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Artsakh Aid Affirmed by House and Senate Appropriations Committees AUGUST 3, 2013 MirTHErARoMENr IAN -Spe ctator Volume LXXXIV, NO. 3, Issue 4297 $ 2.00 NEWS IN BRIEF The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 Syrian-Armenians Artsakh Aid Affirmed by House and Kidnapped on Syria- Turkey Border Senate Appropriations Committees ALEPPO (Armenpress) — Kidnappings of Syrian- Armenians continue on the Turkish border, accord - ing to Kantsasar Weekly ’s Zarmik Poghikyan. Section 907 of the Freedom tent with prior years, and for ongoing “On July 28 in the morning a small bus left from Support Act Maintained needs related to the conflict.” The House Aleppo to Turkey, [comprising] three Armenian Appropriations Bill also restated the six families — seven women and two teenagers. On the WASHINGTON — This week, the Senate customary exemptions for humanitarian Turkish border the bus was forced to stop. The mil - Appropriations Committee approved its and other assistance to Section 907 of the itants kidnapped the 14-year-old and 12-year-old Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 State, Foreign Freedom Support Act. Section 907 was and released the women, who are in Turkey now. Operations Appropriations Bill, which enacted in 1992 and requires the We have no information about the young people at included specific report language regarding Government of Azerbaijan to take “demon - this time,” said Poghikyan. Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh), reported the strable steps to cease all blockades and During the last week, the Syrian-Armenians suf - Armenian Assembly of America. other offensive uses of force” against fered considerable losses: an Armenian woman was The Senate report language recommend - Armenia and Artsakh. killed in a bus attack and 17 people were wounded. ed “assistance for victims of the Nagorno- Overall, the Senate Bill represents a 5 US Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and US Rep. Adam A child was wounded by a stray bullet and on July Karabagh conflict in amounts consistent percent cut whereas the House Bill Schiff (D-CA) 26, four Armenian men were kidnapped by the mil - with prior years, and for ongoing needs see ASSISTANCE, page 16 itants. related to the conflict.” In addition, the According to UN data, more than 100,000 people Committee urged “a peaceful resolution to have died in the two-year-old conflict. Currently, 4.5 the conflict.” million refugees live in Syria and 1.5 million live in “Continued assistance for the people of Free Economic Zone Announced in Yerevan neighboring countries. Several Armenians have Nagorno-Karabagh remains an important been killed as a result of the fighting. Many Syrian- priority,” Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who serves YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — Due to result of the establishment of these zones. Armenians continue to flee the country. on the Senate Appropriations recent government decision, a free econom - One of the conditions for the formation Additionally, three Syrian-Armenians were wound - Committee, told the Assembly. ic zone started operating on the premises of a free economic zone is that its produc - ed in recent explosions. In her letter to Senate Appropriations of RAO Mars and the Research Institute of tion be export-oriented. Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski Mathematical Machines (Mergelyan Permission for activities in the free eco - Putin to Visit Armenia (D-MD), Assembly Board Member Annie Institute) on August 1. The Sitronics Closed nomic zone has been issued for a 10-year Totah emphasized the importance of US Joint-Stock Company has been recognized period. The free economic zone will be In Fall, Sources Say aid to Armenia and Artsakh given the ongo - as the organizer of this free economic zone. organized in a territory of more than ing Turkish and Azeri blockades. During its meeting on Thursday the gov - 100,000 square meters, including 77,000 MOSCOW (Arminfo) — According to the prelimi - The Senate action follows the House, ernment of Armenia conditioned the estab - square meters of space at the Mars factory nary data, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit which approved its version yesterday. For lishment of free economic zones due to the and 27,000 square meters at the Mergelyan to Armenia is scheduled for the end of September its part, the House-approved language need to attract direct foreign investment, Institute. or beginning of October, a diplomatic source from states, “within the funds provided under with a view to later achieving export growth, The zone will work in two directions — Russia said. this heading, the Secretary of State should creating new jobs and stimulating sustain - high-tech and new-tech production. Putin is going to visit Azerbaijan August 12-15. provide assistance for victims of the able economic development through the Economy Minister Vahram Avanesyan says As Zhogovurd newspaper reported, President Nagorno-Karabagh conflict at levels consis - introduction of advanced