By Garen Yegparian
We may be making progress–minor and mixed though it might be. I’m referring to participation in this year’s commemorative activities–of course.
Last year–I’d observed that being a multiple-of-ten year seemed to have helped turnout. Without that reason–numbers in two key places were up this year. Others were less inspiring.
In Burbank–the ANC ran an essay [...]

By SKEPTIK SINIKIAN
When I sat down to write this week’s column–I thought that the words would just flow. This entire week I was a one-man Armenian activism machine working to complete my "To Do" list from last week’s column and help bring recognition to the Armenian genocide. But each time I started striking the keys [...]

By Henry Morgenthau III
CAMBRIDGE (Boston Globe)–"Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story," my grandfather’s account of the killings of Armenia’s in Turkey in 1915–was published just before World War I ended in November 1918. A personal chronicle of his service as the US ambassador to Ottoman Turkey for 26 months–the book was published last month for the first time [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–It took Norayr Manaserian two years to realize that he is no longer the healthy man he was before a powerful explosion destroyed one of the reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26–1986. He was among the hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens who were sent to the scene of the [...]

At noon on April 24–the Istanbul office of the Human Rights Association held a press conference during which the association’s Istanbul Branch executive committee’s read its press release about the Armenian genocide. International and national representatives of the media attended the press conference–while plain-clothes police officers stood right outside the door.
The following is the English [...]

The Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society is currently accepting applications for its 2006 Cultural Forum to be held in Yerevan–Armenia–from July 16-30. All college-aged individuals are encouraged to apply.
The Hamazkayin Cultural Forum is an annual event that started in 1995 with the aim to unite young Armenia’s from around the world to learn more about [...]

–Nationwide phonathon and internet campaign kicks off fundraising effort
WASHINGTON–DC–The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Telethon announced Monday the launch of a website devoted to the telethon at www.anca.org (click on Telethon logo) where supporters of the Armenian Cause can make online donations in advance of the May 21 nationwide telethon broadcast. In addition–a [...]

GELNDALE–The fifth annual Armenian Relief Society of Western USA (ARS-WR) Armenian Cultural and Food Festival will be held this year on Saturday–May 6 and Sunday–May 7 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium.
The festival will feature traditional Armenian dancing–music–and exhibits of local and Armenian products such as books–arts and crafts–drinks–and food. There will be an Armenian costume [...]

WASHINGTON–DC (Combined Sources)–US President George W. Bush welcomed Friday Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev for talks that ranged from their joint efforts in Iraq and Iran’s nuclear program to Azerbaijan’s dispute with Armenia over Karabagh and democratic reforms.
In the days running up to the meeting–Aliyev had made it clear that he will not allow his country [...]

As it has done in previous years–the California State Assembly discussed the issue of the Armenian genocide in its Thursday–April 27 session.
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian–Prelate–departed for Sacramento on Thursday to attend the opening of the State Assembly’s session. Also present at the opening was the Honorable Gagik Giragossian–Consul General of the Republic of Armenia–and [...]

The article–"Israeli Police Prevent Armenian Pilgrims from Attending The Holy Fire Ceremony And Arrest A Number of Armenia’s," appearing online Friday–April 27–2006–was written by Bedross Der Matossian.

JERUSALEM (Armenian News Network/Groong)–Israeli Police prevented Saturday hundreds of Armenian pilgrims from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The pilgrims–from Jerusalem–the United States–Canada–and Australia–were there to attend the annual Holy Fire Ceremony.
On Saturday morning–the Armenian procession participating in the Holy Fire Ceremony began walking from the Cathedral of St. James in the [...]

WASHINGTON–DC (AFP)–Rights groups and activists urged the US administration to pressure Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on his poor human rights record when he meets with President George W. Bush at the White House.
Several said that Aliyev’s official visit to Washington–his first since he was elected to succeed his father in 2003–will be seen as a [...]

–Rally preceded by press conference featuring Reps. Weiner–Maloney NEW YORK–A group calling itself the "Young Turks" gathered 100-150 Turkish demonstrators in midtown Manhattan on Saturday–April 22–in an effort to spread denial of the Armenian genocide. The demonstration took place on Broadway at 39th Street–and was advertised as a response to the annual Times [...]