Buddhist,
Muslim, Zoroastrian and Jewish communities.
T. Oshakan Gyulgyulyan, clergyman and head of the Humanitarian Lyceum,
and deacon Tigran Baghumyan, administrative head of the Humanitarian
Lyceum and monk of the Echmiadzin Cathedral, presented the Armenian
Church during the ceremony.
The participants of the ceremony referred to Mother Tereza’s work and
activity underlining her boundless love and devotion to the poor and
vulnerable people.
They also mentioned that due to her humanitarian activity Mother
Tereza was loved and adored by everyone as she was a gift by God.
T. Oshakan Gyulgyulyan said a prayer in her memory and spoke of her
close relations with the Armenian Church and people.
Due to her sacred activity, Mother Tereza became God’s envoy on earth
and shared her love with the poor. She made us realize through her own
example that we are all equally created by God and we all resemble him.
“And now looking down at us from heaven she wants to see the same
mission and love inside people,” noted Oshakan Gyulgyulyan in his
speech.
The ceremony ended with a united prayer.

WE DO REMEBER THE 2749 VICTIMS
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[02:41 pm] 11 September, 2006
Today funeral services will be held in many countries of the world in
memory of the terrorist attack held in the USA five years ago which
too the lives of 2749 people.
For instance, funeral service will start in New York at 08:46 (at
5:46 by the Yerevan time); exactly at the time when the first airplane
crashed one of the Twins.
The names of all victims will be read loudly in the site where once
the Twins stood. This year the relatives of the victims will read
the list. Each of them will read 14 names.
The services will be interrupted three times with minutes of silence
in memory of the crash of the second airplane with the second Twin. In
the evening, just before the twilight, two big lights symbolizing the
site of the crash of the Twins will be switched on. During the daytime
the cars passing by the site of the crash of the third airplane and
Pentagon will slow down and signal in memory of the victims.
There will be funeral service in Armenia as well.
Flowers and wreaths will be put on the memorial complex built in
the city of Ararat in 2001 in memory of the September 11 victims. By
the way, the memorial complex is located beside the monument to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide. It is comprised of two high stones
symbolizing the Twins.

RUSSIA WISHES TO BRING BACK ITS POPULAR RATING IN ARMENIA
Lragir.am
11 Sept 06
The leader of the Constitutional Right Union Hrant Khachatryan
announced that even the countries which formerly supported and
encouraged the criminal activities of the government in Armenia
are now stating than an unprecedented state of the criminal power
has emerged. The evidence to this is the rally of the anti-criminal
movement in Yerevan on September 11. The point is that the rally was
organized by Aram Karapetyan, the leader of Nor Jamanakner Party.
Karapetyan has never hidden his good relations with the Russian
top government. Consequently, if he initiates a rally, he should
take into consideration the standpoint of these circles. In other
words, if he is likely to sustain this relation further on, he must
get their approval. And it is also clear that he is likely because
Aram Karapetyan has announced for a number of times that he is for
especially close relations between Armenia and Russia, although not
at the expense of relations with other countries. In other words, the
fact that the “partner” of the Russian government circles initiates
an anti-criminal rally in Yerevan means that the Russian government
or at least one of its wings is unlikely to support the criminal
wing of the Armenian government this time. This is also proved by our
earlier information that there is likelihood in the Kremlin equal to
a direct decision not to support criminal regimes not only in Armenia
but also all over the CIS to restore the popular rating of Russia in
those countries.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF OPPOSITIONIST JAMANAK-YEREVAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 9 2006
Aram Babajanyan, editor-in-chief of an opposition newspaper Jamanak
Yerevan, was sentenced to four years in jail on a decision passed by
Yerevan City Court, APA reports.
The court found him guilty in evasion of military service. Public
Prosecutor Janna Kotikyan claimed the editor-in-chief had faked
documents to evade military service. But, the court considered this
charge groundless and found Aram Babajanyan guilty for draft evasion,
but not forgery. His lawyers will soon appeal against the decision.
Armenian media rate the arrest of Aram Babajanyan as persecution of
freedom of expression in the country.

