PresseMesse, Buchclub, Orhan Pamuk

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Parallel zur Frankfurter Buchmesse findet in diesem Jahr erstmals
die PresseMesse statt. Der “Kontakter” hat nachgefragt, welcher Ruf
der Gemeinschaftsschau in der Branche vorauseilt.

“Ein Blick auf die Referentenliste zeigt, dass hier nicht
die Geschaftsfuhrer der großen deutschen Verlage auf der
Buhne stehen. … Holger Busch, Geschaftsfuhrer Marketing und
Anzeigen im VDZ erklart: ‘Fur Publikumszeitschriften ist jeder Tag
Messetag.’ Interessierte Leser brauche man nicht unbedingt auf der
Buchmesse zu suchen. Schließlich seien Zeitschriftensortimente an
jedem Bahnhofkiosk einsehbar. Interessant sei die Veranstaltung eher
fur Herausgeber von Fachzeitschriften, meint Busch. … Sabine Voss,
Leiterin des Berliner Buros der Deutschen Fachpresse, beurteilt
die Situation zunachst ahnlich. Allerdings glaubt sie, dass die
PresseMesse in einigen Jahren fur alle Special-Interest-Anbieter
eine Chance darstellen kann – nicht nur fur diejenigen, die ihre
Magazine ausschließlich uber Abonnements verkaufen. Es werde etwas
Zeit brauchen, meint Voss, bis sich die PresseMesse etabliert.”

Die Marketing-Offensive des Bertelsmann-Buchclubs ist Thema im
“Handelsblatt”:

“Nun soll der Verlustbringer mit einer Fokussierung auf das
Buchgeschaft und neueren Laden aus den roten Zahlen kommen. Von den
300 Laden in Deutschland sind aber nur 80 renoviert. ‘Der Club galt
lange als Nachspieltheater’, sagt Clubchef Marc-Oliver Sommer. Kunftig
will er stattdessen exklusive Bucher verlegen wie zum Beispiel eine
aufwendige Neuausgabe von Dantes ‘Gottlicher Komodie’ mit Bildern
des spanischen Malers Miguel Barcelo. Den Billigheimer wollen die
Bertelsheimer nicht mehr machen. ‘Wir sind kein Discounter und werden
auch nie einer sein’, sagt Sommer.”

Es sei kein Zufall, dass der Friedenspreistrager Orhan Pamuk ebenso
wie sein Vorganger, der 1997 mit demselben Preis ausgezeichnete
Yasar Kemal, mit der Justiz zu tun bekommt, meint die “Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung”.

“Das macht sozusagen den Ehrentitel turkischer Autoren aus, dass
sie seit den Tagen des Tanzimat, der Reformen in der zweiten Halfte
des 19. Jahrhunderts, immer wieder mit Verbannung, Gefangnis oder
juristischen Nachstellungen zu rechnen haben. Pamuk hatte die
Armenier-Massaker beim Namen genannt und die ungloste Kurdenfrage
in einer Art und Weise angesprochen, die dem Staatsanwalt mißfiel.
Zuvor hatte es schon ein Kesseltreiben gegen den Autor wegen seiner
Äußerungen gegeben; er spielt namlich so gar nicht die nationale Leier,
deren Tone man noch immer gerne hort in der Turkei.”

