ARKADY VOLSKY PASSED AWAY
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 13:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 9 at the age of 75 Arkady Volsky died
owing to hard and continuous illness.
Arkady Volsky was a well-known public and state figure, Honorary
President and founder of the Russian Union of Industrialists and
Entrepreneurs that he headed for over 15 years.
In 1988 Arkady Volsky was the representative of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the USSR Supreme
Council Presidium in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous District (NKAD)
of the Azerbaijani SSR, while since January 1989 he chaired the Special
Management Committee of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous District.
In spring 1989 he was elected people’s deputy of the USSR from the
Stepanakert territorial electoral district, NKAD. He was a member
of the USSR Supreme Council Committee on Defense and State Security,
reports Interfax.

TODAY ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER LEAVES FOR BULGARIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 13:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An Armenian delegation led by Defense Minister Serge
Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Bulgaria September 11-13. As
Spokesperson for the Armenian MOD Head, Col. Seyran Shahsuvaryan told
PanARMENIAN.Net, within the framework of the visit S. Sargsyan will
meet with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Defense Minister
Vesselin Bliznakov, as well as Deputy Chair of the People’s Assembly
of Bulgaria Peter Beroni and heads of the Parliamentary Defense
Commission.

NEW YORK COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 13:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ New York commemorates victims of the September 11
tragedy in 200, when resulting from a terrorist attack on the World
Trade Center 3 thousand were killed. The mourning ceremony will start
with a minute of silence at 8.46 a.m., when the first plane hijacked
by the terrorists crashed into one of the twin skyscrapers. Then
bells will ring in New York churches.
Names of all established victims of the wreckage of the World Trade
Center will again read today. Rays of two searchlights will be aimed
in the sky from the empty space, where the buildings symbolizing New
York’s business power once were. That place is now called the zero
mark, where the building of over 500-meter-high Freedom Tower have
already begun, reports RIA Novosti.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKEY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IF HISTORIANS TAKE CORRESPONDING DECISION
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2006 14:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Minister of Economy, Turkey’s Special
Representative at the talks with the EU Ali Babacan said that
Ankara will acknowledge the Armenian Genocide only in case the joint
Armenian-Turkish commission of historians confirms the fact. Babacan
said it in an interview published by Handelsblad Dutch newspaper and
titled “Genocide Recognition by Turkey Not Ruled Out”. When asked,
whether the Turkish government can admit a decision that will
characterize the events taken place at the beginning of the 20th
century as Genocide, the Turkish Minister said, “Yes, we will agree
with any decision.”
At the same time Babacan censured the resolution on the Armenian
Genocide adopted by the European Parliament and said that
“parliamentarians are not historians and the European Parliament is
not the institution to announce what really happened.”
According to him, “all the Turkish archives are open for scientists
and Turkey’s proposal on formation of a joint commission of historians
is still valid,” reported Mediamax.

ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO BE HALTED FOR REFUELING
Armenpress
Sept 11 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s nuclear power plant
in Metsamor will be brought to a halt on October 1 for a regular
maintenance and refueling.
Gagik Markosian, the director of the plant, said apart from regular
maintenance new systems enabling to raise the plant’s safety are to
be installed. He said the repair will take 45 days.
The nuclear plant accounts for about between 40-45 percent of all
power produced in Armenia. During the standstill hydro power plants
will increase their output to fill in the deficit.

CHURCH SERVICE TO OPEN INDEPENDENCE CEREMONIES
Armenpress
Sept 11 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: A special church service dedicated
to the feast of Holy Cross in Etchmiadzin scheduled for September 17
will start a long array of ceremonies and events designed to mark the
15-th anniversary of Armenia’s independence from the former Soviet
Union that will be marked on September 21.
On September 17 also a photo exhibition called 15 Years of Independence
will open at Yerevan Moskva cinema house. The cinema house will also
hold a retrospective screening of several films dedicated to Armenian
independence.
On September 18 the third Armenia-Diaspora conference will open at
Karen Demirchian complex. The complex will host on September 19 a forum
called New Answers to Old Questions and an exhibition of post stamps.
On September 20 the Demirchian complex will host the official closure
of Armenia-Diaspora conference and a presentation of a silver medal
dedicated to the Independence anniversary.
On September 21 Republic Square will hold a military parade and a
service then will be held in Yerevan Saint Gregory Cathedral. On
September 22 the Demirchian complex will host an economic exhibition.

