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  • ANCA Condemns Secretary Clinton’s Continued Complicity In Turkey’s Genocide Denial

    Asbarez Armenian News
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    27 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    Clinton's letter pledging Genocide recognition during 2008 presidential bid Secretary of State Dismisses Genocide as “Historical Debate” in Public Comments to State Department Staff WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sharply criticized remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who Thursday dismissed the murder of 1.5 million Armenians as a “historical debate,” and argued that U.S. affirmation of this crime would open a “dangerous door.” “The Obama-Biden Administration – with Secretary Clinton’s latest…

  • Bodies of 17 prisoners, mostly with bullet to head, found in Syria

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am
    There was no comment from the Syrian authorities, who tightly restrict independent media access to the country.

  • Armenian Army turns 20

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    Siranuysh Gevorgyan
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:36 pm
    Cakes featuring military uniforms sold at one of the supermarket networks in Yerevan hint at the upcoming holiday –Army Day of Armenia. The 20th anniversary of the formation of Armenia’s Armed Forces is marked on January 28, and the jubilee celebrations this year will be held more pompously than in previous years.

  • Calendar of Events

    Armenian Reporter : News
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:14 am
    Eric Bogosian discusses his research on Soghomon Tehlirian at the Cornell Club in New York City on February 2; for details about this and other upcoming Armenian American happenings consult the Calendar of Events.

  • Deputy with son in the army: standard for deputy elections

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    28 Jan 2012 | 5:14 am
    Mayor Levon Shirinyan says if he were elected president, the first thing he would do would be to resettle the liberated territories.
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  • ANCA Condemns Secretary Clinton’s Continued Complicity In Turkey’s Genocide Denial

    Contributor
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    Clinton's letter pledging Genocide recognition during 2008 presidential bid Secretary of State Dismisses Genocide as “Historical Debate” in Public Comments to State Department Staff WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sharply criticized remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who Thursday dismissed the murder of 1.5 million Armenians as a “historical debate,” and argued that U.S. affirmation of this crime would open a “dangerous door.” “The Obama-Biden Administration – with Secretary Clinton’s latest…

  • Capacity Crowd Turns Out for 121st Anniversary of ARF

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    27 Jan 2012 | 8:38 pm
    Community members attend the ARF Day Celebration GLENDALE—“During its more than 120-year history, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation has worked and will continue to work firmly rooted in its ideological principles,” said Avedik Izmirlian, chairman of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Central Committee of Western US. Thus, with the motto of “For the People and With the People,” the ARF Western United States marked the party’s 121st anniversary on Sunday, January 22, with a capacity crowd at the Glendale High School auditorium. The ARF believes that “the survival of a…

  • Presidential Panel Says Documents Missing in Dink Case

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    27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 pm
    Hrant Dink ANKARA (Hurriyet Daily News)—The State Audit Board (DDK) of the Turkish Presidency has determined that certain documents went missing while others were tampered with in the case of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist murdered in 2007 in front of his newspaper office in Istanbul. The DDK will be bringing up a number of contentious issues in an upcoming report, including a notice provided to the gendarmerie by instigator Yasin Hayal’s brother-in-law, Coşkun İğci, in July 2006, which indicated that Hayal would make an attempt on Dink’s life. Gendarmerie officials,…

  • Akcam Says Genocide Recognition is about Justice, Not Freedom of Thought

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    27 Jan 2012 | 8:32 pm
    Prof. Taner Akcam The following interview with Prof. Taner Akcam, the Robert Aram, Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University, appeared in Le Monde on Jan. 7. The interview was conducted by Guillaume Perrier. Below is the interview in English. LE MONDE: What is your opinion, not about the genocide denial law itself, but about the effects it can have on the debate among intellectuals and civil society in Turkey? TANER AKCAM: As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Although, in the short run, the French law has…

  • Size Matters II

    Garen Yegparian
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:26 pm
    Garen Yegparian BY GAREN YEGPARIAN Turkey’s chest thumping, arrogant, threats against France, over the anti-denial legislation that passed both houses of the French legislature, betray Turkey’s inherent weakness, stemming from its refusal to come to terms with and atone for its past misdeeds, and the Armenian Genocide isn’t its only transgression against humanity. Much like an adolescent whose body is big but whose brain still doesn’t know what to do with it, Turkey is thrashing about, lumbering bewildered, and trying to find its way and place in the international community.  An just…
 
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  • Armenian Army turns 20

    Siranuysh Gevorgyan
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:36 pm
    Cakes featuring military uniforms sold at one of the supermarket networks in Yerevan hint at the upcoming holiday –Army Day of Armenia. The 20th anniversary of the formation of Armenia’s Armed Forces is marked on January 28, and the jubilee celebrations this year will be held more pompously than in previous years.

