Month: February 2015

Artsakh Remembers Sumgait Pogroms, 1,200 ARF Members Join Commemoration

STEPANAKERT (A.W.)—Around 1,200 members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) joined high-level officials and citizens in Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) on Feb. 27…

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Activists Turn Their Backs to Denialist Speakers at University of Toronto

TORONTO, Canada—On Feb. 27, Armenian youth held a silent protest at a lecture, entitled “WWI 100th Anniversary: Human Suffering in…

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Hayastan All-Armenian Fund to Construct Community Center in Mushkapat

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a community center in Mushkapat, a village in Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabagh) Martuni region. The project…

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Illinois Holocaust Museum Hosts Symposium for Centennial

SKOKIE, Ill.—On Feb. 8, the second largest Holocaust museum in the United States hosted a symposium titled, “American Response and American…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Feb. 28, 2015)

To Tell the Truth Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. ……

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AYF Leads Protest Challenging Azerbaijani Aggression, Championing Artsakh’s Freedom

WASHINGTON—Members, alumni, and supporters of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) braved sub-freezing temperatures on Feb. 27 outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in…

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South Dakota House Recognizes Armenian Genocide

Becomes 43rd State to Recognize the Armenian Genocide PIERRE, S.D. (Asbarez)—The South Dakota House of Representatives on Thurs., Feb. 26 passed…

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Congresswoman Chu Commemorates Anti-Armenian Massacres

Condemns Baku, Sumgait, Kirovabad Massacres, Defends Artsakh’s Right to Freedom WASHINGTON— U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.) took to the floor of the…

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Pogharian’s High School Science Fair Project Leads to Medical Possibilities

Special for the Armenian Weekly While volunteering at the Montreal General Hospital, 17-year-old Anya Pogharian was fascinated by the dialysis…

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A Bishop’s Long and Winding Road

The weather was nasty but that did not prevent Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian from fulfilling his mission to St. Gregory Church…

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