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J;r;us i,.anouj;an kamfambaui an\agoujiunn h% kamal Jourqio\ nouiroua‘ m;‘goumarn;re ’ozi ;rkirn;rounko[mh% kam al Hrto[an ke'or]h 'ast;l :uropazin;rounir lau warqagi‘e ;u warmoun-qe aknkal;low% or Jourqiant;[ me k*apafowh :uro.or f-our din mh=% no\nisk w;r=innsta rann;roun wra\% kam alHrto[ane fauataza‘ h inqnir;n ;u ir ;raxn;roun% jh inqpiti ella\ Souljane ;u arab -n;roun thr da®na\ ou xanonqoc.arn;rou nman a®a=nordh!
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Bolor pa,tønakan ];uak;rpoujiunn;re w;r=azouza‘% manauandkokik krjajo,ak men al apafowa‘ ªFa\ Ousano[az Øgnouj;anMioujiunº kocoua‘ krjasirakan `onthn%* j[ja‘rarow me ke ja -k;m ªOstanºi waric qartou[arin dou®e (anoune ke .na\;m)! Kemtn;m n;rs ;u co'-cor ªA\o*º% me ls;lhs ;tq% ke n;rka\azn;m galousnpatake ;u s;[anin ke dn;m j[ja‘rare!
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An ‘na‘ h 1897-in Kars% Ab -gar So[omon;ani ;u J;lli Mir -xa\;anzi entaniqin mh=! Ta ka -uin faxiu patani^ 1915-in% ‘no[ -qhn ga[tni% ke xinouoragrouikamauorakan =okatin ;u kemas nakzi Ar;umt;an Fa\as t-ani axatagrakan pa\qarin!T;sn;low au;roua‘ Wan qa[aqe^ke grh ir n,anauor ªTandhakanA®asp;leº!
Anfandart ir k;anqe ke m[h a\s angam fratarak;l ªFa\Kiprosº parb;rakane! Nikosio\ mh= S;drak K;p;nl;an ke ,a -rounakh nouirouil fa\ girin ou m,ako\jin! Ir =anq;row ke fra -tarakoui kiprafa\ a\d 'oqrajiu ga[oujin ª|;naranº j;rje!
Fa\rn hr <afhni ;u G;[‘ini! Ir g;rdastane mnaz anptou[!<afhn ke mafanar Lontoni mh=% isk G;[‘ine (da,nakafaroufi)Nikosia!
Zourt Pat;raxmi t.our ør;roun% M;liq;an-Ouxoun;an war-varani ir ;rb;mni a,ak;rtn;rhn kaxmoua‘ da,nakzakan.oumb me \ar]akoum gor‘a‘ h K;p;nl;ani s;'akan tparaninwra\% oroun ibr;u f;t;uanq an korsnzouza‘ h ir a®o[=oujiu -ne! :ka‘ h Ph\rouj bv,kou;lou ;u ;njarkoua‘ hr wirafatouj;angor‘o[ouj;an!
A PUBLICATION OF ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY, WESTERN DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013VOLUME 91, NO. 4
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pledged to seek the restoration of Georgia’s railway communication with Russia, vital for Armenia, and help make Georgian-Ar-!"#$%#&'"(%)$*#+&,$-"%(.&-/'$#0&1$+&2'+)&*3-24$%(&5$+$)&)*&6"'"5%#&*#&71/'+-%89&
He also announced an ambitious initia-tive to end a long-running dispute between the government-backed Armenian and Georgian churches after holding talks with President Serzh Sarkisian and Prime Minis-)"'&7$0'%#&:%';$+$%#9
“I think Armenian-Georgian relations can today be considered normal and even good,” Ivanishvili told RFE/RL’s Armeni-%#&+"'5$4"&<=>%)/)8/#9%!?&$#&%#&"@4(/+$5"&
