By Garen Yegparian
We haven’t had this much Turkish fun in the LA basin for a while. I suppose the Turkish government had forgotten where the victims of its genocidal policies reside in large numbers.
We of course demonstrated outside the Beverly Hills Hilton where Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul was addressing the Los Angeles World Affairs [...]

By Pattyl Aposhian
My hand trembles as I open the rusted mailbox outside my house. This tin box contains my future. Quickly–I begin making promises to myself–be it attending Sunday mass–volunteering as a mentor for the local church youth group–or even a task as simple as lighting a candle? all in return for a letter of [...]

GLENDALE–At their 2006 Annual Gala & Live Auction in February–the University of Southern California Armenian Graduate Students’ Association (USC AGSA) raised nearly $25,000 for charity projects in Armenia. As a non-profit organization working to enhance the lives of the people in Ghapan and surrounding villages–the Glendale-Ghapan Sister City Association (GGSCA) received $5,000 from the USC [...]

LOS ANGELES–City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo will host an exhibit and teacher training workshop for Los Angeles Unified School District teachers about the Armenian genocide at Los Angeles City Hall on April 3.
The exhibit–iwitness–features striking portraits and oral histories of Genocide survivors and will be on display through the end of April. The teacher training workshop [...]

(Reuters/AP)–The European Union expressed serious concern on Friday over violent clashes which have killed six people–including two children–in southeast Turkey and urged Ankara to improve the rights of Kurds in the region.
Stone-throwing Kurds have been clashing with riot police in Diyarbakir since Tuesday–turning the city of one million people on the River Tigris into a [...]

–Grassroots advocacy organization expanding operations in nation’s Capital and across US
(WASHINGTON–DC)–The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) will launch its first nationwide telethon on May 21–2006 with the theme "Securing our roots? Building for the future."
The goal of the telethon–which will air throughout the United States on television stations in major Armenian communities and via [...]

LOS ANGELES–In early March–Armenia Fund’s Western US Region led a hospital reconstruction team to the war-torn Martakert region of Karabagh. The purpose of the site visit was to formulate architectural and engineering plans for the new regional healthcare facility. The project will be funded by donations collected during the 2005 Telethon as part of the [...]

(Combined Sources)–The American co-chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group–Steven Mann–said that the participation of Karabagh in the negotiating process is up to the conflicting sides.
"The approach of the OSCE MG co-chairs is as follows: if the parties are for involving the Nagorno Karabagh in the talks–we will support [...]

The ARF Badanegan Organization of Western America held its Annual Winter Seminars during the weekends of February 3-5 and February 24-26.
Each year–the Badanegan Central Council of the ARF organizes two weekend sessions–during which Badanees from all over Southern California gather at AYF Camp in Big Pines–California. Session one of this year’s seminar had over 50 [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir/Armenpress)– Azerbaijan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mamedyarov said Friday that Baku was prepared to negotiate a peace agreement directly with Karabagh’s authorities if the Armenia’s of Karabagh acknowledge that they are citizens of Azerbaijan.
Mountainous Karabagh Republic’s (MKR) Foreign Affairs Ministry responded by saying that MKR authorities responded that they have always supported direct participation [...]

WASHINGTON–DC (Armenpress)–Daniel Fried–the US Assistant State Secretary on Eurasian and European affairs–said after his visit to the South Caucasus that "Ankara may open its borders with Armenia in a short period of time."
According to Turkish "Aksham," Fried said that during his meetings in Ankara he discussed the issue of opening the Turkish-Armenian border and told [...]

WASHINGTON–DC–Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and newly appointed New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced legislation this week that would prohibit US assistance for the building of railroads traversing the Caucasus that circumvent Armenia–reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
The legislation mirrors a similar House measure (HR 3361) called the "South Caucasus Integration and [...]

DIYARBAKIR (Reuters)–Kurdish youths hurled stones and molotov cocktails at Turkish police and burned tires on Thursday in a third day of violent clashes–which have so far claimed three lives and wounded more than 250 people.
The fighting erupted when thousands of people attended funeral ceremonies for the three people–two young men and an eight-year-old boy–killed during [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress/RFE/RL)–The World Bank approved Wednesday a Renewable Energy Project for Armenia totaling $25,050,000. The amount includes a $5 million International Development Association (IDA) credit and a $3 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project will also be supported by co-financing of $3 million from the Cafesjian Family Foundation.
This project will assist [...]