Author: Antonian Lara

HOPES, HOPES…

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
12 Sep 2008
Armenia

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has announced that a new opportunity
has emerged for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

"I hope the Nagorno Karabakh problem will be solved through a dialogue,
mutual understanding and mutual meetings. We find that there has
emerged a new opportunity for the settlement of a problem which
didn’t find its solution in the course of 17 years. After my visit
to Armenia, I have returned with a hope. I do believe that the issue
will be solved as a result of meetings," Mr. Gul announced in Baku.

"I wouldn’t like to run ahead of the events, but we look to the future
with more and more hopes. I do want to believe that we will be able
to ensure peace in the region due to the efforts of both Turkey and
Azerbaijan and Armenia," the Azeri President mentioned in his turn.

SARGSYAN-GUL MEETING GAVE HOPE THAT A LONG-OVERDUE THAW HAS BEGUN, BRYZA SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2008 14:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ This past weekend, the leaders of Turkey and Armenia
took an important step toward reducing the long-standing tensions
that have kept their border closed for the past 15 years, Matthew
J. Bryza, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, said in his address to the Department of State.

"We applaud the initiative of Armenian President Sargsyan to
invite his Turkish counterpart to Yerevan, and Turkish President
Gul’s willingness to accept the invitation. Their meeting has not
resolved their countries’ bilateral problems, but it has created a new
atmosphere in the relationship, and given hope that a long-overdue thaw
has begun. The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia
would not only ease Armenia’s isolation, but would help open up trade
and transportation routes for the entire South Caucasus," he said.

"Closely connected to the question of Turkish-Armenian rapprochement
is resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The consequences of
this unresolved conflict have weighed like a millstone around the
neck of the entire South Caucasus. Its costs can still be counted
in terms of refugees and internally displaced persons- nearly a
million altogether – provinces denuded of population, lost economic
opportunities, and disrupted trade. It is hard to identify any
real winner in this situation, and the shock of Russia’s assault on
Georgia might have the unintended effect of encouraging the parties
to show greater flexibility and creativity in their negotiations. The
U.S. Government will do all it can to encourage such flexibility. We
will do everything possible to promote a just and lasting settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that proceeds from the principle of
our support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, and ultimately
incorporates other elements of international law and diplomatic
practice," Bryza said.

MEN INVOLVED IN STABBING CASE ON ARABKIR DISTRICT HEAD’S ELECTION DAY CONFESS THEIR GULIT AT POLICE STATION

Noyan Tapan

Se p 10, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. S. Serobian, 31, and T. Tadevosian,
40, came to a police station and confessed their guilt in the stabbing
case in connection with violation of voters’ rights at 7, Tbilisi
Road on September 7 – the day of the election of Yerevan’s Arabkir
district head.

NT was informed by the RA Police PR and Information Department that
the two men said that at about 9.20 am on September 7 they argued
with M. Kerobian at house No 7 on Tbilisi Road (the argument broke
out due to violation of voters’ rights), beat and inflicted injuries
to each other.

To recap, at 9:40 am on September 7, information was received from
Kanaker-Zeytun aid post that Mher Kerobian with 3 wounds in the
abdomen, a brain injury and rib fractures had been taken from the
above mentioned place to their aid post. A criminal case was opened
under Article 113 of the RA Criminal Code: infliction of delibetare
medium-gravity harm to health.

MIJARES, DARCHINYAN AGREE TO DREAM JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
By Dan Rafael

ESPN
y?id=3578690
Sept 10 2008

Ask a hardcore boxing fan to make a list of fantasy fights in the
smaller weight divisions and a unification match between junior
bantamweight titleholders Cristian Mijares and Vic Darchinyan probably
would make the cut.

Now, it is no longer just a fantasy.

Mijares co-promoter Lou DiBella and Darchinyan promoter Gary Shaw
made a deal Tuesday to match the 115-pound titleholders in a Nov. 1
unification fight on Showtime, the promoters told ESPN.com. The site
is to be determined.

"It’s as good as it gets in the smaller weight classes. It’s a can’t
miss fight," DiBella said. "I already have a kid who is superstar in
Mexico but he wants to be an international star and to make his name
in the United States. This is the kind of fight that can do that."

Shaw said even though Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs), an Armenian based
in Australia, would be the underdog, he really wanted the fight.

"I believe Mijares has the upper hand. He’s very tough and a very
accurate puncher, but I have a very determined guy. This is not a
fight that would be my first choice but I have at least 30 e-mails
from Darchinyan telling me to get him Mijares. It’s really refreshing
that a fighter would want a tough fight of this magnitude. There are
others who would say, ‘Get me some money and an easier fight.’ But
Vic has a lot of confidence. He says, ‘When I knock out Mijares,
line up [Nonito] Donaire next, I owe him one.’"

