La Nouvelle République du Centre Ouest
09 décembre 2004

Le CL Joué s’incline logiquement

CL Joué : 10 Saint-Priest : 39

Après La Riche lors de la dernière journée, le CLJ émigrait cette
fois-ci à La Ville-aux-Dames pour disputer sa rencontre face à
Saint-Priest. Déjà champion de 2e division l’an passé, Saint-Priest
s’est octroyé cette saison les services de quatre renforts : les
Arméniens Minasyan et Makarian (déjà quarts de finaliste des
championnats du monde), les internationaux Buisson et Lafon
(ex-champions de France) afin de briguer cette fois-ci la montée. Les
lutteurs de Saint-Priest ont donc logiquement dominé leur adversaire,
des pieds jusqu’à la tête, sur chacune des deux périodes (5-18 et
5-21). Les Jocondiens n’ont pas fait le poids, autant en lutte libre
qu’en lutte gréco-romaine, même s’ils ont réussi à arracher deux
victoires en libre grce à Mehdi Boucetta et au lutteur local Yann
Cousin. L’objectif de Joué est donc plus que jamais le maintient en
D2. Le club devra aller chercher un résultat positif à Sarreguemines
le 18 décembre prochain. L’école de lutte est en marche mais il
faudra à l’avenir se renforcer dans les gros poids qui font défaut,
et également posséder des lutteurs davantage spécialisés.

Les résultats

Victoires pour Joué

Lutte libre

55 kg : M. Boucetta bat B. Abrial aux points : 3-1.

60 kg : Y. Cousin bat B. Abrial aux points : 3-1.

Victoires pour Saint-Priest

Lutte libre

66 kg : E. Buisson bat V. Lojaberry aux points : 3-0.

74 kg : V. Makarian bat M. Mamouni par tombé : 5-0.

84 kg : V. Makarian bat F. Mertad aux points : 4-1.

+ 84 kg : S. Ismail bat F. Bordes par tombé : 5-0.

Lutte gréco-romaine :

55 kg : A. Minasyan bat M. Boucetta aux points : 3-1.

60 kg : A. Minasyan bat Y. Cousin aux points : 3-1.

66 kg : E. Buisson bat V. Lojaberry aux points : 3-1.

74 kg : C. Lafon bat M. Mamouni aux points : 3-0.

84 kg : C. Lafon bat F. Mertad aux points : 4-0.

+ 84 kg : S. Ismail bat F. Bordes aux points : 4-0.

– La rencontre départementale dans les catégories poussins et
benjamins aura lieu samedi, à partir de 14 h, au gymnase Paul-Bert de
La Riche.

Paris-Normandie
9 décembre 2004

Le français est une langue étrangère

par Bertrand Pascale

Plus de quinze nationalités sont parfois recensées dans un même
collège. Un casse-tête pour les éducateurs qui accueillent avec
bonheur ces élèves étrangers.

C’est une classe particulière: neuf nationalités différentes pour
treize élèves. A lui seul, Timour parle quatre langues: anglais,
arménien, russe, ezid (dialecte des Kurdes non musulmans). Un
surdoué? Non. Juste un adolescent de 16 ans, Arménien arrivé en
France avec sa famille en décembre 2003 et dans la classe de
Christine Loudière en février dernier.

Cette classe du collège Charles-Gounod, à Canteleu, ne compte guère
plus de dix élèves à la fois. Pour eux, l’apprentissage du français
est le gage d’un avenir meilleur et leur envie de réussite se lit sur
les visages. Alexander, grand gaillard venu de Russie, veut faire des
études d’architecture. Timour sera médecin ou avocat.

Principe d’intégration

Rattachés à d’autres classes, parfois dans d’autres établissements de
l’agglomération, ces élèves viennent à Canteleu (1) quelques
semaines, quelques mois, rarement plus d’un an. Au début, ils ont 9
heures de français par semaine. Les progrès venant, ils ne suivent
plus que 6, puis 3 heures de cours en F.L.E., explique le principal
du collège, Philippe Lemaitre. Avec ce fonctionnement, l’Éducation
nationale fait depuis septembre le pari de l’immersion: deux fois
moins de français qu’auparavant, mais une vie scolaire qui doit
compenser.

