Author: Jabejian Elizabeth

COACH DID NOT ARRIVE

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[01:25 pm] 15 November, 2007

Tom Johns, the chief coach of the Armenian football team did not
arrive in Yerevan to prepare the team for the upcoming meeting with
Portugal. John will not work in the Armenian nation team any more.

After the death of Scottish coach Yan Porterfield, Tom Johns, Vardan
Minasyan and Armen Gyulbudaghyan trained the national team. As a chief
coach, the Englishman undertook the responsibility of preparing the
team before the matches with Serbia and Belgium. The team is ignorant
of the reason that caused Johns’ leaving, but it was obvious that he
would not work as a chief coach after the selective phase.

The Chairman of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan said
in a press conference recently: "Johns prepared the team physically
but could not work as a chief coach". Johns left the team in a very
responsible moment. In 2 days the Armenian national team will have
a very decisive match hosting the national team of Portugal.

Vardan Minasyan and Armen Gyulbudaghyan will train the team for the
upcoming meetings. These coaches headed the national team during the
meeting with Poland on 28 March 2007, which ended 0:1 in favour of
the Polish national team.

RA PRIME MINISTER: ARMENIA SHOULD FIGURE ON ITS OWN HUMAN RESOURCE

arminfo
2007-11-13 14:01:00

ArmInfo. Today, Armenia is living under conditions of a quickly
changing world. The international economic processes directly affect
the social and economic life of the republic, on one hand, and force
to confirm the country’s position in the world economic processes,
on the other hand, RA prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan said today in
the Armenian Parliament.

He said that the world development indicates that the new forms of
cooperation, based on the "state-private trader" interrelations,
succeed the old control methods. By assessment of the international
organizations, S. Sargsyan said, the world economy is presently in
an impetuous process. The situation, developed in the USA hypothec
securities market, vast reduction of the interest rates and cheapening
of the American dollar with respect to other currencies, cessation of
the agriculture backing process by the European Union, an unprecedented
growth in the world market for fuel and foodstuffs directly affect
Armenia’s economy. The finances and the manpower in a liberalized
world have become more mobile. Thus, China and India in the manpower
market have an undisputable long-term competitive advantage.

The prime :minister continued that the rates of real stable growth of
wages in Armenia over the last years make the goal of enhancement of
the competitiveness of numerous upgraded enterprises of the country
problematic.

Meanwhile, the international financial resources are sent to the
countries where relative advantage is observed. The developed
countries, having yielded competition, close the enterprises and
create modern branches instead of them, based on the knowledge. Under
conditions of regional development, their positioning from
the viewpoint of a relative advantage is also vital today. Thus,
Azerbaijan presents itself as a raw material country and, naturally,
development of the oil branch of production dints in all the vital
spheres. The economic and political programmes for Georgia, having
a beneficial geographical position, are of top priority. "I think it
is apparent to all of us that, taking into account the geopolitical
and economic situation, the human resource should form the basis of
Armenia’s development", RA PM said and added that he means the whole
world Armenians as a human resource.

"It is apparent to all of us that the Motherland is a center of
the political and economic interest for the considerable part of
Armenians spread out all over the world. They are really interested
in Armenia’s development and should be considered as financial and
economic residents of the country. It means that it is impossible to
carry out one or another global programme henceforth without taking
into account this factor", S. Sargsyan emphasized.

NATO LIAISON OFFICER IN SOUTH CAUCASUS ZBIGNIEW RYBACKI VISITS ARMENIA

US Fed News
November 7, 2007 Wednesday 4:57 AM EST

The Republic of Armenia’s mission to NATO issued the following mews
release:

NATO Liaison Officer in the South Caucasus Zbigniew Rybacki is in
Armenia for a working visit.

Mr. Rybacki is holding meetings in the Foreign and Defense Ministries
of Armenia, the Police, the National Security Service, the Rescue
Service and the National Academy of Sciences.

The meeting of the Liaison Officer with the representatives of Armenian
NGOs will take place in the Information Center on NATO in Yerevan.

