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GOLDENNETWORKING.COM UNVEILS DISTINGUISHED HOST COMMITTEE FOR RUSSIA HAPPY HOUR, FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH

PR Urgent
2009-10-06

GoldenNetworking.com is unveiling list of distinguished Host
Committee members for Russia Happy Hour at Katra Lounge and inviting
professionals from countries of the former Soviet Union for an evening
of upscale networking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / PRURGENT

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distinguished Host Committee for RussiaHappyHour.com at Katra Lounge,
on Friday, October 9th, 6PM-9PM. Professionals, executives, academics,
investors and entrepreneurs from the former Soviet Union countries
(Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and friends are welcome for an after-work
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Olga Ryrakhovsky, Raisa Belyavina, Sabina Hersonsky and Yana Popova.

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RA PRESIDENT LAUNCHES PAN-ARMENIAN TOUR

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.10.2009 18:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA President Serzh Sargsyan started his Pan-Armenian
tour on October 1 to hear out the Armenian Diaspora’s opinion on
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

President Sargsyan is accompanied by Constitutional Court chairman
Gagik Harutyunyan, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan and Ambassador
at large Arkady Ghukasyan.

The tour will start in Paris. Then, the President will leave for New
York, Los Angeles, Beirut and finally Rostov-on-Don, where he will
meet with representatives of Armenian Diaspora of the CIS, the RA
leader’s press office reported.

IRAN, ARMENIA PLEASED WITH BILATERAL COOPERATION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.10.2009 15:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
met in Tehran Wednesday with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
Parliament Chairman Ayad al- Samarai and representatives of Armenian
Diaspora.

In a meeting with the Iranian President, the Armenian Speaker discussed
implementation of joint agreements, specifically establishment of
railway communication between the two countries.

Regional security issues were also in focus, RA NA press office
reported.

3 STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT ARE MET

Panorama.am
20:00 30/09/2009

When founding Diaspora Ministry, Armenian President has put three
strategic principles, which have been implemented by the ministry,
Minister Hranush Hakobian told at news conference.

The very first matter was to support protection of Armenians in
Diaspora, the second one was discovering Diaspora potential and finally
the third one is drafting projects to motivate return to homeland.

"We should acknowledge that Armenian schools are being cut in
Diaspora. Hence we support founding Sunday Schools in Russia, Poland
and Spain, we have met the challenges of teachers, books and projects,"
minister said.

‘Roupens’ to Host AYF Olympics on West Coast

oupens-to-host-ayf-olympics-on-west-coast/
Septemb er 30, 2009

The AYF Olympics is a long-standing tradition that brings together
Armenian American youth from different corners of the country. This
year, the Glendale AYF "Roupen" Chapter is hosting the 36th Annual
AYF Olympics, a weekend long event dedicated to sports competitions
between the teams from AYF chapters across the Western United
States. Participating in the Olympics is a great way to spend your
Thanksgiving weekend along with fellow Armenians from various parts
of the U.S., so do not miss the opportunity to join our young men
and women during this exciting event.

This year, the AYF Olympics will take place from Nov. 27-29. The
Friday evening activities will convene at 3 p.m. and Sunday events
will finish at 2 p.m. We have chosen the picturesque Paradise Point
Resort and Spa located in the beautiful city of San Diego, Calif.,
on 1404 W. Vacation Rd., as the place to hold the competitions. The
resort is located right by the beach and it has all of the sports
accommodations necessary on its grounds. Glendale AYF members are
very excited about this year’s Olympics and are doing everything to
make this a memorable experience for everyone involved.

The Olympics program this year is very interesting and demanding. The
teams will engage in games such as soccer, basketball, and volleyball
in a quest to win this prestigious competition. In addition to the
games, there will be various fun-filled social events over the course
of the weekend, including a Friday night party at the beach followed
by a bonfire and a Sunday night dinner and dance at the resort with
our alumni.

The participants will have an opportunity to explore various local
sites and attractions.

To reserve your room (or suite), call (858) 274-4630 and mention
the AYF Olympics in order to receive the special rate of $119 per
night. Shuttle service from the San Diego Airport to the hotel will
be provided. As an additional incentive, we are offering a $100 value
HYE PASS for $65 (after Nov. 2, $85), which will allow you to enjoy
breakfast, dinner, and the Friday and Saturday night events at this
discounted price. For more information, visit

We hope to see you all of you at the Olympics this year. Do
not hesitate to contact the Glendale AYF Olympics Committee at
[email protected] in order to publish your advertisement
in the Ad Book, which will be provided to all attending members. If you
have any questions or concerns, the members of the Olymipcs committee
will be glad to answer them as well. Thank You.

Map distributed to Istanbul schools redraws borders of Turkey
Abbas Güçlü

ISTANBUL – Milliyet
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

A CD prepared by Istanbul’s provincial education directorate has
redrawn the map of Turkey to include parts of northern Iraq.

The mistake shocked even the directorate itself and placed education
officials in an awkward situation as it comes just after Education
Ministry school books got the dates of some national days wrong.

The ministry on Wednesday ordered that the CDs be taken back from
schools and parents who had received them, it was reported.

A CD was distributed to schools as part of the parent education
project and on it the map of Turkey included the cities of Mosul and
Kirkuk in northern Iraq as being within Turkey’s borders. It also
shows the island of Cyprus and Armenia as part of Turkey. Parts of
Georgia and Bulgaria have also been depicted as within Turkey’s
borders.

The project was prepared during the tenure of former Istanbul
education director, Ata Ã-zer, and the discrepancies have shocked
current director Muammer Yıldız.