ANTI-CRIMINAL INITIATIVE STARTS CONSULTATIONS
Lragir.am
11 Sept 06
On September 11 the representaties of 10 political forces
(National Democratic Union, Nor Zhamanakner, Fatherland and Honor,
People’s Fatherland, Republic, the Democratic Party, the Liberal
Progressive Party, Constitutional Right Union) marked the start a
series of consultations, which if organized well, will grow into
an anti-criminal coalition and an anti-criminal movement, aimed to
return power to people.
The activitsts of the movement say although the latest similar
meeting took place on the days of the referendum in November 2005,
and it is necessary to make a roll-call, it is clear that “there is
a wish to struggle”. All the oppositionist forces were invited to the
first meeting. It became clear that the invitation did not reach the
People’s Party of Armenia for technical reasons. The ARF Dashnaktsutyun
was only informed, the Republican Party was not invited. “What does
Dashnaktsutyun have to do here?” asked Smbat Ayvazyan, Republic
Party. “How can the government fight the criminal if they are not
masochists,” asked the leader of the National Democratic Union Vazgen
Manukyan. Besides questions there were also evaluations. Garnik
Margaryan, the leader of the Fatherland and Honor Party believes,
“The country is on the verge of destruction, the national security
is hanging on a thread, and remaining silent in this situation is
condemnable carelessness.”
The deputy leader of the National Unity Party Gagik Tadevosyan thinks
that if Serge Sargsyan says someone who has a nickname or does not
speak Armenian well is not necessarily a criminal, it is similarly
unnecessary that someone who has a nickname or speaks Armenian badly
become member of parliament or be in power.
The initiators of the anti-criminal movement also underline the
activity of the public, because the society seems to have started
to take murder and violence for granted. It is also important to
define the notion of criminal distinctly. By an initial variant,
the criminal is a community of criminals who do not obey the state
laws, live under their own laws and seek the obedience of the entire
society and wealth. After publishing the formula the representatives
of the anti-criminal movement are ready to publish the names of these
people. For the time being, however, all the political forces should
express their opinion on the anti-criminal movement, “to know who is
who, and who we are going to fight against.” The result of the battle
must be at least two normal general elections.
The next meeting of the anti-criminal initiative will take place
on September 15, already without journalists. The reason for this
secrecy is clear. It is unclear, however, why there are people among
the initiators who are said to cooperate with Serge Sargsyan. Not in
favor of the opposition, of course.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ONE OF THE YEREVAN STREETS CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE OF FIRE
A1+
[01:17 pm] 11 September, 2006
At about 10:05 p.m. yesterday 120-square-meter roof of a 4-storeyed
building on Andrfederation 18 caught fire.
The Emergency Board and Rescuers’ Agency informed A1+ that the roof
of the building was completely burnt.
Fortunately, the fire didn’t spread too far, and there were neither
damages nor victims.
The inner part of the building is made of wood which contributed to
the quick spread of the fire. The Emergency Board has no information
on the causes of fire; they will be revealed only within 7 – 10 days.
It took two days to extinguish the fire. The fire was completely put
out at 00:29 a.m. The roads leading to the burning building closed
down in order not to prevent the work of the fire brigade and rescuers.
Fire-extinguishing cars from fire agencies 2, 3, 4 and 8 arrived
on the scene at 10:05 – 10:08 p.m. The second group of the rescuers
arrived at 11:05 p.m.

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
A1+
[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.