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ASAs in California Colleges to Host Silent Protests Condemning Genocide Denial
On Thursday, January 26 California universities will be hosting simultaneous silent protests on their respective campuses. Demonstrations, coordinated by The...
January 24 2012 / 7 comments / Read More »
ARS-WUSA Winter Wonderland Draws Thousands
Nearly 6,000 children, parents, and visitors gathered at the Armenian Relief Society of Western USA’s (ARS-WUSA) Winter Wonderland on January...
January 20 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »
This Year’s Model
Liza. Sako. Alan. Ara. The list goes on. We all live in Southern California-- some married, some single. ...
January 20 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
Prelate Delivers Invocation At Board Of Supervisors Meeting
At the invitation of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, on Tuesday, January 17, Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian delivered...
January 19 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Too Busy To Volunteer?
Though many things inspire me about the Armenian Cultural Foundation, my circle of acquaintances tops the list. It’ s an...
January 17 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
Over 600 Community Members Attend Prelate’s New Year And Christmas Dinner
More than 600 Prelacy sponsors, supporters and friends gathered at "Bagramian" Hall of Holy Cross Cathedral in Montebello on Friday,...
January 17 2012 / No comment / Read More »Top Stories
ANCA Condemns Secretary Clinton’s Continued Complicity In Turkey’s Genocide Denial
January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Turkey Moves to Deport Armenian Workers after French Vote
January 26 2012 / 25 comments / Read More »
Prosperous Armenia Joins ARF, Heritage in Call for Electoral Reform
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Toumanian’s House Saved from Becoming Hostel for Turkish Workers
January 26 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
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Clinton Calls Genocide Recognition a ‘Dangerous Door’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the US “opens a door...
January 26 2012 / 34 comments / Read More »20 Steps Turkey Could Take to Worsen Relations with France After Genocide Vote
Turkey’s leaders have been threatening France for months with various reprisals should the French government pass a law making it...
January 25 2012 / 16 comments / Read More »Ten Suggestions For Turkey To Face Its Own History
The landmark decision made by the Lower House of the French Parliament on criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial provoked an...
January 23 2012 / 21 comments / Read More »Def(e)ining Choice: Bruce Fein, the Turkish Lobby, and the Ron Paul Campaign
Bruce Fein is a familiar name in the Armenian American press, having time and again represented Turkish-American interests inside U.S....
January 20 2012 / 7 comments / Read More »Arts & Culture
Library of Congress Exhibition on Armenian Treasures to Open April 19
It was an extraordinary evening of revelation on Dec. 1 as Dr. Levon Avdoyan unveiled the large trove of Armenian treasures in the Library of Congress, where he serves as “specialist” of the Armenian and...
January 24 2012 / 4 comments / Read More »Yerevan Meets Hollywood
US-based Fugitive Studios Entertainment and Deem Communications in Armenia signed a long-term partnership agreement to cultivate the entertainment industry in Armenia. ...
January 23 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »Aram I Declares 2012 as ‘Year of the Book’
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, declared 2012 as the “Year of the Armenian Book.”...
January 20 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »Vahagni Concert Kicks Off Shushi Art Project
The newly launched Shushi Art Project presented its first public event, a benefit concert held in Los Angeles on January 15. Featuring Vahagni and his band, the sold-out “Solitude” concert took place at Hollywood’s Barnsdall...
January 19 2012 / No comment / Read More »Armenia
PACE Document Urges Genocide Recognition
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Thursday adopted a declaration calling on Turkey to recognize the “Armenian, Assyrian, and Pontic Greek genocides,”...
January 26 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »Prosperous Armenia Joins ARF, Heritage in Call for Electoral Reform
The parliamentary faction of Prosperous Armenia, a partner in the coalition government, on Thursday joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Heritage...
January 26 2012 / No comment / Read More »Toumanian’s House Saved from Becoming Hostel for Turkish Workers
A great-granddaughter of legendary Armenian author Hovanes Toumanian told a government delegation on Thursday that the Tbilisi residence of the author has...
January 26 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »International
Kurdish, Greek, and Armenian Americans Call For U.S. Inquiry Into Turkish Airstrike
Kurdish, Hellenic and Armenian American leaders joined together Tuesday in calling upon key Congressional leaders to demand that the Obama Administration investigate whether Turkey violated...
January 10 2012 / 9 comments / Read More »French Senate to Vote on Armenian Genocide Law this Month
France’s upper house of parliament will vote this month on a bill to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, a government official told AFP, despite...
January 4 2012 / 8 comments / Read More »Israel Cancels Defense Deal with Turkey
Officials in Jerusalem have decided to cancel a $141 million defense deal with Turkey, saying they were concerned that Ankara could hand over cutting-edge intelligence equipment to third parties hostile...
December 22 2011 / 21 comments / Read More »National
ANCA Welcomes Amicus Briefs In Support of Genocide Life Insurance Case
The Armenian National Committee of America welcomed this week the submission of two amicus briefs, filed by the states of California, Hawaii,...
December 14 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »ANCA Welcomes New U.S. Pressure On Turkey to Return Stolen Religious Properties
The Armenian National Committee of America has welcomed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first-ever public assertion that the U.S. government is actively...
October 13 2011 / 10 comments / Read More »
Community Links
Views from Ohanian, Sahakian on Congressional Bills Addressing Digital Piracy
“SOPA/PIPA” have been major topics online, but I didn’t read up on them until a message appeared on my blog’s...
January 19 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »By Any Means
Lunkheads
Over the last week, much foolishness has been spewed by otherwise intelligent people, and vice versa. Let’s start with the...
January 20 2012 / 3 comments / Read More »My Turn
20 Steps Turkey Could Take to Worsen Relations with France After Genocide Vote
Turkey’s leaders have been threatening France for months with various reprisals should the French government pass a law making it...
January 25 2012 / 16 comments / Read More »
