Month: June 2013
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Sassounian: Armenia Should Send Peacekeeping Forces to Lebanon, but not Mali
The Armenian Defense Ministry is considering sending two platoons of troops to southern Lebanon. Ministry officials are traveling to Rome…
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10 JuneFeatured
Supreme Court Will Not Review Armenian Genocide-Era Insurance Claims Case
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it will not review a Ninth Circuit Court decision that struck down a…
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10 JuneFeatured
Akcam: The ‘Foreign Connection’ is Me
Commenting on the Gezi Park events, Prime Minister Erdoğan said, “There are internal and external connections. Our intelligence work is…
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9 JuneFeatured
Graves in the Park: Notes from the ‘Bolis’ Uprising
I haven’t had time to digest what I saw this past week on the heels of my first journey to…
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9 JuneFeatured
Armenian Genocide Survivors Honored by Gov. Deval Patrick
BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston terrorist bombings may have taken a tragic toll on more than 300 victims and devastated the city’s…
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8 JuneFeatured
Of Ruins and Renovations: Documenting Cultural Destruction in Turkey
I recently returned from my fourth trip to Western Armenia in the last 18 months. These journeys are emotionally draining.…
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8 JuneFeatured
‘Hoy Lari’ Performs for Children, in Boston and Armenia
On May 18, “Hoy Lari” returned to the Boston area and rocked the house to 200 parents and children in…
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8 June
Apigian-Kessel: Please, You Can’t Take That Away From Us
For many, the brightest times in metropolitan Detroit’s Armenian social life—that arrive with spring and continue through October—are the agoump…
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7 JuneFeatured
The Case Against Legitimizing Genocide Deniers: Scholars Speak Up
[The] willingness to ascribe to the deniers and their myths the legitimacy of a point of view is of as…
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7 JuneFeatured
Armenian Weekly iPhone and iPad Apps Now Available on iTunes
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Weekly this week released its iPhone and iPad Applications, which allow readers to receive breaking news alerts,…
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