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‘They Are My Heroes…They Are Our Heroes’

‘They Are My Heroes…They Are Our Heroes’

Sose and Allen were not of our world as we know it.

May 15th, 2013

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Russia ends Pipeline Deal With Azerbaijan

Russia ends Pipeline Deal With Azerbaijan

Russia has terminated a contract to pump Azeri oil across its territory, ending a 16-year intergovernmental agreement, because Azerbaijan has not been shipping the agreed quantities, Moscow said in a decree.

May 15th, 2013

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Mining Company Threatens Residents, Environment of Kapan

Mining Company Threatens Residents, Environment of Kapan

YEREVAN—The Canadian “Deno Gold Mining Company” filed a slander lawsuit against Armenian environmental activist Yeghia Nersesian The company claims that in December of 2012, during a meeting with the Armenian community in the USA, Mr. Nersesian announced that Deno Gold Mining Company applied electric shock to miners[1].
However, the company denies the allegation and has gone [...]

May 13th, 2013

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Belarus President Visits Armenia

Belarus President Visits Armenia

Belarus is keenly interested in Armenia’s experience in the peaceful use of atomic energy and hopes to receive Armenian technical assistance after constructing its first-ever nuclear plant, President Alexander Lukashenko said during an official visit to Yerevan on Monday.

May 13th, 2013

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Philanthropic Support Fuels Growth for AUA Undergraduate Program

Philanthropic Support Fuels Growth for AUA Undergraduate Program

The American University of Armenia (AUA) continues to garner overwhelming philanthropic support for its new undergraduate program, set to launch in the Fall of 2013.

May 13th, 2013

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A Little Less Sunshine

A Little Less Sunshine

The news hit me in the gut… “Our beloved Allen is gone, Sose is in a coma.”

May 13th, 2013

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Allen and Sosé

Allen and Sosé

I turned 30 earlier this year. Many people mark that milestone as the last of their youth, and first of their old age, but to me, it didn’t matter much. I felt the same on my last day at 29 as I did on my first day at 30.

May 13th, 2013

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ARS Offers Grief Counseling after Tragic Loss

ARS Offers Grief Counseling after Tragic Loss

The Armenian Relief Society of Western USA (ARS) mourns the loss of Allen Yekikian and his wife, Sosé Thomassian. The ARS-WUSA Regional Executive would like to extend condolences to their families, and particularly Vaché Thomassian, who has been a former member of the ARS Javakhk Fund Committee.

May 13th, 2013

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ARS 12th Annual Festival Offers a Taste of Armenian Culture

ARS 12th Annual Festival Offers a Taste of Armenian Culture

Attendees marveled as Armenian culture came alive during the Armenian Relief Society of Western USA’s 12th Annual Cultural & Food Festival held at the Glendale Civic Auditorium from May 4 to 5.

May 13th, 2013

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Dancer and the Dance

Dancer and the Dance

On the edge of this multicultural metropolis, miles shy of the suburban promises of Americana in Orange County, thousands of cars have come to a halt on a massive multilaned interstate in Buena Park. Cars, new and old, foreign and domestic, weave an incomprehensible tale of multicultural harmony in our globalized 21st century.

May 13th, 2013

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A Tragic Loss

A Tragic Loss

We mourn the deaths of Asbarez collaborator and former Assistant Editor of the English Section, Allen Yekikian and his wife, Sose Thomassian who were in a car accident on Friday en route from Armenia to Georgia. The entire editorial board, staff and management of Asbarez would like to offer their condolences to the Yekikian and [...]

May 10th, 2013

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Obama Asks Supreme Court Not To Hear Insurance Claims Case

Obama Asks Supreme Court Not To Hear Insurance Claims Case

The Obama Administration urged the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s 2012 decision striking down a California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era life insurance claims, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

May 10th, 2013

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Turkey Bans Australian Lawmakers from Gallipoli

Turkey Bans Australian Lawmakers from Gallipoli

Turkey has sensationally stated that certain Australian legislators are not welcome to take part in Anzac celebrations in Gallipoli, as a consequence for passing a motion recognizing the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.

May 10th, 2013

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Mayor’s Son To Stand Trial For Election Fraud, Violence

Mayor’s Son To Stand Trial For Election Fraud, Violence

The son of an Armenian town mayor will go on trial soon on charges of assaulting an Armenian-American observer in one of the most serious cases of fraud reported during the February 18 presidential election.

May 10th, 2013

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