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December 14, 2010
YEREVAN -- Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and his National Security Council have approved a five-year plan to modernize the armed forces, including the acquisition of long-range, precision-guided weapons, RFE/RL reports.
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The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute announced its new scholarship program for foreign students and PhD candidates. Raphael Lemkin scholarship is intended
to enable foreign students, who specialize in genocide studies, especially in the Armenian Genocide, to visit Armenia for a month to conduc...continua |
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Free Nikol!
Nouritza Matossian, Free Speech Blog, UK, 2 December 2010
Last time I wrote about an Armenian newspaper editor who was abused and persecuted for exercising his right to free speech, it was Hrant Dink in Turkey, cruelly murdered for his courage and principles.
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December 07, 2010
Vladimir Socor
Perhaps more than the WikiLeaks themselves, it is the massive security breach and counterintelligence failure that will, for some time to come, discourage candid conversations between the US government and some of its key partners.
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Dec 5th, 2010
“… Mesrob Mashdots, under impossible conditions did the only thing possible, the only seemingly simple and common thing, which would save the nation from destruction, which would unite the nation and which would arm her against all dangers and ensure her perseverance a...continua |
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Published 02.12.10
Deputy leader of Turkish PM Erdogan's AKP party hints that Israel engineered the release of U.S. diplomatic cables as a plot to pressure Turkey, the daily Hurriyet reports.
By Haaretz Service
A senior Turkish official blamed Israel for the WikiLeaks release, Turkish d...continua |
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The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute announced its new scholarship program for foreign students and PhD candidates. Raphael Lemkin scholarship is intended to enable foreign students, who specialize in genocide studies, especially in the Armenian Genocide, to visit Armenia for a month to conduct r...continua |
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Armenia: WikiLeaks Cables Cause Stir in Yerevan
Submitted by k_kumkova on November 30, 2010
November 30, 2010 - 1:27pm
The Armenian government and the US embassy in Yerevan are staying tight-lipped about WikiLeaks disclosures concerning US-Armenian relations. But the country’s fr...continua |
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Website: http://agbueurope.org
Armen Harutyunyan, the Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia, was in Brussels from November 15 to November 18, 2010, in order to meet with European Institutions. The visit was organized by AGBU Europe. During his visit, the ombudsman met with Mr Cabrnoch, C...continua |
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http://by137w.bay137.mail.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
This has been the sunniest, longest Yerevan autumn in a long time. Cold, crisp, sunny, beautiful. Good enough to make us work long hours. And the results?
Project Syndicate is running an article by Vartan Oskanian, on the eve of t...continua |
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US embassy cables: US fury at Armenia over arms transfers to Iran
• guardian.co.uk, Sunday 28 November 2010
Wednesday, 24 December 2008, 21:58
S E C R E T STATE 134490
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EO 12958 DECL: 12/23/2018
TAGS ETTC, MASS, OPDC, PARM, PREL, AM,
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Geopolitical Journey, Part 5: Turkey
November 23, 2010
STRATFOR
Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a series of special reports that Dr. Friedman will write over the next few weeks as he travels to Turkey, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Poland. In this series, he will s...continua |
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What will it take to unify Western and Eastern Armenian spelling and is it really so hard? Salpi Ghazarian asks at Civilitas blog
Narcissistic and short-sighted, too
November 24th, 2010 | Author: Salpi Ghazarian
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WESTWOOD, Calif–On Saturday, October 23, the International Human Rights Law Association (IHRLA) at the University of California, Los Angeles hosted a conference entitled, “Genocide and Then What? The Law, Ethics, and Politics of Making Amends” at Dodd Hall.
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Official news releases and events
Dear Participants of the Conference,
Ninety years ago on this day – November 22, 1920, the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson made an Arbitral Award regarding Armenia’s borders.
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Michael Sosikian 818.601.4049
Armenians Commemorate 90th Anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson's Arbitral Award
Event Speakers Call on United States to Recognize and Apply Official Borders
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@http://www.centerar.org/
@Welcome to the Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR)
Armenians have a history which spans more than 4000 years. From the valleys and mountains of eastern Asia Minor and Mesopotamia the original Armenian country of Hayq, later Hayastan was born with the...continua |
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By FerruhDemirmen- Ph.D. – November 22, 2010
Taner Akçam, Associate Professor of History at Clark University (Worcester, MA) and the “prince charming” of the Armenian lobby, got himself trapped in contradictions on interpreting the results of Turkey’s recent (September 12) referendum on...continua |
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23/11/2010
After much anticipation and lengthy preparations, the Institute of Armenian Studies at the University of Southern California (USC) held on November 20 a successful international symposium -- "The Armenian Diaspora: Elective Leadership and Worldwide Structure."
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http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00434
Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars
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November 20, 2010
THE GOSPEL OF ARMENIAN RIGHTS
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The Only Way to Create a Prosperous and Secure Future for the Republic of Armenia
On the Threshold of the 90th Anniversary of the Arbitral Award of Woodrow Wilson
The time has come that Armenia, anointed with ...continua |
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Very famous French actor Gerard Depardieu has appealed for donations to help Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
in a video posted on YouTube.
The artist who has forged ties with Armenia by his friend Metzo Ikitian, president of the Foundation for
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Con la Canzone "MAMA" Vladimir Arzumanyan (12 anni, di Gyumri-Armenia) vince al Junior European Song Contest che si è svolto a Vilnius (Bielorussia)
l'Armenia partecipa alla competizione dal 2007. ...
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(http://koharconcert.com/newsletters/aintoura-ns/newsletter.html )
During KOHAR"s stay in Lebanon for its sold-out performances on 24, 25 and 26 September 2010, the Symphony Orchestra & Choir materialized another noble accomplishment by honoring the scattered remains of Armenian Orphans...continua |
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From Arthur Hagopian
Jerusalem, Nov 20 - For the first time within living memory, the Armenian church in Jerusalem is to have a co-adjutor Patriarch whose primary mission
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---ZAVEN ANDRIASIAN WINS THE RUSSIAN CUP
21-year-old talented Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian had an excellent performance in the Russian Cup held in Belgorod and justified his internet nickname "Zaven the Terrible".
Zaven achieved the honorable prize, having victories over his grandm...continua |
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An illustrated talk by renowned photographer Hrair “Hawk” Khatcherian, entitled “Western Armenia: A Photographer's Journey to Discover His Cultural Heritage,” will highlight NAASR’s 2010 Christmas Open House on Thursday, December 16. The Open House will begin at 6:00 p...continua |
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Orphans of the Genocide (7 minute trailer)
VERA ASTOURIAN
Inizio messaggio inoltrato:
Da: : In case ANYONE had any doubts.
In case ANYONE had any doubts…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8dMMifzzdo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF2_LmGLX6Y
Almost 4000 people demonstrated Sunday in Paris to protest against the attack which killed 58 Christians in Baghdad on October 31 in syriac church Notre-Dame of the Perpetual Help. The movement Pax Christi as asked at international community and France ...continua |
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I am among those who joined the Facebook group against the showing of Azerbaijani films in Armenia recently. Am I really that narrow-minded of a patriot that I would go against cultural interactions? Not at all. A few years ago when – as always, with foreign financing – a survey was bein...continua |
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