CHIEF ARCHITECT DETAILS GENERAL LAYOUT OF YEREVAN
Panorama.am
19:55 07/09/0 6
There will be a crematorium in Yerevan in 5 years the latest,
Chief Architect of the capital, Samvel Danielyan, told a briefing
today. Danielyan detailed general layout of Yerevan for 2008-2011,
which the Armenian government approved yesterday. Danielyan
intends to continue the work of Alexander Tamanyan – he is going to
reconstruct the yards in downtown Yerevan saying a tender is already
announced. Replying to the criticism on the constructions conducted
in Yerevan, Danielyan said, “Yerevan should have the right to revise
and reconstruct its image.”
The head of Yerevan Design Institute, G. Musheghyan, is also
enthusiastic about the new layout plan saying “the government and
the municipality are determined to accomplish tasks in front of them.”
The plan envisages more green zones, improved street network, better
water and heating services. According to this scheme, more streets
will have lights and medical clinics will be reconstructed. Minister
of Finance and Economy, Vardan Khachatryan and Yerevan Mayor Yervand
Zakharyan are assigned to develop an annual budget according to the
plan and include it in the state budget./Panorama.am/

YOUTH IS NOT LED WHERE IT SHOULD BE LED
Lragir.am
08 Sept 06
The anti-criminal movement is gathering momentum in Armenia. It
appears that the government accused of usurpation of the government
system is seriously worried by the process underway in the country.
The public characterizes the action of the government as criminal. It
is impossible not to do anything. As it usually happens, corrupt
officials set up and head an anti-corruption agency to ensure their
safety in one way or another. So is now, the criminal in power decided
to take up the hard job of “battling the criminal”. The wish to
distract the arrow and change the aim is great.
On September 7 a pro-government youth organization named “We” announced
at the Golden Palace Hotel, “the youth will be struggling against the
criminal”, and did not forget to add, “the government is not criminal,
our government is legitimate”. Lo and behold! This is worse than
the struggle of corrupt officials against corruption. Thus they can
also set up special criminal groups and direct the struggle into the
riverbed of criminal settling of accounts. In fact, the situation in
Armenia is getting graver.
It is quite clear what the criminals in power want. There is no
need to talk to them, for a long time now, it is simply necessary to
punish them. Otherwise, they will involve the country in a criminal
settling of accounts. We had better think about the youth. The youth
is not experienced, besides the problem of the criminalized country is
complicated, and there is always the danger to make the wrong choice.
For this reason, there is a wish to tell our young people that before
using the notion of criminal one needs to find out what it is.
Especially the criminal in power. And there is no need to invent
anything, for over a millennium people who reject the law of the state
are called criminals. People who live under their own laws and impose
their own laws on the other citizens by means of violence, coercion and
bribes. And they impose it to take away the rights of citizens and live
at their expense. The rest is criminal morality, illegality and the
corresponding notions are simply a form of existence of the criminal.
So, before declaring war against criminal notions and the criminal
itself our young people should look around attentively to see who
in our country, especially in the government, lives under their “own
law”, disobeying the laws of the state. The young are sharp-eyed, they
will notice immediately and detect all the figures who have usurped
the will of power to form government for many years and turned power
into a mechanism of imposing their will and their “own law” on people.
At that time, it will be really possible to battle the criminal instead
of serving it willy-nilly. It would also be useful for mature figures
to understand what the criminal in power is. Otherwise, one sometimes
hears others say that a member of parliament is illiterate, so he is
a criminal. This approach enables the criminals in power to build a
fence around them and announce in surprise, “Where is criminal here? We
have never been to prison, there are no other facts, etc.” Prove…
There is nothing to prove. The public can see who lives under their
“own” law and at the expense of the legal rights of others.
The public knows everyone in face. And the public is not likely to
prove anything to anyone. The problem of the public is to take the
criminal to the court. There the relevant agencies will prove in
accordance with the law. They will also prove how those people, whom
the state law empowered battling the criminal, tried to keep their
asses through the young. And the young should respect themselves,
in that case they would not cheat so easily.
HAIR ARAMYAN

