Author: Takmazian

AZG Armenian Daily #089, 14/05/2007

Independent Survey

"HERITAGE" (JARANGUTYUN), "IMPEACHMENT" AND "ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC
PARTY" (AJK) GAIN FIRST PLACES

The results of the poll at website

We didn’t publish the results of the poll in our website before the
elections, according to the Election’s legislation (Part 4, Article
22, Point 3), which prohibits the publication of the statistics about
the ratings of the parties and candidates during the last 7 days
before the elections.

"Heritage" party has the highest rating – 25%, than comes
"Impeachment" alliance – 14%, the third place takes "ARF"
(Dashnaktsutyun) – 12%, in the fourth place is "National Democratic
Party" (AJK) – 8%. "Armenian Republican Party" (HHK) has gained only
7%, "Prosperious Armenia" party – 5%, "The Rule of Law" (Orinats
erkir)- 4%, "National Unanimity" (Azgain miabanutyun) – 3%, "Armenian
democratic party"(HJK) – 1%.

"Armenian Marxist’s Party", "Democratic Party of Armenia",
"Christian-democratic renaissance" parties have 0% of votes. The other
parties have from 1 to 2% of votes.

This is the general view of the poll in the website.

It’s worth to mention that the voters of this poll are people who can
work with computer and Internet.

ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 11 2007

Withdrawal of Russian mil equipment from Batumi planned for May 15.

11.05.2007, 14.53

TBILISI, May 11 (Itar-Tass) – Withdrawal of Russian military
equipment, arms and property by a train from Batumi is planned for
May 15, the commander of Russian troops in the Trans-Caucasian
region, Andrei Popov, told Itar-Tass on Friday.

The train will head for Russia via Azerbaijan, he said.

Eleven railway trains will carry equipment and property from the
Batumi base to Russia during this year, and the other part of
property and equipment will be carried by four trains to Armenia, to
the Russian base in Gyumri.

All the issues connected with withdrawal from Batumi are settled with
the Georgian side, the commander said.

Withdrawal of the Russian military bases from Batumi must be
completed by October 1, 2008 and from Akhalkalaki by July 1, this
year, in accordance with Russian-Georgian agreements.

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 11 2007

Azerbaijani soldier killed in Armenian ceasefire violation

[ 11 May 2007 15:37 ]

Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire again which killed one more
Azerbaijani soldier, APA’s Karabakh bureau reports.

Azerbaijani army soldier Vahab Abdulkarim Abdurrahmanov was seriously
wounded when Armenian forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani
Army from the occupied Yusifjanli village of Aghdam.
Armenian forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani Army and
Chiragli village of the region from their positions in occupied
Kangarli, Garagashli and Bash Garvand villages of Aghdam last day.
Armenian forces targeted on the fortification of Azerbaijani Army
from the occupied Kuropatkino village of Khojavand region. The enemy
fired on Azerbaijani soldiers and Gapanli village of the region from
the occupied Seysulan village of Tartar for half an hour. /APA/

ALL-ARMENIAN MOVEMENT CONDEMNS RECENT POLITICAL PURSUITS

A1+
[08:44 pm] 09 May, 2007

"The All-Armenian Movement condemns RoA former Foreign Minister
Alexander Arzumanian’s detention. We assume that the arrest is
politically motivated and is connected with the upcoming parliamentary
elections.

The authorities are scared lest people will challenge the May 12
elections. Therefore they are trying to neutralize people who might
have a significant role at the election outcome," Hovhannes Igityan,
a member of the All-Armenian Movement, told mass media representatives.

AAM demands to cease political pursuits. Thet are convinced that
power takeover is the only way out.

MOST LIKELY PEOPLE WILL ELECT PRESIDENT OF TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.05.2007 13:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Most likely all citizens and not lawmakers will
elect the President of Turkey. The corresponding provision is included
in the text of a bill offered by the ruling Justice and Development
(AKP) party, which aims at putting an and to the political crises. The
document was supported in the parliament in its first reading on
Monday. However, this dos not mean that it will be approved in its
second reading.