DiBella and Shaw had been talking about the match for a couple of
weeks, but were unsure if they could get it done this year because
they didn’t have a television date. But they got one Tuesday when
Showtime offered its final show of the year for the bout.

"I think [Showtime boxing boss] Ken Hershman made a tremendous decision
because this is as good as it gets," DiBella said. "This fight was
on top of his wish list and he pounced on it as soon as he could. As
a former [HBO boxing] television executive, I know this is a great
TV fight."

It is also a historic matchup. It will be only the third unification
match in division history. In 1997, Johnny Tapia outpointed
Albuquerque, N.M., rival Danny Romero to unify titles. On May 17,
Mijares outpointed Alexander Munoz to also unify two belts. The winner
of Mijares-Darchinyan will be the first fighter in division history
to hold three of the alphabet belts simultaneously.

Shaw said once Showtime agreed to put the fight on, he and DiBella
closed their deal in a few minutes.

"In all my years of promoting this was the fastest fight I ever made,"
Shaw said. "This was made in under five minutes."

Shaw said the Showtime undercard would feature rising super
middleweight prospect Andre Dirrell (16-0, 11 KOs), a 2004 U.S. Olympic
bronze medalist, against Victor Oganov (28-1, 28 KOs).

Donaire stopped Darchinyan to take his flyweight title in July 2007,
but Darchinyan then moved up to junior bantamweight and won a title
Aug. 2 with a dominant fifth-round knockout of Russia’s Dimitri
Kirilov.

Coming off his unification win against Munoz, Mijares (36-3-2, 15 KOs)
defended his belts via third-round destruction of Chatchai Sasakul
in Mexico on Aug. 30.

"When you look at the lower weight classes, Mijares and Darchinyan
are two of the most exciting guys. They have no fear," DiBella
said. "Mijares boxes but he also hurts you. Darchinyan is a tremendous
puncher. He’s got definite chinks in his armor, but he’s dangerous
as hell. I know I am a promoter, but I am also a boxing fan. As a
boxing fan, I am looking forward to this one."

PLATINI REMERCIE LA TURQUIE ET L’ARMENIE

Goal.com
9 septembre 2008 mardi

Samedi dernier a Erevan, l’Arménie et la Turquie se sont affrontées
dans un match historique valable pour la prochaine coupe du
monde. Cette rencontre s’est déroulée dans un bon climat et Platini
en a été touché !

Depuis des lustres, l’Arménie et la Turquie sont des voisins qui ne
se parlent pas… Le football, comme c’est souvent le cas, a permis
un rapprochement entre ses deux pays. La Turquie était effectivement
a Erevan samedi dernier pour les Eliminatoires de la prochaines Coupe
du Monde.

Vu le poids de l’histoire qui oppose ces deux nations, la tension
aurait pu être palpable, surtout que la Turquie a gagné deux
buts a zéro mais il en fut rien, cette rencontre s’est déroulée
dans un très bon climat. Platini a d’ailleurs félicité les deux
fédérations ainsi que les joueurs pour cet état d’esprit : Â"
Je profite de cette occasion pour remercier les deux fédérations
et les joueurs. Ils ont montré un sacré exemple, en faisant passer
un très beau message Â".

–Boundary_(ID_5MLUVqu5zqenUsjF5W+x CA)–

PHYSICS: RESEARCH FROM YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY HAS PROVIDED NEW INFORMATION ABOUT PHYSICS

Science Letter
September 9, 2008

"Electron states and the Stark shift in narrow band quantum spherical
InSb layers are considered in frameworks of Kane model with respect to
non-parabolicity of the dispersion law. An exact analytical solution of
the corresponding Klein-Gordon equation for the model of impenetrable
walls is obtained, and in addition to that a transcendent equation
for determination of electron energetic spectrum is derived as well,"
scientists in Yerevan, Armenia report (see also Physics).

"The influence of the electric field is considered in frames of the
perturbation theory, it is also shown that the value of the Stark shift
is proportional to the second power degree of the field. Dependences of
the electron energy versus the internal field values, external radius,
and electric field are presented," wrote M. Zoheir and colleagues,
Yerevan State University.

The researchers concluded: "The obtained results are compared with
results obtained for the case with standard dispersion."

Zoheir and colleagues published their study in Physica E – Low –
Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures (Electronic states and the Stark
shift in narrow band InSb quantum spherical layer. Physica E – Low –
Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures, 2008;40(9):2945-2949).

For additional information, contact H.A. Sarkisyan, Yerevan State
University, Yerevan 375025, Armenia.