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PACE ARMENIAN AND AZERI DELEGATIONS MAY MEET IN OCTOBER

Pan Armenian News
13.09.2005 04:31

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The sitting of the PACE Temporary Commission for
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh issue, formed in compliance with
the PACE Resolution 14-16 was held in Paris yesterday. Deputy Chairman
of the Armenian NA, PACE Armenian delegation head Tigran Torosyan
detailed the session. In the course of the discussions Links British
NGO Executive Director Dennis Sammut presented a historical excursus
to the prehistory of the conflict and the current situation. “The
report was interesting and balanced, it formed an unbiased notion of
the conflict,” T. Torosyan noted. Later head of the OSCE Department
of the Armenian MFA V. Nersisyan acquainted those present with
Armenia’s stand over the conflict and the settlement prospects. Azeri
Deputy FM Araz Azimov was supposed to present his country’s posture,
however, he presented his own stand. These speeches were followed
by a report of the OSCE MG Co-Chairs Bernard Fassier (France) and
Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), as well as American Co-Chair Steven Mann’s
representative. The main idea put forward by the report was that
it is impossible to solve a conflict based only on principles of
territorial integrity and people’s right to self-determination. “It
is necessary to apply both Helsinki principles – the territorial
integrity along with the so-called “occupied territories” and the
right to self-determination along with the issue of the status,” the
report says. In his statement PACE Rapporteur on NK G. Lennmarker
repeated the ideas of his famous report, emphasizing the idea of
providing large autonomy to NK as part of Azerbaijan. EU Special
Representative for South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie also presented his
viewpoint. The speech of Russian delegation head Constantine Kasachev
may be marked out of these statements. “Conflicts have different causes
and the CE should not duplicate OSCE,” he noted. Turkish delegation
leader tried to repeat Azerbaijan’s legend on 20% of occupied lands,
however got confused and presented other figures. T. Torosyan noted
in his statement that besides the conflict settlement it is necessary
to solve several important issues. The first is clear division of
mandates between the OSCE, CE and PACE. The OSCE MG should deal
with conflict settlement issues, the CE with forming an atmosphere
necessary to solve the conflict. He also noted that it is impossible to
solve that conflict without application of the principle of people’s
right to self-determination. In response to Azerbaijan’s statements
PACE Armenian delegation member Shavarsh Kocharyan cited many facts
evidencing militant propaganda and belligerent statements by the Azeri
party, which obviously violates the PACE Resolution 14-16. Upon the
completion of the discussions the Commission continued work and it was
decided to hold the next meeting in December. However it is necessary
for the Armenian and Azeri delegation to meet in the course of the
October session to discuss further actions.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO HOST CONFERENCE ON TURKEY

IRNA, Iran
Sept 13 2005

Brussels, Sept 13, IRNA

The European Armenian Federation For Justice and Democracy (EAFJ)
is organizing a conference on the theme “December 2004 – October
2005; Has Turkey changed?” in the European Parliament in Brussels on
September 22.

The one-day conference is supported by the European Peoples’ Party
and European Democrats (EPP-ED) the biggest political group in the
European Parliament, according to an EAJF press release.

The meeting aims to take stock of the situation in Turkey, a few days
before the probable negotiation kickoff with the European Union.

EU and Turkey are expected to begin entry negotiations on October 3.

Representative of Human Rights NGOs, MEPs as well as political leaders
from various European parties are expected to attend the event.

The Brussels-based EAFJ says it represents European citizens with
Armenian origin to European Institutions, federates several national
organizations and associations of European countries, and promotes
and defends cultural and political rights of Armenian people worldwide.

ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO USA AND USAID CHAIRMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC REFORMS IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13. ARMINFO. Armenian Ambassador to the USA Tatul
Margaryan and USAID Chairman Andrew S. Natsios discussed economic
reforms in Armenia in Washington.

Press and Information Department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry
informs ARMINFO that the sides noted the high economic indicators
in Armenia due to economic reforms. Ambassador Margaryan thanked
Andrew Natsios for constant support of USAID to Armenia. He noted
the importance of the projects implemented in Armenia, in particular,
in the sphere of poverty reduction, economic development, creation of
new jobs and raising the social level of the population. Ambassador
Margaryan emphasized the importance of the USAID- implemented program
in the disaster zone. In his turn, Andrew S. Natsios highly appreciated
the effective cooperation of USAID and the Armenian Government. Taking
into account the interests of Andrew Natsios, Tatul Margaryan invited
him to Armenia to get first hand view of the results of USAID projects
in Armenia.

Second sitting of the interim subcommittee on the Karabakh conflict
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CE was held

Today, Azerbaijan
Sept 13 2005

13 September 2005 [11:27] – Today.Az

Second sitting of the interim subcommittee on the Karabakh conflict
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was
held in Paris yesterday.

The OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen, rapporteur on the Karabakh conflict
of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Swedish parliamentarian Goran
Lenmarker, other representatives of the OSCE member countries,
members of the Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations in PACE, special
representatives of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on
regulation of the Karabakh conflict participated in the sitting. The
member of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE, parliamentarian Asim
Mollazade made a speech in the sitting.

A.Mollazade informed APA that he demanded implementation of 4
resolutions adopted by the UNO Security Council in connection with
the Karabakh conflict in his speech.

Besides it, he expressed his gratitude to PACE for observing the
principle of pre-eminence of the right on the Karabakh conflict,
respecting human rights and expressing its opinions on violation
of rights of Azerbaijani citizens in a mass and rude form during
the Karabakh conflict. ~SI informed that it is important to speed
solution of the conflict in a peaceful way and in stages. We offered
that firstly refugees and displaced people must return to their native
lands, their security must be ensured, then communication lines must
be opened, and normal and civil relations must be established between
the two sides. Only after this the question of juridical solution of
the conflict must be reviewed~T.

According to the words of A.Mollazade, the head of the Azerbaijani
delegation in PACE Samad Seyidov, members of the Minsk Group, OSCE
raporteur on the conflict also made speeches in the sitting. Then
the sitting was continued in a closed form.

A.Mollazade informed that declarations of the special representatives
of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia and a document on the
result of the sitting of the subcommittee will be prepared at the
end of the sitting. The working plan on the Karabakh conflict of the
subcommittee will also be asserted in the close sitting.

A.Mollazade will participate in the sitting of the PACE subcommittee
on Chechnya and PACE Political Committee tomorrow. He was intended
to make speeches in these sittings as well.

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US ARMENIANS URGE TO STOP BAKU ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST KARABAKH

Pan Armenian News
13.09.2005 03:27

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Over 150 Armenian young people in the US held a
rally next to the Azeri Embassy building in Washington a day or two
ago. They urged to stop Azerbaijan’s armed aggression against Nagorno
Karabakh. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA), by this move the Diaspora young generation in the person of
the US Armenian Youth Federation tried to draw public attention to the
still available threat by Azeri authorities, who are trying to suppress
the right of the NKR people to self-determination by force. For over
an hour the protest action participants marched in the square in
front of the Embassy building with slogans “Self-determination is
equal to protection of human rights,” “No more blood for oil” and
“Aliyev stop threatening with war.”

DID HRACHYA ACHARYAN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION MARK VICTORY?

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“If they are not going to compromise I am not going either. I intend
to leave the university. It’s a pity I have paid the fee for three
years in vain”, a 4th year student of the university after Hrachya
Acharyan said.

University Pro-rector Aram Khachtryan explained that in 2001 the
students of the most expensive faculty paid 449217 AMD, in 2002 –
459756 AMD, in 2003 – 470334 AMD, in 2004 – 417150 AMD. Thus, the
fee have raised as compared to last year and lowered as compared to
the year of 2003.

Today the protesting students divided into two groups, one of which
returned to the classrooms.

The protester appealed to the Human Rights Defender, however were
told that the Ombudsman does not deal with the private universities.

To note, the university pro-rector said that the administration is
ready to make concessions partially. “If they do it proceeding from
a principle – we cannot help, but if there are students who are not
able to pay we will meet them halfway as we always do”, he said.

Turkish minister says US troops should launch operation against Kurdish rebels

NTV television, Istanbul
13 Sep 05

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has said that the US Armed Forces should
undertake an operation against the PKK [Kurdistan Workers’ Party] in
the same way that they launched an operation on Tal Afar in Iraq on
grounds of security. Gul further said that the fight against the PKK is
the coalition forces’ responsibility as much as the Iraqi government’s.

Foreign Minister Gul, who is in New York for the UN meetings, said
that similar operations to those undertaken by the United States in
Tal Afar on grounds of security should be launched in other places,
where there are terrorists as well.