According to the current system, the Parliament elects the President
of the country. But AKP, which is a party based on Islamic ideology,
insists on direct national voting.

Last week the government declared it will hold early parliamentarian
elections aiming at putting and end to the political crises. It
means that the parliament will be dissolved in the near future and
the ruling party tries to carry out constitutional reforms till
that moment. It succeeded in gaining the support of a not numerous
left-central party, however in order to approve the amendments to
the acting Organic Law the Turkish government will need 2/3 majority,
in other words 367 votes.

On Monday 330 lawmakers voted for the document during discussions of
the bill in its first reading. If AKP does not succeed in gathering 367
votes during the second reading, the issue will be put for referendum.

By the way, the current President Ahmed Necdet Sezer has the right
to veto both the amendments and issue of holding referendum. The
bill supposes not only direct national voting but it also cuts
presidential term from seven to five years. At the same time the
acting head of state will have the right to ballot for the second
presidential term. Besides, the legislation offers to cut the term
of parliament from five to four years. The opposition insists that
it is not the time for such changes.

On May 6 opposition secular parties for the second time blocked
current Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul’s election as President of the
country. He was nominated by the ruling Justice and Development party.

Opposition assures he will carry out Islamic policy, which contradicts
secular traditions of Turkey, BBC Russian service reports.

PanARMENIAN.Net

Combined Endeavor 2007 goals achieved
07.05.2007 14:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The main goals of the Combined Endeavor 2007
exercise have been already achieved, head of the department of
communications and computer-aided system of the RA armed forces, major
general Armen Baburyan told reporters in Yerevan.

`The Armenian signalers have passed 41 tests in Germany and 14 in
Armenia. I am hopeful the achievements will be equally efficient in
both states.’ Baburyan said.

For his part, Brigadier General Dennis L. Via, Commanding General, 5th
Signal Command said Armenian military are capable to take action in
hard conditions and easily master new equipment. `Armenian signalers
work in accord with Combined Endeavor 2007 norms set by the
U.S. European Command,’ he said.

According to lieutenant of the Croatian communication troops Davor
Gadamak, the maneuvers are held coherently and at a high level. `We
are equipped with modern communication devices. Our task is to secure
undisturbed communication with signalers in Germany where the main
exercise is conducted. We are honing skills in using unified strategic
and tactical systems,’ he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Combined Endeavor 2007 is held in the framework of Partnership for
Peace NATO program in Germany and Armenia. 130 signalers from Croatia,
France, Russia, Georgia and U.S. are taking part in the exercise in
Armenia.

Chessbase News, Germany
May 5 2007

Yerevan: Kramnik and Aronian win their white games

05.05.2007 – The rapid chess match in Yerevan, Armenia, between
Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian began with two exciting,
impressive games. In the first the world champion smashed his
opponent’s Marshall in ground-breaking style, in the second Aronian
outmaneuvered his Russian opponent in a 76-move game. The mood on the
Playchess server was: great games guys, keep it up! Report with
pictures.

The Aronian-Kramnik Rapid Chess Match takes place in Yerevan,
Armenia, from May 4th to 6th, 2007. I goes over six games, played at
the rate of 25 min for the entire game with a increment of 10 seconds
per move. The match will be played over three days, in the Yerevan
Opera House, with the games beginning at 18:00 hrs and 19:45 hrs
local time (GMT + 4). That is 15:00h CEST, 14:00h London and 09:00
a.m. New York for the first game; 16:45h, 15:45h and 10:45 a.m. for
the second. Click on the Yerevan times above to get your own local
time.