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The Armenian Weekly; Volume 73, No. 43; Oct. 27, 2007

Commentary and Analysis:

1. Editorial: Ahmadinejad in Armenia

2. When is the Right Time to Finally Recognize the Genocide?
By Michael G. Mensoian

3. Letters to the Editor

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Editorial: Ahmadinejad in Armenia

With the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockade on Armenia, Iran has become a
lifeline for the landlocked republic. Bilateral relations are good and the
Islamic Republic hosts a vibrant Armenian community that has lived there
peacefully centuries. All this has made high-ranking Iranian officials,
including present-day president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, welcomed guests in
Armenia since 1991. Yerevan State University has also been lavish, perhaps
more than necessary, in bestowing honorary doctorates on visiting heads of
state in the past.

The Iranian president received a warm welcome from the political leadership
of Armenia, and, like other visiting heads of state, he also had the
opportunity to speak to university students in Yerevan-just as he spoke
recently at Columbia University in New York.

Yet, why did Yerevan State University bestow an honorary doctorate and a
gold medal on a politician who has shown complete disregard to basic
historical research and memory by denying the Jewish Holocaust?

One of the manifestations of Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denial is calling for
further "impartial" studies on WWII. We have heard that same argument
regarding the Armenian genocide from Turkey and its allies.

The same day Ahmadinejad met with Armenian officials and received the
honorary doctorate, he decided to cut his visit to Armenia short. The reason
for this remains unclear. According to several reports, he either wanted to
avoid visiting the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan fearing, criticism
>From Turkey, or he was responding to political problems at home.

It would not be surprising if visiting the memorial and planting a sapling
in memory of the victims-as was planned-was viewed as potentially harmful to
Turkish-Iranian relations, and that Ahmadinejad left Armenia to escape that
visit. Trying to avoid hurting Turkey’s "feelings" seems to be the norm
these days, with Ahmadinejad, the Bush Administration, many in Congress, and
even some human rights organizations on the same page when it comes to this
issue.

The university’s decision to bestow an honorary doctorate is simply
unacceptable. We are surprised that university and government officials of a
nation that rose from the ashes of a genocide did not take this fact into
consideration before deciding to award the honorary degree.
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When is the Right Time to Finally Recognize the Genocide?
By Michael G. Mensoian

The resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide finally had its day. By a
favorable vote of 27 to 21, the House Foreign Relations Committee sent the
resolution to the full House for debate. Majority leader Nancy Pelosi will
decide the most efficacious time for it to be considered prior to the
holiday recess.

In the meantime, pressure from Turkey continues unabated. President Abdullah
Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have publicly expressed their
dismay, alluding to the serious harm passage of the resolution will have on
Turkey’s policy of cooperation with the United States and the psyche of the
Turkish people. In a more ominous tone, Turkey’s military chief, Gen. Yasar
Buyukanit, warns that passage of the resolution would damage his country’s
military ties with an important ally. The Bush White House, with its
inexhaustible list of surrogates, continues to lobby the House to vote
against the resolution. The big guns have been lined up: eight former
Secretaries of State, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Defense
Secretary Robert Gates. On the ground in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus and U. S
Ambassador Ryan Crocker have also voiced their concerns with respect to
Turkey’s continued assistance of the United States effort in Iraq. In
Ankara, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed its displeasure to Ross
Wilson, the United States Ambassador to Turkey. For an added dramatic
flourish, Adm. Metin Atac, senior officer in the Turkish navy, unexpectedly
and without explanation had his visit to the United States cancelled, and
the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Nabi Sansoy, was immediately
recalled for consultations. A Turkish-U.S. Business Council meeting in New
York has also been cancelled. These are the normal theatrics in the game of
diplomacy.

How quickly the "nay" voters have forgotten Turkey’s refusal to allow our
troops and equipment to transit their territory into northern Iraq during
the early days of the war. This would have allowed a giant pincers’ movement
>From the north and south toward Baghdad that had the potential to reduce the
number of casualties our troops suffered. How convenient for pro-Turkish
House committee members to overlook the comments that Turkish leaders have
made and continue to make concerning their ability to maintain current
levels of cooperation ostensibly against the public’s outcry. Is this how a
friendly government responds to an "ally?"

