The ability to forecast space weather storms is vital for the security of space based electronic systems as well as the power grid delivering power to homes and industry. Armenia’s Cosmic Ray Division is expanding its network to monitor and forecast space weather events.

“The last decade has witnessed a profound transformation in the treatment of sexual violence in international law” (Balthazar, 43). The International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR), especially, has proved monumental in the incorporation of rape and sexual abuses into international law. The role of women, and perhaps even more importantly the role of sexuality and gender in genocide, has in the last two decades gained increased attention from the international community.

The Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School is very pleased to announce that our Academic Decathlon team captured first place in our division, Division IV, at the Southern California Private School Academic Decathlon held on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills. Our team also won second place in Division IV in the super quiz.

Chamlian Armenian School hosted an all-day Staff Development Workshop on January 26, focusing primarily on the integration of technology in the classroom.

Central California’s KSEE TV 24 will broadcast an exclusive travel series about Armenia starting Monday, February 21. The travel series was taped in December when KSEE veteran anchorwoman Stefani Booroojian was invited to her ancestral homeland by the Armenian Tourism Development Agency.

Central California’s KSEE TV 24 will broadcast an exclusive travel series about Armenia starting Monday, February 21. The travel series was taped in December when KSEE veteran anchorwoman Stefani Booroojian was invited to her ancestral homeland by the Armenian Tourism Development Agency.

Councilmember Paul Krekorian visited Ararat Charter School on February 3 with his Chief of Staff, Adrin Nazarian, and Field Deputy, Mshak Ghazarian. Board member Gabriel Injejikian was also present along with Principal Aida Tatiossian who greeted and welcomed the Councilman and his staff. The group toured the campus of ACS and visited the classrooms.

Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora, Hranoush Hakobyan, visited the Armenian Relief Society of Western USA’s Regional Headquarters and met with Regional Executive board members, administration, chapter executive representatives, and prior board members. She was accompanied by Armenia’s Consul General, Grigor Hovhannisyan, and personnel Gagik Vartanyan and Armine Balian, respectively.

International mediators called for “decisive action” to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute late on Friday after ending a fresh tour of Armenia and Azerbaijan with talks in Baku with President Ilham Aliyev and other senior Azerbaijani officials.

One officer and three soldiers have been arrested in connection with yet another non-combat death in the Armenian army ranks, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Armenia’s recent draft program on the Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO for 2011-2012 will be completed by the end of February, a spokesman for the country’s state department on cooperation with the alliance said on Friday.

The inaugural Los Angeles Student Media Festival – set to become the premier awards show for Southern California’s High School students – will take place Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at the Beaudry Theater, 1201 W. 5th St., Los Angeles from 4 to 8 p.m.

The U.S. State Department has refused to comment on the veracity of newly published documents that show top American diplomats in Yerevan criticizing the state of affairs in Armenia.

On December 15, Martha Hall Findlay, MP for Willowdale, and friend of the Canadian Armenian community, made a statement in the House of Commons marking the fifth anniversary of the destruction of the khachkars in the Djulfa cemetery. Describing it as “a significant loss of history and culture”, she commended the work of the Armenian-Canadian community in trying to preserve and celebrate Armenian culture.