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NEW CONFLICT IN GEORGIA? TBILISI, May 13, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian Interior Minister Georgi Baramidze visited the Tsalka Region in west of Georgia on Thursday as the conflict between the Armenian and Georgian population had escalated, the press service of the Georgian Interior Ministry reported. Mr Baramidze met representatives of the local bodies, heads of the regional police department and commanders of units of the Georgian internal troops on May 11 in the Tsalka Region where the internal troops are deployed to ensure the law and order. Before flying to the Tsalka Region Mr Baramidze said it was necessary to take all measures to avoid any provocations in the region. "Some enemy forces want to involve Georgia in a new conflict", Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said in his traditional straight manner. At the same time he stressed that the incident that took place in the Tsalka city was not an ethnic one. It had an everyday-life background. (On the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union there were ethnic clashes registered in the Fergana Region of Uzbekistan. Uzbek national Rafik Nishanov, once chairman of the Nationality Council of the USSR Supreme Soviet said strait away that they had everyday-life reasons. <People could not share a bowl of strawberries>). "It was not an ethnic conflict. It was just a fight. But we will not allow any breaches of the peace and we will remain unprovoked", Mr Saakashvili emphasized. The fight took place after a last-Sunday football match between young Georgian and Armenian inhabitants of the nearby villages. Ten people were injured. At requests of the locals a unit of the Georgina Interior troops consisting of 150 servicemen and a special task force unit of 30 men was deployed in the region. Military stations are located in both Armenian and Georgian villages. "Interior troops will stay in the region till people say they can live together well in the region", Georgian President's plenipotentiary in the Tsalka Region Josef Mazmishvili said. The region is known for occasional conflicts between Armenians and Georgians. The cause is their everyday life.

Kan erkirner voronc hasarakutyan mej hakaHaykakan maser kan chnayac shat chnchin kanakov, orinak Rusastan. Isk Vrastanum ham petutyunna hakaHaykakan ham el hasarakutyan metsamasnutyun@.

Georgian squashed Armenian flag 13.05.2004 13:29 YEREVAN (YERKIR) - The Georgian TV station Imedi broadcast a program on May 11 at 11 p.m. about the clash between the Armenians and Ajarians in the Tsalka district. A Georgian participant of the clash, following a live interview, squashed the Armenian flag in dirt. http://www.yerkir.am/eng/index.php?sub=news_arm&id=6246 Georgians living in the Tsalka region meanwhile rallied in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi on Tuesday, demanding to meet with President Saakashvili to discuss disarmament of the Armenian population in Tsalka. The rally participants said that almost all the Armenian families keep firearms.

Turcija dayet takie prava tolko tex stran kotorije dayut toje samije prava Turkam. Nemci mogut pokupat zemlju v Turciji, a Turki u nix.

Novi flag dlja tovo chto inostranci dumali Gruzini=Evropejci. Simvolika vajno.

http://etorussia.com/modules.php?name=News...e=article&sid=9

ks chi lol kh Zzveli gites inch a? How about tha&, kam andoor?

Noxkali lezuja.

Et turk chi ayl kurda. Miajn vajreni krdernen senc baner anum. http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=4903 "No one knows the death toll from honor killings in Turkey, but experts estimate about 30 to 70 women are murdered annually, mostly in the Kurdish southeast. Scores of other women take their own lives under pressure or fear of attack. "

My favorites: Cilician Coat of Arms:

PROTIV!!!

lol Isnk inch kases tarekan 500 kananc masin voronk Hayqic paxnum turkija irenc marminner@ tsaxelu hamar vor irenc yerexanerin kerakren? Incvor mafiosi-i maybach@ vochmi kap chuni ayn pasti het vor 50% mardkants Hayastanum akhkat satkum en (as in below the poverty line). http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/am.html Population below poverty line: 50% (2002 est.)

Armenija dlja Armjan, Rossija dlja Russkix. Zachem stolko Armjan iz SNG v Rossije? Razve ekonomiji v Armenije i v Rossije ne odinakovije?