technologies as a that preliminary agreements on coopera - Serge Sargisian of Armenia will pay a working visit tion have been reached with several foreign to Moscow August 15-17. IT companies (from the US, Iran, India and the UK). Armenian Leader to Aiming for Washington, Rooted The organizer of the free economic zone, Sitronics Armenia Closed Joint-Stock Attend Iran President’s In Waltham: Peter Koutoujian see ECONOMY, page 2 Inauguration Seeks US Congress Seat YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The Iranian Powerhouse Attorneys President-elect Hassan Rouhani will be inaugurated on August 4. WALTHAM, Mass. — Sheriff Peter Koutoujian wants to expand his horizon Involved in AXA Rouhani, a centrist cleric, won an outright major - beyond Middlesex County to Washington. He is seeking the Fifth District House ity, receiving more than 50 percent of the vote this of Representatives seat vacated by now Genocide Claim Settle past June. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), in a spe - The presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan, By Alin K. Gregorian cial election slated for December 10. Their Differences Armenia, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Mirror-Spectator Staff Markey replaced the longtime sena - Turkmenistan, Guinea-Bissau, Togo and Tajikistan tor from the state, John Kerry (D- LOS ANGELES — The Law Offices of as well as three prime ministers, including the Mass.), whom President Barack Obama Vartkes Yeghiayan, the firm of Kabateck prime ministers of Syria and Swaziland, will take named as secretary of state in his second term. Brown Kellner and the firm of Geragos and part in the ceremony. “I’m a kid from Waltham and I always will be. My family will stay here and my Geragos jointly announce that they have The parliament speakers of Russia, Algeria, children will continue to be at the Armenian Sisters’ Academy [in Lexington]. I amicably resolved their differences which Azerbaijan, Oman and Congo will also be present. am not an ideologue. For me, political positions are ways to help people but arose from the settlement of Armenian they are not the only ways. I care about politics but I have come to care more Genocide Claims in deeply about the people I help,” he added. the AXA litigation see KOUTOUJIAN, page 8 pending in federal court. Specifically, the lawsuit filed by INSI DE Geragos and Geragos and Kabateck Brown Kellner (Case No. Tasty 2:11 CV 03043 Mark Geragos CAS AGR), against Yeghiayan, Rita Adana Mahdessian and a number of charities is being dismissed with prejudice forthwith. Page 10 Further, the parties have agreed on a process for the review of all costs and char - itable awards that the parties have made incident to the AXA settlement. The parties INDEX have also agreed to request that the Arts and Living . 10 Federal District Court keep and maintain Armenia . 2 jurisdiction over the finalization of both Community News. 5 the claims process as well as the fulfillment Editorial . 14 of the terms of this settlement agreement International . 3 among the law firms. see SETTLEMENT, page 16 2 S ATURDAY , A UGUST 3, 2013 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia ATP Student Program Advocates Environmental Education and Civic Engagement Excavations Shed Light MARGAHOVIT, Armenia — The quali - ren and university students visited the tinue this fall. “It is of major importance ty of irrigation water in Aghtsk, the Michael and Virginia Ohanian for ATP to conduct environmental train - On Erebuni Temple condition of the public park in Environmental Educational Center in ings in these regions as there has been Margahovit and the cleanup of the Karin Village last year. widespread deforestation caused by log - YEREVAN (Armenpress) — An Armenian-French grounds of Isahakyan Park in Gumri The Michael and Virginia Ohanian ging and other environmental chal - excavation team is focusing on the entrance pillars were some of the topics presented by of the temple of the god Khald in Erebuni, as it has students at a workshop hosted by the not been studied extensively yet. Armenia Tree Project (ATP). The head of the team, Stefan Deschamp, said at High school students from Aghtsk, a press conference on July 30 that in the 1950s and Margahovit and Gumri participated in a 1960s, when the site was partially excavated, it was poster presentation on June 10 at ATP’s not studied closely. “The main question was to find Michael and Virginia Center for out what connection the temple of Khald had with Environmental Studies. The event was the and great hall with pillars which had been exca- part of a collaborative program vated in past,” he said. between ATP and Armenia’s National In 2012 the group discovered the street around Institute of Education (NIE) on the inte - the temple and this year continued excavations in gration of environmental education in the above-mentioned street, which possibly is the the social sciences curriculum. oldest street in Yerevan. “This street allows making “The goal of the program was to chronological adjustments,” Deschamp said.
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