Author: Jilavian Emma

ALIYEV’S ABSENCE FROM NUCLEAR SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON IS WHITE HOUSE’S FIRST MESSAGE TO YEREVAN

ArmInfo
2010-04-09 12:09:00

ArmInfo. Aliyev’s absence from the Global Nuclear Summit scheduled
for April 12-13 in Washington is the White House’s first message
to Yerevan, says Aleksander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus
Institute.

He told media no Friday that the US Administration does everything
possible to continue the Armenian- Turkish normalization, therefore
Washington will keep on pressing both the parties, especially Turkey.

"Nevertheless, the USA has no many levers of pressure on Ankara, so
it may ask Ankara for partial opening of the border with Armenia or
something like that." He said that the United States so far refrain
from stronger pressure on Armenia not to make Yerevan recall its
signatures put under the Zurich Protocols. "In fact, the USA strives
to demonstrate Armenia its clearance policy between the Karabakh
process and the Armenian-Turkish relations," Iskandaryan said.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Georgia Mikheil
Saakashvili will represent the South Caucasus at the Global Nuclear
Summit on April 12-13 in Washington. President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev has not been invited to the Summit. President of Armenia has
already agreed to meet with Erdogan.

MISSION OF HAKHTANAK SHAHUMYAN: ARTISTS MUST DO WHAT GOD GRANTS TO THEM

ArmInfo
2010-04-09 18:15:00

ArmInfo. A personal exhibition of artist Hakhtanak Shahumyan set off
in Yerevan Mar 31.

Even though Shahumyan is widely known abroad and has had as many
as 32 personal exhibitions so far, this is just his 2nd exhibition
in Armenia. This time he has presented 115 works: painting, graphic
art, sculpture.

"To present one’s works to one’s own people is a highly responsible
thing. In the 1970s-1980s people living in Armenia were real
connoisseurs. They respected artists. Today, they respect rich men.

Nobody is interested in serious art any more. What people want is
entertainment," says Shahumyan. However, he believes that things will
improve. "Spiritual values are eternal. As regards artists, they have
their own mission: they must do what God grants to them. They must be
more active in communicating with people and must hold more serious
and interesting exhibitions – and the results will not take long,"
says Shahumyan.

ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT TO VISIT WASHINGTON

armradio.am
07.04.2010 10:57

On April 11 President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for the United States
at the invitation of US President Barack Obama to participate in the
Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.

The Presidents of Armenia and the United States are expected to have
a face-to-face meeting, President’s Press Office reported.

BABURYAN, KARADJIAN, TOFALYAN, YEGNANYAN; FOUR MEN GUNNED DOWN IN ASSASSINATION-STYLE ATTACK IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD
By Christine Pelisek, Sunday, Apr. 4 2010 @ 8:55PM

LA Weekly
April 5 2010
CA

Harut Baburyan, Sarkis Karadjian, Vardan Tofalyan, Hayk Yegnanyan,
L.A. Homicide No.’s 68, 69, 70, 71: Four Men Gunned Down in
Assassination-Style Attack in North Hollywood

The four men who were killed in an assassination-style attack at a
cafe in North Hollywood have been identified as Harut Baburyan, 28,
Sarkis Karadjian, 26, Vardan Tofalyan, 31, and Hayk Yegnanyan, 25.

Two other people were wounded in the April 3 attack that occurred
around 4:30 p.m. at the Hot Spot Cafe located at 11651 Riverside Drive.

Police are saying the victims were targeted. The shooter is believed
to be a man of Armenian descent, about 30 years old, who walked inside
the packed Valley Village Mediterranean restaurant,and began shooting
– firing at least 17 bullets. Three of the men died at the cafe and
a fourth died at a nearby hospital a short time later.

The mass shooting is being handled by Robbery-Homicide Division
detectives. Robbery-Homicide is also investigating the March
26 killing of 38-year-old Karyn Safaryan in her car outside her
apartment in Hollywood. Safaryan was found shot to death, with her
throat slashed. Detectives are investigating whether her murder is
connected to the slayings of her husband and young daughter in 2008.

However, police have not divulged whether the murder of Safaryan and
her family is connected to the assassination style attack on Saturday.

Anyone with information about the brutal attack should contact LAPD’s
North Hollywood station at (818) 623-4016.

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GENOCIDE PREVENTION-FIRST PRIORITY TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

PanARMENIAN.Net –
April 6, 2010 – 17:07 AMT 12:07 GMT

Tuesday, April 6, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Prosecutor
of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who
arrived in Armenia to participate in 37th forum of International
Federation of Human Rights. Genocide prevention is the first priority
to International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo emphasized during
the meeting. The parties discussed collaboration possibilities, as
well as ICC assistance in providing increased security for Armenia,
presidential press service reported.

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NURTURE YOUR LIVES WITH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS: THAT IS THE WAY TO THE
VICTORY OF LIFE OVER DEATH, SAID ARAM I IN HIS EASTER SUNDAY SERMON

On Easter Sunday, His Holiness Aram I celebrated the Holy Liturgy;
Archbishop Komitas Ohanian and Bishop Shahé Panossian served at the Altar.