Paradoxically, while some of the committee members were extolling Turkey as
a beacon of democracy within the region, the Turkish courts invoked Article
301 of the Turkish penal code to convict Arat Dink for republishing the
article that led to his father’s assassination in January of this year. That
Arat Dink received a one-year suspended sentence is irrelevant. Is this how
Turkish democracy works, by stifling free speech? This egregious affront to
basic human rights took place within hours of and presumably in response to
the favorable vote on the Genocide Resolution by the House Committee on
Foreign Relations.

Then to assuage their own guilt, these same apologists for Turkey give lip
service to the deaths of the 1,500,000 Armenians during the period from 1915
to 1917 by saying it was a grievous wrong, but that now is not the right
time to recognize the Armenian genocide. There’s something illogical with
that line of thinking. When is the right time to finally recognize the
Armenian Genocide? There is something reprehensible about an administration,
especially the leadership of a democracy like the United States, that
ignores the truth and decides which genocide to recognize on the basis of
political expediency.

During the committee hearings, numerous statistics were cited to show that
Turkey is an indispensable conduit for United States military equipment and
supplies destined for Iraq. None of these apologists were interested in
mentioning that the Turkish economy is benefiting in terms of U.S dollars
spent and jobs created. Do the U.S. taxpayers know how much it may have cost
them to develop the NATO air facility at Incirlik, Turkey? The Bush
administration would lead us to believe that Turkish cooperation is based on
some concept of national altruism.

None of the committee members who oppose the resolution consider Turkey’s
blockade of its border with Armenia as a hostile act; a neighbor with whom
there is no declaration of war. How is Turkey as a member of NATO allowed to
take punitive action against a peaceful neighboring state? The government in
Yerevan has long been agreeable to a normalization of diplomatic relations
with Turkey without any preconditions. Turkey has consistently rejected this
conciliatory offer. Any objective analysis leads to the simple conclusion
that Turkey prefers to maintain its adversarial position with respect to
Armenia. A politically vibrant and economically viable Armenia is anathema
to Turkish interests. Yet the United States does nothing one-on-one or
through NATO to pressure Turkey to alter its stance vis-à-vis Armenia.
Further, what is the United States doing to level the economic and military
playing field for Armenia with respect to Azerbaijan and Georgia?

As the debate unfolds in Congress, Turkey will seek and receive
parliamentary approval to undertake a full-scale military operation in
northern Iraq against separatists of the PKK (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan)
who seek an independent Kurdistan. Any Turkish military incursion into Iraqi
Kurdistan to root out PKK insurgents seeking refuge has the potential to
destabilize the region. The fact that this operation would be detrimental to
United States’ interests in Iraq and increase the potential for the loss of
additional American military deaths seems of no concern to our Turkish ally.
Prime Minister Erdogan is quoted by Reuters correspondent Ferit Demir saying
that "[w]e don’t need anyone’s advice on northern Iraq and the operation to
be carried out there." Then if that is so, why would United States
Congressmen need Turkey’s advice on the Genocide Resolution they seek to
pass? Evidently Turkish leaders believe that advice flows in only one
direction: from Ankara to Washington.

For the moment, those who embrace the Armenian Cause have won a strategic if
not epic victory in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs against an
unparalleled attempt by Turkey and the Bush administration to prevent a
favorable vote.

Since nothing in politics can be guaranteed, the most optimistic statement
that may be made is that the Genocide Resolution will probably pass the
House if and when it is brought to the floor for debate. The various
interest groups, especially the Armenian National Committee, have done
yeoman service in successfully countering the full arsenal of resources
available to Washington and Ankara. Against that backdrop, Catholicos
Karekin II’s Invocation before the House of Representatives on Wednesday was
a tribute to the Armenian people and a significant symbolic statement on
behalf of the Genocide Resolution.

The favorable committee hearing that occurred recently is only a skirmish
preceding the main battle that will be waged on the House floor. In
anticipation of this, there is sentiment in the House committee that will
most likely extend to the full House to pass a companion resolution
confirming Turkish-United States solidarity. The purpose is to soften the
impact that passage of the Genocide Resolution will have in Turkey.