$#)"'5$"F9& ,D"& +G*;"& %H*/)& )1"$'& 3/)/'"&F$)1&8*/'&G'"+$-"#)&%#-&G'$!"&!$#$+)"'9& C&think we agreed that our centuries-old re-(%)$*#+&!/+)&H"4*!"&$-"%(&%#-&"@"!G(%'89
On January 18, eve of the anniversary of the murder of journalist Hrant Dink in C+)%#H/(& *44/''"-& $#& IJJKL&M'9& N$($%#&D$(-liams, leader of the organization {Solidarity with the Victims of All Genocides}, to Car--$O&<D%("+?L&%#-&*#"&*3&$)+&4*(("%0/"+&F"'"&physically attacked by the members of the 7/';$+1& N!H%++8& $#& P*#-*#& F1"#& )1"8&wanted to deliver a letter of protest to the =!H%++%-*'&=1!")&Q#%(&R"5$;S>971"&"!H%++8& +)%O& '"3/+"-& )*&%44"G)& )1"&
letter and one of its members attacked El-($%#&D$(($%!+9&T(*)1"+&*3&M'9&D$(($%!+&F"'"&)*'#& %#-& %& G*($4"& *U4"'& 1%-& )*& $#)"'5"#"&
In his letter, Williams Eilian calls also 7/';"8B+&%!H%++%-*'&%+;$#0&1$!&)*&%#+F"'&the question: Who kills the Armenians in Istanbul?, in Referring to article by Jenny White published on 11 January in Boston V#$5"'+$)89
Eilian Williams Attacked =)&71"&7/';$+1&N!H%++8&In London
Obama Sworn In At Low-Key White House Ceremony
D=:WCXA7YX& <Z"/)"'+?& [& \'"+$-"#)&]%'%4;&YH%!%&)**;&)1"&*U4$%(&*%)1&3*'&1$+&second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start *3&1$+&G'"+$-"#48&3*/'&8"%'+&%0*9
Gathered with his family in the Blue Room on the White House’s ceremonial !%$#&^**'L&YH%!%&G/)&1$+&1%#-&*#&%&3%!-ily Bible and recited the 35-word oath that F%+& '"%-& */)& (*/-& H8& V9:9& T1$"3& _/+)$4"&_*1#&Z*H"')+9
“I did it,” Obama said as he hugged his wife, Michelle, and daughters Sasha %#-&M%($%9& ,71%#;&8*/L& +F"")$"L.& 1"& )*(-&M$41"(("& F1"#& +1"& 4*#0'%)/(%)"-& 1$!9&,6*/&-$-#B)&!"++& /GL.& :%+1%&YH%!%& )*(-&1"'&3%)1"'9C)&F%+&%&(*F[;"8&+)%')&)*&)1"&2'+)&=3'$4%#[
=!"'$4%#& V9:9& G'"+$-"#)B+& +"4*#-& )"'!L&which is likely to be dominated - at least
Paruyr Hayrikian, a prominent Soviet-era dissident running for president, on 71/'+-%8& 4%(("-& 3*'& %& !/()$[G%')8& %0'""-ment on a single candidate in Armenia’s G'"+$-"#)$%(&'%4"9&
Although he referred to “all candidates,” including President Serzh Sarkisian, the appeal seemed primarily addressed to fel-(*F&*GG*+$)$*#&4*#)"#-"'+9
Presidential Candidate Calls For Opposition Election Bloc
C#& )1%)& 4*#)"@)L& W%8'$;$%#& "!G1%+$>"-&)1"& "@%!G("& *3&='!"#$%B+& 2'+)& G*+)[:*5$-")& G'"+$-"#)$%(& "("4)$*#& 1"(-& $#& `aab9& 71"&country’s main opposition groups joined 3*'4"+&%)&)1"&)$!"&)*&2"(-&%&+$#0("&4%#-$-%)"L&Vazgen Manukian, against then President P"5*#&7"'[\")'*+$%#9&W%8'$;$%#&F%+&*#"&*3&several opposition candidates who with--'"F&3'*!&)1"&'%4"&$#&M%#/;$%#B+&3%5*'9,71"'"& $+& %& -"($4%)"& c/"+)$*#& *3& F1$41&
candidate should drop out,” Hayrikian +%$-&*3& )1"&IJ`d&"("4)$*#9&,D"&4%#&-$+4/++&)1%)9&71%)&1%+&#*)&H""#&"++"#)$%(&)*&!"9.
71"&='!"#$%#&Z"5*(/)$*#%'8&e"-"'-%)$*#&<f%+1#%;)+/)8/#?&1*G"+&)1%)&$)+&+/GG*')"'+& F$((& 5*)"& $#& #"@)& !*#)1B+&presidential election despite its de-4$+$*#& #*)& )*& 2"(-& %#8& 4%#-$-%)"+L& %&leader of the opposition party said on 71/'+-%89&71"& -"4$+$*#& F%+& %##*/#4"-& 3*(-
lowing a party conference held late (%+)&!*#)19&f%+1#%;)+/)8/#&+%$-&#*#"&of its leaders will run for president be-cause the vote will not be free and fair, 4*#)'%'8&)*&0*5"'#!"#)&%++/'%#4"+9&=)&the same time, it left open the possibil-ity of endorsing another opposition 4%#-$-%)"9
“We do not want to discredit the whole institution of elections and that is why the electorate had better par-ticipate in the elections,” Armen Rus-tamian, a Dashnaktsutyun leader, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatut-8/#9%!?9
Dashnaks ‘Not Boycotting’ Election
Defense Chief Praises New Deal With Russia
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian on Fri-day stressed the importance of a Russian-Armenian agreement on joint manufactur-ing and maintenance of weapons that will '"G*')"-(8&H"&+$0#"-&#"@)&!*#)19&
Ohanian said the agreement will elevate Armenia’s military-technical cooperation F$)1& Z/++$%& )*& ,%& #"F& ("5"(9.& 71"&='!"-nian defense industry will receive a major boost by working with Russian companies ,*#&G'$5$("0"-&)"'!+L.&1"&+%$-9
Russian President Vladimir Putin for-mally authorized his government to sign )1"&%44*'-&"%'($"'&)1$+&F"";9&
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Obama, 51, will be sworn in publicly on Monday outside the West Front of the Cap-itol overlooking the National Mall in front of as many as 800,000 people, a much big-ger ceremony replete with a major address %#-&%&G%'%-"9
Sunday’s ceremony, shown live on tel-"5$+$*#L&F%+&#""-"-&H"4%/+"&)1"&V9:9&T*#-stitution mandates that the president take *U4"&*#&_%#/%'8&IJ9&\(%##"'+&*G)"-&)*&0*&with a private ceremony on the actual date and then hold the ceremonial inaugural ac-)$5$)$"+&)1"&#"@)&-%89
By Monday, Obama will have been sworn in four times, two for each term, put-ting him equal to Franklin Roosevelt, who +"'5"-&3*/'&)"'!+9&=&+"4*#-&YH%!%&+F"%'-ing-in was deemed necessary in 2009 when Z*H"')+&^/HH"-& )1"&2'+)& *#"9&Y#&:/#-%8L&Roberts read the oath carefully from a card %#-&)1"'"&F"'"&#*&!$+)%;"+9
Obama, who won a second four years on November 6 by defeating Republican Mitt Romney after a bitter campaign, opens round two facing many of the same prob-("!+&)1%)&-*00"-&1$+&2'+)&)"'!g&G"'+$+)"#)(8&high unemployment, crushing government debt and a deep partisan divide over how )*&+*(5"&)1"&$++/"+9
Georgian Prime Minister Visits Holy Etchmiadzin=)& W*(8& N)41!$%->$#& *#& 71/'+-%8L&
January 17, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, met with Georgian Prime M$#$+)"'&]$->$#%& C5%#$+15$($9&W$+&W*($#"++&"@G'"++"-& 1$+& 1*G"& )1%)& M'9& C5%#$+15$($B+&visit will help enhance the diplomatic ties H")F""#&='!"#$%&%#-&A"*'0$%971"&T%)1*($4*+& %(+*& +)'"++"-& )1"& $!G*'-
tance of restoring and preserving Arme-nian holy sites in Georgia, and returning ownership of several Armenian churches located in Georgia to the country’s Arme-#$%#& f$*4"+"9& C#& %--$)$*#L& 1"& G'"++"-& )1"&Georgian government to release the im-prisoned activist Vahagn Chakhalyan and to permit Armenian schools in Georgia to )"%41&='!"#$%#&1$+)*'89
=(0"'$%#&0%+&4*!G("@&siege leaves 23 hostages, 32 militants dead
A lethal four-day siege of the Algerian natural-gas plant has left 23 hostages and dI&!$($)%#)+& -"%-9& 7"''*'$+)+& "@"4/)"-& )1"&(%+)&+"5"#&3*'"$0#&1*+)%0"+&-/'$#0&%& E2#%(&%++%/()B&H8&=(0"'$%#&)'**G+&*#&:%)/'-%89
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as human shields and also “put bombs” on their necks, journalist added, describ-ing the terrorists as a highly-trained group armed with “very sophisticated weapons like rocket launchers and also heavy ma-chine guns” which they allegedly brought 3'*!&P$H8%9,71"8& "#)"'"-& )1'*/01& )1"& H*'-"'& H"-
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So far, Algerian authorities have not an-nounced the nationality of the 23 hostage victims, while the Interior Ministry warned that the death toll was still provisional and 4*/(-&'$+"971"& !$($)%#)& 0'*/G& H"1$#-& )1"& %))%4;L&
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that they had mined the facility where the hostages were being held, and threatened to blow it up if another rescue was attempt-"-9&71"8&%(+*&)1'"%)"#"-&)*&;$((&)1"&4%G)$5"+&$3&)1"$'&-"!%#-+&F"'"&#*)&!")9
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Algerian Special Forces found 15 burned bodies at the gas plant on Saturday, the likely victims of a retaliation for an opera-tion to free dozens of foreign and Algerian workers, Reuters said, citing a source fa-!$($%'&F$)1&)1"&+$)/%)$*#9&=#&$#5"+)$0%)$*#&$+& /#-"'F%8& )*& $-"#)$38& )1"& H*-$"+9& 71"&circumstances of their death also remain /#4("%'9
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Will Najarian take the helm of the Ar-menian church in Australia (and New Zea-
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cry from a century before, when Armenian pioneers began landing here, spurred by the ]/-<&&)-5.$<&-8$)+(;$ 5'$a.(9.)'$3+(9)/-5/"$=;.).$?.).$'&$%)5.(9($/4&'<$9;.$%)&(%.,-tors and they had to trudge for miles to hear a semblance of divine service conducted by -/:4.'"U=;.$ Z)(9$ 3)4.'5/'$ ,-.)<:4/'I$ K/9;.)$
Asoghig Ghazarian, arrived in Australia 5'$Y^bcI$>&--&?5'<$9;.$>&+'85'<$&>$9;.$Z)(9$X;+),;$X&+',5-$5'$#:8'.:V"$=;.$ 8.B/(9/95&'$ ,/+(.8$ 1:$ 9;.$ K5)(9$
a&)-8$a/)$(%/?'.8$/'&9;.)$5'd+M$&>$85(-placed Armenians, their number swollen by yet another, more desperate wave of migra-95&'$/>9.)$9;.$#.,&'8$a&)-8$a/)"=;.$?/B.$%./O.8$ 5'$ 9;.$ ./)-:$ (5M95.($ /($
more Armenians sought the safer haven of the land Down Under, “a land of opportu-nity and a place that valued the rights of 8.4&,)/,:"F=;.5)$'+41.)($;/B.$1)&O.'$9;)&+<;$9;.$
50,000 mark (minuscule compared to the 45--5&'$&)$ (&$ 5'$ 9;.$!#$/'8$X/'/8/VI$ ,&'-centrated primarily in the two capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne, the majority of the emigrants tracing their roots back to the troubled, simmering cauldron of the Mid-dle East, with Lebanon’s contribution ac-,&+'95'<$>&)$9;.$-5&'L($(;/)."