The map mistake compounds the embarrassment from schoolbooks prepared
by the Education Ministry and distributed free of charge to students
also have some very glaring errors. The occasion of Victory Day on
Aug. 30 is omitted and an incorrect date is cited for Children and
National Sovereignty Day, celebrated on April 23. The day has been
marked as April 29 in the books.

`Such a map is unacceptable. It is a big mistake that can create
unnecessary debate. I am very sad,’ said Yıldız, who initiated an
inquiry into the matter.

Yıldız said the information was compiled from various sources but
that no one noticed the discrepancies until after it was sent to all
Istanbul schools was even more shocking.

`It can’t be used as an excuse that the map escaped the attention of
our people working on the project. I wish it hadn’t happened. But
someone from among us should have spotted it and warned us,’ said
Yıldız.

Istanbul was chosen as the pilot province to rate the effectiveness of
the project. The aim is to educate parents on various issues, ranging
from first aid to how to deal with children, prior to the start of the
school term. It was carried out during the week before schools started
alongside the `getting used to school’ program for children about to
begin their education. Around 230,000 children began their first year
of primary school in the province of Istanbul this year.

The objective was to have an orientation week for all of these
children and their parents.

© 2009 Hurriyet Daily News

250 ANIMATED FILMS TO BE SCREENED DURING REANIMANIA FEST

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.09.2009 16:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ ReAnimania international animated films festival
will kick off in Yerevan on October 3.

"We are glad to cooperate with the festival. It will make German
animation more popular," said Melanie Moltman, representative of the
German Embassy in Armenia.

For his part, French Embassy representative Jean-Paul Marten said that
considerable progress was achieved. "A year ago we held a festival
of comics and posters. Now we will watch animated pictures," he said.

Vice Consul of Brazil in Armenia Hovsep Seferyan said he eyes
establishment of the festival as a happy event. "As an Armenian
representing Brazil I am proud to collaborate with the festival
initiators and implement a joint project," he said.

Over 31 countries, including France, Russia, Armenia, U.S., Italy
and Ukraine will participate in the event. 250 animated films to be
screened during three days.

ARMENIANS PROTEST PROTOCOLS

AZG DAILY
29-09-2009
Armenia-Turkey

Thousands rally in the Pelanconi Park area against parts of proposed
deal with Turkey.

Chanting and signs filled Pelanconi Park and its surrounding streets
Sunday as thousands of people gathered to rally against the protocols
for new talks between Armenia and Turkey.

The talks are a part of a "road map" agreed upon last spring for
normalizing diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia and
opening the border between them. The proposed deal still must receive
Parliamentary approval from both countries.

The two countries have long clashed over the mass killings of
Armenians in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey refuses
to categorize the deaths as genocide and has strongly fought against
any formal recognition of the massacres.

The event was organized by the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation, the Armenian Democratic Liberal
Party and the Unified Young Armenians. Leaders from the organizations
met following the announcement of the protocols and joined together
in opposing them.

On Sunday, thousands of people came from all over California as well
as neighboring states. Thirty-seven buses brought people from across
the Los Angeles area, while many others were forced to park blocks
away. They streamed onto Grandview Avenue, which was blocked off from
traffic with a police blockade.

Those in attendance expressed anger about the protocols, which would
which they said were not fair to Armenia.

"Don’t give in to Turkey," they chanted in Armenian. "Stand up and
fight until the end."

Arek Santikian, chairman of the Armenian Youth Federation’s western
region, said the event’s organizers expected more than 10,000 people
to attend what he emphasized was a rally for people to voice their
opinions that Armenia should not agree to the protocols.

"It’s all of the Armenian community rallying together," he said.

The most controversial facet of the p istorical commission to question
the validity of the Armenian Genocide.

"That would make what has become a political issue into a historical
issue," Santikian said.

Glendale High School senior Salpi Topjian and Hoover High School
senior Annabelle Mehrabian said they came out to the event because
the Armenian Genocide is something that must not be forgotten.

Still, they said they were shocked by the number of people in
attendance.

"They really want to show their support for Armenia," Mehrabian said,
GlendaleNewsPress reported.

ISSUE OF SIGNING ‘ROAD MAP’ WITH TURKEY TO BE RAISED IN AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT

Today.Az
28 September 2009

A member of the Azerbaijani Parliament will raise issue of signing a
"road map" with Turkey.

"There is a need to sign a "road map" between Turkey and
Azerbaijan. This paper should be signed before the document which is
expected to be signed between Turkey and Armenia. This paper should
be a legal framework to prevent the Turkish authorities from taking
step beyond this framework," Parliamentarian and Deputy Chairman of
the pro-government Ana Vatan Party Zahid Oruj said.

Erdogan said in his exclusive interview with Trend News that Turkey
and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10.

He said the deal will be signed by the countries’ foreign ministers,
but it must be approved by the countries’ parliaments before taking
effect.

The parliamentarian said the "road map" might be Turkey’s moral
responsibility.

"We are brothers and all political slogans have great importance. But
we need the legal "road map". I will raise this issue at the
Azerbaijani Parliament," Oruj said.

IT MONTH KICKS OFF IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
28.09.2009 13:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The IT Month in Armenia has kicked off in Yerevan
on September 28, with opening of CSIT 2009 conference.

"This month will be filled conferences and forums. The issues on the
agenda will prompt the government the changes essential for Armenian
IT," RA Economy Minister Nerses Yeritsyan said, opening the event.

CSIT 2009 brought together 62 leading IT specialists from the United
States, Russia, Norway, Georgia, Brazil, Poland, Syria, Ukraine,
Germany, Canada and France, leaders of IT companies and students.