However, the outcome of the Genocide Resolution in the Senate is
problematic. Since international politics has neither moral nor ethical
guidelines, it would not be uncharacteristic if the Senate is swayed solely
by the consequences that passage of the resolution will have on
Turkish-United States relations. A "nay" vote will have no connection to the
merits of the resolution. This response is far different then how the House
will have hopefully responded. Foreign policy is the bailiwick of the
Senate. Given that scenario, a compromise will have been engineered that
would please the administration and be reluctantly accepted by the Turkish
government. This could be manipulated by Ankara as a significant victory.
The Bush administration will have rewarded Turkey for its intransigence and
its policy of historic revisionism.

Knowing that there is a possibility for this scenario to be played out
requires that efforts be redoubled to counter the unprecedented pressure
that Turkey and the Bush administration will bring to bear on the Senate.
There are fewer senators to influence and since the vote should follow close
along party lines, a shift of only several votes will make the difference
between victory and defeat. Senators, unlike Representatives, sit for terms
of six years and run state-wide campaigns. They are influenced less by
ethnic concentrations of voters in the House districts or the short-term
swings in voter interest.

The debate surrounding the resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide has
reawakened the public’s awareness of the first genocide of the modern era.
On both sides of the Atlantic, people can judge for themselves the
perfidiousness of the Turkish leaders. In the face of an established
historic fact, the obduracy of both Turkey and the United States cannot help
but elicit sympathy for the Armenian Cause, which could be of value sometime
in the future. Without help from others, Turkey can be seen for what it
really is: a nondemocratic state masquerading as a democracy aided and
abetted by the Bush administration.
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3. Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

The last time a human rights issue created so much soul searching in America
was probably Sept. 22, 1862, when Abraham Lincoln signed a presidential
decree for the emancipation of the slaves.

The House Foreign Relations Committee vote 27-21 on H.Res.106, acknowledging
the Armenian genocide, is the emancipation of the survivors of the victims
of the genocide. This is a giant step forward for more reverence to human
dignity here in the United States of America and in the context of our image
in the world both for our allies and for our adversaries.

This is the greatest gesture of love and respect to the Turkish people.
Those who advocate denial treat the Turkish people as sub-human beings not
able to handle the truth. Our NATO brother-in-arms should know that, just as
David Kaczynski brought his brother Theodore John Kaczynski [the
"unabomber"] to justice, America will not stand idle for deniers of
genocide.

President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of
Defense Robert Gates by opposing this human rights initiative, are giving
the green light to the Turkish government to go ahead and commit another
genocide against its Kurdish population.

All the necessary elements are there: The PKK has been declared a terrorist
organization and the Kurdish minority living in Turkey could easily be
accused of supporting it. George Bush has given his blessings to the Turkish
generals, and there could not be a more perfect opportunity for another
ethnic cleansing.

People who oppose this human rights issue are bigots and racists who do not
think that the Turkish people have the common sense and the decency to be
treated as civilized human beings. Instead, these deniers are treating the
Turks as if they are the "Barbarian of the Middle East" who cannot be
treated as equals to people living in Western democracies.

While we do not deny the Holocaust because we have bases and enlisted
personnel in Germany, these people make us believe that we should treat the
Turks as sub-human barbarians and let their governments deny a crime so that
we can use their bases. What’s next? The September 11 attacks never
happened, or it was a civil war?

While other countries are criticized, sanctioned and attacked when they
conquer a neighboring country, according to the U.S. State Department it is
O.K. for the Turkish government to attack and conquer half of Cyprus. Why?
Because we have to appease our barbarian friends so that we can keep our
bases in their country.

It is a shame that the present administration still opposes this important
human rights achievement. It is a disgrace that there are still people
amongst us who see no harm in denying a crime for profit.

This administration and its supporters marched into the White House as the
defenders of faith and family values. Yet, they turned out to be a pack of
wolves ready to sell America’s honor to criminals.

I am proud of my representative Congressman Eliot Engle who voted for this
resolution.

I urge you to make sure that your representative votes for the passage of
H.Res.106 when the bill comes to the House floor.