A generally industrious and loyal com-munity, the Armenians here have prospered on the whole -several, like Gladys Bere-D5O-5/'$ U*.?$ #&+9;$ a/-.($ #9/9.$ =)/'(%&)9$W5'5(9.)V$/'8$G&.$H&,O.:$UK.8.)/-$e.%+9:$P%%&(595&'$ 0./8.)VI$ ;/B.$ )5(.'$ 9&$ %&-595-cal prominence, while others, like the Sog-homonian and Hovagimian brothers, have created powerhouses in the automotive and /((&,5/9.8$5'8+(9)5.("C=;.$3)4.'5/'($&>$3+(9)/-5/$;/B.$/$-&9$9&$
be thankful for,” as one community leader averred, noting that unlike the unsettled
political discombobulations in the Middle East and the proliferation there of totalitar-ian and police states, “people here enjoy the protection of a stable, democratic govern-ment, access to health and economic secu-rity, and the freedom and opportunity to be /'8$8&$?;/9$9;.:$/(%5).$9&"F=;.:$ ;/B.$ 9;.5)$ &?'$ (,;&&-(I$ ,;+),;.($
criticize anyone, to their face, without fear of persecution, harassment, imprisonment, or even death, as is the norm in some third ?&)-8$,&+'9)5.(IF$;.$/88.8"a;/9$9;.:$8&'L9$;/B.$5($+'59:"“It is true that no two Armenians will
ever agree on one thing, but despite their 85E.).',.(I$?;.'$9;.:$,&4.$9&<.9;.)I$9;.:$are family, and they know how to have a <&&8$954.IF$;.$(/58"=;.$ ).,.'9$ B5(59$ 9&$ #:8'.:$ &>$ B.9.)/'$
Pamboukjian sang only half a dozen songs, but his electrifying performance at an annual Armenian festival, galvanized ;5($ /+85.',."$ 2'$ 9;.$ .+%;&)5,$ (%5)59$ &>$ 9;.$moment, they had him carried on their shoulders, tossing and turning in an ocean of ecstatic Armenian faces, swarming all &B.)$;54"$ =;.:$ ;/8$ ,&4.$ >)&4$ /--$ %/)9($ &>$ 9;.$
city, the young and the old, hippies, busi-nessmen, students, children of varying ages, even some people in wheelchairs, blue-col-lar workers, to hear Harout sing Armenia, and accord his unforgettable “Asmar Agh-,;5<F$9)51+9.$9&$8/)O$,&4%-.M5&'.8$<5)-("=;.$'/95&'/-5(95,$(&'<($.,;&.8$/-&'<$9;.$
B.'+.I$e/)-5'<$H/)1&)L($=+41/-&'<$Q/)OI$where over 15,000 thousand fans had con-gregated, in a massive, unprecedented and B&,5>.)&+($(;&?$&>$3)4.'5/'$,/4/)/8.)5."3)4.'5/'($ /).$ Z.),.-:$ %)&+8$ &>$ 9;.5)$
church, though attendance at Sunday mass ).4/5'($%.8.(9)5/'"C=;.$ 3)4.'5/'$ 3%&(9&-5,$ X;+),;$ ;/($
been more than a center of Christian faith /'8$?&)(;5%"$29$;/($1..'$/$</9;.)5'<$%-/,.$for Armenians to enrich their Christian faith, connect with their ancestral roots, to connect with other Armenians, to forge new friendships, new bonds and generally .',&4%/(($.B.):9;5'<$3)4.'5/'"$29$,&'95'-ues to uphold this function until today,” the ,;+),;$(/:("
“Akin to the beautiful worship services of the Armenian Apostolic Church, is the vi-1)/'9$,&44+'59:$-5>.$9;/9$).d.,9($'&9$&'-:$religious teaching but cultural personal-59:"$=;.$-.</,:$&>$Yf\\g$:./)($&>$3)4.'5/'$Christianity (from 301 CE, when Armenian 1.,/4.$9;.$Z)(9$9&$/,,.%9$X;)5(95/'59:$/($59($(9/9.$).-5<5&'VI$,&'95'+.($5'$9;5($%/)9$&>$9;.$world with the loving spirit of perpetuat-ing our beautiful heritage through the sav-ing grace of our Christian faith,” the church (/:("A.9I$ 1.;5'8$ 9;.$ (..45'<-:$ ,&'9.'9.8$ >/-
