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provided by independent newspaper "GANCABASAR"

	THE EMBLEM OF TOWN IS ADOPTED. The emblem of town was adopted at the meeting held in the Executive Power's Building on January the 21-st. A board of 17 members was created by the mayor's decree dated 2 december 2003 to work on the emblem. The board headed by the director of Ganja Regional Scientific Center Fuad Aliyev was presented with 87 projects from 26 authors. The emblem was chosed by 11 of 15 participating members at the board's meeting held on January the 19th yanuary.

	TWO CITIZENS WERE GRANTED WITH HENRY B. FELLOWSHIP A competition covering 4 disciplines - sociology, history, religion, urbanization was held among the young scientists of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia was organized by the "Support for young scientists" office of Henry B. fund's Caucasus Regional Bureau . There were 6 winners from Azerbaijan (3 on sociology, 2 on history, 1 on urbanization) among hundreds of participants . Two of the winners are citizens of Ganja: Aysel Yusifzade (sociology) and Zarina Djafarova (urbanization). They will receive the fellowship for one year. During this period they will write books on their topics.

	THE MAP OF THE TOWNS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IS BEING CREATED The Ministry of Culture made recently a proposal on creating the map of Ganja historical monuments. The Historical Monuments Bureau, Architecture Department, Tourism and Culture Departments of the town are preparing the necessary lists. The map will be published in the form of a hoarding and placed in the centre of the town. But it's afraid that nearly 200 of 563 historical monumets will not be mentioned on the map as they are not officially registered. The map is due to May 2004 and will also be published i the form of booklets.