The publisher’s contact information for the journal Physica E – Low –
Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures is: Elsevier Science BV, PO Box
211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.

RUSSIA ORGANIZES DEFENSE
by Victor Yadukha

WPS Agency
What the Papers Say (Russia)
September 8, 2008 Monday
Russia

STATE COUNCIL DISCUSSED CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS:
RUSSIA IS TO REVISE ITS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICIES; Russia intends
to revise its foreign political strategy and concentrate on national
security.

President Dmitry Medvedev and Russian governors discussed consequences
of the war in the Caucasus in Moscow, last Saturday. Russia will revise
its foreign political strategy and strengthen national security in
the military, industrial, and food spheres. All of that is expected
to result in re-orientation of the military-industrial complex to the
needs of the Russian Armed Forces, stiffening of state control over
economic assets, increase of state investments in agriculture and
infrastructure, and emphasis on the Eurasian vector of the foreign
policy.

Speakers at the State Council meeting stated that the United States
continued to arm the Georgian regime (using relief aid as a cover)
and that NATO retained a naval group in the Black Sea. Since all of
that could renew the war in the Caucasus, Russia ought to concentrate
on its security. A source close to one of Russian governors told RBK
Daily that the State Council resolved to finally have the national
military-industrial complex concentrating on the needs of the Russian
Army and Navy. "The State Council was enraged that Georgian tanks
and aircraft could operate round the clock and ours couldn’t… that
the Georgians were using GPS while our vaunted GLONASS remained
inoperable," the source said.

"Emphasis was made on military, food, and industrial security," Moscow
Region Governor Boris Gromov said. (Agriculture Minister Aleksei
Gordeyev announced that 102 billion rubles would be channelled into
beef and dairy production additionally.)

Russia’s foreign policy is to be revised as well. "We should draw
conclusions that will affect our foreign political strategy," Medvedev
said. "Political pressure is being applied to us. We are used to
it, actually, and there is nothing they could do. August 8 changed
the world, and we have the support of the millions of people," the
president declared. As a matter of fact, Russia changed its foreign
political concept only recently. Promoting a multi-polar world order,
the previous concept was actually centered around Europe. A genuinely
multi-polar world is to be in the focus of the new foreign political
concept.

Experts offer different opinions on the State Council meeting and
its decisions. Liberal analysts warn about negative consequences
of isolation for Russian economy and society. Dmitry Yevstafiev
of PIR-Center in the meantime suggests erection of a monument to
Mikhail Saakashvili and George W. Bush for forcing on Russia a swift
adaptation to the new reality. "The stock market would have crashed
even without the war," Yevstafiev said. "As soon as the United States
showed the first indications of stabilization, the capitals that had
abandoned it for Russia chose to go back. Same with food: everyone
invests in basic sectors nowadays." Yevstafiev called the behavior of
the Turkish president quite symptomatic (he came to Moscow with the
idea of a trade alliance in the Black Sea region during the war, and
he is trying to make peace with Armenia nowadays – RBK Daily). "The
era of protectionism and trade alliances would have begun anyway. The
war merely became a catalyst," the expert said.

CURRENT DEPUTY PREFECT OF EREBUNI COMMUNITY ELECTED COMMUNITY PREFECT

Noyan Tapan

Se p 8, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the preliminary results
of the September 7 elections of head of Yerevan’s Erebuni community,
21 184 voters voted for and 1 215 against the only candidate, current
deputy prefect, RPA member Armen Haroutiunian.

As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Tatev Ohanian, the
Spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission, 23 060 out of 85 277
voters of the community took part in the elections. 628 ballot-papers
were invalidated.

The number of inaccuracies is 119.

UEFA.com, Switzerland
Sept 7 2008

Turkey wrap up a triumph for Terim
Sunday 7 September 2008by T?Ã?¼rker Tozar from Istanbul

Fatih Terim received a late 55th birthday gift from his players on
Saturday as Turkey won 2-0 in their opening FIFA World Cup qualifier
against Armenia, explaining: "My players gave me a watch but that win
was the real present for me."

Satisfying outcome
The UEFA EURO 2008??¢ semi-finalists kicked off Group 5 with a
morale-boosting win in Yerevan, with Tuncay Sanl?Ä?± and ?Å?emih
Sent?Ã?¼rk scoring to give coach Terim a nice bonus gift following his
55th birthday celebrations on Thursday. "We carried on from where we
left off at the EURO," he said. "It was my birthday on 4 September and
my players gave me a watch but that win was the real present for
me. We had eight clear scoring chances and did not give Armenia one
opportunity."