Kar znachet kamen, teper podumaj ~~~ THE ORIGIN OF KHATCHKARS AND THEIR PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE Beginning from the second half of the 9th century, as a result of the weakening of the Arab Caliphate, political power was restored in Armenia and new kingdoms were formed: the Bagratooni in Ani, the Ardzrooni in Vaspourakan and those of Kars and Sunik. All this contributed greatly to the progress of national culture. From the 9-10th centuries, the Armenian cities of Ani, Lori, Kars and Van began to flourish, monasteries and cloisters were founded (Tatev, Sevan, Gntevank, Sanahin, Haghbat, Horomus), which at the same time became important centers of spiritual culture. There was a renaissance in architecture, the paintings of frescos and sculpture (Tatev, Aghtamar, Gntevank, etc.), which had not only catechismal but also secular significance. It is in this period that khatchkars appear. The oldest khatchkars that we are aware of date from 9-10th centuries. Noteworthy is an obelisk, situated near Nerkin Talin, which is an enormous triangular boulder with a cross engraved on it. Below the cross is a rectangular hollow where, probably, relics were kept. The possibility is not excluded that the monument is an earlier period than the 9th century. Ashot Bagratooni's wife, Queen Katranide, erected a khatchkar in 879 at Garni "in mediation" for her person, which is the earliest dated khatchkar we know. We come across a similar khatchkar dated 964, at Tekor. These are quaddrilateral columns without a plinth, implanted firmly in the ground and do not have the typical appearance of khatchkars. The khatchkars which form the basis for a new type of memorial-monument are of particular interest as objects of artistic value. The khatchkar (881) erected in memory of Grigor Amirnerseh, prince of the Sunik and Aghvan, which is in the cemetery of Medz Mazra village in the region of Vardenis, an undated one near Nerkin Talin, and those inside the St. Hripsime and St. Gayane memorial chapels, which are near the village of Martiros in Vayots valley, are amongst this group. Their generalised forms, the linkings of the new vignettes (bunches of grapes, palm leaves) having simplicity of form and uninhabited arrangement on the smooth stone surface and being carved with delicate sensitivity for harmonic symmetry, establish a new aspect to an imposing monument. There are also specimens engraved with crosses which differ in form from those mentioned above, such as the large, round flagstone which is situated in the Sandookhtvirgin chapel in the Talin region, on which a cross is engraved with equal arms. In this way, the earliest khatchkars, with their characteristics as yet incompletely formed, bear witness to the creative search concerning the composition of form. If the purpose of the engraving on the facades of the 4-7th centuries obelisks and temples was to propagate and confirm the Christian religion, then the main purpose of the late 9th century monuments was to secure the salvation of the soul. On the facades of the churches built for this purpose, the reliefs of the benefactors (ktitors) are engraved holding the Maquet of the temple (Gagik Ardzrooni, at Aghtamar's Holy Cross Church, Gioorige and Smbat at Sanahin's Holy Amenakrich and Haghbad's St. Nshan churches, Gagik Bagratooni at St. Gregory Church of Ani). Donations are given monasteries, and shrines and khatchkars are erected for the salvation of the soul. With this same idea as a basis the khatchkars represent the symbolic image of the Crucifixion and the Redemption. The survival and national independence of the Armenian people have frequently been conditioned by the triumph of faith and the church. Being firmly bound to historical destiny of the people, the Armenian church in its struggle against conquerors from the very beginning brought a new understanding that played a leading role in bringing together the Armenian people and awakening their national consciousness in the struggle for independence. In Armenia, the struggle for liberation from Arab domination and reestablishment of national independence during the 8-9th centuries, and partly at the beginning of the 10th century, was closely linked to the idea of the crucifixion and the redumption of the Son of God, who was martyred for the salvation mankind. However, khatchkars appear also with other significances. They were being erected on different accasions to commemorate military victories, immortallize historically important events, and to commemorate the completion of churches, fountains, bridges and other constructions. For example, the Zakarian brothers, in the inscription on the khatchkar erected at Amberd (1202 A.D.) mention their victories against the Seljuk, and Vaneni builds the bridge of Sanahin and erects a khatchkar (probably after 1192 A.D.) to immortalize of her prematurely dead husband, King Abas. Khatchkars were also erected on the occasions of restoration of churches and donations to monasteries. Also numerious are the khatchkars which are set into church walls and which, on the whole, have a donatory significance. But the khatchkars served also as grave stones, and numerous such specimens exist. Representing a component of the tombic structure, the khatchkars often complete their architectural form. For example, the pair of khatchkars standing on the western facade of the two-story mausoleum-church of the Tsaghatskar monastery (1041 A.D.), and the three-altared tomb of the Ukani line of princes in the Haghbat monastery (1211-1220 A.D.). Khatchkars are also valuable for their lithographs which frequently include important historical information, help to date the monument, reveal the names of the commissioner and the master stone-mason and the occasion for the erecting the khatchkar. In this sense, khatchkars represent important documents of the history of the Armenian people. The uses of khatchkars were verious and diverse. Khatchkars were constructed on regular flagstones and, in some cases, directly on rocks. Similar obelisks can be encountered inside churches and porches (Haghbat, Geghardavank, Hovhannavank) or butting into their walls, even placed on roofs, erected near entrances (Geghardavank, Haghardzin monastery, Goshavank), and situated in natural surroundings (monastric complexes, or in cemeteries). Similar khatchkars were erected on plinth, on the ground, or directly on boulders (Mastara, Geghardavank, Karaglookh), single or in groups (Arindj, Bdjni, Hovhannavank, Yeghvard).