  • Difference of Opinion: Clinton says US never to follow France’s example

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:42 pm
    United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her country will never do as France did on Monday, and criminalize genocide denial. “One of our great strengths is we do not criminalize speech,” the secretary told a public meeting on Thursday. “People can say nearly anything they choose, and they do, in our country. And so other countries, including close friends and allies like France, have different standards, different histories, but we are, I hope, never going to go down that path to criminalize speech.”

  • Vote 2012: Prosperous Armenia joins Heritage for proportional elections initiative

    Gayane Mkrtchyan
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:19 pm
    The parliamentary faction of coalition partner Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) has joined the initiative of opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) and Heritage factions to hold parliamentary hearings on proportional and majoritarian systems of parliamentary representation.

  • Film for Thought: New movie offers touching lesson from Karabakh war

    Gayane Abrahamyan
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Friday night the two cinemas in Yerevan will screen the Armenian-Russian joint film titled “If Everyone…”- a recollection of the Karabakh war, which, as the authors stress, is about peace rather than war and a unique call for forgiveness and tolerance. The screening comes as Armenia celebrates Army Day, January 28.

  • Things start moving: French genocide bill changes reality around Turkey

    Naira Hayrumyan
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    Turkey is not in a hurry to materialize its threats of economic sanctions against France, as it deems the law passed by the Senate of France criminalizing the public denial of the Armenian genocide is not yet a final decision by Paris. So says Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan. Turkey has so far limited its actions to some demonstrative steps, showing what it can do if French President Nicolas Sarkozy signs the law, which is expected in the coming days.
 
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  • Calendar of Events

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:14 am
    Eric Bogosian discusses his research on Soghomon Tehlirian at the Cornell Club in New York City on February 2; for details about this and other upcoming Armenian American happenings consult the Calendar of Events.

  • Fugitive Studios seeks role in Armenia entertainment industry

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:59 pm
    LA-based Fugitive Studios Entertainment and Deem Communications in Yerevan signed a long-term partnership agreement to cultivate the entertainment industry in Armenia.

  • Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Assoc. adopts Shengavit Preserve project

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:45 pm
    The Cambridge Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) at a recent meeting of its Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt a program to help preserve and renovate the Shengavit Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve in Yerevan. The Shengavit Preserve includes an archaeological site dating to the 4th millennium BC which was continually occupied from between 1,000 to 2,000 years.

  • 250 attend Florida's St. David community event

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:20 pm
    On January 21, around 250 members of the south Florida Armenian-American community gathered in Mardigian Hall at St. David Armenian Church to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Nareg Berberian’s ordination to the Holy priesthood. The celebratory banquet was well attended by Florida Armenians from across the state and many religious dignitaries from around the United States.

  • AGBU Ardavazt theater tours California

    24 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pm
    Now in its 31st year, the AGBU Ardavazt Theatre Company continued its mission of presenting Armenian-language productions to the greater Los Angeles community with ten performances of Yervant Odian's two-act comedy, Ser yev Dzidzagh (Love and Laughter) last November-December and four more planned in January and February.
 
 
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    Armenian Weekly

  • To Maim and Kill with Impunity

    Nanore Barsoumian
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am
    Preferential Treatment for Armenia’s Oligarchs and their Entourage In November 2011, Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan (aka “Liska”) physically attacked businesswoman Silva Hambarzumyan in the lobby of the Marriot Hotel in Yerevan. He was reportedly angered over her accusations that he stole over 100 million drams ($258,000) worth of equipment from her gold mine. The media quickly picked up the story, as the attack happened in a public space, involved two high-profile individuals, and had as eyewitnesses Republican Party MPs Samvel Sargsyan and Khachik Manukyan. Syunik Governor Suren…

  • Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 28, 2012)

    CK Garabed
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:17 am
    Ignorance is Bliss Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other. … W. Somerset Maugham Daffy-nition Ungrateful man: A parson who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil. From the Trivia File According to Swedish legend, the stork received its name from flying round the cross of the crucified Redeemer, crying Styrka! Styrka! (Strengthen! Strengthen!). According to Scandinavian tradition, the swallow hovered over the cross of our Lord, crying Svala! Svala! (Console! Console!), whence it was called svalow (the bird of consolation). A Stand-up…

  • ANCA Condemns Clinton’s Complicity in Genocide Denial

    Weekly Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am
    Hillary Clinton Secretary of State Dismisses Genocide as ‘Historical Debate’ in Public Comments to State Department Staff WASHINGTON, DCThe Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sharply criticized remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who on Jan. 26 dismissed the murder of 1.5 million Armenians as a “historical debate,” and argued that U.S. affirmation of this crime would open a “dangerous door.” “The Obama-Biden Administrationwith Secretary Clinton’s latest remarkscontinues to dig itself deeper and deeper into a hole of complicity…

