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–Multi-Ethnic Review Reveals Deep-Rooted Frustration Across Diverse Communities
WASHINGTON–DC–Community leaders representing millions of ethnic Americans are fed up with George W. Bush’s neglect–opposition–and–all too often–outright assault on the issues and values they care about–according to a review released recently by the National Democratic Ethnic Leadership Council (NDELC).
"Each of the community leaders reached out [...]

NEW YORK–Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian delivered Armenia’s annual message at the United Nations on Wednesday–speaking to the 59th Session of the General Assembly on such issues as UN reform–Millennium Development Goals–and the fight against terrorism. At the same time–he addressed the Mountainous Karabagh conflict–and Armenia’s position on prospects for its resolution.
He said that Armenia is [...]

MOSCOW (Interfax)–At a ceremony marking the dispatch of humanitarian aid from Moscow to the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on Wednesday–president of the breakaway republic Eduard Kokoity–stressed the need for unity between north and south Ossetia.
"It’s time to forget the words ’southern’ and ‘northern.’ There is one Ossetia–which will be part of Russia," Kokoity said–adding [...]

YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net)–The consequences of renewed hostilities in the Mountainous Karabagh region would be extremely grave both for Armenia and Azerbaijan–warned Armenia’s Minister Serge Sargsian–who is also the Secretary of the President’s Defense Council.
Speaking on Armenian Public TV on Wednesday–Sargsian emphasized Armenia’s resoluteness to steer clear of war. "The outcome of any possible war–even the most [...]

BAGHDAD–The Sydney Morning Herald reported that among three Lebanese travel agency workers kidnapped in Iraq on September 17–is Armenian Aram Nalbandian. The three men and their Iraqi driver were abducted by gunmen on the Baghdad-Fallujah highway–a Lebanese Foreign Ministry official told The Associated Press
The official–speaking on condition of anonymity–said the three Lebanese worked for a [...]

"A failure on our part to forcefully and publicly confront the Azerbaijani government over these destabilizing threats would–in our view–send extremely dangerous signals to Azerbaijan,"
WASHINGTON–DC (ANCA)–In a powerful statement on the House floor Tuesday evening–Congressional Armenian Caucus Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) spoke about the dangers of the increasing inflammatory Azeri statemen’s against Armenia.
As recently [...]

STEPANAKERT (Armenpress)–The government of Mountainous Karabagh Republic (MKR) moved to increase its state budget allocation for the tightening of security of its border regions–with stricter regulation of the roads in the coming 2 to 3 years–and reconstruction of highways leading to its borders. These security measures will also include equipping border villages with defense facilities.
Public [...]

LITTLE ARMENIA–Hundreds of Armenian youth gathered in Little Armenia Saturday for AYF’s 2nd Annual Little Armenia Cleanup. Volunteers from throughout Southern California and even Fresno helped remove thousands of pounds of trash from major streets in Los Angeles known as Little Armenia. Organized by the Armenian Youth Federation and cosponsored by Los Angeles City Councilmember [...]

NEW YORK (Armenpress)–During their meeting held on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the UN General Assembly–Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and Turkish Counterpart Abdullah Gul–officially announced that they "explored bilateral issues as well as regional concerns." The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet–however–reported that Gul told Oskanian the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations–and its lifting of the [...]

The Hairenik Association–Inc. has launched an online Armenian Radio Station that not only provides a variety of Armenian music online–24 hours a day–but also makes available news and other interesting information about the Armenian community in the US–Armenia–Artsakh–Javakhk–and the Armenian diaspora.
To listen to the Hairenik Online Radio go to: www.hairenikradio.com–click on the RADIO button–then choose [...]

European Armenian Federation calls on European Commission to end silence
BRUSSELS–Following recent attempts to criminalize adultery in the country–the Turkish government bowed to European Union deman’s last Sunday and passed the country’s penal code–without the law on adultery; it did–however–manage to place several articles in its provisional penal code that threaten freedom of speech. For example–Article [...]