Kevork Kalayjian

***

Dear Editor,

Great work getting the Armenian Weekly on Google News!

I always google "Armenian genocide" to get the latest information on the
internet, and was very happy to see the Weekly articles!

We need to get into the mainstream. We have a lot of ignorance on our
issues, and a whole lot of propoganda to fight off.

Rich Sanikian
Fresno, Calif.

***
Dear Editor,

The American-Jewish community came out against the ADL for its position on
the Armenian genocide. The recent congressional bill recognizing the
Armenian genocide had the overwhelming support of the Jewish members of
Congress. So visible was the Jewish community’s support for the official
recognition of the Armenian genocide in the U.S. that Turkey’s government,
this week, blamed the Jewish community for the bill itself and the bad press
surrounding it. And yet, nonetheless, on Oct. 22, the Armenian government
and the Yerevan State University gave a denier of the Jewish Holocaust,
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the royal treatment, and an honorary
doctorate.

Daniel Sieradski

***

Response to Jeri Zeder

Dear Mr. Zeder,

Thank you for your comments (Letters, Oct. 14). Since you have taken the
time to write, it is incumbent upon me to respond to your concerns.

First, it is unfair for you to say that I claimed ".a lock-step relationship
between the Israeli government and Jews around the world." My article refers
to the message Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan delivered to Israel. Mr. Tan
specifically stated that "[o]n some issues there is no such thing as Israel
cannot deliver." My comment you objected to simply stated that "[t]his
expectation by the Turkish government is not based on supposition, but on a
realistic understanding of the relationship that the Israel government has
with the Jewish Diaspora" (emphasis mine). Where is the lock step that you
refer to? Please note the words I used: relationship and has and the Jewish
Diaspora. My statement in no way suggests lock step, which implies absolute
control. Lock step is what Ambassador Tan alluded to. The Ambassador should
be the object of your displeasure.

You say that "[h]ysterical rhetoric, conspiracy theories and buy-in to
anti-Semitic lies do nothing for the cause of genocide denial." Mr. Zeder,
what have you read that would prompt such "hysterical rhetoric" on your
part?" Inflammatory language serves no useful purpose.

You mention that the article "refuses to acknowledge the real pain and
soul-searching…" that you have witnessed in the Jewish community.

May I quote from my articles? "There are many parallels between the Armenian
people and the Jewish people, both of whom have a large Diaspora. The Jewish
people fully understand the suffering and hurt that the Armenian people have
experienced." (Weekly, Aug. 25).

May I quote again from my articles? "Their position [the ADL] does a
disservice to the Jewish people who have a long and well documented history
of fighting injustices." (Weekly, Aug. 25).

May I quote from my articles again? "I have served as co-chair and
participant in Holocaust Observances in the City of Newton, Mass., while a
commissioner on the Newton Human Rights Commission. I hold dear a letter
>From Lenny Zakim, then New England director of the ADL, thanking me for my
efforts. His death was a severe loss to the entire community. I mentioned
this because I have always respected the mission of the ADL." (Weekly, Sept.
8). Mr. Zeder, please note my reference to Lenny Zakim’s death as a loss to
the entire community, not just to the Jewish community.

Again, may I quote from my articles? "The ability of the national ADL to
speak out on the mass killing of ethnic minorities as a political solution
has been its principal strength and perhaps its most significant
contribution to the elimination of hate and prejudice." (Weekly, Oct. 6).

You mention your approval of Martin Luther King’s style of activism. His
accolades are well deserved. However, to ascribe to me a role as an activist
is a compliment that I really do not deserve.

I appreciate this opportunity to correct any misinterpretation you have had
with respect to my objective analysis of events. However, I can fully
appreciate that these are passionate issueswhich easily tend to elicit
emotional responses.

Sincerely,
Michael G. Mensoian

REPORT FROM ENGLAND: ‘BEAST ON THE MOON’ AT NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE

Orlando Sentinel, FL
Nov 12 2007

A lot of Americans who followed the recent flap in Congress about
whether or not to recognize the Armenian genocide may have wondered
what all the fuss was about.

