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ARMENIAN CELEBRATES NATIONAL HOLIDAY - ARMY DAY

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. Today, Armenian celebrates Army Day. On the occasion of the Anniversary of formation of the country's Armed Forces Robert Kocharyan signed decrees on January 25 hereby awarding a number of militaries with orders, medals and conferring military titles on them. The awarding ceremony will take place at the Defense Ministry. The same day, a solemn session will be convened in the building of the state Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after A.Spendiarov. On this occasion, January 28 is announced day off.

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan congratulated the Armenian people and the militaries on the Day of Army.

ILHAM ALIYEV: OUR FOOTBALL IS RIGHT, WE SHALL WIN!

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. The victory of Azerbaijani "Neftchi" over Armenian football champion "Pyunik" at the Commonwealth Championship is no only a sport success, says Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Day.az reports.

"Really, when comparing the sport potential of the two states, one can make sure that there is a great gulf between them," the president said.

"That convincing victory over Armenians is a victory reached not only in sport, it is our victory, on the whole. We shall win," Aliyev said. He noted that development of Azerbaijan, its economic and military potential, the diplomatic success achieved in the international arena were evident. "Including the document recently adopted by the CE, which exposes Armenia, condemns its aggressive policy and call Armenians separatists. We need these victories in all directions, in order that Azerbaijan finally liberates its lands, and the occupants are withdrawn from these territories and the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is restored. I have repeatedly stated that we are ready for it and we must be ready for any way. If the way of negotiations brings no results, the Azerbaijani people has also will, force, mobilization of powers for liberation of its lands," Ilham Aliyev said.

FILM TELLING ABOUT KARABAKH WAR BY ARMENIAN EDITOR SCREENED AT 34TH ROTTERDAN FILM FESTIVAL

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. Four short films by Armenian editors Arsen Azatian and Narine Mkrtchyan participate in the 34th Rotterdam Film Festival (Holland) opened Thursday. Head of the International Festival "Gold Apricot," a member of the Association of Movie Critics and Movie Journalists, a jury of Rotterdam Festival Susanna Haroutiunyan told ARMINFO.

She said that Azatian's film "At the Roadside" ("Champezrin") was presented at the festival. A beautiful, sympathetic story about war and the need to have a home. 1992, Karabakh: a military convoy is evacuating the civilian population that is being shelled. In a deserted area, the soldiers try to persuade an old man who refuses to leave his home to come with them. The stubborn old man - who speaks in the Karabakh dialect - is played by the excellent actor Rafael Jrbashian. Besides, three films by Narine Mkrtchyan will be screened at the festival.

"Donkey" - a friendly, poetic episode from the life of a man, his donkey and their dialogue. A friendly, poetic episode of the everyday life of a man, his donkey and their dialogue.

"Bobo", the 'bogey-man' is dedicated to and is about the brilliant film director Sergei Paradzhanov (1924-1990). The film festival has a special bond with Paradzhanov; Hubert Bals had invited him personally to come and receive a cash prize in 1988 in Rotterdam, which was Paradzhanov's first journey outside the Soviet Union. Paradzhanov's visit was an 'emotional high point' (Peter van Bueren) of Bals' last (seventeenth) festival.The film shows Paradzhanov via a roundabout route. We see him arrive severely ill in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, after a stay in Paris. Later, after his death, his body is prepared for a death mask. We also see pictures of Paradzhanov at home and the shooting of what to be his last film, Confession. He interrupted this production himself when he realised that the means available were completely inadequate.The soundtrack quotes Paradzhanov about a variety of issues. He talks about his discord with the authorities, narrates lyrically about his stay in Rotterdam and above all about his art. There is lots of bitterness as Paradzhanov talks about the constitutional state, soldiers and his imprisonment.A calm camera style helps capture the melancholy of Paradzhanov's last days. Pictures of nature, the city, the airport ensure a visual story filled with contrast. The camera does not provoke, but reflects. - a refrigerator truck loaded with humanitarian aid arrives in Armenia. The drivers are unable to locate the road to Yerevan and keep looking for it. Parallel to this a string of ludicrous stories unfolds. This is the story of Radio Yerevan in a nutshell, according to its makers. They added: 'This looks like a simple rendition of the main plot, but it certainly isn't. The truck is not important, nor is the fact that the drivers only find Yerevan when they leave the town, nor even the chain of extremely ludicrous events, nor the boy's flashbacks to the sixties, nor the 'radio' effects that play with reality, nor even the eroticism. The substance of this film cannot be put into words and the plot can at most be expressed in a poetic image: 'within the depth of your blue eyes my heart is yearning for the golden splash'. The need for this film today was hanging in the air. The film is so short that it does not distinguish between important and irrelevant, black and white, hours and seconds. The film is laughter you wouldn't want to share with others, like secret self-inflicted wounds. We simply tried to open up the innermost, most fragile and cherished layers of our egos and the instinct to survive makes us laugh. And the laughter drives us mad. Our country is at war today and that frightens us. But if we're scared, we fight more bravely, confront death more daringly and end up laughing. What makes us laugh? Is it war, death or bravery? We do not aspire to provide ready answers with the film, we're all in the same boat. We merely cry out about what you hear in the outcry. Take it or leave it: this is our expression of the self. Radio Yerevan was made with the support of the Rotterdam Film Festival.

