89 SERVICEMEN DIED
Lragir.am
26 May 06
The Ministry of Defense reports that in 2005 89 servicemen dies in
Armenia. On May 24 Avetik Ishkanyan, the chair of the Helsinki
Committee of Armenia, reported these data during the debate on the
annual report of Human Rights Watch. `47 were sergeants, 24 officers,
5 warrant officers and 13 contractors,’ said Avetik Ishkanyan. He
mentioned that 15 were killed at the Armenian-Azerbaijani front line.
According to Ishkanyan, the suggestion that servicemen in the Armenian
army die because of relations that breech the army regulations is
true.

WHAT WILL COME OUT OF OPPOSITION’S EFFORT?
Lragir.am
26 May 06
There would be a political crisis in Armenia only if the National
Assembly gave a vote of no confidence to the government, said Gurgen
Arsenyan, the leader of the Unite Labor Faction on May 26 during the
parliamentary briefing. He told news reporters that a home political
force majeure would occur only in this case.
`There is no other measurement because there is the following. Today
there is a parliamentary majority, if we use the term. There is no
political `perhaps,’ there is no coalition `perhaps.’ Note that there
is a constructive or parliamentary majority. The parliamentary
majority is able to organize and carry out legislative activities. The
legislative body is productive and effective.’
If the parliament is not raising the question of a vote of no
confidence, there is no political crisis, thinks Gurgen Arsenyan. He
does not know whether the opposition will take this step or not,
however, Arsenyan says, the opposition may try. Let us see what will
come our of this, says the leaderof the ULP.

Let every tailor mend his own coat, Alexan Harutyunyan told Gevorg Poghosyan

ArmRadio.am
26.05.2006 16:24
`Let every tailor mend his own coat,’ said Alexan Harutyunyan,
President of the Council of Public Radio and Television Council of
Armenia in response to the article by Director of the Institute of
Philosophy and Law of the National Academy of Sciences, Sociologist
Gevorg Poghosyan. Evaluating the participation of Armenia in
`Eurovision-2006′ and the results, the latter said that Andre’s song
included Turkish tunes, and the contest was a political action. `If
Armenchik participated in the contest, he would receive an equal
number of points,’ Gevorg Poghosyan added.
`Gevorg Poghosyan had better make the above-mentioned proverb a
principle of his life,’ Alexan Harutyunyan said in an interview to
`Radiolur’ correspondent.
By the way, it was noted in the PostScript of the above-mentioned
article in Aib-Fe: `We consider that after learning about Gevorg
Poghosyan’s views on Armenia’s entry at `Eurovision’ and the results,
Alexan Harutyunyan will not advise him to declare a hunger strike, sew
his mouth or cry.’
Alexan Harutyunyan responded, `I have met him (Gevorg Poghosyan)
several times. Looking into his eyes, one can see that he will not be
able to keep a hunger strike, it is dangerous for his
health. Definitely, I will not give that advice.’

DEMIRCHYAN IS OPEN TO COOPERATION
Lragir.am
26 May 06
Time will settle everything. Stepan Demirchyan, the leader of
Ardarutiun Alliance, is guided by this principle when he speaks about
the leap of the Orinats Yerkir Party from the coalition to the
opposition. Stepan Demirchyan says they accept the bid of Orinats
Yerkir to become opposition without panic. And generally, the word
`panic’ cannot be used to characterizetheir actions and
activities. `Time will settle everything. I should add only that we
are not suspicious. We think it is better to make a mistake when you
believe, than to make a mistake when you suspect,’ says Stepan
Demirchyan. According to him, it is wrong to make a fuss about
nothing.
`In the long run, the activities, and steps will show everything. Now
we do not consider whether it is false or not. Time will show,’ says
Stepan Demirchyan. He is even willing to cooperate with Orinats
Yerkir. Stepan Demirchyan asserts their willingness to negotiate
definite issues with all the forces which stress establishment of
constitutional order in Armenia and the removal of the illegal
regime. The leader of Ardarutiun Alliance mentions at the same time
that Orinats Yerkir is definitely responsible for the illegal
actionsof the government over the past years.

Kocharyan – Aliev meeting will be held in Bucharest

ArmRadio.am
26.05.2006 16:33
`Early June Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Robert Kocharyan and
Ilham Aliev are expected to meet in Bucharest,’ said President’s Press
Secretary Viktor Soghomonyan.
MEDIAMAX Agency informs that the Azeri side also confirmed the fact of
preparing the meeting of Presidnets.
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov said today that Ilham
Aliev agreed to hold the meeting in the framework of the Black Sea
Forum of dialogue and cooperation to be held June 5 in Bucharest at
the initiative of the President of Romania.

KARABAKH ISSUE WILL NOT BE SETTLED IN 2006
Lragir.am
26 May 06
The political parties of Armenia declined to comment on the OSCE Minsk
Group visit to the region. During the May 26 briefings the
parliamentary groups and factions uttered some broken phrases
only. The leader of Ardarutiun Alliance Stepan Demirchyan announced
that the peace process is growing serious.
Stepan Demirchyan did not go into detail, however, saying he did not
have enough information. The leader of Dashnaktsutiun Faction Hrair
Karapetyan and the leader of the Republican faction Galust Sahakyan
also underlined the relation of the visit of the OSCE mission and the
peace process. Hrair Karapetyan said there will not be an imposed
settlement, saying that no settlements were imposed on other conflicts
in the world. The leader of Dashnaktsutiun faction pointed to the
referendum in Montenegro and the possible settlement of the issue of
Kosovo.
`If a nation makes a decision, the world respects this decision,’
announced Hrair Karapetyan. His Republican colleague Galust Sahakyan
spoke about the peace process, which is growing serious, relying on
his own analysis. Hence, according to him, the Karabakh issue will not
be settled in 2006.

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 26 2006
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE
MINSK GROUP
Having visited Armenia, representatives of co-chair countries of the
OSCE Minsk Group for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
issued a joint statement for the press, which specifically says, «We,
the representatives at the Deputy Minister level of the Russian
Federation, the United States and France, together with the Co-Chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman in Office, have come together in this joint diplomatic
mission because of the need to promote a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and because now is the time for the sides
to reach agreement on the basic principles of the settlement.
We were received by President Kocharian and met earlier with Foreign
Minister Oskanian. As we did yesterday in Baku, we have discussed
important aspects of a future settlement. We have worked to create
the conditions for a meeting of the two presidents in the near
future. We have stressed the belief of our nations and, more widely,
of the international community that the conflict can be resolved in
no other way than a peaceful one. Both countries should, moreover,
prepare their publics for peace and not war. Our discussions, both
today in Yerevan and yesterday in Baku, were constructive. We met
yesterday with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov.
Tomorrow we will return to our capitals to brief our leaders. The
Co-Chairs will, as well, brief the OSCE and the international
community.
A joint mission such as this one is a special event. It must be taken
as a sign of the seriousness with which we approach the issue and in
particular, a belief that we are at the point where a mutually
beneficial agreement is achievable. What happens now will be up to
Armenia and Azerbaijan. We leave with hopes and expectations of
progress. We are pleased to be in Yerevan and wish to express our
gratitude to President Kocharyan and the people of Armenia for
receiving us’, says the Joins Statement of the OSCE MG co-chair countries.

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 26 2006
CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT MEETS WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[May 26, 2006, 15:44:36]
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Ogtay Asadov
met May 25 with Bernard Amodric du Chaffo, Ambassador of France to
Baku.
Ogtay Asadov spoke of the history of Azerbaijan’s relationship with
France, and said Azerbaijan is keen to improve ties between the two
countries. Milli Majlis Chairman said that today economic, cultural
and political relations between Azerbaijan and France are rapidly
developing. Mr. Asadov noted that joint inter-governmental
commissions’ efforts resulted in allocating favorable terms to
Azerbaijan.
He also said large oil companies of France invested millions of
dollars in Azerbaijan’s economy.
`We are trying to push the inter-parliamentary relations to a much
higher level, and hope to achieve our goal’, he added.
Ogtay Asadov also detailed Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, saying Azerbaijan has a fair stance on the dispute. He
expressed hope that France as one of the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs
will step up its efforts to solve the conflict in line with
international legal standards.
Bernard Amodric du Chaffo, in his turn, confirmed that Azerbaijan and
France have a long history of relationship.
The Ambassador said the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly will soon be held in Paris, and attended by Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev. Bernard Amodric du Chaffo noted such visits
are of great importance for improving ties between Azerbaijan and
France.
The sides also discussed a wide range of other topics of mutual
interest.

PRESS SECRETARY OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT URGES SPEAKER TO RESIGN WITH DIGNITY
Yerevan, May 25. ArmInfo. The statements of the leader of the Orinats
Yerkir party Artur Bagdassaryan that Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan or employees of his staff pressured the businessmen who left
his party are not true, says the press secretary of the Armenian
president Viktor Sogomonyan.
Neither the president nor anybody from his administration have ever
discussed with those businessmen any problems related to their
withdrawal from OY, says Sogomonyan. He notes that Bagdassaryan is
simply trying to shift the responsibility for the split of his party
on others instead of searching for the reasons inside himself. “In any
case one should be able to leave with dignity,” says Sogomonyan.

Collective Bella ciao, France
May 26 2006
Bush pedocide – complicity in 0.1 million US &1.6 million Iraqi &
Afghan avoidable infant deaths
By : Dr Gideon Polya
May Friday 26th 2006

For decent human societies the worst imaginable crimes involve the
killing of children (paedocide, or pedocide in America) or the
killing of infants (infanticide) – and unthinkably before Nazism, the
Jewish Holocaust and other 20th century genocides from Armenia and
Namibia to Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur and Timor Leste – mass paedocide
(mass pedocide) and mass infanticide. As outlined below, the Bush
Administration – Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld & Dr Rice aka Dr Death – are
complicit in the AVOIDABLE DEATHS of 0.1 million US under-5 year old
infants and of 1.6 million under-5 year old Iraqi and Afghan infants.
America, Cuba and Singapore have `annual per capita incomes’ of
$38,000, $1,200 and $21,000, respectively, but their `annual under-5
infant death rates’ are 0.17%, 0.17% and 0.07%, respectively. The US,
the richest country by far in the world, should have the lowest
infant mortality – i.e. that of Singapore – and the difference of
0.1% and a US under-5 infant population of 20.1 million translates to
an avoidable under-5 infant deaths of 20,1000 each year. Over the
last 5 years, the perverted priorities of the Bush Administration
have killed 100,000 American infants (see:
and
).
The Bush Wars have been very expensive for America and for the
foreign victims of US state terrorism: 2.3 million post-invasion
avoidable (excess) deaths and 1.8 million post-invasion under-5
infant deaths (90% avoidable) in the Occupied Iraqi and Afghan
Territories due to gross Coalition violation of the Geneva
Convention; a Nobel Laureate-estimated economic cost totalling $1-2
trillion (see: ); 2,752
American military deaths (2,456 in Iraq and 296 in Afghanistan);
18,587 American soldiers wounded (17,869 in Iraq and 718 in
Afghanistan) (see: ); about 50,000
post-2001 American opiate drug deaths due to Coalition restoration of
the Taliban-destroyed Afghan opium industry to a current 87% of world
market share (see: ); and
about 100,000 avoidable under-5 year old American deaths over the
last 5 years (see: and
).
Of course, none of this will be reported by racist, lying,
holocaust-ignoring Mainstream Media in the UK, US or their blindly
loyal ally, Racist White Australia.
How many Iraqi and Afghan infants does Bush have to kill before he is
arraigned before the International Criminal Court?
How many AMERICAN infants does Bush have to kill before he is
impeached?
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