The Council of the Socialist International (SI)–ended its meeting in Athens on Tuesday with a discussion on the Middle East. In a subsequent resolution–the body commended the Palestinian Authority and people for the orderly handling of last week’s Palestinian elections and SI member party Fatah’s peaceful acceptance of election results.
While noting Hamas’s development–the SI remained [...]

BRUSSELS (Zaman)–In response to an April 2005 letter by the Turkish Parliament claiming that the British "Blue Book" was propaganda fabricated to vilify Ottoman Turks and that its existence continues to harm Turkish interests–the British House of Lords and House of Commons asked the letter to be retracted.
The "Blue Book," a 1916 parliamentary report–formally titled–"Treatment [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The resumption of gas supplies from Russia will enable Armenia to restore supplies of electricity to crisis-stricken Georgia in the coming days–the Armenian national gas company said on Tuesday.
The ArmRosGazprom (ARG) operator confirmed that Russian gas began flowing into Armenia via Georgia late Monday after an almost nine-day hiatus caused by explosions on a [...]

–Community invited to participate in annual Capitol Hill tradition
WASHINGTON–DC–Members of Congress will join Armenian American community representatives from across the country on Wednesday–April 26 to honor the memory of victims of the Armenian genocide at the 11th ANCA Capitol Hill Observance marking this crime against humanity–reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"We are pleased–once [...]

Delegates representing forty member countries of Socialist International’s (SI) Women division convened the organization’s Bureau meeting in Athens–Greece January 27-28.
SI Women is composed of 148 international organizations of the socialist–social democratic–and labor parties affiliated with the SI.
Armenian Revolutionary Federation representatives included Hripsime Haroutiounian–Marie Rose Kevorkian–Maria Titizian–and Tira Tsougala.
SI Women chair and European Parliament member from [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Russian natural gas resumed flowing into Georgia and was expected to reach Armenia late Monday almost nine days after mysterious explosions on a Russian pipeline left the two South Caucasus states without a key source of electricity and heating.
Officials from Russia’s Gazprom monopoly announced on Sunday that it has completed repair work on a [...]

ANKARA (Reuters)–A bomb exploded at a building housing a Turkish-US association in the southern Turkish city of Adana on Monday–injuring at least four people.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Adana is home to a sprawling airbase used by the US military to supply its forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The explosion was [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–As Armenia celebrated Army Day Friday–President Robert Kocharian congratulated the Armed Forces for carrying out their duty with honor.
In his speech–Kocharian said that the Armenian Army is one of the strongest structures of the Armenian state–and has played a crucial role in the establishment of the Armenian statehood. He also thanked the Armed Forces [...]

In December 2004–Asbarez published an extensive photo essay by Vah Peroomian–a UCLA space scientist with a passion for photography–that chronicled an eight-day journey of photography and exploration to Armenia in October 2004. Vah–who has found it increasingly difficult to avoid the call of the homeland–has journeyed to Armenia twice more since–in April and September 2005–and [...]

That loud sound you’re hearing is my head banging against my computer screen. Yesterday–I went to open my mailbox and I had over fifty emails forwarded from random places and sources. I don’t know half these people let alone how or why I am on every single African third world country’s email list. Apparently every [...]

by Garen Yegparian
I went to an interesting forum about building democracy. It was a shorty–just a long lunch.
No–it wasn’t about how to help Armenia or some other similarly situated country. It wasn’t another scam whereby developed countries’ citizens’ money is redirected to the coffers of huge corporations in those same countries via the fictions created [...]