Gul added: In the same way that operations are launched in Tal Afar
because there are armed militia there, operations should be launched
in other places where there are terrorists. This is our expectation.
We know the power of Iraqi forces. We hope that Iraq gets back on
its feet and protect its own borders very soon.

Gul criticized the United States for leaving the initiative to fight
the PKK to the Iraqi government only. Gul said: The fight against the
PKK terrorist organization is undoubtedly not only the duty of the
Iraqi forces, it is also the responsibility of the coalition forces
as well. This is evident.

Gul noted that a large quantity of aid convoys were being dispatched
to Tal Afar after the operations.

BARONESS CAROLINE COX VISITS NKR FOR 60TH TIME

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 13. ARMINFO. Vice-Speaker of House of Lords of
British Parliament, baroness Caroline Cox is in Narogno Karabakh
within the framework of “Pilgrimage to Artsakh” mission. 20 people
representing various christian organizations of Great Britain are in
the delegation. It is the 60th visit of baroness to Karabakh, the
first was in 1989.

ARMINFO’s reporter in Stepanakert informs, that NKR Parliament
Speaker Ashot Ghulyan noted at a meeting with the delegation that
“baroness Cox had always been with Artsakh people – during the
hardest war, in heavy post-war years and today”. He presented Cox a
recently published photograph album about Karabakh. Cox, in her turn,
noted that “visits to Karabakh give her gladness, every time
colliding her with heroism and courage of people living on this small
Armenian land”.

A rehabilitation Center establishing 7 years ago under the aegis of
“World Christian Solidarity” and on baroness’s initiative is named
after Cox. She expressed readiness to assist the center in future.

too. “Pilgrimage to Artsakh” has been organized by Cox for the 3rd
time. First pilgrimage took place in 2001 and was dedicated to the
1700th anniversary of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

POPE TO BLESS STATUE OF OPUS DEI FOUNDER

ANSA English Media Service
September 13, 2005

Vatican City

(ANSA) – Vatican City, September 12 – Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday
will bless a statue of the founder of Opus Dei, highlighting
the conservative Catholic movement’s ever higher standing in the
contemporary Church.

A five-metre likeness of Saint Josemaria Escriva, made of white
Carrara marble, was recently installed in a niche on the southern
outside wall of St Peter’s Basilica.

The statue stands alongside other great saints and founders of
religious orders, such as Saint Gregory, founder of the Armenian
church, Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Brigid of Sweden.

It will be the first new statue at St Peter’s to be blessed by
Benedict XVI, who will perform the official unveiling after the general
audience. A 80-strong choir will be on hand to accompany the event.

The act will set the seal on the Catholic Church’s full acceptance
of the movement which it had initially distrusted.

Between 1967 and 1973, when Opus Dei already numbered 40,000 Catholics,
Pope Paul VI refused even to meet Escriva, wanting to draw a clear
line between himself and the regime of General Franco in Spain.

The Spanish-born priest was frequently accused of supporting
Franco although supporters say he had no choice but to accept the
regime. Three members of the group held positions in the Franco
government.

Opus Dei is founded on the belief that Catholics could and should
strive for saintliness through work, regardless of what their job
is. It stresses that it is not necessary to be a priest or a nun.

It is a highly influential organisation which has members in top
positions both in the Catholic Church and in secular society. Many
members are high-flyers in business and politics, especially in
the Americas.

Opus Dei, which John Paul II brought under his personal control in
1983, says it has 84,000 members in scores of countries. The Spanish
cleric who founded the movement in 1928 was canonised by the Polish
pontiff in 2002.

St Peter’s Basilica already boasts about 400 statues of saints on,
in or around it. On the roof of the 16th-century building there are
huge figures of Christ, John the Baptist and 11 of the apostles.

There are 140 more statues spread over the colonnade which surrounds
the piazza in front of the basilica.

But with two sides each measuring 186 metres and a facade of almost 100
metres long, not to mention the inside area of 21,000 square metres,
there is always room for more.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress