Armenian News

ARMENIA'S UNDER 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL SQUAD BEAT PEERS FROM TURKEY 2-1
ARMENPRESS
Aug 21, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS: Armenia's under 21 national football
squad upset peers from Turkey on Wednesday in Yerevan 2-1. The two
last goals from Karlen Mkrtchian and Henrik Mkhitaryan denied Turkey
a move to the top of qualifying Group 2.

Turkey needed three points to leapfrog the Czech Republic and take
pole position in the race for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship
play-offs.

The Turks did their best to exploit their best players. The first
goal was scored by Turkey at 66 minute. However, to the delight of
a 12,000-strong crowd at the Hrazdan Stadium in Yerevan, Mkrtchian
finished from a Goharyan free-kick one minute from time, with
Mkhitaryan atoning for his earlier miss in added time by scoring the
second goal.

Armenia has now 10 points, the Czech have 14 and Turkey 13 points.

Foreign minister Edward Nalbandian and president of the Armenian
Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetian met with players after the
match to congratulate them on the brilliant victory.

Speaking at a news conference after the game Turkish head coach Mutif
Erkasap said they were given 'excellent' welcome in Armenia. He said
his players expected the game to be too tough and tense, but their
fears did not prove.

PARLIAMENT OF ARMENIA APPROVES ADDITIONAL FLUSH FROM LAKE SEVAN
arminfo
2008-08-21 15:23:00

ArmInfo. Thursday after long debates the Parliament of Armenia approved
additional flush from Lake Sevan.

Chairman of the State Committee of Water Management, Ministry of
Territorial Administration, Andranik Adreasyan submitted the amendments
to the Program of Restoration, Preservation and Reproduction of Lake
Sevan Ecosystem for consideration of the Armenian Parliament said the
bill was carefully discussed and a consensus was achieved. Thus, the
water release quota was increased to 240 million cubic meters from
170 million cubic. However, due to severe droughts, the government
had to request more flush for agricultural needs. Thus, another 120
million cubic meters (to 360) are required to provide about 200,000
farms with water.

The 90 million cubic meters Aparan water reservoir is full by one-third
and even half of the 70 mln cubic meter Azatek reservoir is not
full. The necessary 100 million cubic meters will be released from
Sevan. Hrazdan River supplies 110 as against 160 million cubic meters
of water. The law will be effective till 1 December 2008. Afterwards
the flush will be reduced to the former 170 million cubic meters.
 

PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN CONGRATULATES 
 
HIS HOLINESS, CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II, ON HIS BIRTHDAY
ARMENPRESS
Aug 21, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS; Prime minister Tigran Sargsyan sent a
message of congratulations today to His Holiness, Catholicos Karekin
II, head of the Armenian Apostolic church, on the occasion of His
Holiness birthday.

The government department for public relations and information told
Armenpress that the message reads as follows.

"Your Holiness, on behalf of the government and myself I congratulate
your on the occasion of your 57-th birthday anniversary. I wish
you good health, long life, inexhaustible power and energy for
implementation of your patriarchal mission, new deeds, which are
pleasant for God for the sake of further strengthening of relations
between our state and our Church and to the glory of our people's
Christian reawakening."-
 
SERZH SARGSYAN TO ADDRESS 63-rd SESSION OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ARMENPRESS
Aug 21, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS: Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan
will travel to new York, USA, late in September to take part in the
63-rd session of the UN General Assembly.

The presidential press office told Armenpress that in New York
president Sargsyan is expected to address the General Assembly's
session.

HACKERS CRASH ARMENIAN GOV'T WEBSITES
AzerNews Weekly
Aug 20 2008
Azerbaijan

A group of Azeri hackers has crashed the websites of the Armenian
Prosecutor-General`s Office, as well as all 18 cabinet ministries,
the Russian online publication, Gazeta.ru, reported.

The cyber-attack took place on August 12. A special coding installed
by the hackers redirects those entering the website to another web page
containing threatening statements against Armenia and Russia. Moreover,
the page has a story supporting Azeri judo wrestler Elnur Mammadli,
who has won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, and a pledge to
free Azeri territories from Armenian occupation.

Nonetheless, all the information and links from the Armenian
Prosecutor-General`s Office website were left intact.

The hackers warned they would continue waging the "cyber-war" until
Azerbaijan`s land is liberated.

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