Dans ma classe, seul le français est autorisé, prévient l’enseignante
F.L.E. (français langue étrangère). Mais parfois, il faut bien faire
des entorses. Imaginez, l’an dernier, j’avais des enfants venant
d’Afrique, d’Europe de l’Est, de Chine. J’ai aussi des élèves qui,
compte tenu de l’insécurité régnant dans leur pays, n’allaient pas à
l’école, explique Christine Loudière, en joignant toujours le geste à
la parole: ‚a aide quand les mots manquent. Ensemble, ils découvrent
aussi que les langues se mélangent. Adem explique qu’un mot français
vient du turc. Alexander raconte ce que sont les cosaques en V.O. Et
chacun apprend à se comprendre.

Dès qu’ils commencent à communiquer en français, les élèves
rejoignent le cours normal de leur scolarité: En général, ils
commencent par l’éducation physique, puis ce sont les cours de langue
vivante et de mathématiques, explique le principal.

Avec 19/20 en maths, Alexander ne vient plus que 3 ou 4 h par semaine
aux cours de Christine Loudière. Il a déjà intégré le cours
d’allemand et d’anglais en 3e5. L’an prochain, les portes du lycée
lui sont ouvertes. Alexander aura perdu un an dans sa scolarité, mais
en dix-huit mois, à force d’un travail qui laisse perplexes ses
éducateurs (Ils travaillent tous tout le temps, dixit leurs
professeurs), l’adolescent aura réussi son intégration scolaire.

P. B.

(1) – Le collège Charles-Gounod à Canteleu, comme Louise-Michel à
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Edouard-Branly au Grand-Quevilly et
Georges-Braque et Paul-Claudel à Rouen, accueille des élèves en
F.L.E. dans l’agglomération de Rouen.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Le Comité des oulémas d’Irak condamne des attaques contre des églises

BAGDAD 9 déc

Le Comité des oulémas d’Irak, principale association de religieux
sunnites du pays, a condamné jeudi les attaques contre deux églises
de Mossoul, perpétrées mardi par des hommes armés.

“Le Comité des oulémas condamne cet acte criminel et affirme devant
Dieu son opposition à toute action contre les Irakiens innocents,
leurs biens, leurs lieux de prière, sans distinction de religion ou
d’ethnie”, écrit le Comité dans un communiqué publié à Bagdad.

L’association se dit certaine que cet attentat “ne peut être commis
par des Irakiens” et estime qu'”aucun musulman qui craint Dieu ne
peut s’attaquer à des lieux de prière”.

Elle attribue l’attaque à des parties “cherchant à attiser la
sédition interconfessionnelle et à servir les intérêts des occupants
en provoquant la zizanie entre les fils d’une même patrie”.

Une église arménienne-catholique et l’archevêché chaldéen de Mossoul
(370 km au nord de Bagdad) ont été dynamités mardi par des hommes
armés, qui avaient au préalable évacué les personnes se trouvant à
l’intérieur de ces édifices. Ces attaques n’ont pas été revendiquées.

PanArmenian News
Dec 10 2004

SERIOUS CHANGES EXPECTED IN NKR GOVERNMENT

10.12.2004 17:16

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Domination of bureaucracy can be observed at some
levels of power and many representatives of the executive power
estranged themselves from the people”, Nagorno Karabakh President
Arkady Ghukasian stated at the meeting with the parents of perished
soldiers of Karabakh. In this view, he said, serious structural
changes will take place in the NKR government. In the opinion of some
analysts, the changes can be connected with the municipal elections
held this August, when an opposition candidate became the mayor of
Stepanakert.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

NO VIOLATIONS OF CEASE-FIRE REGIME FIXED IN KARABAKH AND AZERBAIJAN
ARMED FORCES’ CONTACT-LINE

STEPANAKERT, December 10 (Noyan Tapan). Today, the OSCE Mission held a
regular monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed
forces’ contact-line in the Eastern direction, near the village of
Talish of the NKR Martakert region. According to the Information and
Analytical Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, from the positions of the NKR Defense
Army, the monitoring mission was led by Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzey Kasprzyk (Poland). The group comprised
Field Assistants of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s Personal
Representative Miroslav Vimetal (Czechia) and Olexandr Samarskiy (the
Ukraine). The monitoring passed in accordance with the planned
schedule, and no violations of the cease-fire regime were fixed. From
the Karabakh party, representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign
Affairs and Defense accompanied the OSCE monitoring mission.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
375010 Telephone: +3741. 544041 ext 202
Fax: +3741. .562543
Email: [email protected]:

09 December 2004

PRESS RELEASE

Attack on Armenian Church in Iraq

After an explosion occurring in two mosques in Iraq on the 5th of December,
two Christian religious buildings in Mosul (northern Iraq) were attacked
today – Armenian and Chaldean churches. The militants had stated before that
for every mosque blown up, one church would be destroyed. On 7th December in
the afternoon, unidentified gunmen stormed into the city’s newly constructed
Armenian church, gathered those present, and forced everybody out the
church, announcing their intentions to destroy it. The militants then parked
a transport loaded with explosives next to the church.

The subsequent explosion did a great deal of irreparable damage to the
Armenian church.A similar scenario played out with the attack on the
Chaldean church. The only difference was that the explosion was followed by
intense fire directed not only at the building, but at all the furnishings
inside as well. Neither attack resulted in casualties. On the 8th of
December, gunmen appeared at a nearby Armenian church in order to plunder
all that had remained inside.

According to head of the Central Armenian National Department of Iraq, these
attacks have been of an exclusively anti-Christian nature, and are not
specifically anti-Armenian.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
375010 Telephone: +3741. 544041 ext 202
Fax: +3741. .562543
Email: [email protected]:

PRESS RELEASE
8 December 2004

Foreign Minister Oskanian’s meetings in Brussels
On December 7th minister Oskanian left for Brussels from Sofia to
participate in NATO EAPC Foreign Ministerial.

The next morning Minister Oskanian met with ambassadors of EAPC
member-countries as well as representatives of European policy planning
think-tanks. During the meeting, Armenia-Turkey bilateral relations as well
as perspectives of Armenian-European integration were discussed. The
minister stressed Armenia’s intentions of further developing Armenia-EU
bilateral ties within the frame of the EU New Neighborhood Policy.

Later Minister Oskanian met with Mr.Olli Rehn, commissioner of the European
Commission for Enlargement. An Armenian position on the upcoming talks of
Turkey’s accession to the EU was presented during the meeting.

During a working luncheon the minister met with Mrs. Marie-Anne Isler
Begnuin, Head of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee,
Vitautas Lansbergis and Arpad Gyula, Deputy Heads, and Mr. Jaromir Kohlicek,
the EU’s rapporteur on Armenia.

Later the Armenian Foreign Minister met Mr. Jean-Marius Wiersma, the Deputy
President of the Socialist Party of the European Parliament.

During these meetings, the participants discussed Nagorno Karabakh,
Armenia-Turkey relations, and Armenia-EU relations and the issues of South
Caucasus.

In the evening Minister Oskanian delivered a speech on the current
developments and perspectives in the South Caucasus at the Royal Institute
of the International Relations of Belgium.

On December 9th Minister Oskanian will participate in the NATO EAPC Foreign
Ministers meeting.

On that day the minister also plans to meet with an Azeri colleague. Minsk
Group co-chairmen will participate at the meeting as well.

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer

Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I CONGRATULATES JAROSLAV PELIKAN, THE RENOWNED CHUCRH
HISTORIAN

Antelias, Lebanon – Dr. Jaroslav Pelikan, the renowned church historian was
awarded of John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities
and social sciences. In congratulating Dr. J. Pelikan “as a friend”, His
Holiness Aram I said: “You deserve such a prestigious award for your
outstanding achievements as historian and theologian. In fact, your numerous
publications are eloquent testimonies of your vast scholarship, rich
knowledge and perceptive and analytical mind. Your contribution particularly
to church history and doctrine remains unprecedented in the modern history
of world Christendom”.

Over the past 50 years, Jaroslav Pelikan has made unrivaled contributions to
intellectual, cultural and religious history. His major achievements
include: his authoritative work on the life and work of Martin Luther, his
original and monumental five-volume “The Christian Tradition: A History of
the Development of Doctrine” (1971-1989); and his volumes that gather
together the proliferation of Christian sects in our time, particularly in
the Third World, “Credo: Historical and Theological Introduction to Creeds
and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition” (1994) .

Pelikan taught at Valparaiso University in Indiana and Concordia
Theological Seminary from 1949 to 1953, and at the University of Chicago
until 1962. He then began a distinguished career at Yale University and in
1972 was appointed Sterling Professor of History, the highest academic
honor at Yale. From 1973 to 1978, he served as dean of the graduate
school there.