Day one report
The first game was a very impressive win by Vladimir Kramnik, who
dealt in world championship style with Levon Aronian’s Marshall
Attack (the official web site calls Aronian a "Marshall revivalist
and asks after this game "What is the future of the Marshall
Attack?"). Kramnik was well prepared for the game and the course it
took, playing the openings moves very rapidly. He selected a rare
line with 19.f3 (it has only been seen twice before in tournament
praxis) and followed the game Bernhaupt-Billaudelle 2004 up to moves
25. The predecessor game had ended in a 31-move draw. Kramnik
improved wonderfully and forced his Armenian opponent to retire after
45 moves.

Kramnik,V (2772) – Aronian,L (2759) [C89]
Rapid Match Yerevan ARM (1), 04.05.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0
8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4
14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.f3 Nxe3
20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qe2
[25.Qd3 h5 26.Nf2 Qf7 27.Qe2 h4 28.Kg2 a5 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Nd2 Qg6
31.Bxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2 Bernhaupt,E (2346)-Billaudelle,F (2354) 2004]
25…Nf4 26.Qc2 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Qg4 28.Bxe6+ Qxe6 29.Qb3 Nf4+ 30.gxf4
Qxb3 31.axb3 Bxf4 32.Rxa6 Rc8 33.Nc5 Kf7 34.Nd3 g5 35.Nxf4 gxf4
36.Kf3 Ke6 37.Kxf4 Kd6 38.c4 Rf8+ 39.Ke3 Kc7 40.Ra7+ Kb6 41.Rxh7 Rf1
42.Rh6 Kb7 43.Rh5 Rb1 44.Kd3 bxc4+ 45.Kc2 1-0.

The second game saw Levon Aronian fight back and, in a Queen’s Gambit
Declined a long positional struggle ensured. With patience,
imagination and fast play – at move 43 Kramnik was down to two
minutes and in serious time trouble – Aronian was able to wrestle the
tenaciously defending world champion to the ground. The game ended in
victory after a marathon 76 moves.

Aronian,L (2759) – Kramnik,V (2772) [D17]
Rapid Match Yerevan ARM (2), 04.05.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4
Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6
14.h4 Rc8 15.Ba2 h6 16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Nb1 Ke7
20.Rxc5 Nxc5 21.h5 Bh7 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.Nd2 g6 24.hxg6 Rxg6 25.Kf2 Rg5
26.Rc7 b5 27.a5 Rc5 28.Rxc5 Nxc5 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.b4 Nd7 31.Nb3 e5
32.Nc1 f5 33.Nd3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nf6 35.Nc5 Bg6 36.Bb3 Ng4+ 37.Kd2 Nf6
38.Bc2 Kc6 39.Bd3 Nd7 40.Nxa6 Bf7 41.Be2 h5 42.g3 Bg6 43.Ke3 Bf7
44.Kd2 Bg6 45.Bd3 Bf7 46.Bf1 Be6 47.Kc3 Bg4 48.Bd3 Bf3 49.Bc2 Kd6
50.Kd3 Kc6 51.Bb3 Kb7 52.Be6 Nf6 53.Nc5+ Kc6 54.Ke3 Bg4 55.Bf7 Bc8
56.Bb3 Bh3 57.Bd1 Bg4 58.Bc2 Bc8 59.Bd3 Ng4+ 60.Ke2 Nf6 61.Nb3 Be6
62.Nd2 Ne8 63.Nb1 Nc7 64.Nc3 Bd7 65.Kd2 Be8 66.Be2 Bf7 67.Nd5 Bxd5
68.exd5+ Kd6 69.Bxh5 e4 70.Bf7 Na6 71.Kc3 e3 72.Bh5 Kxd5 73.Be2 Nc7
74.Bf3+ Ke5 75.Bb7 Kf5 76.Kd3 1-0.