In his sermon, His Holiness addressed the large number of faithful in the
church and in the courtyard; he said: "The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is
the victory of life over death, and God’s gift to save fallen humanity from
its present physical and moral condition. Humanity should not destroy this
gift, which it is doing by destroying our forests, poisoning our atmosphere,
polluting our waters. Humanity should nurture it through a God-centered
life. It is our task to use our talents and gifts to sustain God’s purpose
and plans for humanity and the Creation.

He then greeted the leadership and people of Lebanon and commanded them for
their effort to continue reaffirming their vocation in making Lebanon the
country of love and co-existence.

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COGNAC PRODUCTION GREW BY 3.1 PER CENT IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2010 IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2010 16:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The production of cognac amounted to 1.7 million
liters in January-February 2010 in Armenia, 3.1 per cent more than in
the same period of last year. According to the National Statistical
Service of Armenia, in January-February the country produced 673.3
thousand liters of vodka, 60.5 per cent less than during the first
two month of the previous year.

In addition, the production of wine in January-February 2010 increased
by 33.6 per cent reaching 574.9 thousand liters, against 430.3 thousand
liters within the same period in 2009.

During the first two month of 2010 the country produced 956.1 thousand
liters of beer, 75.5 per cent more than in January – February 2009.

The production of sparkling wines has almost doubled (to 95.5%)
reaching 29,4 thousand liters.

US CONSIDERS WITHDRAWING ITS LAST TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM EUROPE

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2010 17:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President Obama will rewrite America’s policy on
nuclear weapons next week, heralding further reductions in the US
stockpile and giving a pledge not to develop new systems.

The Obama Administration has come under pressure from arms control
analysts to redefine the circumstances in which the US might consider
using nuclear weapons, and to state beyond doubt that the justification
for keeping them is purely as a deterrent.

Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in
Washington, said that if Mr Obama redefined nuclear arms as purely
weapons of deterrence, it would "eliminate the number of potential
targets the US military think they need to hit". It would also reduce
the number of nuclear weapons the US believes it needs, he said,
which could bring the total well below the 1,550 strategic warheads
agreed under the new Start treaty announced last week.

In reviewing its nuclear arsenal, the US is considering withdrawing
from Europe its last tactical nuclear weapons – 200 B61 gravity
bombs – which are based in Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany and the
Netherlands; all members of Nato. Under a longstanding agreement,
the air forces of these countries would be expected to fly their own
bombers carrying the American B61 bombs in the event of a conflict
in which the US had approved the use of nuclear weapons.

A decision on this is not expected to be included in the revised
nuclear posture, as it is a matter for discussion within Nato,
which is developing an updated strategic concept. However, several
countries say they want the nuclear gravity bombs to be withdrawn
because there is no longer any justification for keeping them in
Europe, The Times reported.

AYOMI AND GILAN RECORDING SONGS FOR THE ARMENIAN SCHOOL

Aysor
April 2 2010
Armenia

The legendary rock-guitar player, god father of the heavy metal Tony
Iommi announced that he will record a few new songs with the vocalist
of Deep Purple Yan Gilan for getting some support for the music school
number 6 of Gyumri, Armenia.

As Mediamax reports Tony Iommi told that on t he exclusive interview
with Metal Hammer.

"Weeks ago we met with Gilan and recorded some tracks, in order to be
able to provide some support for the Armenian music school. With did
such kind of thing for Armenia several years ago and now we would
like to repeat it. We visited Armenia months ago and the Armenian
president gave us Medals of Honor. We were there with Yan, also Pet
Kash was with us. They showed us an old music school where it was very
cold and the pupils of the school had no musical instruments. We gave
them a few guitars, and some percussion instruments, we also would
like to rebuild the school for the children.

We are going to record some songs together and we hope that we will
manage to gather enough money for the reconstruction of the school.

Now our plans are in a discussion stage. We think about some live
performances, but we still need to certify our projects as I hope I
will restart my tours with the Heaven and Hell," Tony Iommi said.

Tony Iommi and Yan Gilan had visited Armenia in 2009 on October 1-2
in the frameworks of the project organized by the Mediamax titled
"Armenia Grateful 2 Rock".

BLACK SABBATH: GILLAN & IOMMI TEAM UP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ARMENIA

Ultimate-Guitar.Com
April 2 2010

Former Black Sabbath bandmates Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi are teaming
up to record a new charity track for struggling Armenians.

The rock legends were recently honoured by Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan for their efforts to raise cash and awareness about
the nation’s problems and they decided it was time to record new
material together.

Iommi tells Metal Hammer magazine, "We raised some money 20 years
ago and we wanted to do it again, to be able to buy stuff.

"We went over (to Armenia) a few months ago because they gave us an
Order Of Honour from the President… They showed us what the money
had bought. They showed us this old music school; it was freezing and
the kids had no instruments, so we bought them some new instruments –
drums and guitars – and we want to build a new school for the kids.

"We’re going to do a few songs and, hopefully, we can raise the money
to afford to buy them a new school.

"We’ve talked about doing a couple of shows out there, but it’s about
working round what we are both doing."

Thanks for the report to Contactmusic.com.

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