–ANC condemns false "First Amendment" effort to force the teaching of Genocide denial to public school students
WATERTOWN–A Washington-based Turkish organization has enlisted the support of two teachers and a student in a lawsuit against the State of Massachusetts that would force the inclusion of historically inaccurate Armenian genocide denial materials in the state’s education curriculum–reported [...]

(AFP)–A powerful Turkish civil servants’ trade union has decided to boycott French insurer AXA after the company agreed to compensate heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide–the head of the union said Monday.
"We must put an end to business relations with AXA. It is not possible for us to do business with a company that [...]

WASHINGTON–DC (Combined Sources)–The US government intends to expand military-technical cooperation with Armenia–US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told his Armenian counterpart Serge Sarkisian during a meeting at the Pentagon.
Rumsfeld praised Armenia’s participation in the fight against international terrorism–as well as its peacekeeping unit in Iraq. "Sarkisian must be proud of them," he later told reporters.
Sarkisian conveyed [...]

TEHRAN–During a meeting with Iran’s president–parliamentarians representing the northern and southern Armenian communities in Iran thanked President Ahmadinejad for his readiness recognize and condemn the Armenian genocide. Ahmadinejad had made that pledge during his presidential campaign–reported Tehran’s Armenian language Alik daily.
The October 30 meeting brought together parliamentarians representing Iran’s religious minorities to present their respective [...]

–As he prepared to accept a peace award in Frankfurt–acclaimed Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk spoke to Maureen Freely about why he had to break his nation’s biggest taboo.
FRANKFURT–Five years ago–Orhan Pamuk wrote a novel about a poet who is ensnared in a political intrigue from which there is no escape. Nine months ago–Turkey’s most famous [...]

By Skeptik Sinikian
I hate the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). I don’t trust any newspaper that doesn’t have a "funny cartoons" section. I don’t trust any publication that doesn’t print photographs or sports statistics. I hate the WSJ and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
I hate people who read the WSJ. They’re the same people who [...]

Montebello Mayor blasts Azeri interference in city’s affairs
MONTEBELLO–Despite pleas and veiled threats from Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the United States to the Montebello City Council–the Southern California city unanimously approved a resolution on October 26–formalizing a sister-city affiliation with the city of Stepanakert–the capital of the Mountainous Karabagh Republic.
The 5-0 vote cemented the relationship between [...]

CAMBRIDGE–The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA)–a newly established organization dedicated to promoting theater and film–has made its debut with a new website highlighting theater and film artists of Armenian heritage and their achievemen’s. The website–www.armeniandrama.org–represents the organization’s first step toward realizing its mission to "make the Armenian voice heard on the world stage through the [...]

By Raffy Arzouhaldjian
While I agreed with some of Garen Yegparian’s suggested means of prolonging our identity in the diaspora by owning our heritage and celebrating our diversity–I had a hard time understanding the logical link in the two statemen’s of the following sentence: "For us to reunite on our ancestral lands–we must remain WE."
Let’s look [...]

Senator Scott–Assemblymembers Frommer and Liu award 3 local Armenian women
PASADENA–The Armenian Relief Society’s Jasik Jarahian was among the 24 women who received awards during a ceremony organized by State Senator Jack Scott (21st District)–Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer (43rd District)–and Assemblymember Carol Liu (44th District).
The 6th Annual Women in Business awards ceremony–held October 19 at [...]

MONTREAL–The Armen Garo Student Association of the ARF initiated a gathering of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Student Associations of North America for a conference on October 22 in Montreal.
Central Executive members from the AYF Eastern and Western regions–ARF Youth Organization of Canada–and ARF Shant Student Association participated in the [...]

WATERTOWN–From October 10 to 14–the Armenian Relief Society (ARS)–held its 68th international convention at the Armenian Community Center in Montreal.
The convention opened on October 8 with a dinner dance–which gathered about 500 people at the Armenian Center. The evening featured special guest Lebanese First Lady Andree Emile Lahoud–who is an honorary member of the ARS.
ARS [...]

STRASBOURG (AP)–The European Parliament on Thursday condemned Azerbaijan’s crackdown on opposition protesters ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections. It called for the immediate release of all activists detained during recent opposition rallies in Baku.
The EU assembly called on the Azeri authorities to respect freedom of assembly and ensure that the November 6 elections are free [...]

(MosNews)–With more ethnic violence threatening the Caucasus–the United States has offered "concrete help" to Georgia in resolving its bitter standoff with Russian-backed separatists–The Washington Times quoted Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli as saying.
The Georgian leader said in an interview during a trip to Washington this week that US involvement was critical to ending the standoff [...]