Over 600 attend–including dozens of federal–state–and local legislators
LOS ANGELES–The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR) hosted its Annual Banquet on Sunday–September 18–2005 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles with over 600 in attendance. The event raised over $200,000 and played host to dozens of federal–state–and local legislators–and hundreds of Armenian American activists.
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In the 1994 classic film "Shawshank Redemption," Tim Robbin gives an Oscar worthy performance as the wrongly imprisoned–mild mannered accountant Andy Dufresne. Dufresne is a victim of a system that has failed him and failed to carry out justice. Dufresne is thrown in prison for killing his wife and her lover while the real criminal [...]

By Jack Der-Sarkissian–MD
What do the 1988 earthquake in Armenia–hurricane Katrina–Los Angeles community emergency response training–and the Ferrahian High School Class of 1985 have in common? It turns out–quite a bit–and these seemingly disconnected events all converged when the Ferrahian High School Class of 1985 held its 20-year reunion.
The reunion occurred June 11–at the Encino campus. [...]

BRUSSELS (Reuters)–Doubts grew on Friday over the start of European Union membership talks with Turkey next Monday–and EU president Britain forecast tough talks among member states right down to the wire.
One senior EU ambassador said the chances of negotiations starting on time were only 50-50 because Austria was holding out for the 25-nation bloc to [...]

In celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the creation of the Armenian Alphabet–Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter’s Cultural Division will be hosting an art exhibition displaying modern renditions of the Armenian alphabet by famous Armenian artists.
The 38 letters of the Armenian alphabet were created 1,600 years ago in 405 A.D by St. Mesrob Mashdotz. Since its [...]

The 2005 Arpa International Film Festival will be screening a series of films in honor of the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This year–the film festival will screen over 50 films from 18 different countries. Taking place from October 3 – 7–2005–the films will screen at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. "We are pleased to [...]

WATERTOWN–MA–Earlier this year–Angelo Guerini and Associates of Milan published "Condannato A Uccidere: Memoire di un Patriota Armeno" (Condemned to Kill: Memoirs of an Armenian Patriot). The project was initiated by several leaders of the Italian-Armenian community–who decided to sponsor the translation of "The Legacy: Memoirs of an Armenian Patriot" into the Italian language.
The book–which tells [...]

Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made statemen’s on the floor of the US Senate this week–welcoming His Holiness Aram I–Catholicos of the Great House Of Cilicia–to California for his upcoming October visit.
Senator Boxer stressed that the Catholicos’s spiritual–cultural and educational influence extends beyond the Armenian people. "His Holiness Aram I? has worked [...]

Following the International Relations Committee’s approval of legislation acknowledging the Armenian genocide–the Armenian Bar Association wrote to Speaker Hastert–urging him to keep "past commitmen’s to hold a vote on the Armenian genocide Resolution." Now that the two pieces of legislation–HR 316–and HCR 195 have been approved in Committee–Hastert must bring them to the House floor [...]

YEREVAN (YERKIR)–Representatives from ARF youth and student organizations will converge in Yerevan October 3-7 to celebrate the founding of Armenia’s Nigol Aghbalian ARF Student Union (NASU).
ARF youth from throughout Canada–United States–Lebanon–Syria–Kuwait–Iran–and Russia will participate in a pan-Armenian youth conference dedicated to the NASU’S founding.
The conference "Armenian Youth and Prospects of Armenia’s Developmen’s," will focus on [...]

BRUSSELS (AFP)–The EU has called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers to try to end an impasse over Turkey’s entry talks–as Austria insisted Ankara be offered less than full EU membership.
A 24-1 vote on Thursday meant ambassadors failed to agree on a mandate to start entry negotiations with Ankara. All 25 member states had to [...]