Month: December 2016
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Dec- 2016 -6 DecemberHeadlines
Access to Power: VP-Elect Pence Calls Sarkisian; Erdogan and Aliyev Call Trump
Shortly after the Nov. 8 elections, I wrote a column suggesting that Armenian-Americans make every effort to contact President-elect Trump…
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6 DecemberNews
Providence Celebrates 126th Anniversary of the ARF
WARWICK, R.I.—The Providence Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Kristapor gomidehoutiun celebrated the 126th Anniversary of the ARF at the Harbor Lights…
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6 DecemberNews
Obama’s UN Envoy Refers to Armenian Genocide
WASHINGTON (AP)—Has the Obama administration quietly recognized the World War I-era killing of Armenians as genocide? The term has long…
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6 DecemberHeadlines
Over $1.5 Million Raised for Vital Scholarships at AUA 25th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills
Colleges Named in Honor of Benefactors BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The American University of Armenia (AUA) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a…
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5 DecemberNews
Return of Sis Catholicosate Case to be Formally Submitted to the European Court of Human Rights
Aram I: ‘Recognition and Reparation: This is Our Clear and Firm Position as a People and a Church.’ ANTELIAS, Lebanon…
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5 DecemberNews
Gagik Tsarukyan to Return to Armenian Politics
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The former leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), Gagik Tsarukyan, is returning to Armenian politics, PAP chair…
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5 DecemberNews
Tankian to Join Diasporan Armenian Artists Monitoring Armenia’s Upcoming Elections
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, political activist, and System of a Down front man Serj Tankian said…
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5 DecemberNews
Telling Tehlirian’s Story: ‘Assignment Berlin’ Director Hrayr Toukhanian Honored
DETROIT, Mich.—In his lifetime as a print photographer and film producer, Hrayr Toukhanian has earned an impressive list of awards…
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5 DecemberHeadlines
Nationalism: Misunderstood and Misrepresented
Ever since the carnage of WWII, there has been understandable aversion towards, even fear of, nationalism in Europe. Simultaneously, in…
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5 DecemberSpecial Reports
Turkey: Racist Attacks Against Armenians Go Unpunished
Racist attacks against the bilingual Armenian weekly newspaper, Agos, as well as against Armenian schools, are increasingly widespread in Turkey.…
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