What the 1918 Independence represents is more than just our nation’s resilience to, in the face of Genocide, liberate the Armenian people after centuries of imperial rule. The Independent Republic of 1918 is also the reason why there is a Republic of Armenia today for if it were not for the heroic determination of Armenians 93 years ago, Armenia could have been swallowed by oppressive forces and could have ceased to exist.

Yerkir Media probes the issue of Afghan Mujaheddin fighting alongside Azeri forces in the Karabakh war. This report probes the beginnings of the Afghan involvement and traces their efforts on behalf of the Azeris agains the Armenian population of Artsakh.

A federal judge ordered attorneys Mark Geragos and Brian Kabateck to turn over a list of claimants and bank records related to a $17.5 million settlement between the French AXA Insurance company and descendants of the Armenian Genocide, who had filed participated in the class action lawsuit, reported the National Law Journal.

The Armenian Youth Federation’s Fresno “Kevork Chavoush” chapter, in conjunction with the Fresno ARF “Soghomon Tehlirian” Gomideh, hosted its second annual Patriotic Song Night on March 12. The event featured keynote remarks from ARF Bureau member Dr. Viken Hovesepian and world-renowned singer Karnig Sarkissian.

Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia, will give a series of lectures in the Los Angeles area from March 24 to 27. The principal sponsors of the lectures are the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region, Organization of Istanbul Armenians, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research.

A unique conference on the Armenian Oral History Collections in North America, their uses for research and evidence, the media, the visual arts, and the performing arts, will take place on the UCLA campus, Humanities Building 51A, on Saturday, April 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Foreign Minister Georgi Petrossian, who is on a week-long visit to Canada at the invitation of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, held a number of meetings with representatives of Canadian political circles.

Azerbaijan’s military spending has not translated into an advantage for Baku, according to former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, who in US diplomatic cable obtained by Wikileaks, said that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Army has an advantage over Azeri forces in the event of war.

On a cold winter night a large group of US combat helicopter pilots and their wives had gathered at the home of their platoon leader in Colorado. It was an opportunity for the servicemen and their wives to enjoy a light-hearted atmosphere over dinner, drinks and music. It was an opportunity for the wives to get to know one another and bond; an opportunity for the platoon leader to promise all the wives that nothing would be spared to ensure the safety of their husbands; an opportunity, for just a short while, to have some fun before deploying to Iraq for security, reconnaissance and attack missions during the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Legendary poet, Ruben Hakhverdyan, returned to Los Angeles after seven years on Sunday to perform in one of the oldest theaters in Downtown for an audience of nearly 2,000.