Month: October 2011
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Oct- 2011 -31 OctoberNews
Rendahl: First Place
I meet Armenians wherever I go, usually the first place I enter. It’s like…it’s like…well, I’d say bees to honey,…
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31 OctoberNews
Barooshian Exhibit Piques the Imagination
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Martin Barooshian is the kind of artist whose work needs to be seen in order to be appreciated and…
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31 October
Frieze to Explore ‘Ravished Armenia’ at Columbia
NEW YORK—On Thurs., Nov. 3, Dr. Donna-Lee Frieze of Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, will present a talk entitled, “Silence,…
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31 October
Talk on Genocide Museum Design to Be Held at MEMEAC
NEW YORK—On Tues., Nov. 1, the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center, City University…
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31 October
Yegparian: ‘My Faith in Humanity Has Been Restored’
That’s what a friend said when I contacted her after hearing she’d been to the Occupy LA encampment at LA’s…
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31 October
Vartabedian: Fundraising Woes Crimp My Budget
It must be fundraising time. All the subtle gestures seem to be in place—letters, telephone calls, computer notices, personal contacts.…
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30 OctoberNews
U.S. Considers Unusual Arms Deal for Turkey
By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters)–The Obama administration is consulting Congress on an unusual proposal to transfer U.S. Marine Corps attack…
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29 OctoberNews
Publisher, Human Rights Activist Ragip Zarakolu Arrested
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkish police have arrested Ragip Zarakolu, a well-known human rights activist and director of the Belge Publishing House, and…
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29 OctoberNews
‘I want for Armenians what I want for Kurds’: An interview with Mayor Abdullah Demirbas
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—Abdullah Demirbas is a man on a mission. The mayor of Diyarbakir’s central district strives to restore some…
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28 OctoberNews
Barsoumian: Armenian American Voices in ‘Occupy’ Movement
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)—Spread over 80 countries and 1,000 cities, the global Occupy movement is growing fast, with protesters camping out…
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