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    Internews Monthly Bulletin
    June 2004

    The Mineral Water Tragedy
    And other mysteries revealed by Aniv Investigation

    Last summer, when twelve-year-old Margarita bought a bottle of
    mineral water she couldn't even imagine she would lose her eyesight
    as a result. The glass bottle exploded and damaged her eye when she
    put the bag of groceries down to catch her breath on her way to the
    apartment where she lived. Her family tried to file a lawsuit against
    the mineral water company and get reimbursement in order to regain
    Margarita's eyesight but failed...

    This is just one of the stories investigated by Internews Armenia
    radio production group and broadcast in the framework of the new
    project Aniv Radio Investigation at Yerevan-based Ardzagank and
    Public Radio stations, as well as at Shant in Gyumri and Interkap in
    Vanadzor. The program on the mineral water tragedy was on the air
    this week, evoking lots of feedback from listeners in three cities.
    As told by Robert Balayan, a radio producer from Interkap, Vanadzor:
    `We had lots of phone calls from our audience. They insisted that the
    problems of our city should be covered as well.'

    Aniv Investigation is a two-part program with an average running time
    of 30 minutes. As stated by the Internews Armenia production manager
    Harutyun Mansuryan, `While we produced Aniv Talk Show and Aniv Radio
    Hour, we constantly came across striking and impressive facts that we
    couldn't explore to the end because the program format didn't allow
    us. We realized we had enough materials to investigate, to launch a
    new program and to grab listeners' attention. Plus, we already had
    the television investigative program and we thought: why not make a
    radio show?'

    Prepared by the Internews team and freelancers, Aniv Investigation
    supposes comprehensive and thorough research of the topic. The
    producers and reporters search and reveal hidden facts and previously
    unknown details in their attempts to get the truth. Other topics
    covered by Aniv Investigation include: the safety of dairy products
    in Armenia, the issue of adoption, the suicide of a prisoner accused
    of the assassinations in the parliament in October, 1999.

    The audio files of the radio investigation are available at the
    Internews Armenia web site: http://home.internews.am/aniv/index.htm.
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