cade there lingers, in the heart of many of 9;.(.$ C1/'9+O;8(F$ UC.M5-.(FVI$ %/)95,+-/)-:$those who were uprooted when in their youth or middle age, a lingering nostalgia for good old days in the home country, where friendship is forever and loyalty to 9;.$>/45-:$(.,&'8$&'-:$9&$N&8"
“I live in a block of 37 units, and it’s -5O.$/$<;&(9$ 9&?'"$*&9$/$ (5'<-.$&'.$&>$4:$h&8/)L$U'&'63)4.'5/'V$'.5<;1&+)($;/($.B.)$knocked on my door to say hello, or inquire about me,” one matron complains, echoing sentiments all too pronounced among mi-<)/'9($>)&4$9;.$@/(9"C=;.:$ )/).-:$ (%./OI$ 5<'&)5'<$./,;$&9;.)$
when passing, totally absorbed in them-(.-B.("F
“If this were in Bourj Hammoud, Aleppo, &)$ 9;.$P-8$X59:$ U&>$ G.)+(/-.4VI$?.$?&+-8$all be all over the place, transforming this block into an oasis of joy and laughter, card-</4.($ /'8$ O.1/1($ &'$ #+'8/:("$ @B.):&'.$?&+-8$ 1.$ ?.-,&4.$ /9$ .B.):$ ;&4."$ A&+$?&+-8$'&9$.B.'$'..8$9&$O'&?$&'$4:$8&&)"$A&+$?&+-8$D+(9$?/-O$5'IF$(;.$(/:("
“And when you walk in the street, a hun-dred people will know you and greet you, /'8$?5(;$:&+$?.--"$H.).I$'&$&'.$1&9;.)($9&$-&&O$:&+$5'$9;.$>/,."$2>$:&+)$.:.($.B.)$4..9I$all you get is a bland smile that seems to (/:i$hO..%$&EI$'&9$5'9.).(9.8"$C
“Back home, we used to kiss our parent’s and grandparent’s hands, even our aunts and uncles, but here, of course, the young today don’t know what it is to respect the .-8.)("FH.)$,;5-8).'$?.).$/--$1&)'$5'$#:8'.:"C=;.:$-&B.$59$;.).I$1+9$2$8&'L9$9;5'O$2$?5--$
ever get adjusted or reconciled to this ‘oda-)&+9:&+'L$U.M5-.VIF$(;.$,&'95'+.("3'8$(;.$;/($1..'$;.).$>&)$'./)-:$[\$:./)("
¬In a recently published article in the Journal of Cosmology titled “Fossil Dia-toms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite”, scientists from the UK and Sri Lanka claim to have found fossilized algae in a meteor-59."=;.$%/%.)$/--.<.($9;/9$C45,)&(,&%5,$>&(-
silized diatoms were found in the sample,” which fell in Sri Lanka in December last :./)"$ =;.$ Z'85'<I$ 9;.$ ?&)O$ (+<<.(9($ 5($ /$“strong evidence to support the theory of ,&4.9/):$%/'(%.)45/"F$=;.$9;.&):$/)<+.($that life across planets is spread by mete-&)59.($ /'8$ /(9.)&58("$ Q/'(%.)45/$ (+<<.(9($9;/9$ -5>.$ ,&+-8$ ;/B.$ .M5(9.8$ &'$ /'&9;.)$%-/'.9$/'8$4&B.8$9&$@/)9;"=;.$ (,5.'95(9($ ,&',-+8.8$ 9;.$ %/%.)$ 1:$
saying “the presence of structures of this O5'8$ 5'$ /':$ .M9)/69.)).(9)5/-$ (.995'<$ ,&+-8$be construed as unequivocal proof of biol-&<:"F$
Samples from the rock were collected immediately after a large meteorite disinte-grated and fell in the village of Araganwila 5'$#)5$0/'O/$&'$[^$e.,.41.)$[\Y["=;.$ (,5.'95Z,$ ,&44+'59:I$ 5',-+85'<$
Q)&>$ K)/',5($ =;/,O.)/:$ >)&4$ 9;.$ 2'(959+9.$of Human Evolution at Wits University ?.-,&4.8$ 9;.$ ).%&)9$ /($ CB.):$ .M,595'<F$yet “very controversial”, as samples could have been contaminated on earth, Business e/:$).%&)9("
