ARMINFO News Agency
September 20, 2005
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT READY TO COOPERATE WITH PROJECT ARMENIA 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 20. ARMINFO. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
expressed readiness to cooperate with the project Armenia 2020 for
stable development of the country.
In his address to the conference participants “The Growth of
Production and Competitiveness of Armenia” organized under the
project, President Kocharyan said that “such initiatives are useful
for our country.” The president appreciated the efforts by the
organizers, the heads and the participants of the project. He call
the stable development of Armenia the country’s goal. The president
wished the conference-participants success.

The Daily News of Los Angeles
September 13, 2005 Tuesday
DAD PLEADS FOR SON TO RESURFACE;
MAN’S GIRLFRIEND FOUND DEAD IN TRUNK OF HIS CAR IN AZUSA
By Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer
GLENDALE – Police continued to search Monday for a missing Glendale
man whose girlfriend was found dead in the trunk of his car, and
detectives said they consider him a “person of interest” in her
death.
Police said Artur Khanzadyan, 24, had no criminal history. But the
family of his girlfriend, Odet Tsaturyan, 24, whose body was found in
the trunk of his 2005 Audi on Friday in Azusa, has said Khanzadyan
was violent with her.
Ashot Khanzadyan, the father of the missing man, issued a tearful
plea to his son after meeting with Glendale police.
“I’m pleading you as your father, as your friend,” Ashot Khanzadyan
said in Armenian through a police translator. “I’m pleading in the
name of your mom, your brother and your entire family, that please
… contact us and the Police Department, just like I am contacting
the Police Department and asking for their help to find you.”
Police are treating Khanzadyan as a “person of interest” in the
homicide case but not a suspect.
Tsaturyan’s car, a 2002 silver Honda Accord with license plate
4VAM520, is still missing. The Coroner’s Office is expected to
perform an autopsy today on Tsaturyan to determine the cause of
death.
Tsaturyan was last seen alive at 5 p.m. Tuesday, leaving the
apartment complex where she lived with her parents in the 800 block
of East Lomita Avenue in Glendale. Her family reported her missing
after she failed to show up at a party that evening.
Khanzadyan also lives with his parents, and he was last seen leaving
home at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was reported missing the following day.
“We don’t know if they were together that night,” Lorenz said.
“Something leads us to believe that they crossed paths because she’s
in the trunk of his car.”
Melkon Isagulyan, an uncle of Tsaturyan, said Khanzadyan had tried to
scare his niece in the past.
“The parents had felt a while ago that he was not normal and they
tried to keep their daughter away from him,” Isagulyan said in
Armenian.
“And the daughter had told the parents that she wouldn’t see him. We
don’t know how he convinced her to get out of the house the other
day.”
Tsaturyan, who worked at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
and later as a clerk in Los Angeles, was remembered by family and
friends as a fun person who liked to joke.
Khachik Essakhan, 45, who was a neighbor to the Tsaturyans for a
decade until he moved away some 11 months ago, said he worried about
Odet Tsaturyan being with Khanzadyan.
“He tried to control her all the time so that’s why I told her,
Odet, stay away from this guy. She said, ‘No, I love him.’ I don’t
know what kind of love is that,” he said.
Ashot Khanzadyan, who had worked with his son in the family’s
construction tile business, said his son is not violent.
“My son, for the past 24 years of his life, he’s never even killed a
fly and never hurt anyone,” Khanzadyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts)
September 13, 2005 Tuesday, ALL EDITIONS
New crosses to grace outside of Armenian church
WORCESTER
The Armenian Church of Our Savior consecrated two new exterior
crosses Sunday. The largest cross will replace the existing one on
the dome, and the smallest will replace the existing one on the gable
at the front end of the church. His Eminence Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian, primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America,
shown in the center of the top photo, leads the consecration
ceremony. The purchase of the crosses was made possible through a
donation from Margaret E. Bedrosian of Worcester and her family in
memory of her late husband, Edward. In the photo at right, Mrs.
Bedrosian, left, receives a hug from fellow parishioner Margaret
Kazarian of Worcester.

Diplomacy Newsline
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Diplomacy News
Third Swiss charge against Perinçek for denying `genocide’
ANK – TDN with AP
Authorities have brought a third charge against a Turkish
politician for a new incident in which he is accused of breaking
Switzerland’s racial discrimination laws by denying Armenian genocide
allegations.
Doðu Perinçek, the leader of Turkey’s Workers’ Party (IP), made the
remarks on Sunday in a speech in central Switzerland’s Bern canton,
police said in a statement. He has already been charged by Swiss
authorities for two similar incidents.
`Based on the fact that during the course of his address Doðu
Perinçek denied the Armenian genocide and expressed prejudices
against the Western world, the Bern canton police have filed a
complaint based on suspicion of racial discrimination,’ said the
police statement.

Fresno Bee (California)
September 16, 2005, Friday FINAL EDITION
House might make history Armenian genocide measures pass by wide
margins.
by Michael Doyle Bee Washington Bureau
DA
History returned with a vengeance Thursday as a House committee
approved the latest versions of an Armenian genocide resolution.
With San Joaquin Valley lawmakers and residents looking on
approvingly, the House International Relations Committee approved the
two politically charged Armenian measures by wide margins. It’s the
first time in five years the panel has taken up the resolutions that
incite international controversy.
“I think it’s great,” said Mariposa Republican George Radanovich,
lead author of one of the two Armenian genocide measures. “This is a
good message to send to Turkey.”
But with the Bush administration strongly opposed, and the government
of Turkey lumbering out its big lobbying guns, the Armenian genocide
resolutions still face an uncertain future.
“These resolutions could undermine efforts to rebuild a partnership
between the United States and Turkey in pursuit of America’s broad
national security interests,” Assistant Secretary of State Matthew
Reynolds cautioned in a letter Thursday.
The White House and congressional Republican leaders can still veto
the Armenian genocide measures in several ways. House Speaker Dennis
Hastert can simply refuse to let them reach the House floor, as he
did in October 2000 to block an earlier Radanovich effort.
Conceivably, Republican leaders could also bring them up under a
procedure that would require a two-thirds vote to pass.
“As it stands now, it’s tough,” Radanovich conceded.
Both resolutions would put the House of Representatives on record as
affirming that the Ottoman Empire engaged in attempted genocide
between 1915 and 1923. Countless Armenians died; Turkish officials
now estimate hundreds of thousands perished in a wider war, while
Armenians contend as many as 1.5 million were killed in a targeted
campaign.
Approved by a 40-7 margin, Radanovich’s resolution spells out in 11
pages the evidence demonstrating why the 1915-23 catastrophe deserves
the name genocide. This characterization is the fundamental purpose
of the resolution, which would not have the force of law even if
passed by the House.
The committee also approved by a 35-11 vote a related resolution
authored by Pasadena Democrat Adam Schiff, which goes on to urge the
Turkish government to acknowledge that a genocide occurred.
“This is a step toward righting an historical injustice,” Schiff
said.
Turkish officials and their allies retort that history is ambiguous,
with Turkish Ambassador Faruk Logoglu urging lawmakers in a letter
Thursday to “not let our as-yet unreconciled views of a specific era
dictate our present or our future.” The Turkish government has
proposed that a joint study commission with historians from both
countries examine the evidence.
“I’m afraid the resolution will perpetuate a standoff,” Florida
Democrat Robert Wexler said. “It is time for all parties to place a
greater emphasis on bringing Armenian and Turkish groups together.”
Schiff and Radanovich both represent districts with sizable Armenian
American populations, where politically active constituents have long
pressed the genocide resolutions. Merced Democrat Dennis Cardoza, a
member of the International Relations Committee, also supported the
resolutions that were a deeply personal issue for some in the packed
hearing room.
Part-time Fresno resident Paul Jamushian, for one, described himself
as a “genocide son.”
His mother was slashed and left for dead at age 4, he said, and his
father was smuggled to safety dressed as a little girl. Now retired,
and alternating his time between Washington and Fresno, Jamushian
listened avidly to the debate that started midmorning and, after a
break, carried on into the afternoon.
“I’m a very strong believer in this, because of what happened to my
family,” Jamushian said.

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 19 2005
MEMBER OF UAE SUPREME COUNCIL TO VISIT ARMENIA
YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. The member of the Supreme Council of
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Emir of Sharja, Sultan Mohammad
Al-Kasimi is to be on an official visit to Armenia on September
19-21. The press service of the RA Foreign Office reports that during
the visit he is to hold meetings with RA President Robert Kocharyan
and Premier Andranik Margaryan. Sultan Mohammad Al-Kasimi is to visit
the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to Genocide victims, National Picture
Gallery of Armenia, where Days of Culture of Sharja are to be opened.
He is also scheduled to meet with students of Yerevan State
University, visit the RA National Academy of Sciences and
Matenadaran. Sultan Mohammad Al-Kasimi is also to visit Sevan and
Dilijan. P.T. -0–

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Sept 20 2005
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FOUNDATIONS OF THE CHURCH LAID
The dream of the inhabitants of the capital of NKR to have a church
in the city will soon fulfill. On September 15 the foundation stones
of St. Jacob Church near Hekimian Street in Stepanakert were laid. At
the ceremony of confirmation churchmen of Artsakh Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, officials and believers were present. The
Armenian benefactor Vache Yepremian from Los Angeles who will sponsor
the construction of the church was also present. After washing with
water and wine and anointing with chrism the 16 stones symbolizing
the 13 apostles, 2 evangelists and Gregory the Illuminator were
placed in the foundation of the church. Vache Yepremian said the idea
of building a church in Stepanakert occurred during his talks with
Archbishop of Artsakh Parghev Martirossian; he was surprised to learn
that there was no church in Stepanakert. The construction of the
church will last till next spring. And in the second half of October
the foundations of the cathedral will be laid. Its construction will
probably last for 2 – 3 years.

WAM – Emirates News Agency, United Arab Emirates
Sept 20 2005
Sharjah Ruler meets Armenian Prime Minister
Sep 20, 2005 – 08:46 –
Yerevan 20 September, 2005 (WAM)–His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin
Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah has
here today met Armenian Prime Minister, Andranik Markarian , who
stated that Sheikh Sultan’s visit to Armenia was a tremendous and
important move towards strengthening bilateral ties between both
their countries. They exchanged views on issues that would
consolidate bilateral relationship in various aspects.
The meeting was attended by Sheikh Eisam bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Chief of
Sheikh Sultan’s Office, Rashid Ahmed Al Sheikh, Director of the Emiri
Court, Jamal Salim Al Taraifi, Director of Sharjah Awqaf General
Secretariat and Khalifa Shaheen Al Merri, UAE ambassador to Armenia.
On the Armenian side, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Local
Government, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affaires and Arshak Poladian,
Armenian ambassador to the UAE attended the meeting.

WAM – Emirates News Agency, United Arab Emirates
Sept 20 2005
Sharjah Ruler receives honorary doctorate
Sep 20, 2005 – 08:28 –
Sharjah, 20 Sept. 05 (WAM) – H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al
Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah was awarded an
honorary PhD by the National Academy of Science of Armenia (NAS RA).
The decision to award the degree to Sheikh Sultan was made by the
members of the Academy’s Senate, in recognition of his contributions
to the cultural and intellectual activities across the world.
Dr. Fadey T. Sargsian, President of NAS RA said in a speech that
Sheikh Sultan was among 60 personalities awarded the honorary title
so far by the academy.
Armenian Ambassador Arshak Poladian praised Sheikh Sultan for his
efforts to turn Sharjah into a centre of scientific and intellectual
knowledge.
Sheikh Sultan, who is also the Chancellor of the American University
of Sharjah (AUS) and the Sharjah University, thanked the academy and
said that Sharjah has achieved success in the higher education
fields.