  • Turkey Moves to Deport Armenian Workers after French Vote

    Nanore Barsoumian
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:33 pm
    ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Turkey is set to amend a law next month that aims to rid the country of illegal workers. Many view this move as retaliation against Armenians in light of the new bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial in France. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan (Photo by Nanore Barsoumian) Varying estimates in Turkey put the number of Armenian citizens in the country from 10,000 to 100,000. Many of them are women, and are employed in low-skill jobs. “This country, which Mark Levene called ‘the genocide zone,’ throughout its history has made it a habit to deport, expel, and…

  • In Other News… (Jan. 28, 2012)

    Weekly Staff
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:18 am
    The Caucasus On Jan. 23, President Serge Sarkisian met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the Russian city of Sochi for a summit hosted by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The aim was to get the two countries to cooperate on humanitarian issues and investigate border incidents, reported ArmeniaNow. The two parties discussed maintaining the current situation rather than exploring a settlement. Azerbaijan, however, continued to threaten to resolve the matter by force. The two are also reportedly exploring the establishment of cultural ties. Economic matters were also discussed.
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  • Guest Post: Addressing the Denial

    Observer
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:13 pm
    Most news reports and commentary on the adoption by the French Senate of the Bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide in Turkey in 1915 seem to miss the main aim the French legislators intended for it to achieve. I will argue in this Article that France’s decision should be seen as a giant step forward in the protection human rights, international law and order, historical and scientific integrity. Dealing with clichés: It is a great shame that most of the hundreds of repetitive articles on the issue in the recent days, seem to focus on the French-Turkish political…

  • Putin’s Fan Club to Open in Armenia

    Observer
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    A Putin’s Fan Club will open in Armenia on February 2nd with the initiative of a recently founded organization called CIS Youth Council. According to Aravot Daily, the goal of the club is to promote Russian – Armenian relations as well ass the ideas of Russian presidential hopeful V.V. Putin. The Fan Club will operate in Russian Book Houses operating in Armenia. That probably means two locations: one in Yerevan and a recently opened one in Artashat. The initiator of this idea is Andranik Nikoghosian, the president of the above mentioned CIS Youth Council, as well as the owner of…

  • Grandma’s Tattoos

    Observer
    19 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    A filmmaker makes a journey into her own family’s history to investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother’s odd tattoos and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War. The film was screened prime-time on Al Jazeera from January 11 – 18th. (Thank you 517design for the link to the film in HD). Tagged: History, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turkey, Tattoo, Twentieth Century, Wars and Conflicts, World War I, World War II

  • Environmental Activists Visit Teghut

    Observer
    16 Jan 2012 | 5:57 am
    On January 15th more than a hundred environmental activists, artists and journalists visited Teghut forest, where a major mining project is underway.

  • Yerevan’s “Closed Market” Closes for Renovation

    Observer
    11 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Yerevan’s Central (Closed) Market, a popular tourist attraction and an officially recognized architectural monument, has closed its doors for renovation since January 1st. While in operation, the picturesque market presented an opportunity to explore Armenian food and sweets, even though it was too expensive for an average Yerevantsi to shop in and was never really busy. In September 2011 the market was acquired by MP Samvel Alexanian, who happens to be one of Armenia’s richest businessmen, top importer of food products like sugar and oil and the owner of supermarket chain Yerevan…
 
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    Notes From Hairenik | An Armenian Blog

  • Areg Laughs at Chi Chi

    15 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pm
    Here's a great video we shot last night.  Never heard Areg chuckle so loud. Take a look: You can see the original "HD widescreen" version on YouTube.

  • Happy New Year

    1 Jan 2012 | 8:31 am
    Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and successful New Year!

  • Who's a Good Boy?

    6 Dec 2011 | 11:58 am
    Photos by Karen Minasyan

  • The Sunshine of My Life

    28 Nov 2011 | 2:22 pm
    Areg is the only thing I really care about these days. He perks me up with the beaming smile he shows me every morning just after opening his eyes, and we enjoy the entire day together. All we seem to do is laugh and have fun. I suppose that's all we should be doing. Photos by Gohar

  • Pet Peeves on Life in Armenia

    6 Nov 2011 | 4:22 am
    As some of you know I’ve been living in Armenia steadily since 2004. In that time, a lot of things have changed related to society at large, politics, economy and the landscape (Yerevan has changed dramatically whereas the regions haven’t). There are some pet peeves, however, that are enduring. Here’s a few: Hearing “aper.” The term “aper,” which is distilled from “akhbar,” a word for brother derived from the Arabic that has been used by Armenians from the Middle East, is used to address seemingly anyone under the age of 60 (once gray hairs set in, a man is addressed by…
 
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