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!"#$%&'($)*&+,-$+.$,/0$',$/102/3#4$+0$+.$'$*&/2#..5$6/&$0"/.#$2/1,0&+#.$'0$0"#$7/&/,0$of regional transformation, the fundamen-tal question is can democracy become in-.0+010+/,'8+.#9:$!"/1-"$*&/-&#..$"'.$(##,$uneven and the outcomes of many state-society struggles have yet to be resolved, 0"#$ ',.;#&$ +.$ '$ 2'10+/1.$<#.5$ =,$ '0$ 8#'.0$ '$few countries, we are witnessing the onset of democratic institutionalisation: whether the process of reform and transformation spreads to other parts of the Middle East depends on many factors — religious ten-sions, political mobilisation, regime adap-0'0+/,.4$ -#/*/8+0+2.5$>#',;"+8#$?/&0"$%7-rica provides the most promising preview /7$0"#$7101
Democratic institutionalisation means the healthy convergence of politics around three arenas of competition: elections, par-8+'3#,0.$',9$2/,.0+010+/,.5$@"#,$0"#.#$+,-stitutions are robust and durable, then the democratic governments they engender are relatively safe from radical groups, reac-tionary forces and authoritarian backslid-ing (due to alternation: democracies that uphold the rule of law and hold regular elections require that power alternates be-0;##,$2/3*#0+,-$*'&0+#.A5=,$!1,+.+'4$B+(<'$',9$C-<*04$0"+.$*&/2#..$
+.$1,7/89+,-4$+7$'0$',$1,.0#'9<$*'2#$DEA5$%88$three have had founding legislative elec-tions that were far more competitive and pluralistic than those held in their authori-0'&+',$*'.05$=,$!1,+.+'4$0"#$*&/F#20$0/$&#G2&'70$the national constitution nears completion by the Constituent Assembly, which itself ;'.$ 0"#$ *&/9120$ /7$ #8#20/&'8$ 2/3*#0+0+/,5$!"#$ 2&+.+.$ 0"#&#$ "'.$ 0;/$ 9+3#,.+/,.H$ 0"#$new government’s passivity in response 0/$)'8'I.0$J+/8#,2#$D;"+2"$2'3#$0/$',$#,9$'70#&$ 0"#$'00'2K$/,$ 0"#$L)$#3('..<$ +,$!1-,+.A$',9$0"#$9#8'<$ +,$-#00+,-$#2/,/3+2$&#-form under way, especially in the poorest &#-+/,.5$=,$.*+0#$/7$/70#,$'210#$0#,.+/,.$',9$2/,M+20.$(#0;##,$9+N#&#,0$*/8+0+2'8$+,0#&#.0$groups, all but the tiniest minority have ac-cepted that democracy is now the name of
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der has been rockier, with armed militias +,+0+'88<$ I-"0+,-$ '3/,-.0$ 0"#3.#8J#.$ DRA4$while in Egypt, presidential elections re-sulted in the ascension of the Muslim S&/0"#&"//9T.$>/"'33#9$>/&.+5$U,2#$+,$/V2#4$>/&.+$ '..#&0#9$ 2+J+8+',$ */;#&$ /J#&$the military by dismissing Field Marshall !',0';+5$ !"+.$ ;'.$ '$ 2&12+'8$ .0#*$ 0/;'&9.$	#I,+,-$ 2+J+8+',G3+8+0'&<$ '0+/,.$ +,$ '$"+.0/&+2'88<$*&'#0/&+',$.0'0#5
In these transitional states, most political '20/&.$ /-,+.#$ 0"#$,#;$&#'8+0<$W$#O2#*0$/7$ 2/1&.#$ "'&98+,#&.$ ',9$ #O0+.0.4$ .12"$'.$./3#$)'8'I.0.$',9$9#7#,9#&.$/7$0"#$'1-0/2&'0+2$*'.05$S10$ 0"#$,#;$&#'8+0<$9/#.$,/0$mean that these institutionalising democ-&'2+#.$ ;+88$ (#2/3#$ 8+(#&'8$ 9#3/2&'2+#.5$!"#$9#3/2&'0.$/7$0"#$%&'($)*&+,-$9+9$,/0$embrace revolution to advance liberal-ism — which many in the West may see in 0"#$%&'($2/,0#O0$'.$'9J',2+,-$0"#$2'1.#$/7$gender equality, unshackling censorship of pornography and other “immoral” materi-als, and otherwise widening the boundaries /7$#O*&#..+/,5$B+(#&'8+.3$+.$+,$0&10"$'$(/9<$of political thought that may give preemi-nence to the individual and freedom, but can only emerge from a later stage of 9#3/2&'0+2$2/,./8+9'0+/,5$=0$;+88$,/0$&#.180$from an early showdown between secular-ists and Islamists, and compromise on such J'81#.$'0$0"+.$,'.2#,0$.0'-#$+.$1,8+K#8<5!"#$*&+/&+0<$7/&$0"#.#$0&',.+0+/,+,-$.0'0#.$
