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i agree with gamavor! instead of thinking how they can use the flow of money from the diaspora (which is the main source of income of armenia) they complain about the houses that the spiourkahays buy! apparently those who complain haven't seen the villas and mansions of the mafia guys of armenia! :D

10.09.2007 17:43 GMT+04:00 Turkey again threatens to exile Armenians if H. Res.106 is passed /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Genocide resolution passage by the U.S. Congress will harm Armenia, since the Turkish government can exile some 60 thousand Armenian citizens during 72 hours, said AKP member Erol Aslan Cebeci. The issues referring to the bill are again raised in the House of Representatives and Senate, he said. “September 24, the Turkish Prime Minister will be in New York to discuss the matter. We are concerned about the change of position by the Anti-Defamation League. However, our proofs are so convincing that change of any organization’s position is of little importance,” Cebeci said, CihanNews reports.

besides the info that u can find about the actual events in wikipedia and armeniapedia u can also check the Mousa Ler Online site!

Issue #35 (255), August 31, 2007 (August 31, 2007) Serious Games: 38 new cities represented in latest “Unity Through Sport” By Suren Musayelyan ArmeniaNow reporter A senior Pan-Armenian Games organizer has called the latest sport festival in Yerevan a great success, but admitted some shortcomings and omissions in organization. Roland Sharoyan, the first vice-chairman of the Pan-Armenian Games World Committee, told the media on Tuesday that the expectations of the organizers have been fully met as the fourth competitions bringing together Armenians from all over the globe saw an increased number of athletes and expanded geography. With spectacular opening and closing ceremonies and at times equally spectacular sporting events in-between, the 4th Pan-Armenian Games in Yerevan on August 18-26 had brought together more than 2,500 amateur, semi-professional and professional athletes representing 94 Armenian communities worldwide. They competed in 10 sports, including football, futsal, badminton, basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, field and track athletics, swimming and chess. An estimated 80 million drams (or some $240,000) were spent on the organization and holding of the Games. “Pan-Armenian Games play a considerable role and have already won a place in Armenian life,” Sharoyan said. The executive, who stood at the sources of the Games back in 2001, added that apart from being a great sporting celebration, pan-Armenian games appear to have become one of the best practical means to bring closer and deepen the relations between Armenia and its Diaspora. “The motto of the Pan-Armenian Games World Committee, which is ‘Unity Through Sport’, has become a reality,” he said. Representatives of 38 cities, including 27 outside Armenia, for the first time took part in the Games this year. Yet, Sharoyan says, one of the organizers’ omissions this year is that the delegation of Moscow, which is home to one of the largest Armenian communities in the world, consisted only of five sportsmen. Sharoyan also admitted some cases of bad refereeing during the Games, but disagreed with criticism that refereeing was generally poor. “In fact, the 4th Pan-Armenian Games have proved to be the best by the level of referees in the history of holding the games,” he said, adding that complaints of bad refereeing are not uncommon even for the world’s biggest sporting events, including soccer world cups. Despite several incidents of unsportsmanlike behavior that marred the otherwise amicable atmosphere of the Games, Sharoyan said this year’s competitions showed an improvement in terms of discipline, as brawls and fights between sportsmen happened more often in the past. In particular, during the 4th Pan-Armenian Games the men’s basketball team from Yerevan and the soccer team from Stepanakert were disqualified from the competitions for provoking fistfights during their matches. They face a ban for participation in the next Games due in 2011. Meanwhile, the Games have shown that Armenia-grown athletes outdo their compatriots from abroad in most sports. Teams representing Armenian cities and towns took the top three places by the number of medals won on aggregate in 10 events. The team of Yerevan won the overall champion’s title by far – 36 gold, 22 silver and 19 bronze medals. Vanadzor (4-8-4) and Gyumri (3-0-3) finished second and third, respectively. The Pan-Armenian Games World Committee hopes the number of sporting events, participants and Armenian communities represented in the Games will further increase in four years’ time. Meanwhile, it has been decided to try to organize Pan-Armenian Games also in winter sports. If resources are found, the first such games may be held in 2009.