35 ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATED BABIES BORN
Armenpress
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: Thirty-five babies have been born
in Armenia since 2003 through artificial insemination. Another five
such babies are expected to be born this year.
The first artificially inseminated baby was born in Armenia in
2002. This women infertility treatment is applied only by the Mother
and Child Center. Karen Jinanian, the head of the Center’s laboratory
diagnosis department, said doctors from the French Marseille Center
for Reproduction were instrumental in helping Armenian counterparts
to attain success in this area.
The French Center has also installed state-of-the art equipment in
Yerevan Center. He said couples from other countries, such as USA,
Holland, Russia, Germany are coming to Armenia to get this treatment
here.

Baku trying to transfer the Karabakh fires to the UN
08.09.2006 11:36
Tatul Hakobyan
“Radiolur”
Despite the fact that the UN has adopted four resolutions on Nagorno
Karabakh, it has never been engaged in the negotiations. This factor,
however, does not keep Azerbaijan from the attempts to transfer
the issues related or not related to the conflict settlement to the
agenda of the General Assembly. This was the case particularly in
the fall of 2004, when due to a serious diplomatic work, the report
titled “the situation on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan”
was included in the agenda of the General Assembly.
To remind, Azeri authorities were assuring that official Yerevan
is leading a policy of resettlement on the territories under the
control of Karabakh forces. Armenia threatened that it would leave
the negotiations if the UN yielded to the pressure of Azerbaijan. The
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries found a balanced way out of
the crisis. Azerbaijan does not insist on the discussion of the
Karabakh issue in the UN. Instead, it Yerevan and Stepanakert agreed
to allow the OSCE fact finding mission to visit the territories under
NKR control.
Most probably, another OSCE fact-finding mission will arrive in
the conflict zone, this time to investigate the case of fires. A
it is known, because of the unprecedented heat this summer, fires
occurred at the contact line, as well as on some territories under
the control of Azerbaijan and Karabakh, and Baku insists that this
is the intentional activity of Armenia. It should be note that fires
on these territories occur every year. But way did Baku get concerned
with the fact only this year?
Adviser to the President of Nagorno Karabakh David Babayan considers
that. ” First Azerbaijan wants to show that these territories are
occupied by Armenia, because it is not logical why Armenia had to
agree to allow the fact finding mission to carry out investigations
on these territories, if these are under NKR control.”
Besides, Babayan notes also other reasons. Particularly, in this
way Baku is trying to conceal the destruction of khachkars in
Nakhijevan. “Azerbaijan is trying to create a balance between the
barbaric destruction of Khachkars and natural fires. It cannot be ruled
out either that Azerbaijan is trying to transfer the issue of fires
to the UN for the sake of its interior market. It wants to show its
people that it is doing something,” David Babayan notes. During the
meeting with journalists on September 5 RA Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanian did not exclude that the issue of fires may be included in
the agenda of the UN General Assembly. “Azerbaijanis want to discuss
the question in the UN. It is their right, but the UN can hardly do
more here than the OSCE. We do not see the necessity of it and we
do believe that Nagorno Karabakh and
Azerbaijan can find edges of cooperation as it regards the fires
at the
contact line.
Acting press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir
Karapetyan said that practically, Armenia and Azerbaijan have completed
the negotiations on the UN General Assembly resolution, which refers
to the situation on the territories neighboring Nagorno Karabakh.
“The talks are nearly over. Probably, the resolution will be presented
in the UN General Assembly on September 7. At this point we think we’ll
manage to agree upon the text of the resolution, the content of which
will be acceptable for the Armenian side. It should be noted that the
Armenia side has already agreed to permit the OSCE mission to visit
the inflammation sites. If the core of the resolution is to be UN
support to the OSCE, then we’ll consider it a constructive result,”
Vladimir Karapetyan said.
Generally, David Babayan does not consider it positive that attempts
are made to transfer issues form the OSCE to the UN. On the other
hand, he insists that it is the international structures that have
undertaken the step.
“Everyone knows that Azerbaijan demonstrates a very stiff position at
the bargaining table. It is somehow profitable for the international
community to have the frozen situation – the impasse – progress. For
this reason they want to direct the populist step of Azerbaijan to
a constructive field and to create a mechanism for the conflicting
sides to have contacts,” Babayan says.

