BAKU “DOESN’T RULE OUT KARABAKH HAVING CONSTITUTION”
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.05.2006 13:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Azerbaijan adheres to the peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, however we should understand that 20%
of territories are seized and sooner or later we will do the utmost
to return them,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
told reporters on May 25. He remarked that the OSCE MG Co-chairs
comprehended Azerbaijan’s position and voiced hope that this position
will be spelled out to Yerevan.
“The matter concerns not new proposals but new ideas of the OSCE Minsk
Group. Azerbaijan can agree with some of them and disagree with the
others. However diplomacy implies the method of compromises and we are
awaiting the outcomes of the Yerevan talks,” Elmar Mammadyarov said.
He also noted that Nagorno Karabakh “is a constituent of Azerbaijan
and any variant of the conflict settlement should proceed from the
postulates of the Azeri Constitution. At that he did not rule out that
Karabakh may have its Constitution. “Nakhichevan autonomous republic,
Tatarstan and Bashkortostan have their Constitution, for example,”
he said.
In his words, Montenegro’s secession from Serbia is a not precedent for
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “We understand that Karabakh’s status
should be determined sooner or later, but not Armenians should do it.
First, Azeris should return to their homes and then the issue will
be put on the agenda,” Mammadyarov said. The Azeri FM advised not
to hurry with conclusions on the outcomes of the OSCE Minsk Group’s
visit and wait for a formal statement.

NOT A FOLLOWER OF FASHIONS: PAINTER BAROOSHIAN HAS ALWAYS DEFINED HIS OWN STYLE
By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent
Boston Globe, MA
May 25 2006
WATERTOWN — If you haven’t heard of Martin Barooshian, it’s because
his paintings and prints have always gone against the grain of the
art scene. He’s a Surrealist who arrived late to the table that de
Chirico, Dali, and Magritte set. His images are dreamlike, dense with
oblique meaning, and packed with symbols.
Barooshian, who turns 77 this year, has a small, bracing 50-year
retrospective up at the Armenian Library & Museum of America. In
some ways, this artist comes across as trapped in another era. But
the exhibition also traces the development of a master technician
who has constantly challenged his own aesthetic.
His early forms, fleshy and biomorphic, coalesce into whatever your
eye wants to see. The 1956 painting “Athena Nike” shows a woman whose
flesh seems to fold, curl, and reform itself into design elements;
she’s half woman, half fleur de lis.
Barooshian used intricate compositions to evince strength and
momentum. The intaglio print with engraving “Bronco Rider” (1961)
deploys bold lines to describe the bone, muscle, and contour of the
bronco, building up into a circular sweep of movement.
Twenty years later, his canvases were freighted with odd, dreamlike
images. Many of the women in his paintings from the 1980s are
Amazons, brawny and faceted like diamonds — Pablo Picasso meets Stan
Lee. “Vision 4 — Night Murmurs” (1983) centers on a woman with a hat
in her lap beside a waterfall of design elements that might add up
to another figure, painted in shards of color. Many of the paintings
of this era are absorbing, but so dense they feel cluttered.
Most recently, Barooshian has let loose his passion for design in
bright, flat paintings built up, Pointillist style, out of tiny
dabs of color. These read as a cross between fanciful mosaic and
stained-glass window, dominated by bold forms, such as a Cheshire cat
and a rooster. Occasionally, he introduces text, which can distract
from the power of his imagery and colorful technique.
Barooshian’s been a successful working artist, if not widely known,
for decades. He never hit it big because his imagination wasn’t in
synch with the times. But if he didn’t reinvent painting, he did
reinvent himself, and that’s worth seeing.
Martin Barooshian: A 50 Year Retrospective of Paintings, Prints, and
Drawings At: the Armenian Library & Museum of America, 65 Main St.,
Watertown, through June 1. 617-926-2562,
Ellen Rich: New Work At: Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave.,
through May 30.
617-426-9738,
Jered Sprecher: New Paintings At: osp gallery, 450 Harrison Ave.,
through June 3. 617-778-5265,

EDWARD O”HARA’S VISIT TO THE REGION POSTPONED DUE TO HIS LACKING NECESSARY INFORMATION TO MONITOR CULTURAL MONUMENTS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 25 2006
The postponing of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly member
Edward O”Hara’s visit to Baku scheduled for 29 May was due to his
lacking necessary documents and materials to study cultural monuments
in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
APA”s Europe bureau reports quoting the PACE culture and education
department that the latter was not informed about Armenia’s disagreeing
the PACE member’s visit. The date of Edward O”Hara’s visit to the
region has not yet been fixed. The British parliamentarian wanted a
shot period to prepare for the visit. He is due to visit the region
soon.

54 PIECES OF ARMED TECHNIQUE LEAVES GEORGIA FOR ARMENIA
Author: N.Kirtzkhalia
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 25 2006
A next echelon with Russian armed technique left on Thursday (25 May)
Batumi for the Armenian city Gumri. The Georgian Defense Ministry told
Trend special correspondent in Tbilisi the echelon was comprised of
22 carriages, loaded with 54 pieces of heavy technique, including 24
armored cars, 22 lorries and 28 military technique with trailers.
The technique will be supplied to the Russian military base in Gumri,
Armenia. In compliance with the Georgian-Russian agreement Russia is
committed to leave Batumi base till 2008.