Photos at
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GUIDE ARTS AROUND THE WORLD

FT

May 4 2007 03:00
Paris

ERMEN, TITRE PROVISOIRE

Pascal Tokatlian was raised in France of Italian and Armenian stock,
but started unravelling strands of family history only as a young
adult. His monologue, performed as part of France’s Year of Armenia,
interweaves direct experience with excerpts from the writings of Aram
Andonian, one of the few intellectuals to survive concentration camps
in Syria and Mesopotamia between 1915 and 1919. Andonian provides
gripping testimony – of tents as far as the eye could see, dead bodies
used as pillows by the dying.

Tokatlian grounds his piece in intimacy, piecing together family
anecdotes, while Gaguik Mouradian’s solo kamantcha is played with
moving restraint.

Tokatlian’s recital of the final segment of Andonian’s memoirs is
compelling: "How long do we have to march?" "Until your bodies can’t
take any more."

MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF A-320 AIR CRUSH VICTIMS PLACED IN SOCHI

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2007 14:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A monument has been placed in Sochi in connection
with the first anniversary of the A-320 air tragedy. In May 2006 the
Armenian airplane crushed into the water near Adler airport. Head
of Russian south Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church Movses
Movsesyan sanctified the monument, which was placed on the territory of
"St. Minasyan" Armenian church.

Almost 40 relatives of those who died in the result of the air
catastrophe arrived in Sochi with a charter flight organized by
"Armavia" air company, which owned the crushed A-320. Besides,
Armenia’s Consul General in the South Federal District Ararat
Gomtsyan, Mayor of Sochi Viktor Kolodyazhni, Chairman of UAR (Union
of Armenians of Russia) Sochi branch Hakob Qochkanyan attended the
mourning ceremony. Also several thousand of Sochi residents as well
as guests of the resort town came to honor memory of those who died
in the result of the air disaster, Interfax reports.

At he end of the ceremony its participants put to the Black Sea on
a boat and reached the place of tragedy, where they lowered mourning
wreaths on the water.

A year ago on the night of May 3 an "Armavia" A-320 airplane, which was
flying from Yerevan to Moscow, fell to the sea near Adler airport. All
113 people on the board, including 105 passengers and 8 crew members
died in the result of the crush.

EXAMINATION OF CASE OF HRANT DINK’S MURDER FINISHED

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 03 2007

ISTANBUL, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Prosecutor’s Office
of Istanbul stated about finish of the examination of the case of Agos
weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink’s murder. According to the 30-page
bill of indictment formed by Istanbul Prosecutors Selim Berna Altay and
Fikret Secen, it is demanded to define punishment towards 18 defendants
for founding "terrorism organization with an ideological orientation."

According to Turkish press, the Prosecutors demanded that 8 from
the 18 defendants, Erhan Tuncel, Yasin Hayal, Ogun Samast, Zeynel
Abiden Yavuz, Ersin Yolcun, Ahmed Iskender, Mustafa Ozturk, Tuncay
Uzundal are sentenced to life imprisonment (to recap, Erhan Tuncel
and Yasin Hayal are considered the main defendants in the affair
of Hrant Dink’s murder). But from these 8 defendants, Ogun Samast
committed Dink’s murder will not be sentenced to life imprisonment
because of being juvenile, instead of it he will be sentenced to 18-20
year imprisonment. Zeynel Abiden Yavuz, Ersin Yolcun, Ahmed Iskender,
Mustafa Ozturk, Tuncay Uzundal may also avoid life imprisonment. They
will be sentenced to 15-20 year imprisonment with the accusation of
"showing assistance to commiting the crime." Yasar Cihan and Halis
Egemen from the members of the Great Unity party also occupied places
in the row of 18 defendants. They, as well as Salih Hacisalihoglu,
will be sentenced to 10-year imprisonment with the accusation of
"joining the terrorism organization." And Alper Esirgemez, Irfan Ozkan,
Osman Alpay, Erbil Susaman, Numan Sisman, Senol Akduman and Veysel
Toprak will be sentenced to from 6 month to 5-year imprisonment for
"assisting organization of terrorism" and "hiding the crime."