BY MARO KESHISHIAN
LOS ANGELES–Generously accepting the request of the Homenetmen Western United States Regional Executive–Mr. and Mrs. Sarkis and Susan Kitsinian have taken on the duties of Honorary Chairpersons of the 28th Annual Navasartian Games currently underway in Los Angeles.
During a recent meeting–Mr. Kitsinian presented a brief overview of his life and his accomplishmen’s as [...]

LOS ANGELES–On Tuesday–May 26–representatives of the Armenian National Committee of America –Western Region (ANCA-WR) met with US Senator John Edwards at a private reception in Los Angeles. Senator Edwards was visiting California to garner support for the 2004 Democratic Party Nomination bid for President. The freshman Senator from North Carolina was one of the first [...]

STUDENTS FROM UC BERKELEY–UC IRVINE & UC SAN DIEGO AMONG 2003 ANCA LEO SARKISIAN INTERN CLASS
GLENDALE–The Armenian National Committee of America Western Region (ANCA-WR) announced this week–its choice of 5 candidates to participate in the prestigious ANCA Leo Sarkissian Internship Program in Washington–DC. The Internship program–now in its 19th year–provides Armenian American youth leaders from [...]

REPORT CONFIRMS STATE DEPARTMENT EFFORT TO BLOCK COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF H.RES.193
WASHINGTON–DC–Following the unanimous passage of the Genocide Resolution in the House Judiciary Committee last week–the Committee today released a comprehensive report urging their House colleagues to adopt the measure–reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The report also documen’s the State Department’s opposition to [...]

ISTANBUL (Reuters)–Turkey’s powerful army declared on Thursday it fully backed EU membership but–in a clear signal to a government with Islamist roots–said militants who tried to exploit EU-inspired liberal reforms would fail.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan–seeking to allay talk of tension with the army–described the military as "the midwife of Turkey’s process of modernization.”
Deputy armed forces [...]

HISTORIAN RECEIVES MEDAL FOR CONTRIBUTION TO ARMENIAN STUDIES
YERKIR (Yerkir)–Historian Richard Hovannisian was honored Tuesday by Yerevan’s National Academy of Sciences for his 50 years of activity. Hovannisian was also celebrating his 70th birthday.
National Academy of Sciences President Fadey Sargsian congratulated Hovannisian on behalf of the Academy. Rector of Yerevan State University Radik Martirosian–chairman of the [...]

YERKIR (Noyan Tapan–Yerkir)–Public and government ceremonies took place in Armenia on May 28 to mark the 85th anniversary celebration of Armenian Independence Day–the establishment of the First Independent Republic of Armenia. Officials–including President Robert Kocharian–chairman of the National Assembly Armen Khachatrian–representatives of government and political parties–parliament deputies–as well as dignitaries gathered at the Sardarabad Memorial [...]

YEREVAN (AP Worldstream)–Constitutional amendmen’s proposed by President Robert Kocharian failed to get sufficient votes to take effect–official results showed Wednesday.
In the referendum of the amendmen’s–held in conjunction with national parliament elections on Sunday–the measures got the approval of 563,025 voters. To pass–the amendmen’s needed approval by half the voters who cast ballots and that number [...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–Citizens of Armenia went to polling stations on Sunday to vote in parliamentary elections–as well as a referendum on constitutional changes to broaden parliament’s limited powers. Tough there are no final results on the constitutional reforms package–preliminary figures from 50 of 56 voting districts reveal that of the 1,083,740 votes cast–510,464 are for [...]

ANKARA (Reuters)–Turkey’s powerful armed forces fear the government is appointing religious radicals to important positions in the bureaucracy–reporters at a briefing with the country’s top general said on Monday.
In commen’s likely to increase tension between the military and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government–Chief of General Staff Hilmi Ozkok told a small group of [...]

A gathering was held on Tuesday at Yerevan State University– in celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Independence of the Armenian Republic.
The Dean of the history department Babken Harutiunian–in opening the ceremony noted that while the First Republic was short lived–neither Soviet Armenia–nor the present independent republic would have existed had Armenia not won the [...]