MUSIC AWARDS SET FOR TONIGHT
By Alex Dobuzinskis, Staff Writer
Los Angeles Daily News
May 25 2006
Peter Bahlawanian has produced a variety of different live shows in
his career. The Armenian Music Awards is always the one that gets
him in the most trouble.
With five nominees per award and only one winner, artists are bound
to get upset – even if Bahlawanian is not doing the judging.
“In the Armenian community, everybody knows everybody,” Bahlawanian,
35, said. “So it’s like I have all these people that love me, but
then there’s all these people that don’t win and they hate me that
year. So it’s personal.”
As personal as the show is for Bahlawanian, the show’s creator, it
also has an audience all over the world. This year, the show will take
place at the Hollywood Palladium and it will be beamed via satellite
TV to Armenian audiences worldwide.
The show’s performers and presenters are a mix of local artists
Bahlawanian sees in the community and international stars who fly in.
The result is an event that showcases the wide variety of musical
talent among Armenians. This year’s show will feature everything from
a four-person group called Winds of Passion playing duduks, ancient
woodwind instruments made of apricot wood, to the Armenian-American
rock band Slow Motion Reign.
“Before this show started in 1998, the biggest way of finding out
who was a popular singer was how many weddings they would perform,”
Bahlawanian said.
“The awards became a tool of promoting for all these artists” not
doing pop music, he said. “And at the same time, we still have the
popular categories … We’re bringing everybody together.”
This year, celebrity attorney Mark Geragos will host the show, along
with Canadian beauty queen Alice Panikian, a contestant in the Miss
Universe 2006 pageant.
“I just got back from Armenia and I can’t tell you how many people
in Armenia have either watched this live or on one of the DVDs,”
said Geragos, an
Armenian-American who promoted bands such as the Ramones and the
Go-Go’s before he became an attorney.
The Armenian Music Awards started at Glendale’s Alex Theatre and has
grown and changed over time. From 2001 to 2003, it was shown live
overseas and in the United States.
But organizers found the production costs were too high to justify a
live show, Bahlawanian said, so now they broadcast it on a tape-delay.
Organizers expect anywhere from 800 to 1,500 to attend tonight’s show.
In a dress rehearsal Wednesday, a performer from the United Kingdom
tickled the piano keys onstage as dancers chatted and Bahlawanian’s
aunt and his fiance spread white tablecloths on guest tables.
Bahlawanian, a Los Feliz resident originally from Montreal, pledged
this year’s show, titled “From Roots to Youths,” would have something
for everyone.
“Not everybody loves every part of the show, but they love some part
of the show,” he said.
Bahlawanian can only hope that the award show’s losers walk away as
happy as the audience.
IF YOU GO
The eighth annual Armenian Music Awards will be held at 8 tonight
at the Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd. Tickets are $150 for
orchestra seats and $65 for the balcony. For more information, call
(323) 469-7356.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

CONGRESS OF UNION OF RUSSIA’S ARMENIANS OPENS IN MOSCOW
ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 25 2006
MOSCOW, May 25 (Itar-Tass) – The third congress of the All-Russia
public organization Union of Armenians of Russia has opened at
President-Hotel in Moscow on Thursday. Three hundred delegates from
different corners of the country participate in the congress.
According to ambassador of Armenia to Russia Armen Smbayan,
“remarkable is not the very meeting of today, but the fact that
the Union is the most successfully functioning and really acting
organization.” “Five years have already past since the time of its
foundation,” the diplomat recalled. “Over this time we have managed
to prove that the Union of Armenians plays an important role both in
Russia and at the international level.”
According to different estimates, from 10 to 12 million Armenians
are living in more than 70 countries of the world. The most numerous
diaspora of Armenians beyond Armenia is in Russia – some 2.5 million
people. Armenians have been living in the Russian land since ninth
century. Comprising a part of multinational Russian society, they are
making a great contribution in the development of Russian science,
culture and industry.
To bring numerous Armenian communities together and make them a real
political and economic force, it was decided to create a public
organization – Union of Armenians of Russia. Big businessman
and philanthropist Ara Abramyan was the initiator of the union’s
creation. At present he is the president of the organization. Vice
speaker of the State Duma Arthur Chilingarov and political scientist
Andranik Migranyan were also among the initiators.