Pelikan was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1994-97), founding chairman for the Council of Scholars at the Library of
Congress (1980-83; 1988-94) and chairman of the board of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science. At the age of 80, he accepted the
position of scholarly director for the “Institutions of Democracy Project”
at the Annenberg Foundation.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

EVENT COMMEMORATING TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PASSING OF CATHOLICOS VASKEN
I HELD IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, December 9 (Noyan Tapan). “Catholicos Vasken I presided over
a period of tremendous historic importance. And in the heroic way he
faced the challenges and opportunities of that time, he himself made
history,” said Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of
the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), on Sunday, December 5, 2004,
during a luncheon commemorating the 10th anniversary of the passing of
Catholicos Vasken I. “By remembering Vehapar in this way, I hope we
have been inspired to envision the future, for our church and nation,”
Archbishop Barsamian said. “His Holiness Vasken I was the sort of man
who thought and labored for tomorrow, and remembering him should
always force us to look forward. That will surely be the best way to
honor his memory, and to advance the vital legacy he has left to us.”

According to the Press Office of the Diocese, the day began with a
Divine Liturgy and requiem service for Catholicos Vasken I. St. Vartan
Cathedral of New York City was filled with people who turned out for
the service. Then almost 500 people attended the memorial program at
New York City’s Diocesan Center.

Catholicos Vasken I was “a man of faith, hope, love” who was
practical, organized, and looked at life with general optimism, said
Edward Jamie Jr., who co-chaired the anniversary event. Jamie added
that Catholicos Vasken’s greatest achievement was in “bringing people
closer to the church, and strengthening their faith. We should live
with his inspiration and strengthen our spirituality.”

The event’s other co-chair, Bedros Givelekian, speaking in Armenian,
reminded the audience of one of Vehapar’s favorite quotes, “As much as
you drink the water of Armenia, you never become satisfied.”
Reiterating one of the church leader’s strong philosophies – “Armenia
cannot live without the diaspora, and the diaspora cannot live without
Armenia” – Givelekian encouraged the attendees to “Be proud of your
free independent Armenia.”

Dr. Arthur Kubikian, speaking on behalf of the Romanian Armenian
community, recounted Vehapar’s moving early life story and his
relationship to the Armenian community in Romania. He introduced
Vehapar’s first cousin, Arshalouys Baljian, and his student, Nono
Krikorian, both of whom were present at the luncheon.

Expressing profound admiration and love for the church leader,
Dr. Kubikian recounted His Holiness’ dynamism, modesty, and
discipline, and paid tribute to his role as a “friend, teacher,
mentor, community activist, and pastor. We should keep his philosophy
in mind.”

Ambassador Harry Gilmore, the first U.S. ambassador to the independent
Republic of Armenia, in his warm and empathetic manner, spoke of his
love and respect for the Vehapar, whom he had met shortly after his
arrival in Armenia in 1993. “Vehapar epitomized nobility of character,
humility, grace, and authority, and always had a twinkle in his eye. I
was under his spiritual umbrella,” he stated.

Ambassador Gilmore observed that Vehapar had three imperatives:
guaranteeing Armenia’s political security, rebuilding Armenia’s
economy, and advancing the prosperity of Armenian culture.

By virtue of his progressive outlook, the Armenian church leader
welcomed the independence of the Armenian Republic, “endorsing it
anxiously and unhesitatingly,” Ambassador Gilmore said.

In his sermon, the Primate meditated on Catholicos’ Vasken’s epitaph:
“Love Never Falters” – which the Catholicos himself directed to be
inscribed on his tombstone.

“His Holiness Vasken I was not merely a preacher of love. He was,
always and above all, an exemplar of the way of love,” Archbishop
Barsamian said.

Fr. Mardiros Chevian, dean of St. Vartan Cathedral, served as the
master of ceremony for the luncheon, which also featured a touching
video produced by Armenia’s Shoghagat TV, featuring archival footage
of church figures from the 20th century. The attendees were also
presented with an obsidian khatchkar from Armenia and an informative
and touching booklet outlining the life of Catholicos Vasken I which
was compiled by Dr. Louiza Kubikian, Fr. Krikor Maksoudian, Nubar
Kupelian, Chris Zakian, and Armen Garabedian.