Arpine Atoyan the winner of the Elite Modle Look
ArmRadio.am
08.09.2006 10:02
Arpine Atoyan, 20, will represent Armenia in Elite Model Look, one
of the most celebrated contests in the world model market. Yesterday
she won the contest held in the National Academic Theatre of Opera
and Ballet. In two months Arpine Atoyan will leave for Thailand to
participate in the main Elite Model Look contest. This year for the
first time Armenia gained the right to participate in the event.
Director of the Elite Model Look Stefan Eskimoro was present at
yesterdayâ~@~Ys contest in Armenia. Preceding that he was following
the preparation process. Mr. Eskimoro said he admires the theatrical
professionalism of Armenian girls.
70 participants from 50 countries will compete on November 16.
–Boundary_(ID_dIml5/fJeccoeKdy7w7n8Q)–

Amid intense debate, Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves Hoagland
nomination
ArmRadio.am
08.09.2006 10:17
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, by a vote of 13 to 5,
approved Ambassador-Designate Hoagland’s nomination. For over forty
minutes, Senators spoke forcefully on the nomination, each affirming
the historical facts of the Armenian Genocide. Those opposed to
the nomination urged their colleagues to take a stand against the
Administration’s complicity in genocide denial. Senator Barbara Boxer
(D-CA), in her remarks, noted that “The only way to express our deep
disappointment that he [Ambassador Evans] was recalled, it seems to
me, is to vote ‘no’.” Answering concerns about the absence of an
US Ambassador to Armenia during an extended confirmation process,
Sen. Boxer argued, “I agree that it is important that we have an
Ambassador there. But isn’t it easy for the Administration to simply
say ‘we will speak the truth’? And then, we will have our Ambassador.”
In his remarks, Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) expressed concerns about
the nominee’s ability to accurately and effectively communicate the
Administration’s position on the Armenian Genocide. Noting that, in
correspondence with Ranking Democrat Joseph Biden (D-DE), Amb. Hoagland
had needed to make changes to his initial written responses to a
series of Senate inquiries; Sen. Sarbanes noted that, “Ambassadors
deal with language. It is very important. You pick the wrong word,
you create a lot of problems. They have revised other answers. And so,
I looked through the revisions, and approve of them, but it raises
a question in my mind: ‘where was the understanding and sensitivity
on the part of this nominee on responding to the questions that had
been submitted to him in the first place. What does it say that we
got those answers in the first place?”
Senator John Kerry (D-MA), voted against the nomination as a matter of
principle. “For us to recall an ambassador because he utters the word
‘genocide’, is to cow-tow, to cave-in to those who change history,
something we are witnessing today with [President] Ahmadinajad in
Iran who says the Holocaust didn’t exist. So it is even more important
that we say something to the contrary.
We are not going to allow revisionism. We are not going to allow
people to push the United States of America around and say what you
can and can’t say about what’s happening with respect to history. We
honor history and we honor the truth. I don’t think we do so if we
allow this Administration to take the contrary policy.”
On two previous occasions, June 28th and again on August 1st,
the panel had delayed its consideration of Ambassador-Designate
Hoagland’s nomination.
These delays were prompted by bipartisan concerns over a series of
controversies over the nomination. Among these points of contention
were is the nominee’s written response to Senator Boxer’s inquiry,
in which he questioned the genocidal intent of the Ottoman Turkish
government. Also of concern to members of the panel is the State
Department’s firing of the current US Ambassador to Armenia, John
Marshal Evans. His early recall from Yerevan is widely seen as
retribution for his public statements, in February of 2005, calling
for an end to “word games” by the US government in avoiding the proper
recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Despite dozens of Congressional
inquiries, the Administration has yet explain its reasons for firing
Amb. Evans or to reveal the communications it received from the
Turkish government on this matter.