DARCHINYAN WANTS TO PROVE A POINT TO ARCE’S FANS
Paul Upham
Contributing Editor
Seconds Out
May 25 2006
Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan
By Paul Upham: When he fights in the main support bout to Jose Luis
Castillo-Diego Corrales III on June 3 in Las Vegas, IBF/IBO flyweight
boxing world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan knows there will
be many Mexican fans in the Thomas and Mack Center. In fact, he is
counting on it. He will be facing undefeated Mexican Luis Maldonado
and he intends on winning. But more importantly, Darchinyan plans on
proving a point to the fans of popular Mexican flyweight Jorge Arce.
“I went all the way to Mexico earlier this year to watch Arce fight,”
explained Darchinyan. “I challenged him. I told him I wanted to fight
him. If you think you are great and tell people you are the best at
flyweight, come and fight me. We will see who the best is. He told me,
‘yes’, he would come and fight me and challenge me.”
But since that night on January 28 in Cancun, Darchinyan 25-0 (20)
has not heard 26 year-old Arce 44-3-1 (34) mention his name once in
the media. After his last win over Rosendo Alvarez on April 8 on the
Mayweather-Judah card, Arce told the television viewers he was moving
up in weight.
“He said he was moving up to the super flyweight division,” said
Darchinyan. “I think he is scared of me. If he doesn’t want to fight,
just tell me he doesn’t want to fight and that he is moving up. If
it is because he can’t make the weight anymore, let me know and I
will move up too and fight him.”
In his last fight on March 3, Darchinyan knocked out Diosdado Gabi
of the Philippines in eight rounds at the Chumash Casino Resort
in Santa Ynez, California in the USA. American television network
Showtime televised the fight across the USA as the main event of
their “SHOBOX: The New Generation” series and the explosive one punch
knockout impressed Showtime executives enough for him to be invited
onto the Castillo-Corrales III card.
“It is a very good opportunity for me,” said Darchinyan, who is
promoted by Gary Shaw. “I have won all of my fights since winning
the title by knockout. It is very important for me to win by knockout.”
A native of Armenia who represented at the 2000 Olympic Games,
Darchinyan fights out of Sydney under trainer Jeff Fenech and is now
an Australian citizen. His performances in the ring have become more
and more dominant over the last two years and there is no doubt now
he is one of the hardest punchers in the lighter weight classes.
When asked, 30 year-old Darchinyan gives two sources for his power.
“I think by God and by my training,” he explained. “I just love my
training. I love to show people my power and I am not very old, but
I feel like I am becoming much more powerful and my punch is coming
much harder.”
28 year-old Maldonado 33-0-1 (25) from Mexicali is undefeated so far
and a protege of current Mexican great Erik Morales.
“He is a very good fighter,” said Darchinyan. “I am very ready for
him. I spent only three weeks getting ready for my last fight. For
this fight, I have been training more than eight weeks now. I am in
very good shape. I can show my power.”
Which may well give Maldonado more than a few headaches.
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AIRBUS A320 FLIGHT RECORDERS DELIVERED TO MOSCOW
Interfax, Russia
May 25 2006
MOSCOW. May 25 (Interfax) – The flight recorders of the Airbus
A320 of the Armavia Airlines were brought to Moscow on Thursday,
the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) said on its website.
“The flight recorders were delivered to the Interstate Aviation
Committee last night,” the website said.
An IAC commission, federal experts and representatives of Armenia and
France are considering how the decipher information, as the flight
recorders are not in very good shape.
The first flight recorder, which monitored conversations in the
cockpit, was retrieved from the Black Sea on Monday. The second one
was found in the early hours of Wednesday and lifted aboard by the
Navigator vessel later in the day.
The A320 carrying 113 people crashed six kilometers off the Black
Sea coast on May 3. The crash killed everyone onboard.

RUSSIA CONTINUES PULLING OUT MILITARY HARDWARES FROM GEORGIA BASES
Xinhua, China
May 25 2006
MOSCOW, May 25 (Xinhua) — A convoy of trucks carrying heavy weapons
and equipment from a Russian military base in Georgia departed
on Thursday as Russia continued its pullout from its bases in the
Caucasus Mountain nation, the headquarters in Transcaucasia announced.
The trucks will bring from the Batumi base to the Russian base Gyumri
in Armenia 54 units of military material, communication trucks as
well as some property, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
This is the third convoy of trucks which pulled out weapons and
property of Russian troops from bases in Georgia in 2006. The two
previous ones pulled out military property from the Akhalkalaki base.
Another six train will depart from Batumi over the next few months.
Russia and Georgia signed an agreement in late March that set out
the deadline and details of the pullout of Russian military bases
from Georgia.
Under the accord, the two sides agreed to complete the phased
withdrawal of the Russian bases and other military installations in
Georgia by the end of 2008.
Russia inherited four military bases in Georgia from the former Soviet
Union and has withdrawn two of them.

FIRST TRAIN WITHDRAWS RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE FROM BATUMI
Prime News Agency, Georgia
May 25 2006
Tbilisi. May 25 (Prime-News) – The first train loaded with materiel
withdrawn from the Russian military base in Batumi started to Armenia
on Thursday.
Earlier equipment used be withdrawn from the Military base by ships
– twenty T-72, three anti-aircraft systems, five armoured vehicles
and twelve defensive anti-aircraft systems were withdrawn in 2005 by
Russian military ships.
As Prime-News was told by Vladimir Kuparadze, Deputy Commander of
the Group of Russian Armed Forces in South Caucasus, the train has
already left Georgia for the Russian military base in Gyumr, Armenia.
The train is loaded with 54 pieces of military materiel.
Vladimir Kuparadze added that more equipment is to be sent from the
Batumi military base to Armenia by six trains in the forthcoming
months.