Edmonton Journal (Alberta)
September 20, 2005 Tuesday
Final Edition
Armenian rhapsody: Today’s most relevant rock band hits Rexall
tonight with a resume that’s more political than U2, more ambitious
than Coldplay
by Sandra Sperounes, The Edmonton Journal
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
With: The Mars Volta, Hella
When: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Rexall Place
Tickets: $39.50 and $55.50 (plus service charges) at Ticketmaster
– – –
EDMONTON – Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
If you’re a fan of System of a Down, you’ve been counting down the
days, if not the seconds, until their new acrobatic metal opus,
Hypnotize, hits stores in November.
The wait wouldn’t be so excruciating if their last album, released in
April, wasn’t such a powerhouse of metal, politics and groovy
Armenian folk rhythms. Appropriately, the cover of Mezmerize features
a face with a clock in the middle of its forehead, a taunting
illustration of our current plight.
“I can’t imagine what our fans feel like, but I know it’s frustrating
for me,” says drummer John Dolmayan. “Once the drums are (recorded),
I have to wait for everybody else. So I’ve had to wait for about a
year.”
Mezmerize is widely considered one of the top albums of 2005 and
Hypnotize will likely make it two. Despite the attendant hype for
Hypnotize, Dolmayan, vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist/vocalist Daron
Malakian and bassist Shavo Odadjian have been able to keep it under
lock and key.
“Not even the president of Columbia (Records) has a copy of it,” says
Dolmayan. “We’ve got a pretty strict watch on this one. It’ll get
leaked two weeks before the release, as usual. As soon as it gets out
of our hands, then it gets leaked.
“People don’t buy as many albums nowadays, so what’s the difference?
People just download them. I understand from the people’s perspective
— they don’t want to pay $12 for something they can get for free. If
the record labels weren’t so damn greedy and made the albums $8,
maybe people would buy more.
“I go out and buy albums and DVDs, but I’m in a better financial
position than a lot of people. I support the industry because if I
don’t, I believe it will disappear. As it is, less and less chances
are taken on bands. Labels can’t afford to take as many chances so
you’re losing out on a lot of music. A band like System of a Down
wouldn’t get signed today, let’s put it that way. That’s a sad
commentary on the state of affairs.”
That’s an understatement.
A world without the Armenian-American superstars would be sad. Formed
in 1995, the Los Angeles rockers are one of the most vital, creative
and important bands in rock — more ambitious than Coldplay, more
political than U2, more irreverant than Franz Ferdinand.
Think of System as the musical equivalent of South Park; they both
like to satirize politicians, actors and the entire Hollywood ethos.
B.Y.O.B., the first single from Mezmerize, is a biting look at the
policies of war — “Why don’t presidents fight the war? Why do they
always send the poor?” — set to raging, rapid-fire riffs and a
blissed-out chorus of hippies. Old School Hollywood, a dizzying track
with whirling disco beats and robo vocals, is a cutting look at
celebrities while Radio/Video takes shots at the music industry.
“South Park is a very ingenious TV program,” says Dolmayan. “They
take all the stupid s— we care about it and make it
inconsequential, which is what it really is.”
Born in Lebanon, Dolmayan and his family moved to California when he
was eight years old, after a four-year pit stop in Montreal. (His
grandparents died, necessitating the move to Los Angeles, where other
family members were living.) While in Canada, Dolmayan got his first
drum kit. He was seven years old.
“It was destroyed on a Sunday morning,” he remembers. “My dad had
been up until five and I decided I was going to play at six, so it
was bye-bye to that drum set. I didn’t get another one until I was
15.”
In the intervening years, Dolmayan’s desire for the drums never
wavered. Nor was he able to figure out why he was so drawn to the
instrument.
“I used to mimic drummers before I knew what a drummer was,” he says.
“My dad was a musician and still is — he’s a sax player. He would
put me in the back seat of the car and you know how there was a
little divider for a handrest? I’d sit on top of that and he’d put
Chicago’s seventh album on and I would mimic that album. I was one or
two years old.
“It was always drums. I can’t tell you — I was playing at them at
such a young age, it’s like asking ‘Why do you breathe?’ You don’t
know, you just do. Why do you drink water? ‘Cause you have to. Why do
I play drums? It’s in my nature. I have to play them. I don’t know if
I play them or they play me.”
It’s also in Dolmayan’s nature to speak his mind. Ditto for the rest
of System.
Earlier this year, Malakian dropped an F-bomb during an appearance on
NBC’s Saturday Night Live. While censors were forewarned about
B.Y.O.B.’s lyrics and bleeped out five words, the guitarist
unexpectedly slipped one in at the end of the song, much to the
consternation of the show’s executives.
Unlike Motley Crue, who claimed they were banned from NBC’s airwaves
after swearing on The Tonight Show, Dolmayan says System wasn’t
blacklisted. Nor did the U.S. censorship bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, crack down on the network or the band.
With hundreds of Iraqi citizens and U.S. soldiers getting killed each
week, Dolmayan doesn’t understand what the fuss was all about a
four-letter word.
“Luckily, the FCC didn’t go insane and do some stupid fines. It’s 12
o’clock at night, who’s watching TV? It’s not like it’s
five-year-olds. Let adults be adults. I think everyone can deal with
a ‘F—‘ being said here and there and not have a heart attack. Take
it easy.” Still, Dolmayan isn’t too worried about the cultural
climate in the U.S.
“It could be worse,” he says. “It could be the ’50s. We’d be thrown
in prison because we’re Communists, which we aren’t. At least we can
say something. It could be better, but it could be worse.”
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