TURKEY TORN OVER AUTHOR’S TRIAL
Calgary Sun, Canada
Sept 10 2006
Pregnant novelist faces trial of ‘insulting’ nation for writing
on genocide
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Elif Shafak, one of Turkey’s leading authors,
is about to have a baby — and go on trial.
The reason for this strange conjunction of joy and foreboding is
her new novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, which has exposed her to a
charge of “insulting Turkishness” because it touches on one of the
most disputed episodes of her country’s history — the massacres of
Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
A University of Arizona literature professor, the 35-year-old Shafak
divides her time between Tucson and Istanbul. She sought a postponement
of her trial, set for Sept. 21, until after her first child is born,
but was refused.
She could get three years in prison, though similar trials of other
Turkish writers have usually folded on technicalities and no one has
gone to jail.
“I think my case is very bizarre because, for the first time, they
are trying fictional characters,” said Shafak.
The case has broad ramifications, highlighting a rising wave of Turkish
nationalism and the whole question of whether Turkey, a Western ally
and NATO member, should be admitted to the liberal, democratic European
Union — something the Bush administration supports.
Turks who long for EU membership worry trials of writers are setting
back their cause. But nationalists such as Kemal Kerincsiz, one of
the lawyers suing Shafak, say Turkey shouldn’t have to forsake bedrock
convictions — for instance, that there was never any Armenian genocide
— just to please Europe
The Bastard of Istanbul deals with taboos — domestic violence and
incestuous rape — that are rarely discussed in this conservative,
predominantly Muslim country.
But it is what her Armenian-American characters say that has landed
Shafak in court.
Shafak’s book has sold 60,000 copies, a best seller by Turkish
standards, and will appear in English next year.

WON’T THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REGRET?
Lragir.am
11 Sept 06
The Republican Party will not regret having accepted Serge Sargsyan and
his company to the political party, said Tigran Torosyan, the speaker
of the National Assembly, reports the news agency ARKA September
11. “The Republican Party has not made such a decision so far that
it regretted later. I think this time it will not regret either,”
said Tigran Torosyan. He said that the membership has two aspects
for the political party: a new opportunity and a new challenge. “So
far the political party has succeeded in overcoming this,” added the
speaker of the National Assembly.

U.N. ADOPTS GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 13:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan welcomed the
adoption of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy by the General
Assembly. “I commend Member States for developing and agreeing to a
comprehensive strategic framework to counter terrorism. In doing so,
they have resolved to take concrete actions to address the conditions
conducive to the spread of terrorism, prevent and combat terrorism in
all its forms, and strengthen the individual and collective capacity
of States and the United Nations to do so — all while ensuring
the protection of human rights. I congratulate the President of the
General Assembly and his two co-chairs — Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon
of Singapore and Ambassador Juan AntonioYañez-Barnuevo of Spain —
for leading the membership to this historic achievement.
The upcoming fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11
September 2001, serves as one of many solemn reminders of the
gruesome and unjustifiable consequences of terrorism all over the
world. I urge all Member States to honor the victims of terrorism
everywhere, by taking swift action to implement all aspects of
the strategy. May today’s agreement demonstrate the international
community’s unwavering determination to defeat terrorism,” he said,
reported U.N. communication unit.
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From: Baghdasarian

KARABAKH: PACE HIGHLIGHTS PEACEFUL RESOLUTION ONLY
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 13:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “It’s inadmissible for members of the Council
of Europe, which undertook peaceful co-existence as a basis,
to experience a conflict like the Nagorno Karabakh one,” President
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rene van der
Linder said. He voiced hope that the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
with the assistance of the Council of Europe and other international
organizations will proceed with the dialogue and achieve a final
peaceful resolution. “Our aim is to render the essential assistance
in order to prevent any opposition between two members of the CoE,”
he said.
“Even if provided by law and political defense expediency, a CoE
member must not unleash war. War is ruled out. We give priority to
a decision that is achieved by peaceful means only, via dialogue and
negotiations. If either of the sides launches war, it will bring to
serious discussions in the PACE and the membership of the state in
the Council of Europe will be questioned,” the PACE President said,
reported Trend new agency.

NKR SPEAKER MET WITH DELEGATIONS OF SOUTH OSETIA AND TRANSDNYESTR
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
09 Sept 2006
On September 4 NKR Speaker Ashot Ghulian met with the delegation of
the Republic of South Osetia, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliyev
and Deputy Minister of Defense and Emergencies Ibrahim Gassiyev. The
delegation visiting NKR on the 15th anniversary of NKR thanked
for hospitality and emphasized that relations between the two
republics are becoming more frequent, which enables development of
cooperation. The speaker of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghulian
expressed willingness to extend cooperation between Stepanakert and
Tskhinvali, namely on the level of parliaments. Besides, the future
visits were outlined. Vahram Atanessian, chair of the Committee of
Foreign Relations and Arpat Avanessian, chair of the Social Committee
were present. On September 5 Ashot Ghulian met with the delegation
of the Moldavian Republic of Transdnyestr, Ljubomir Ribyak, chair
of the Committee of External Relations and Sergey Simonenko, deputy
head of the Department of External Relations of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The speaker of the National Assembly thanked the
guests for arriving from Tiraspol to take part in the celebration,
and emphasized that such visits greatly foster relations between
the two countries. During the talk relations between the two states,
namely parliamentary ties were discussed.
Yuri Hairapetyan, chair of the State and Legal Committee and Semion
Afiyan, senior official of the NKR foreign ministry were present at
the meeting.
Press Secretary Of The NKR Speaker