Whatever happened was a long time ago.

But whatever happened a long time ago becomes tangible in Beast on the
Moon, Richard Kalinoski’s 1995 drama, which we saw at the Nottingham
Playhouse Friday night.

Nottingham Playhouse seems to be Nottingham’s version of what we call
regional theater — a professional company with a 750-seat theater
it moved into in 1963. At the time, John Neville and Peter Ustinov
were two of the three artistic directors. Since then, Judi Dench,
Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham-Carter and Hugh Grant all have appeared
on this stage.

The company has sent productions touring through Europe and to
Japan and also has sent shows to the West End. In 1995, it cemented
a relationship with the visual arts by installing a commissioned
sculpture by Anish Kapoor called Sky Mirror — an amazing-looking,
10-ton dish of polished stainless steel, which reflects everything
around it. Click on the website and then click to view the Sky
Mirror. It’s cool.

Anyway, the current brochure lists five in-house productions
between August and March, including the annual Christmas pantomime
(Dick Whttington) and a co-production (with a company called Shared
Experience) of a two-part adaptation of War and Peace. (There’s also
a whole series of comedy and dance, along with a kids’ show and a
touring show.)

I’m sorry to miss that War and Peace, which doesn’t open until Feb. 1
— partly because it’s based on my favorite novel and partly because
it’s directed by Nancy Meckler, who did the wonderful RSC Comedy of
Errors we saw last week. But I was delighted by Beast on the Moon,
a play that also has its roots in war and also translates the effects
of that turmoil into decidedly human terms.

Descriptions I’ve read of Beast on the Moon call it a small play,
and it is: Beyond the three characters, there’s something very neat
about Kalinoski’s imagery and the way he ties everything up at the end.

That’s not a drawback, though — it just makes your sense of
satisfaction at the end all the keener.

The story is of an Armenian couple — Aram, who made his way from
Turkey to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by selling the rare stamps he found
in the lining of his dead father’s coat, and Seta, the 15-year-old
"picture bride" he has ordered from an orphanage’s catalogue.

Not surprisingly, the two don’t see eye to eye. Seta has been scarred
by starvation and torture. And Aram, now a portrait photographer,
has made a fetish of a photograph of his murdered family members —
whose heads he has removed from the photograph, to be replaced,
he hopes, by sons and daughters of his own.

The two are observed, first, by a mysterious older man looking back
at them through time, and later in the play by a boy who makes his
way into their home. Kalinoski’s conceit is a difficult one to pull
off — that boy and man are the same person and are played by the same
white-haired man. But actor Paul Greenwood, a Royal Shakespeare Company
veteran, does it marvelously here: With just a hand through his hair
and a change in posture, he becomes a brash little Bowery-Boy type,
and his character’s need only underscores that of Aram and Seta.

The other two actors, Karine Bedrossian and Youssef Kerkour, are also
fine — Bedrossian as a resourceful young woman who nonetheless still
clings to her doll, and Kerkour as the buttoned-up man who wants to
recreate his life as it was.

And their story so resembles others we still read in the news that
it’s hard to believe it happened such a long time ago. "They came
from a time that I want to understand," the older man says. In this
production, the understanding isn’t hard at all.

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SCOLARI INTRODUCED FOOTBALLERS
[07:08 pm] 09 November, 2007

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari named the footballers who will
participate at the November 17 Armenia-Portugal and November 21
Finland Portugal try-outs.

We think that the two meetings will be decisive on the eve of
qualifying matches. I believe in our victory. Our team stands a good
chance to reach the finals, Scolari said.

It is the second time Luiz Scolari has invited Pepe, the back of
Madrid Real. The latter didn’t participate at the previous matches
because of injuries.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari received a four-match ban and a
fine for scuffling with Serbian defender Ivica Dragutinovic.

UEFA said Scolari was fined for assault" on Dragutinovic following a
European Championship qualifying match between the two countries in
Lisbon on September 12.

He will watch the match from a stand.