lol What a joke.

http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegio...articleid=31775 Alice Der Parseghian of Waltham, a survivor of the Armenian genocide, talks about how life was when she first came to America. Armenian-Americans celebrate, live on By Mark Benson / Tribune Correspondent Friday, April 23, 2004 WALTHAM -- In her 70s, Alice Der Parseghian created the first of hundreds of high-quality, hand-crafted dolls dressed in clothing native to the Armenian villages she fled in 1913 to escape a Turkish campaign to exterminate her race. This year, Rebecca Boujicanian, 93, penned more than 50 pages of a memoir celebrating her 43 years with her husband, a musician who likewise emigrated from his native Armenia to avoid annihilation by Turkish authorities. Today, state representatives Peter Koutoujian, D-Waltham, and Rachel Kaprelian, D-Watertown, are honoring Der Parseghian, Boujicanian, and Waltham residents Zabel Assadoorian and Paul Jelanian at a State House ceremony for survivors of the Armenian genocide. Each year, April 24 is a solemn day of mourning in the world community. On that day in 1915, the Turkish government systematically killed 300 leading Armenians, then slaughtered another 5,000 in the streets and homes in Constantinople, the prelude to the murder of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1921. This year, Koutoujian successfully sponsored legislation to designate April 2004 as Armenian-American Heritage month, and, the ceremony for Der Parseghian, Boujicanian and all Armenians will add to our understanding of the history of this race. "Making April in Massachusetts Armenian-American Heritage month was very important, because this April, we are not just mourning losses from the genocide, we are celebrating the contributions of Armenians," said Koutoujian, actively involved in archival, historical and legal efforts connected with the Armenian genocide at the Armenian Assembly and National Committee. "My grandparents, Abraham and Zarouhi, fled Armenia but they were split up -- my grandfather went to the United States, my grandmother to an orphanage in Syria. The American Red Cross helped my grandfather find my grandmother -- he sent for her, and they created a life in America," said Kotoujian, whose grandfather and Uncle Jack co-owned a Moody Street store, near where the Jack Koutoujian Memorial Playground is today. "I have fond memories of that store, and my grandfather giving us candies and raisins when I was about five years old," Koutoujian added. A swatch of stitchery is prominently displayed in Koutoujian's Boston office -- it is a pattern unique to the Armenian village of Marash, home to Koutoujian's grandparents. Those are the types of authentic Armenian stitches Der Parseghian replicated in the hems of the dresses and other garments she created for her homemade dolls. "There I was in my mid-70s, living in Florida, lonely, and I got an idea -- why don't I leave a legacy to my family. I loved making paper dolls when I was young, so, I decided to make a doll for every region in Armenia," Der Parseghian said yesterday from her apartment at Waltham Crossings. "The bride doll here -- I made that based on my Armenian granddaughter's wedding dress," said Der Parseghian. "Then I made all the dolls for an authentic wedding. "After that, my husband asked me to make a Vartan doll, part of blessing the sword and dagger before going to war to fight for our people," Der Parseghian said. "The hair for Vartan, we couldn't get that right, so I asked my daughter to send me a lock of her black hair -- we used that for Vartan's hair." Der Parseghian's granddaughter lives in Washington, where most of Der Parseghian's dolls are in a home display. In 1983, Der Parseghian held an exhibit of her dolls in Washington, and, in the mid-1990s, conservators at the Smithsonian Institute asked if they could have her dolls for keeps. Watching Der Parseghian look at her favorite Cinderella doll in her Waltham apartment, it is clear that the dolls bring her great joy right where they are. "In the 1930s, I staged Cinderella, the play, in Armenian, and added an Armenian prayer to the scene where Cinderella prays to her fairy godmother for a prince to take her to the ball," Der Parseghian said. "That is my favorite scene -- the fairy godmother's wand brings a prince and Cinderella's clothes transform to a silver gown." Favorite memories fill the 50-plus pages of Boujicanian's memoir. "Many people in my husband's family were musical," said Boujicanian, who also received a letter from Koutoujian and Kaprelian about today's ceremony. "My husband was 16 when he left -- he was self-taught, well-read, a violinist. Our children had those same talents in music. "I went to a girl's high school in Boston -- I was at the top of my class of 500 students," Boujicanian added. "I decided recently, why not write, why not write about my Armenian husband and our life together? Many happy memories came back, thank goodness." And Boujicanian has created many more -- with help from Koutoujian and Kaprelian, there are more positive examples of Armenian culture to commemorate. For those interested in reading more about Armenians, Koutoujian recommends "The Road to Home," the 2003 autobiography of Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Foundation, who describes his childhood in a poor Armenian Christian enclave in Iraq. For details about the Armenian genocide, Koutoujian cites two books by Peter Balakian -- "The Black Dog of Fate" and "The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response." Another local resource is in Kaprelian's hometown of Watertown -- The Armenian Library and Museum of America, 65 Main St., Watertown.