Azeri truth about the Karabakh conflict
ArmRadio.am
08.09.2006 13:28
Azerbaijan intends to get the support of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC) in “presenting the truth about the Karabakh
conflict to the international community,”Ali Hasanov, head of the
Socio-Political Department of the Presidential Administration of
Azerbaijan, told “Trend” agency, commenting on his upcoming visit to
Saudi Arabia, where Information and Press Secretaries of OIC countries
will hold their 7th session.
Hasanov said they intend to have a clause on the issue be included
in the tex t of the statement and the resolution to be adopted in
the result of the session.

Elmar Mammadyarov: No need for the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs
ArmRadio.am
08.09.2006 13:49
“September 12 RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian will have a meeting
with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in Paris. September 13 in London
the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan will meet with the Co-Chairs,”
Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov declared. He said there is no necessity
of the meeting with the Armenian Foreign Minister. “Now we need to
clarify the positions with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and discuss
the ideas,” he noted.
Speaking about the opportunity of presenting new ideas about the
conflict settlement, Mammadyarov noted that the work with the
Co-Chairs will continue in the direction, the parties were working
up to now. “We’ll try to agree upon the main principles. I’m curious
to learn the opinion of the Co-Chairs and their suggestions how we
can find ways to make the question proceed.”

NEW ARRIVAL LOUNGE OF ZVARTNOTS TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 14
Lragir.am
08 Sept 06
On September 14 the new arrival lounge of Zvartnots Airport will
open. On September 12 news reporters will visit the new arrival lounge.
The new terminal of the airport with the departure and arrival lounges
will be operated in the spring of 2007. The new terminal was designed
for an annual 2 million passengers, and costs about 63 million dollars.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

YOU GET SURPRISED, WE’LL REMEMBER
Lragir.am
08 Sept 06
Roger Robinson, chief executive of the Yerevan office of the World Bank
was one of the heroes of the evening TV program of Armenia on September
6. He participated in an account of the indices of the economic state
in Armenia in 2005. Robinson expressed surprise about the economy of
Armenia. It was “kind surprise” though: what a good economy it is, that
displays such wonderful tendencies of development in these conditions.
I remembered the famous joke about surprise. Two men decide to steal
one of the oxen of a peasant ploughing his field. One of them stands at
the top of the hill and cries, “I’m surprised, I’m so surprised”. When
the peasant working in the field turns around, the other friend steals
one of the oxen of the peasant. Meanwhile the poor peasant asks why he
is surprised. “I am surprised how you plough the field with one ox,”
says the man on the hill. The ingenuous peasant turns to his plough,
sees only one ox and says, “I’m also surprised”.
It is difficult to say whether Robinson was like one of these
ingenious men who cries about his surprise, and the government of
Armenia is the other, who uses the opportunity and takes away the
“ox of the peasant”. However, the viewers watching Robinson that
evening surely feel like this peasant and tell themselves, “I’m also
surprised”. And there is reason to be surprised. It is surprising
what Robinson has to do in Armenia if the state of the economy is so
good. It is surprising that with a two-digit annual economic growth
for over 6 years the foreign debt of Armenia does not decrease or
remains the same but continues growing.
It is surprising that with a two-digit economic growth the government
of Armenia begs the Diaspora to help develop rural settlements
situated near the border. It is surprising that foreign functionaries
in Armenia, who are paid from and live on foreign budgets, are
tenaciously trying to persuade the Armenian public that life in
Armenia is not as bad as it may seem, moreover, real life is not what
the Armenians imagine.
Maybe it is not surprising. Maybe Robinson knows why it is so,
therefore he is not surprised at such things. However, it would be
better if he told what he knows to the Armenian viewers, otherwise
the viewers are surprised like that ingenuous peasant. Or at least the
public would be surprised at what Robinson is surprised. Or if he would
not tell, he could at least bring several million dollars from the
World Bank for the government of Armenia to work out an Anti-Surprise
Policy, which would enable maintaining that until 2020 the level of
surprise in Armenia will be lower than the natural level. In that case
the Armenian people would remember Roger Robinson forever, and he would
continue to be surprised, this time on the Armenians who remember him,
not the economy. However it depends on how they will remember.
JAMES HAKOBYAN