Below is the list of footballers

Goal-keepers

Ricardo (Betis, Spain), Kim (Benfika)

Backs

Brunu Alvesh (Portu), Fernando Meira, (Shtutgart, German), Bosnigva
(Portu), Pepe (Real, Spain), Miguel (Valencia), Marku Kaneira
(Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)

Half-backs

Manuel Fernandesh (Valencia, Spain), Miguel Velozu (Sporting), Manishe
(Atletico), Raul Meirelesh (Portu)

Forwards

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England), Nani (Manchester
United, England), Siamu (Atletico), Ricardo Quaresma (Portu), Ariza
Makukula (Maritimu), Ugu Almeida (Verder, Germany) Nunu Gomesh
(Benefika).

Chinese product ousted Armenian geranium from the European market

2007-11-10 09:09:00

ArmInfo. Armenia’s attempt to find target markets for geranium oil,
which is used in aviation and astronautics, failed, Head of Plant
Cultivation Department, Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia Garnik
Petrosyan told AmrInfo correspondent.

After the collapse of USSR they failed to keep the greenhouses and the
main target markets of the ethereal oil were lost. After it the
Ministry of Agriculture made several attempts to find interested
parties among perfumers of Great Britain and France, as this oil is
also valuable for perfumery and pharmaceutics. It turned out that the
whole European market is full of cheaper geranium oil of Chinese
production. However, as G. Petrosyan assures, rose geranium grown in
Armenia is more valuable for its properties, as its oil may also be
used for enrichment of aromas. And, nevertheless, the specialist hopes
that the worth of peculiar properties of Armenian geranium will sooner
or later be valued.

US to Purchase Arms from Israel!

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10/11/2007

The US Congress on Friday approved the purchase of weapons and
technological systems from Israel’s defense industries for $700
million. The advanced technological products will be acquired as part
of the American security budget for the coming year to be used by US
occupation forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Weapons and technological systems to be acquired from Jewish state’s
defense industries include navigation and attack sensor system for
combat aircraft, UAV and advanced pilot helmets.
The United States had offered Israel unprecedented $30-billion military
aid package. The purchase of weapons from Israel is not part of
Israel’s annual defense aid from the United States, which amounts to
$2.4 billion and is expected to grow in 2009 to an annual average of $
3 billion for the following 10 years.
Only one part of the security budget ` the production of the Arrow
anti-ballistic missile system and the research and development of other
defense missiles, the cost of which is estimated at $155 million ` is
related to special US aid, with the American Boeing company involved in
the manufacturing of parts of the Arrow missile.

PYUNIK WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT ARMENIAN TITLE

ARMENPRESS
Nov 9, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS: Pyunik FC Yerevan beat city rivals
Ararat 4-1 on Wednesday to clinch their seventh consecutive Armenian
league title with a game to spare.

The win gave Pyunik 57 points from 27 matches, while second-placed
Banants Yerevan remained on 49 after a 1-0 defeat at Mika
Ashtarak. Ararat stayed in third place with 48 points, a point ahead
of Mika.

Pyunik have dominated Armenian football for the last decade, winning
nine titles since 1996 and will represent Armenia in next year’s UEFA
Champions League qualifiers.

LOST CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST KARABAKH COMMITTEE FOUND

arminfo
2007-11-09 16:12:00

ArmInfo. The criminal case against Karabakh Committee was handed over
to the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Prosecutor
General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan told journalists, Friday.

As it was reported earlier, it has been found out recently that the
multi-volume criminal case is lost. The immediate investigation exposed
the present location of the criminal case. Aghvan Hovsepyan said
Iravunk newspaper had requested Prosecutor General’s Office to study
the materials of the case against Karabakh Committee. ‘Founding out
that the case was lost I instructed to start an official investigation,
which showed that yet on November 6 1996 then head of the investigation
department handed over the case to Levon Ter-Petrosyan on demand of
the prosecutor general. Today we sent a written request to Levon
Ter-Petrosyan for the criminal case,’ Aghvan Hovsepyan said. He
also added that the law bans handing over criminal cases to a third
party. It applies even to the president. ‘I think L. Ter-Petrosyan
will be reasonable enough to hand the criminal case back to the
prosecutor’s office,’ Prosecutor General said.