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ARMENIAN STUDENTS, WHO GAVE INTERVIEW TO NEW YORK TIMES, SAY THEIR WORDS WERE

December 13, 2004 - 22:18 AMT  15:58 GMT
The Armenian students, who are mentioned in the article titled "Promised Land without Promise" and published in New York Times on December 9, say their rights were violated and their words deliberately distorted by reporter Susan Sachs.

ARMENIAN CITIZENS PREFER EXPENSIVE WHISKY

December 13, 2004 - 20:56 AMT  15:58 GMT
A representative of the firm engaged in distribution of British strong beverages in Armenia says.

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SOCIALIST YOUTH RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

December 13, 2004 - 20:36 AMT  15:58 GMT
The resolution of the International Union of Socialist Youth "calls on the European Union to recognize the Armenian Genocide".

FIRST FORUM OF SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS ADOPTED RESOLUTION

December 13, 2004 - 19:51 AMT  15:58 GMT
The forum initiators note that speaking for real integration of the region with Georgia they are against the policy of assimilation pursued by the Georgian leadership.

THE HEAD OF AZERI PARLIAMENT ASSERTS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO GEORGIA?

December 10, 2004 - 04:00 AMT  15:58 GMT
The Georgian special services investigate circumstances of incident in Vakhtangisi village (Gardaban region, Kvemo Kartli province) which is populated by Azeris. On Wednesday several hundreds armed residents of that village captured a group of Georgian Ministry of Finance financial police officers who had arrived to check if there was contraband. The officers of that department discovered contraband goods kept in the village to the amount of almost 3 million dollars which was illegally conveyed through the frontiers from Azerbaijan. The hostages could be released only after arrival of the internal forces detachment and SWAT division of the Ministry of National Security. The Head of the Financial Police David Kezerashvili was also among the hostages.
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