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AZERI OFFICER DISAPPEARED IN BRUSSELS

July 29, 2004 - 23:09 AMT  10:29 GMT
The European Union Police is searching for officer of the armed forces of Azerbaijan Firuz Gasimov, who was attending retraining courses at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

ONE KILLED, 12 WOUNDED IN CRASH IN YEREVAN

July 29, 2004 - 22:28 AMT  10:29 GMT
In one of the avenues a refuse collection car run into a passenger car, then bumped into a route taxi.

ARMENIAN AMERICANS HOPE KERRY WILL NOT FOLLOW HIS PREDECESSORS IN GENOCIDE ISSUE IN CASE OF BEING ELECTED

July 29, 2004 - 22:08 AMT  10:29 GMT
US presidential candidate from the Republican Party John Kerry has pledged that in case of winning the election this November he will recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

ARMENIA SUGGESTED THAT CONFLICTING PARTIES HAVE DIRECT CONTACTS DURING OSCE MONITORING

July 29, 2004 - 21:27 AMT  10:29 GMT
Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk welcomed the suggestion and expressed hope that the OSCE will soon intercede for holding such a meeting.

GEORGIAN ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSFERS TO PARALLEL WORK WITH ENERGY SYSTEM OF ARMENIA

July 29, 2004 - 19:16 AMT  10:29 GMT
As Energy Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri has told journalists, the agreement was achieved in the course of a sitting of the intergovernmental Armenian-Georgian Commission on Economic Cooperation, held in Tbilisi this week.

EDUARDO ERNEKIAN INTENDS TO ASSUME MANAGEMENT OF TUNIS MAIN AIRPORT

July 29, 2004 - 19:07 AMT  10:29 GMT
Argentinean air magnate of Armenian origin Eduardo Ernekian participates in tender for management of Tunis main airport.

GERMAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS DEMAND POSTPONING TALKS ON TURKEY ACCESSION TO EU

July 29, 2004 - 18:51 AMT  10:29 GMT
Chairman of the EU Foreign Affairs Commission Elmar Brok and Chairman of the Commission for EU Affairs of the German Federal Council Mathias Visman stated that "there is much to be done" by Turkey to realize reforms launched.

CE CRITICIZES TREATMENT OF DETAINED PERSONS IN ARMENIA

July 29, 2004 - 18:28 AMT  10:29 GMT
The Council of Europe anti-Torture Committee has made public its first report on Armenia.

ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSSED BILATERAL RELATIONS

July 29, 2004 - 18:27 AMT  10:29 GMT
July 28 Robert Kocharian and Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation.

NO PARALLELS CAN BE DRAWN BETWEEN ABKHAZIA, OSETIA AND KARABAKH

May 25, 2004 - 05:00 AMT  10:29 GMT
According to the newspaper ''Echo'', Baku, demonstrations of protest demanding to give Karabakh back to Azerbaijan are being held in Stepanakert. None of the sources confirmed this information. Our colleagues in Stepanakert assured there were no demonstrations in Karabakh. It is evident that this is another falsification.
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