Combative opponents
Terim had done his homework before the game, saying: "I watched six
Armenia matches on video. I always take our opponents seriously. We
guessed ten of their starting XI correctly. We analysed them a lot and
it was an enjoyable win in the end." He added: "We’re happy to have
won against a side who never surrender easily. Opening games in
qualifying campaigns are always hard and it is not easy to start a new
challenge following the EURO."

INVESTIGATION COMPLETED INTO CASES OF ALL 7 PERSONS UNDER PRELIMINARY
ARREST BY CASE ON MARCH 1-2 EVENTS

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Special Investigation Service
(SIS) has completed the investigation into the cases of 7 accused
persons held under preliminary arrest by the criminal case on the March
1-2 events in Yerevan. The period of becoming acquainted with the
criminal case materials has been established. SIS investigator for
especially important cases, head of the investigation group Vahagn
Harutyunian announced this at the September 5 press conference.

According to the investigation body, enough evidence has been obtained
that NA deputies Myasnik Malkhasian, Sasun Mikaelian and Hakob
Hakobian, former foreign minister of Armenia Alexander Arzumanian, as
well as Shant Harutyunian, Grigor Voskerchian and Suren Sirunian
committed actions subject to criminal prosecution. H. Hakobian, A.
Arzumanian, S. Harutyunian, G. Voskerchian and S. Sirunian have been
charged under the RA Criminal Code’s Article 225 Part 3 and Article 300
Part 1: organization of mass disorder accompanied by murder and
usurping state power. In addition to charges envisaged by the above
mentioned articles, M. Malkhasian and S. Mikaelian have been charged
under one of the following articles, respectively: Article 38-316 Part
2 – committing violence (dangerous to life and health) against a
representative of authorities, and Article 235 Part 1 and 2 – illegal
obtaining and keeping of weapons and ammunition with a prior agreement.
Operative search measures are underway to find Nikol Pashinian,
Khachatur Sukiasian, Hamlet Hovhannisian and Virab Manukian who are
wanted by the police.

According to the investigation body, it has been substantiated that "
after the obvious defeat of L. Ter-Petrosian in the February 19, 2008
presidential election, Myasnik Malkhasian, Sasun Mikaelian, Hakob
Hakobian, Alexander Arzumanian, Shant Harutyunian, Grigor Voskerchian,
Suren Sirunian, Nikol Pashinian, Khachatur Sukiasian, Hamlet
Hovhannisian, Virab Manukian and others made sure that it is impossible
for them to come to power by the procedure envisaged by the RA
Constitution, so with the intention and purpose of usurping state power
in Armenia and coming to an agreement, each of them, according to the
role assigned to him, organized and directly took the deliberate
actions aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order by violence and
usurping state power by violence by destabilizing the internal
political situation in the country and ruining the state system."

According to the investigation body, by using various methods: exerting
personal and office influence on their surroundings, compelling, giving
promises and gathering large crowds for certain payments, the above
mentioned persons organized and held mass public events in Yerevan
during a long period after February 20, 2008, during which "by
provocative speeches, calls and demagogical passions, they instigated
the crowd to actions aimed at usurping the state power by violence."
"With the aim of committing mass disorder in Yerevan, the group
members, themselves and through the persons, who had agreed to
cooperate wit them, formed groups of people ready to commit mass acts
of violence and organized the distribution of illegally obtained
fire-arms, ammunition, explosives, as well as various objects for
infliction of bodily injuries. Early in the morning of March 1, at
order of the organizers of the mass events, a large crowd in Liberty
Square offered resistance to representatives of authorities – policemen
with the use of the indicated objects and committed violence dangerous
to life and health." By the charge, Myasnik Malkhasian "himself led the
actions of the crowd offering resistance to policemen." A. Arzumanian,
N. Pashinian and other indicated persons instigated, organized and
diretly headed the mass disorder in the area near Monument to
Myasnikian in Yerevan, they called on people to arm themselves with
objects fit to cause bodily injuries and commit violence against
policemen protecting the public order.

10 people, including 8 civilians, were killed as a result of the mass
disorder. 187 servicemen and policemen, 32 civilians, received
injuries. RA police, citizens and transporting companies suffered
losses of 70,854,525 drams (about 236 thousand dollars) as a result of
the deliberate destruction and plundering of property.

In response to questions, V. Harutyunian said that there is no
contradiction between the announced purpose of the police actions in
Liberty Square – search for arms and ammunition and the purpose of his
decision to open a criminal case – to desperse the demonstration
forcedly: the final aim is noted in the decision which was the
consequence of meeting a resistance and finding arms and ammunition in
the square. V. Harutyunian also said that the investigators know those
persons who carried fire-arms but so far it has been impossible to
reveal who exactly fired the shots that killed and injured people. The
investigation is continuing, expert examinations will be made to reveal
these circumstances.