is not ideational, but rather the continued .0&1--8#$ 0/;'&9.$ +,.0+010+/,'8+.'0+/,5$ X#-mocracy does not require that every citizen and every party embrace the same ideolog-ical framework, but rather that democratic &18#.$',9$*&/2#91&#.$(#2/3#$0"#$9#I,+0+J#$&18#.$ /7$ 0"#$ -'3#5$ CJ#,$ 0"#$ =.8'3+.0.$ '&#$discovering that electoral triumphs require more than slogans: like democratic govern-ments elsewhere, they need to deliver the goods through governance and policy, not #3*0<$*&/3+.#.$/7$(8+..$',9$/&0"/9/O<5
B&'-+&5'3$ G$ !"#$ #.0'(8+."3#,0$ /7$ 0"#$Kurdish state is becoming real, whereas no /V2+'84$#J#,$#O*#&0$/*+,+/,.$'&#$#O*&#..#9$(<$%&3#,+'$ /,$ 0"#$ '00+019#$ /7$P#&#J',$ 0/$the Kurdish factor and activities to be taken '"#'9$/7$0"#$#3#&-#,2#$/7$0"#$7'205
Even opponents of change of borders do ,/0$9#,<$0"#$#3#&-#,2#$/7$'$,#;$,#+-"(/&5$!"#$ Y1&9.$ /7$ =&'Z$ ',9$ )<&+'$ 9/$ ,/0$ "+9#$their intention to unite, while Ankara does #J#&<0"+,-$,/0$0/$'88/;$0"#$!1&K+."$Y1&9.$to join, while Ankara does everything to *&#J#,0$ 0"#+&$ 1,+I2'0+/,$;+0"$ 0"#$!1&K+."$Y1&9.5!"#$,#-/0+'0+/,.$(#0;##,$%(9188'"$U2'-
lan and Erdogan focused on limiting the ;+."#.$/7$!1&K+."$Y1&9.$0/$./J#&#+-,0<4$,/0$allowing them to speak about independ-#,2#5$!"#$&/'93'*$/7$0"#$!1&K+."GY1&9+."$'0+/,.$ *1(8+."#9$ +,$ !1&K+."$ 3#9+'$ +,-9+2'0#.$ !1&K#<T.$ &#'9+,#..$ 0/$ -&',0$ ./J-ereignty to the Kurds or its likelihood to allow Ocalan and his supporters to go to 0"#$ ,#;8<$ #.0'(8+."#9$ Y1&9+."$ .0'0#5$ C&-dogan is ready to topple Assad in Syria, invest millions of dollars in Iraqi Kurdistan not to allow independent Kurdistan to the !1&K+."$ 0#&&+0/&<4$ #J#,$ 8/((<$ +,9#*#,9#,0$Kurdistan in Washington in February, how-#J#&4$ ,/0$ +,$!1&K#<$ (10$ +,$ 0"#$ 0#&&+0/&<$ /7$=&'Z$',9$)<&+'5X/#.$ 0"#$L,+0#9$ )0'0#.$ '-&##$;+0"$ !1&-
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Most probably, Armenia is also involved +,$0"#.#$*8',.5$%0$8#'.04$0"#&#$+.$9',-#&$0"'0$the territories of Western Armenia where Kurds or converted Armenians live will '8./$(#$+,2819#9$+,$0"#$Y1&9+."$.0'0#5$?/-body knows anything about global projects \$+.$!1&K#<T.$7&'-3#,0'0+/,4$#.0'(8+."3#,0$
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What steps does Armenia take to set up relations with Kurds to prevent accession of the territories of Western Armenia by 0"#$*/..+(8#$Y1&9+."$.0'0#:$!"#.#$.0#*.$'&#$0'K#,$+98<$/&$'&#$,/0$0'K#,$'0$'885$]/;#J#&4$even in the absence of public statements (<$P#&#J',4$%,K'&'$1,9#&.0',9.$0"#$0"&#'0$and in the past week three assaults on Ar-3#,+',.$;#&#$&#*/&0#9$+,$!1&K#<5!1&K#<$ +.$ ;'&,+,-$ %&3#,+'5$ @"+8#$ C&-
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minority MRF party, known as the king-maker of Bulgarian politics, was delivering an emotional speech in which he was about to announce that he was stepping down as 24-,A$0A$14,$/*.17$4,$A06&','$-&$>jjQD
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