WWII hero returns medals to Britain in protest 23.04.2004 18:18 YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Haroutiun Shilkarian, a former British Air Force serviceman, held a news conference on Friday to announce he was returning the two medals he was awarded by the British Government in October of 2003 for his participation in the World War II. The Armenia Revolutionary Federation (ARF) member said he was returning the awards in protest of the UK Ambassador Thorda Abbott-Watt's remark that the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were not a genocide. Shilkarian also expressed his disappointment with the inadequate reaction the Armenians showed after the British diplomat's impertinent statement. "I thought people would march in peaceful protest against the embassy," he complained, adding the Armenians would have done so had the incident happened anywhere else in the world. http://www.yerkir.am/eng/index.php?sub=news_arm&id=5778 WWII VETERAN GIVES BACK MEDAL AWARDED BY UK GOVERNMENT YEREVAN, APRIL 23. ARMINFO. WW II veteran Haroutyun Shikhlanyan has given back the medal granted to him by UK government for serving in the British air forces during the war. The reason is the statement of UK ambassador to Armenia Thorda Abbot-Watt that the Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 were a crime but not a genocide. Shikhlanyan regrets that this statement received no appropriate reaction. This is the second case of genocide denial after the one by Israeli ambassador to Armenia. Shikhlanyan says that the Armenian government must adopt a law banning such statements impairing the dignity of the Armenian people. "This is not the ambassador's personal opposition but the stance of the British government. I advice them to search in the archives for the notes of the British ambassadors of the early XX." Shikhlanyan was born in Jerusalem in 1923. In 1943 he was drafted to the Royal British Air Troops. He perused air photos to find possibilities for attacking the enemy. Shikhlanyan took the photos of the leaders of the ally-countries during the Cairo discussion of D Day. He also accompanied alliance bombardiers during their sorties in Germany. In 1963-2002 Shikhlanyan lived in the US. He came to Armenia in 2002 and decided to stay.-

Genocide victims' memorial removed in Georgia 23.04.2004 15:51 YEREVAN (YERKIR) - The local police removed late on April 22 the khachkar (cross-stone) placed in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims in the south Georgian town of Akhaltsikha, the A-ANGO agency reported. The monument was due to be unveiled on April 24. Prior to removal, the police arrested Liudvig Petrosian, the initiator of the ceremony, and kept him in custody for four hours. According to Petrosian, the khachkar removal was ordered by Nikoloz Nikolozashvili, the Georgian president's representative in the Samtskhe-Javakhk region, who had cited that it was placed without permission from authorities. Petrosian, however, said a permission from the city of Akhaltsikha was in place. The residents of the city are planning to hold a protest demonstration on April 23. http://www.yerkir.am/eng/index.php?sub=news_arm&id=5769

Most semites are Arabs, hence the so called term "anti-semite" is a misnomer especially considering that the followers of Pharisees known today as jews mostly have no Semitic background like Arabs, Assyrians, Chaldeans etc. http://khazaria.com You should say anti-jewish not anti-semite

Znachet eti ljudi o kotorix ti govorish ne Armjani! Hahaha, kem ? Hebrew University i Levon Yepiskoposyan (joooo) That bogus fabricated "study" said that Armenians, Kurds, Jews, Turks, Azeris all share the same Y-Chromosomes but not mtDNA.

"He [Talat Pasha] said they would keep one Armenian in a museum so future generations would know what an Armenian looked like" Rev. Daron Stepanian, pastor of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church in Dearborn

I would rather die then be called that. If someone called me that I would take it as the worst insult anyone can get on this planet. YAXK!

Es et emasum. Vor bazmativ Haykakan &ugher kan nuyn haraberutyunnerov inchvor asenk te Germanic Holandacin Germanic Shvedi het kam el Slavic Leh@ Slavic Ukrainacu het.