ANKARA (Reuters)–The head of Turkey’s parliamentary human rights group has accused Washington of genocide in Iraq and behaving worse than Adolf Hitler–in remarks underscoring the depth of opposition in Turkey to US policy in the region.
The US embassy said the commen’s were potentially damaging to Turkish-US relations.
"The occupation has turned into barbarism," Friday’s Yeni Safak [...]

Multiculturalism not an acceptable idea in country of ‘unity’
ANKARA (AP)–As a child–Hrant Dink dreamed of becoming a homicide detective–but he faced an insurmountable obstacle. In overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey–Jews and Christians can’t join the police.
Now that unwritten rule–the product of a history of ethnic strife and distrust of non-Muslim minorities–is coming into heated debate as Turkey [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was celebrated in Armenia last week with the participation of the Armenian government–the Women’s Rights Center–and the UN Development Program (UNDP).
The origins of this day date back to November 25–1960–when three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic were assassinated for their political activism. The [...]

Glendale native Alina Azizian brings strong grassroots skills to new position
GLENDALE–The Glendale Chapter of the Armenian National Committee–which serves the interests of over 70,000 Armenia’s living in Glendale–has hired Alina Azizian as its new Executive Director.
"We are excited to have Alina as a part of our team," commented Board Chairman Pierre Chraghchian
"Her experience in grassroots [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–The Pan-Armenian Youth International Center plans to take about 130 of its most active members on a pilgrimage to Der-Zor–Syria in April 2005.
Der Zor was designated by the government of Young Turks as the destination point of hundreds of thousands of Armenia’s deported from their homes in 1915. Those who survived the death marches [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–Yerevan’s newly constructed municipality building will open its doors with the hopes of more effectively tackling its citizens’ problems–without the red tape and delays common to the city’s government institutions.
After touring the building–President Robert Kocharian told reporters that the municipality staff should now be able to work more effectively. "The idea of a one [...]

–Dynamic Thanksgiving Day telethon surpasses great expectations
GLENDALE–The annual Armenia Fund’s Thanksgiving Day Telethon 2004 surpassed its $10 million goal by raising more that $11 million during its 12 hour telethon that reached 45 million hous

By Anahid M. Ugurlayan
An enlarged color photograph of Archbishop Ashjian holding a lamb at the center of the stage near the podium was the setting for what would prove to be an emotional evening.
As Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan would later explain–the lamb was a sacrificial one–but Archbishop Mesrob Ashjian had asked that its life be [...]

Reverses administration’s effort to break military aid parity for Armenia and Azerbaijan; fails to include Schiff amendment on the Armenian genocide
WASHINGTON–DC–The United States Congress this past weekend adopted an Omnibus spending measure including several provisions of special interest to Armenian Americans–including the reversal of a White House proposal to tip the balance of US military [...]

NEW YORK–Art has once again come to the aid of the Armenian Cause–this time in the form of a play called Beast on the Moon. The beautiful and gripping story by Richard Kalinoski–about two survivors who settle in the United States and seek to start a family in the wake of the genocide of their [...]

Rep. Pallone speaks out against destructive UN resolution; ANCA leads grassroots campaign to urge the administration to oppose destabilizing measure
WASHINGTON–DC–On Tuesday–the ANCA issued an appeal to Secretary of State Colin Powell urging him to "strenuously and publicly oppose" an Azeri-sponsored United Nations resolution–which would seriously undermine the Mountainous Karabagh peace process. The action follows [...]

WASHINGTON–DC–Renowned art historian and specialist on Arshile Gorky–Dr. Melvin Lader–presented his insights at a public lecture at the Armenian Embassy sponsored by the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society and under the auspices of the Ambassador and Mrs. Arman Kirakossian. A standing-room-only crowd of over 150 people gathered on [...]

UNITED NATIONS (RFE/RL-Reuters)–Azerbaijan urged the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to intervene in a long and bitter territorial dispute with neighboring Armenia over the Mountainous Karabagh region.
But France–Russia–and the United States–which have been trying to resolve the dispute on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe–asked the assembly to stay on the [...]

Calendar documen’s destruction of Armenian Churches
The Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) organization has published a 2005 calendar depicting the fate of Armenian churches in Turkey–which stood intact at the turn of the of the 20th century–but stand effectively leveled today.
The RAA uncovers and researches Armenian architectural monumen’s in the territory of historical Armenia–primarily Western [...]