The memorial program also featured a recitation by Lori Manukian, a
young student in the Diocese’s Khrimian Lyceum program, of an
Armenian-language poem, “Catholicos Vasken I”, by Sylva der
Stepanian. Pianist Seta Karakashian performed two pieces and also
accompanied the St. Vartan Cathedral Choir, conducted by Maestro
Khoren Mekanejian and featuring soloist Hasmig Mekanejian. During the
luncheon Mekanejian, former choir director at the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin, also offered his personal reminiscence of Catholicos
Vasken I.

The choir, accompanied by Florence Avakian on the organ, also
performed during the morning’s Divine Liturgy, which was celebrated by
Archbishop Barsamian.

The anniversary memorial was coordinated by a dedicated committee,
made up of: Edward Jamie Jr., Bedros Givelekian, Sarkis Matosian,
Kegham Tcholakian, Rev. Vazken Karayan, Fr. Mardiros Chevian,
Dr. Louiza Kubikian, Gregory Manuelian, Dr. Arthur Kubikian, Edward
Barsamian, and Nubar Kupelian.

In 1955, as Armenia struggled under communism, the Armenian Church
turned to Levon Baljian, who was born in Bucharest, Romania, to
parents who had fled Turkish oppression. The 43-year-old Bishop Vasken
Baljian was the Primate of Romania. On October 2, 1955, he was
consecrated as the 130th Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians.

For 40 years, Catholicos Vasken I steered the Armenian Church through
a variety of challenges and nurtured its growth and expansion. His
ministry was one of rebuilding: from restoring the physical structures
of ruined sanctuaries, to invigorating the internal workings of the
church by ordaining new clergymen and visiting the communities of the
diaspora. This was no small task during Armenia’s Soviet era.

Numerous churches throughout Armenia were rebuilt during his tenure,
including the historic sanctuaries of St. Hripsime, St. Gayane,
St. Shoghakat, St. Mesrob Mashtots in Oshakan, and the monasteries of
Geghard and Khor Virab. He also fervently encouraged construction of
new churches in the diaspora, including St. Vartan Cathedral in New
York City.

CHRISTIAN-MOSLEM CO-EXISTENCE CONSTITUES VITAL DIMENSION OF HISTORY OF
MIDDLE EAST, DECLARED CATHOLICOS ARAM I

ANTELIAS, LEBANON, December 8 (Noyan Tapan). “One cannot understand
fully and accurately the history of the Middle East, with its
upheavals and tensions, challenges and achievements, without the
Christian-Moslem co-existence which remains a vital dimension of the
history of this region,” His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Great
House of Cilicia stated. “In fact, Christianity and Islam have made a
significant contribution to the history of the Middle East,
particularly in the areas of culture, science, civilization and
politics. The centuries old Christian Moslem co-existence has
developed mutual understanding and trust among the peoples of the
region. That is why I often remind our Western friends that
Christian-Moslem dialogue in the Middle East is not an intellectual
notion, but an existential reality and an integral part of the daily
life of the people. And, in view of the growing concern for
Christian-Moslem dialogue, I often remind our friends in the West that
Christian-Moslem dialogue in our part of the world is deeply rooted in
our common history. For centuries not only Christians and Moslems have
talked to each other, but they have lived together, worked together,
dreamed and struggled together and have sustained their life by common
moral and human values”, His Holiness said.

Referring to the latest bombings of the Armenian and Chaldean Churches
in Iraq, His Holiness Aram I said: “I cannot understand and accept
these bombings of churches in Iraq. How such a thing happens between
followers of two religions who have lived together for centuries as
one community and as good neighbors. I cannot understand such an
attitude towards Christians who have been inseparable part of the
Middle Eastern society and have played a major role in all aspects of
the society life. I consider these bombings serious attempts aimed at
endangering the Christian-Moslem co-existence, undermining the
importance of common values and aspirations which have sustained the
life of the Middle Eastern societies, and questioning the importance
of human rights and religious liberties. Such attempts also
underestimate the unity of the Arab world and the credibility of the
Arab cause. Therefore, I urge and appeal to the leaderships of
Christian and Moslem communities in Iraq to come together and to
re-affirm the Christian-Moslem co-existence as well as their national
unity,” concluded his remarks His Holiness Aram I.