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i agree that a fight like that could have happened between any ppl but the whole point of the pan armenian games is to bring armenians closer to each other (some might argue that fighting also brings ppl closer )!

there r not some but many business intentions behind the fires, and there is also the unwillingness of the political system to do anything against the business interests! i guess someone has to pay for their political campaigns!

hyetgha i'm a fun of Fisk and his reporting and i have to say that when Fisk reports something it means that he has checked and double checked his sources! coming to the Karabakh war i have to say that Fisk is not biased like us! in some cases we committed atrocities against azeri villagers during the war (and i don't think that we waited for Fisk to tell us something that we already know)! i'm not saying that what we did can be compared to what the azeris did to us, but i firmly believe that by knowing what mistakes we committed in the past (and avoiding to repeat them) makes us better as a nation in the future! we r a nation that has suffered a lot during our 3 and more thousand year old history! we must show understanding and compassion when it comes to civilians no matter who their leaders r! if we do not do that then we will be no different than the israelis, who have also suffered a lot in their long history, but if u look at the conditions that they have imposed to the palestinains in the west bank and in gaza u will realize that those conditions r no different than the ones that the nazis imposed to the jews in their ghettos during the second wold war! i'm not comparing the israeli-palestinin issue to the karabakh war, i just trying to say that harming civilians is something that is unacceptable in every conflict!

After that match another fight broke out between the teams of Cairo and Yerevan! if u want more of those 2 fights there is an entry in Oneworld Multimedia blog! I will not comment on the fights coz we are armenians and things like that tend to happen when armenians from different countries come together (much to the disappointment of William Saroyan)! However i want to comment on the lack of any kind of info about the games! Aren't they supposed to have a site that will have coverage of all the games and activities?

AZG Armenian Daily #155, 29/08/2007 Science ARMENIAN ASTRONOMERS DREAMING OF ASTRONOMY TO BE ESTEEMED HIGHER IN HOMELAND "Azg" has provided enough information about the JENAM international science conference in Yerevan. On august 27 members of the conference’s organization board Hayk Haroutiunian, head of the Biurakan Observatory and Areg Mikaelian, an eminent scientist, held a press conference. Avoiding repetition of what was said in earlier publications about the science conference, we would only add that both Hayk Haroutiunian and Areg Mikaelian emphasized the importance of the conference for the prestige of the Armenian science, development of astronomy in Armenia and perspectives of cooperation with foreign states as Italy and Great Britain. As Mr. Haroutiunian and Mikaelian told, on the opening ceremony of the conference the Trade and Economy Development Minister of Armenia Nerses Yeritsian was speaking of commercialization of science. Hayk Haroutiunian noted that it is a rather complicated and long process, although science can also have additional products, which may serve for getting financing. One of such spheres for Armenia is research of cosmic anthropogenic litter and establishing a regional education center in Biurakan observatory. Another problem was also spoken about. Armenia is a member of the European Astronomy Union, and two of its neighbors were driven out of the organization because of low level of astronomy development and ignoring member fee payments. Due to the traditions of Armenian astronomy and paying the member fees in early 90’s, Armenia is still preserving its place. Now Armenia lacks that 2,5 necessary for the next payment. The Union wondered how can it be when Armenia registers two-digit economy growth over the recent years. "One can suggest the following: either we lie that we cannot pay, or if we do not lie, the Government lies," noticed the astronomers. The Biurakan Observatory director said that unless the Government takes care of astronomy, Armenia will soon lose its specialists. "Young astronomers go abroad and get huge wages," he said. Armenian astronomy and Armenian scientists are demanded at major observatories around the world, and the Government must take all necessary measures to preserve this situation. © Copyright AZG

SECOND ARMENIAN MICROELECTRONICS OLYMPIAD DATE SET YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: The Second Armenian Microelectronics Olympiad will take place on September 14-26, 2007 in Yerevan, press service from the Synopsis Armenia company told Armenpress that the Olympiad reflects the growing development of microelectronic design in Armenia. The competition spotlights Armenia’s brightest and most talented young engineers under the age of 30. The official said that the goal of the Olympiad is to stimulate interest in microelectronic design, add the element of competition to the educational process, and determine these young engineers’ depth of knowledge in order to adjust future educational programs if necessary. The Olympiad topics include: Digital IC Design and Testing, Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design and Testing, Semiconductor Devices and Technology, and Mathematical and Algorithmic Issues of EDA Automated Design. The Olympiad will be conducted in two stages. The first is a test, involving a number of basic tasks. The top contestants will then be admitted to the second stage, involving a challenging contest and complex tasks requiring advanced solutions. Synopsis will host an evening reception on the day of the competition to announce the winners. The three categories of prizes are: I category - Notebook (1 prize), II category – 300,000 AMD (2 prizes), III category – 150,000 AMD (3 prizes), additional nominations will be announced.

u know what u should do stormig? u should make ur own cold nescafe frappe, sit on ur desk, take a sip and all ur problems will go away! :D

it seems that there is a lot of partying going around! :party:

Thanks Avo47! The torrent includes a keygen so there will be no problem! :D

anyone knows any good freeware vob to avi/mpeg converters?

Another good article about the outcome of the elections by Robert Fisk!

The above article is from Robert Fisk's column in The Independent Online Edition!