ARRESTED LEADER OF ARMENIAN ARYANS GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. The recently arrested leader of the Armenian-Aryan Order party Armen Avetissyan has gone on hunger strike.

The reason is that Avetissyan has been placed in the same cell with criminals who used violence against him. Avetissyan's lawyer Melania Arustamyan and an ombudsman representative are now in the cell to inquire into the situation.

Thursday MPs Viktor Dallakyan and Manuk Gasparyan asked Yerevan's Prosecutor Hrach Badalyan to change the measure of restriction against Avetissyan.

To remind, Avetissyan was arrested for kindling ethnic, racial and religious strife.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FIRST EVER MENTIONED IN TURKISH SECONDARY SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. Turkey's National Education Ministry has first ever included the Armenian Genocide subject in the secondary school curricula, reports Milliyet.

From now on the secondary school history text books will present both "Armenian"and "Turkish" versions of the issue for the pupils to choose themselves which one to believe.

Historian Mustafa Safran says that the text books will present the ideas of the Armenian Genocide in true historical light. "The Armenians say that the Turks committed a genocide against them and that 1.5 mln of Armenians were massacred in Eastern Anatolia in 1917-1919. Our children see that we are not refuting those ideas but instead we are giving our own yet unpublished archives and figures."

Meanwhile Hurriyet reports that pressured by Turkey Brandenburg Federal Land has removed the Armenian Genocide subject from its school text books.

HEADLINES OF FEBRUARY 28 JANUARY

US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA WILL MAKE A AT UCLA ON FEBRUARY 17

ILHAM ALIYEV CRITICIZES ACTIVITY OF OSCE MINSK GROUP

VISIT OF OSCE MG TO REGION MUST BE CONSIDERED AS SUCCESS IN FOREIGN POLICY OF ARMENIA: LEADER OF AZERBAIJANI ORGANIZATION FOR LIBERATION OF KARABAKH

NA CHAIRMAN ATHUR BAGHDASARYAN PROMISES CONTINUATION OF WORK ON RETURN OF POPULATION'S DEPOSITS WITH SAVINGSBANK

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIA WILL CONTINUE ITS LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN DIRECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTIONS REFORMS IN 2005: NA CHAIRMAN

FRANCE INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT WITHIN SHORTEST TERM

NEW FRENCH CO-CHAIR OF OSCE MINSK GROUP READY TO EXERT ALL NECESSARY EFFORTS FOR RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT IN NEAREST FUTURE

ARMENIA'S PROBLEMS MUST BE SOLVED BY OURSELVES

ARMENA MUST PROCESS OF ACTIVE INTEGRATION INTO EUROPEAN STRUCTURES: ARTHUR BAGHDASARIAN

RESULTS OF SUPERVISORY CHAMBER'S WORK IN 2004 TO BE MADE PUBLIC SOON

PARLIAMENT IS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE ONLY WITH ACTIVE OPPOSITION: NA SPEAKER

OPEN SOURCE ARMENIA HELPS CENTRAL AMERICA

PARUYR HAIRIKIAN REQUIRES FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY OF ARMENIA STEPS ON CANCELLATION OF MOSCOW AND KARS TREATIES OF 1921

32% OF RESPONDENTS OF YEREVAN ARE PROVIDED WITH 24-HOUR DRINKING WATER

IRAN-RUSSIA RAILROAD REOPERATION TO BOOST CARGO TRANSIT VIA CASPIAN PORTS

YEREVAN'S NEW WATER SYSTEM OPERATOR TO START ITS WORK IN LATE SPRING - EARLY SUMMER

WB MISSION ARRIVES ARMENIA

ARMENIAN-ITALIAN AGREEMENTS ON AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION TO BE SIGNED IN ROME TODAY

CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS BY PACE RAPPORTEUR ON NAGORNY KARABAKH PREVENT CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN THE REGION

ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN ASKS PROCECUTOR GENERAL TO CHANGE MEASURE OF RESTRICTION AGAINST LEADER OF ARMENIAN ARYANS

PACE RESOLUTION ON NAGORNY KARABAKH IS UNFAVORABLE FOR ARMENIAN SIDE: VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA MEETS WITH ROMAN POPE

ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY

ARFD CONDEMNS STATEMENT BY PACE RAPPORTEUR ON KARABAKH

ANY POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTIONS NEAR ARMENIA UNFAVORABLE FOR THE COUNTRY

ARMENIA NOT TO CREATE OBSTACLES TO OSCE MONITORING OF CONTROLLED TERRITORIES

PACE RESOLUTION CONTAINS POINTS UNACCEPTABLE FOR KARABAKH

MOST LIKELY EUROPEAN COURT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BEGIN EXAMINATION OF SUIT OF LAND FUND SHAHUMIAN-GETASHEN

KARABAKH HAS NOTHING TO HIDE FROM OSCE MISSION

ARMENIA DOES ITS BEST TO PROTECT NAGORNY KARABAKH: NKR PRESIDENT

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES FOREIGN INVESTORS TO INVEST THEIR CAPITAL IN THE COUNTRY

NO PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED WITHOUT PEOPLE AND AUTHORITIES OF NAGORNY KARABAKH: ARKADY GHOUKASSIAN

AZERBAIJAN HANDS OVER 4 ARMENIAN POWs